Stuart Nicholson (born 8 January 1948) is a British jazz historian, biographer, music critic, journalist, and academic. A recognised expert on the history of jazz, he has penned several books on jazz history and several biographies on jazz luminaries, including Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday, and Duke Ellington. The author of numerous articles on jazz in newspapers, magazines and academic publications, he has taught as a visiting professor on the faculty of the Leeds College of Music and as a guest lecturer at multiple institutions internationally.
Books in order of publication:
Ella Fitzgerald: a Biography of the First Lady of Jazz (first edition published in 1993, London; second edition published February 2004, London)
Billie Holiday (1995, London)
Jazz: the Modern Resurgence (1990, London); republished as Jazz: the 1980s Resurgence (1995, New York City)
Jazz Rock: a History (1998, London)
Reminiscing in Tempo: a Portrait of Duke Ellington (1999, London)
Is Jazz Dead? (Or has it Moved to a New Address) (2005, London)
Jazz and Culture in a Global Age – 2014
Jazz: A Beginner’s Guide – 2017
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