John Szwed

John Szwed is the John M. Musser Professor Emeritus of Anthropology, African American Studies, and Film Studies at Yale University. He is a prominent music historian and journalist who has authored numerous books on American music, including biographical studies of Sun Ra, Miles Davis, Jelly Roll Morton, Alan Lomax, Billie Holiday, and Harry Everett Smith. He also serves as an Adjunct Senior Research Scholar at Columbia University.