Stanley Dance, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Stanley Dance

British music critic

Date of Birth: 15-Sep-1910

Place of Birth: Braintree, England, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 23-Feb-1999

Profession: author, music critic

Nationality: United States, United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Stanley Frank Dance (15 September 1910, Braintree, Essex – 23 February 1999, Vista, California) was a British jazz writer, business manager, record producer, and historian of the Swing era.
He was personally close to Duke Ellington over a long period, as well as many other musicians; because of this friendship Dance was in a position to write "official" biographies.
Over his career, his priority was advocating for the music of black ensembles performing sophisticated arrangements, based on Swing-era dance music.