Nathan Irving "Nat" Hentoff (born June 10, 1925) is an American historian, novelist, jazz and country music critic, and syndicated columnist for United Media and writes regularly on jazz and country music for The Wall Street Journal.Hentoff was formerly a columnist for Down Beat, The Village Voice, JazzTimes, Legal Times, The Washington Post, The Washington Times, The Progressive, Editor & Publisher and Free Inquiry. He was a staff writer for The New Yorker, and his writing has also been published in the New York Times, Jewish World Review, The Atlantic, The New Republic, Commonweal and in the Italian Enciclopedia dello Spettacolo.
In the 1960s he worked as A&R director for Archie Bleyer's Candid Records.
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Was a vocal critic of John Ashcroft, US Attorney General during the first administration of President George W. Bush. Hentoff called for amending the notorious Patriot Act--passed after the terrorist attack on the New York City World Trade Center on 9/11/2001--so that it better served the interests of Americans and their civil liberties. He also supported the 2003 US-led war in Iraq, and has been an outspoken critic of the theocratic Islamist North Sudanese regime, which had been shown to have enslaved and committed genocide against the non-Arab, non-Muslim Southern Sudanese populace, which is either Christian or animist.
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Is a pro-life, anti-death penalty libertarian whose books include "Free Speech for Me But Not for Thee," "This School is Driving Me Crazy," "The Day They Came to Arrest the Book," "The War on the Bill of Rights and the Gathering of Resistance" and "Is There a Duty to Die?", among many others. He has also written numerous books on music, especially jazz.
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Recipient of a Jazz Masters Award from the USA's National Endowment for the Arts in 2004.
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Writer on issues relating to the First Amendment of the US Constitution.
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Jazz authority.
Actor
Title
Year
Status
Character
Sweet and Lowdown
1999
Nat Hentoff
Writer
Title
Year
Status
Character
CBS Schoolbreak Special
1987
TV Series novel "The Day They Came To Arrest The Book" - 1 episode
Music Department
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Seven Lively Arts
1957
TV Series musical advisor - 1 episode
Soundtrack
Title
Year
Status
Character
New York Philharmonic Young People's Concerts
1964
TV Series music - 1 episode
Thanks
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Year
Status
Character
Lake of Fire
2006
Documentary thanks
American Masters
2000
TV Series documentary thanks - 1 episode
Lenny Bruce Without Tears
1972
Documentary acknowledgment
Self
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Year
Status
Character
The Pleasures of Being Out of Step
2013
Documentary
Himself
Lake of Fire
2006
Documentary
Himself - Writer
Improvisation
2004
Himself
Keeping Time: The Life, Music & Photography of Milt Hinton
2003
Documentary
Himself
Reputations
2001
TV Series documentary
Himself, music critic
American Masters
2000
TV Series documentary
Himself - Writer
New York in the 50's
2000
Documentary
Himself
I'll Make Me a World
1999
TV Mini-Series documentary
Himself
Jim Hall: A Life in Progress
1998
Documentary
Himself
Lenny Bruce: Swear to Tell the Truth
1998
Documentary
Himself
Tell the Truth and Run: George Seldes and the American Press
1996
Documentary
Himself - Columnist / The Village Voice
A Great Day in Harlem
1994
Documentary
Himself
Firing Line
1967
TV Series
Himself - Guest
Archive Footage
Title
Year
Status
Character
Lenny Bruce Without Tears
1972
Documentary
Himself
Known for movies
Lenny Bruce: Swear to Tell the Truth (1998) as Himself
$11 Million
