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Wong, Herb

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Personal name headingWong, Herb
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Associated placePalo Alto (Calif.)
LocatedMenlo Park (Calif.)
Death date20140420
Place of birthOakland (Calif.)
Place of deathMenlo Park (Calif.)
Field of activityJazz
AffiliationPalo Alto Jazz Alliance
Profession or occupationMusic journalists Musicologists Music critics Sound recording executives and producers Music teachers
Concert producer
Found inMistletoe magic [SR] c1982 (a.e.) container (Herb Wong)
San Jose Mercury news WWW site, Apr. 24, 2013 (in obituary posted Apr. 21, 2014: Herb Wong; b. in Oakland; lived in Menlo Park; died at home Sunday [Apr. 20, 2014], at 88; jazz journalist, historian, critic, record and concert producer; cofounded the Palo Alto Jazz Alliance; honored last December with the Palo Alto Excellence Award in Jazz Education for his dedication and design of 75 different courses over 25 years teaching in Palo Alto)