Jeff Tamarkin

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Jeff Tamarkin is an American editor, author and historian specializing in music and popular culture.

Career

For 15 years Tamarkin was editor of

Allmusic
and has written program notes for Carnegie Hall and Jazz at Lincoln Center.

Tamarkin has interviewed more than 1,000 musicians and other entertainment figures.

Tamarkin has written the

Grammys
.

As a consultant to the Music Club CD label, he assisted in releasing over 180 reissues and compilations, in styles including rock, jazz, country, world music and pop.

After writing short books on

Austin Chronicle, New York Daily News, and The Onion. It was published in paperback in July 2005. Tamarkin collaborated with Howard Kaylan, the lead vocalist of '60s/'70s groups the Turtles, The Mothers of Invention and Flo & Eddie
, on Kaylan's autobiography, "Shell Shocked: My Life with the Turtles, Flo and Eddie, and Frank Zappa, etc." It was published in March 2013 by Backbeat Books.

From 2002-2006, Tamarkin was editor-in-chief of Global Rhythm,[2] the leading magazine for world music and global culture, in which he also wrote about music, film, cuisine, politics and other topics. In 2007 Tamarkin was named Associate Editor of JazzTimes magazine, a position he held until 2016 while simultaneously freelancing for many outlets. He was named editor of the BestClassicBands.com website in July 2016.

Tamarkin's most recent book is "Carlos Santana: Love, Devotion, Surrender: The Illustrated Story of Santana's Musical Journey," published in May 2025 by Insight Editions.

Personal life

He lives in Hoboken, New Jersey, with his wife, the novelist, editor and book reviewer Caroline Leavitt. Their son, Max, is an actor in New York.[2]

References

  1. New York Daily News
    . Retrieved August 5, 2017.
  2. ^ a b Galant, Debra (April 25, 2004). "The Parent Not Chosen". The New York Times. Retrieved April 29, 2010.
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