Chris Bonds writes:
>Henry Pleasants, an American music critic who tried to dispel the notion
>that jazz was not "serious" music, has died. He was 89.
Pleasants's overt reputation as a writer and critic was no greater than
his covert reputation as one of the US's most experienced and senior
intelligence operatives here in Europe. Indeed, I can't think of a
musicologist-spy to match the class of Henry Pleasants. Can anyone?
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