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? Denis Fodor Internet:100766.2076@compuserve com