# Sinclair Traill

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{{Short description|British music critic (1905–1981)}}
'''Eric Sinclair Traill''' (1905 – 11 January 1981)<ref>''Death Notice: Sinclair Traill,'' ''[The Times](/source/The_Times)'' (London), 13 June 1981.</ref> was a British publisher, chief editor, and music critic of jazz.  His career began in 1946, when he launched ''Pick Up'' as a locus for serious jazz criticism in Britain.<ref>Roberta Freund Schwartz, ''How Britain Got the Blues: The Transmission and Reception of American Blues'', p. 25, [Ashgate Publishing](/source/Ashgate_Publishing) (1988) {{ISBN|9780754655800}}</ref>  In May 1948, Traill, using his own money, founded ''[Jazz Journal](/source/Jazz_Journal)'' and, for the rest of his life, served as its editor in chief.  Jazz historian Roberta Schwartz states that ''Jazz Journal'' was not a new publication, but rather a name change for ''Pick Up''.<ref>Schwartz, p. 25.</ref>

== Affiliations ==
Traill was a founding director of Britain's National Federation of Jazz Organizations (NFJO), which had been formed under the auspices of ''[Melody Maker](/source/Melody_Maker)'' in June 1948 to protect and further jazz interest in Britain. In March 1949, the directors of NFJO secured a promise from major record labels in Britain to make every effort to reissue jazz recordings. Traill, and another director, [Max Jones](/source/Max_Jones_(journalist)), made sure the list included blues artists.<ref>Schwartz, p. 29.</ref>

== Selected publications ==
* ''Just Jazz'', by Sinclair Traill & [Gerald Lascelles](/source/Gerald_David_Lascelles), P. Davies (publisher), four editions
# (1957) {{OCLC|2754341}}
# (1958) {{OCLC|16770378}}
# (1959) {{OCLC|222998}}
# (1960) {{OCLC|5655524}}
* ''Concerning Jazz'', by Sinclair Traill, [Faber and Faber](/source/Faber_and_Faber) (publisher)
# (1957) {{OCLC|851241}}
# (1957) {{OCLC|642055727}}
# (1958) {{OCLC|723492538}}
# (1957) {{OCLC|504419811}}
# (1957) {{OCLC|753020307}}
* ''Play That Music: A Guide To Playing Jazz'', edited by Sinclair Traill, The Jazz Book Club via [Faber and Faber](/source/Faber_and_Faber) (publisher) (1958) {{OCLC|2199980}}

== References ==
'''General references'''
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{{Ordered list|list-style-type=lower-roman
|''The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz,'' edited by Barry Dean Kernfeld (born 1950), [St. Martin's Press](/source/St._Martin's_Press), New York (1994)
|''The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz, Second edition,'' three volumes, Barry Dean Kernfeld (born 1950), [Macmillan Publishers](/source/Macmillan_Publishers), London (2002)
|''International Who's Who in Music and Musicians' Directory, Eighth edition,'' [International Who's Who in Music](/source/International_Who's_Who_in_Music), Cambridge, England (1977)
|''International Who's Who in Music and Musicians' Directory, Ninth edition,'' edited by Adrian Gaster (1919–1989), International Who's Who in Music, Cambridge, England (1980)
|''The Writers Directory, Third edition, 1976–1978,'' [St. Martin's Press](/source/St._Martin's_Press), New York
|''The Writers Directory, Fourth edition, 1980–1982,'' St. Martin's Press, New York
|''The Writers Directory, Fifth edition, 1982–1984,'' [Gale Research](/source/Gale_Research), Detroit (1981)
|''The International Authors and Writers Who's Who, Eighth edition,'' edited by Adrian Gaster (1919–1989), [International Biographical Centre](/source/International_Biographical_Centre), Cambridge, England (1977)
|''The International Authors and Writers Who's Who, Ninth edition,'' edited by Adrian Gaster (1919–1989), International Biographical Centre, Cambridge, England (1982)
|''The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz, First edition,'' two volumes, edited by Barry Dean Kernfeld (born 1950), [Macmillan Press](/source/Macmillan_Press), London (1988)
}}
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'''Inline citations'''
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