Chris Searle has been jazz correspondent of the Morning Star, Europe's only socialist daily newspaper, for nearly three decades. During that time he has written hundreds of reviews of recorded and live jazz performances and interviewed numerous musicians.
Chris Searle was born in Romford in 1944. Fifty years a working teacher and educationalist, he has written or edited over fifty books on education, language, poetry, cricket and jazz. His book 'The Forsaken Lover' won the Martin Luther King Award in 1972, and he has written four autobiographical accounts: 'Isaac and I', 'We're Building the New School! Diary of a Teacher in Mozambique', 'Grenada Morning' and 'The World is in Our Words'.
