Emmy Award-winning
Author
Journalist
Filmmaker
Books
Howard’s books reflect decades of expertise on jazz, classical music, opera, the arts and Holocaust-related issues. All are nonfiction, and each originated in the pages of the Chicago Tribune, where Howard wrote from 1978 to 2021.
Journalism
Howard Reich covered jazz, blues, gospel and classical music for the Chicago Tribune from 1978 to 2021. Some of his articles are gathered in the story gallery here. The work includes reviews, interviews, commentary, cultural investigations and multi-part narrative series.
Meet the Author
Howard Reich is the author of six books; writer/producer of three documentary films; and author/scenarist of one ballet. He has served on the jury for the Pulitzer Prize in Music four times, including the first time a jazz composition won: Wynton Marsalis’ “Blood on the Fields,” in 1997. Howard graduated from Northwestern University as a piano performance major, did graduate studies there in music theory and history, has won an Emmy award and holds two honorary doctorate degrees. He covered music and the arts for the Chicago Tribune from 1978 to 2021.
