10 Facts About Ralph Gleason

Ralph Joseph Gleason was an American music critic and columnist.

Ralph Gleason contributed for many years to the San Francisco Chronicle, was a founding editor of Rolling Stone magazine, and cofounder of the Monterey Jazz Festival.

Ralph Gleason wrote a syndicated column on jazz, hosted radio programs, and cofounded the Monterey Jazz Festival.

Ralph Gleason wrote liner notes for Lenny Bruce's comedy albums and testified for the defense at Bruce's San Francisco 1962 obscenity trial.

Ralph Gleason wrote liner notes for a broad variety of releases, including the 1959 Sinatra album No One Cares and the 1970 Davis album Bitches Brew.

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Ralph Gleason taught music appreciation courses at University of California Extension and Sonoma State University .

Ralph Gleason was a widely respected commentator when he began to support several Bay Area rock bands, including Jefferson Airplane and the Grateful Dead, in the late 1960s.

Ralph Gleason was a contributing editor to Ramparts, a prominent leftist magazine based in San Francisco, but quit after editor Warren Hinckle criticized the city's growing hippie population.

Ralph Gleason was in the midst of an acrimonious split with Wenner and the magazine when he died.

Ralph Gleason produced a two-hour documentary on Duke Ellington, which was twice nominated for an Emmy.