John Fordham is a British jazz critic and writer.
As well as being the main jazz critic for The Guardian,[1] he publishes a monthly column for the newspaper.
[2] He is the author of several books on jazz, and has reported on it for publications including Time Out, City Limits, Sounds, Jazz UK and The Wire.
He is a former editor of Time Out, City Limits[3] and Jazz UK.
[4] Fordham has won the Parliamentary Jazz Awards "Jazz Journalist of the Year" award three times since 2005.