Scott Yanow is an American jazz reviewer, historian, and author.
In September 2002, Yanow was interviewed on-camera by CNN about the Monterey Jazz Festival[1] and wrote an in-depth biography on Dizzy Gillespie for AllMusic.com.
Yanow contributed to the third edition of the All Music Guide to Jazz, serving as co-editor.
He also hosted a regular radio show called Jazz After Hours, which was broadcast on KCSB-FM.
He has also served as a jazz listings editor for the Los Angeles Times.