# Richard Cook

> Richard David Cook was a British jazz writer, magazine editor and former record company executive. Sometimes credited as R. D. Cook, Cook was born in Kew, Surrey, and lived in west London as an adult. A writer on music from the late 1970s until he died, Cook was co-author, with Brian Morton, of The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings, which lasted for ten editions until 2010. His other books included Richard Cook's Jazz Encyclopedia, Blue Note Records: The Biographyand, and It's About That Time: Miles Davis On and Off the Record.

*British writer and journalist (1957–2007)*

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## Identity
- **Profile type:** Journalist
- **Category:** Journalists
- **Country:** United Kingdom
- **Born:** 1957-02-07
- **Died:** 2007-08-25
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 42.7 / 100
- **Momentum:** 2.0 / 100  (trend: STABLE)
- **Historical depth:** 8.3 / 100
- **Now attention:** 0.0 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 60.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 60.0 / 100

## Platforms
- **IMDB**: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2006601/ (@nm2006601)

## Sources
- [Discogs](https://www.discogs.com/artist/4229237)
- [ريتشارد كوك](https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%B4%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF_%D9%83%D9%88%D9%83)
- [ريتشارد كوك (صحفى)](https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%B4%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF_%D9%83%D9%88%D9%83_(%D8%B5%D8%AD%D9%81%D9%89))
- [Richard Cook](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Cook)
- [Richard Cook (journalist)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Cook_(journalist))
- [Richard Cook](https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Cook)
- [リチャード・クック (ジャズ・ライター)](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%AA%E3%83%81%E3%83%A3%E3%83%BC%E3%83%89%E3%83%BB%E3%82%AF%E3%83%83%E3%82%AF_(%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A3%E3%82%BA%E3%83%BB%E3%83%A9%E3%82%A4%E3%82%BF%E3%83%BC))
- [Richard Cook (journalist)](https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Cook_(journalist))
- [MusicBrainz](https://musicbrainz.org/artist/ab96fe3c-1a73-4834-a532-6a6cf8de3c38)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q356217)
- [Richard Cook](https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2803620)

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