McCray, Jack

Author Jack McCray has dedicated three decades to examining and preserving the Charleston tradition through the prism of its jazz legacy. He has written about jazz as a longtime reporter and editor at the Post and Courier. McCray also is a lead researcher and cofounder of the Charleston Jazz Initiative, a multiyear research project that documents the African American jazz tradition in Charleston and its movement throughout the United States and Europe from the late 19th century through today.