Facts: - instrument: vocals , trombone , bass trumpet - death place: paris , france - origin: new york - death date: 02 april 2010 - genre: jazz , cool jazz - birth date: 18 may 1930 - name: mike zwerin - background: non_vocal_instrumentalist - website: -lsb- http://www.mikezwerin.com/ mike zwerin.com -rsb- - birth place: queens united states , new york city , new york , - associated acts: miles davis/birth of the cool - occupation: musician , author Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of mike zwerin .
mike zwerin -lrb- may 18 , 1930 -- april 2 , 2010 -rrb- was an american cool jazz musician and author .zwerin as a musician played the trombone and bass trumpet within various jazz ensembles .he was active within the jazz and progressive jazz musical community as a session musician .zwerin found a way to pursue both his interests as an author living in new york , where he was born , and his passion for music by taking positions as a broadcaster , and other journalistic and media positions while maintaining his musical career as well .although he gained notoriety for his writing , he may be best known to the public for his work with miles davis in 1948 as part of his '' birth of the cool '' band .additionally , zwerin also worked with maynard ferguson , claude thornhill , archie shepp and bill russo , among many others .after a period as jazz critic of new york 's '' village voice '' -lrb- 1964 -- 69 -rrb- , he was the publication 's european editor -lrb- 1969 -- 71 -rrb- .zwerin was also the paris-based jazz critic for the '' international herald tribune '' for 21 years , then later for bloomberg news .mike zwerin died aged 79 in paris after a long illness on april 2 , 2010 .