death_place death_date birth_place birth_date article_title name occupation
washington , d.c. 11 march 2004 washington , pennsylvania 1940 joel e. siegel
 joel e. siegel lyricist , english professor , author , film critic , music producer
joel e. siegel

joel e. siegel -lrb- 1940 -- 11 march 2004 -rrb- was a professor of english and film studies at georgetown university , a film and music critic , a music producer , and a lyricist .
he won the 1993 grammy award for best album notes together with buck clayton and phil schaap for their work on the notes for the billie holiday box set , `` the complete billie holiday on verve -lrb- 1945-1959 -rrb- '' .
siegel received his bachelor 's degree from cornell university in 1962 and his master 's degree and doctorate in english from northwestern university .
dr. siegel wrote for `` jazztimes '' , `` washingtonian '' , `` washington newsworks '' , `` washington city paper '' , and `` washington tribune '' .
he acted as producer for albums of shirley horn and patti wicks .
he taught at georgetown university until 1998 .
he resided in arlington , virginia .
he died at age 63 of spinal meningitis .
he was survived by his parents , sherman and miriam danzinger siegel , and a sister , judith siegel-baum .
he was `` openly gay '' .
