Rafi Zabor

Rafi Zabor (born Joel Zaborovsky, August 22, 1946) is a Brooklyn, New York–based music journalist- and musician-turned-novelist.

Life and work A graduate of Brooklyn College, Zabor became a jazz critic for Musician in 1977, and later became an editor for the magazine.

Zabor's second book, the memoir I, Wabenzi, was commercially unsuccessful and met with mixed critical response.

In 2008, Zabor received an NEA Literature Fellowship.

Zabor is also a jazz drummer.