FEATHER WINS ASCAP AWARD

Los Angeles Times Jazz Critic Leonard Feather has been named one of 18 winners of the 19th annual ASCAP--Deems Taylor Awards for “outstanding music journalism.”

Feather, who has been with the newspaper for 21 years, won the award for an article on jazz singer Billie Holiday, which appeared in The Times on March 30. The award was announced at a ceremony in New York on Tuesday.