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Borgman was born on January 22, 1928 in St. Louis, Missouri, the only child of Herman Francis and Martha Vivien (Wecker) Borgman. He grew up in St. Louis and attended the St. Louis Institute of Music, where he earned a Bachelor of Music degree and Indiana University, Bloomington, where he received a master's degree in musicology.<ref>''Who's Who in America'', 1994, 48th Edition, Vol. 1, page 362</ref>  

Borgman was born on January 22, 1928 in St. Louis, Missouri, the only child of Herman Francis and Martha Vivien (Wecker) Borgman. He grew up in St. Louis and attended the St. Louis Institute of Music, where he earned a Bachelor of Music degree and Indiana University, Bloomington, where he received a master's degree in musicology.<ref>''Who's Who in America'', 1994, 48th Edition, Vol. 1, page 362</ref>  

Borgman played saxophone and clarinet with such big bands as Larry Tice's Orchestra (1946), Jack Everett's Orchestra (1946) and Jack Stalcup's Orchestra (1950). He was a member of the U.S. Army from 1946 to 1948, playing clarinet in an Army band in Heidelberg, Germany, where he took a music appreciation course at Heidelberg University. From 1953 to 1957, he worked as a high school band and chorus director, two years in Colorado and two years in Nevada. He married Janet Ferroli, a Bostonian, in February 1957. In Spring and Summer 1957, Borgman took a television production course at the School of Radio Technique, New York City. He subsequently worked as a lighting assistant on the Drew Pearson and Quentin Reynolds TV documentaries, and he also worked as a film editor in New York. In 1958, he was a film editor and TV cameraman at KOMU, Missouri University's commercial (NBC affiliate) TV station in Columbia.<ref>''Who's Who in America'', 1994, 48th Edition, Vol. 1, page 362</ref>  

Borgman played saxophone and clarinet with such big bands as Larry Tice's Orchestra (1946), Jack Everett's Orchestra (1946) and Jack Stalcup's Orchestra (1950). He was a member of the U.S. Army from 1946 to 1948, playing clarinet in an Army band in Heidelberg, Germany, where he took a music appreciation course at Heidelberg University. From 1953 to 1957, he worked as a high school band<ref>Patterson's American Education, Volume 53, Homer L. Patterson, page 47, 1956.</ref> and chorus director, two years in Colorado<ref>Patterson's American Education, Volume 53, Homer L. Patterson, page 47, 1956.</ref> and two years in Nevada. He married Janet Ferroli, a Bostonian, in February 1957. In Spring and Summer 1957, Borgman took a television production course at the School of Radio Technique, New York City. He subsequently worked as a lighting assistant on the Drew Pearson and Quentin Reynolds TV documentaries, and he also worked as a film editor in New York. In 1958, he was a film editor and TV cameraman at KOMU, Missouri University's commercial (NBC affiliate) TV station in Columbia.<ref>''Who's Who in America'', 1994, 48th Edition, Vol. 1, page 362</ref>  

== Military career ==

== Military career ==

Borgman's reviews of jazz recordings and books have appeared in such periodicals as the ''IAJRC Journal'', ''Cadence'', ''Joslin's Jazz Journal'', ''TJ Today'' and since 1992, ''The Mississippi Rag'', for which he wrote a monthly column, "Yankee Jazz Beat"<ref>Internet Movie Database</ref><ref>''Who's Who in America'', 1994, 48th Edition, Vol. 1, page 362</ref> up until the newspaper went defunct in 2009 upon the death of its owner [[Leslie Johnson]].  

Borgman's reviews of jazz recordings and books have appeared in such periodicals as the ''IAJRC Journal'', ''Cadence'', ''Joslin's Jazz Journal'', ''TJ Today'' and since 1992, ''The Mississippi Rag'', for which he wrote a monthly column, "Yankee Jazz Beat"<ref>Internet Movie Database</ref><ref>''Who's Who in America'', 1994, 48th Edition, Vol. 1, page 362</ref> up until the newspaper went defunct in 2009 upon the death of its owner [[Leslie Johnson]].  

Borgman has written numerous reviews, in-depth articles on the history of jazz and on numerous jazz musicians including jazz drummer [[Tommy Benford]], ragtime composer [[Joseph F. Lamb]], Ruby Braff, [[Al Casey]], [[Buzzy Drootin]], Sabby Lewis, Stan McDonald, Chuck Folds, Stan Kenton, et al.<ref>''The Mississippi Rag'' - various issues</ref> His most recent in-depth aritcle was on Glen Gray and the [[Casa Loma Orchestra]], in the October 2006 issue of ''The Mississippi Rag''.  

Borgman has written numerous reviews, in-depth articles on the history of jazz and on numerous jazz musicians including jazz drummer [[Tommy Benford]], ragtime composer [[Joseph F. Lamb]],<ref>Ragging It: Getting Ragtime Into History (and Some History Into Ragytime), H. Loring White, page 311, 2005.</ref> Ruby Braff, [[Al Casey]], [[Buzzy Drootin]], Sabby Lewis, Stan McDonald, Chuck Folds, Stan Kenton, et al.<ref>''The Mississippi Rag'' - various issues</ref> His most recent in-depth aritcle was on Glen Gray and the [[Casa Loma Orchestra]], in the October 2006 issue of ''The Mississippi Rag''.  

In the mid-1990s he was voted in the top 12 jazz critics in the ''Jazz Beat'' poll. He is a member of the Jazz Journalists Association and has written liner notes for Stomp Off Records and various jazz recording artists and groups, including Neville Dickie, the Back Bay Ramblers, Stan McDonald's Blue Horizon Jazz Band and Lucinda Ellert's Happy Feet Dance Orchestra. He has also written articles for the annual Hot Steamed Jazz Festival (Essex, Connecticut).<ref>Internet Movie database</ref>

In the mid-1990s he was voted in the top 12 jazz critics in the ''Jazz Beat'' poll. He is a member of the Jazz Journalists Association and has written liner notes for Stomp Off Records and various jazz recording artists and groups, including Neville Dickie, the Back Bay Ramblers, Stan McDonald's Blue Horizon Jazz Band and Lucinda Ellert's Happy Feet Dance Orchestra. He has also written articles for the annual Hot Steamed Jazz Festival (Essex, Connecticut).<ref>Internet Movie database</ref>