Gary Giddins
Gary Giddins (born 1948) is an American jazz critic and author.[1] He wrote for The Village Voice from 1973;[1] his "Weather Bird" column ended in 2003.[2] In 1986 Gary Giddins and John Lewis created the American Jazz Orchestra which presented concerts using a jazz repertory with musicians such as Tony Bennett.[2]
For five years, Giddins was the executive director of the Leon Levy Center for Biography at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York.[2]
Selected works
Books
- Riding on a Blue Note (1981)
- Rhythm-a-ning (1985)
- Celebrating Bird (1987)
- Satchmo (1988)
- Faces in the Crowd (1992)
- Visions of Jazz: The First Century (1998)
- Bing Crosby: A Pocketful of Dreams - The Early Years, 1903-1940 (2001)
- Weather Bird (2004)
- Natural Selection (2006)
- Jazz (2009)
- Warning Shadows: Home Alone with Classic Cinema (2010)
- Bing Crosby: Swinging on a Star - The War Years, 1940-1946 (2018)
Films
- 1987: Celebrating Bird: The Triumph of Charlie Parker
- 1990: Masters of American Music: Satchmo - Louis Armstrong aka Satchmo
- 1999: Contributed to the documentary Barry Harris: The Spirit of Bebop. Giddins (& others) described how Harris developed and maintained an appreciation for Bebop and became a force to engage so many people in a deep love and commitment to music performance.
- 2000: Contributor of interviews throughout the 10-part PBS series Jazz by Ken Burns.
- 2014: Bing Crosby Rediscovered – American Masters
References
- ^ a b Yanow, Scott. "Gary Giddins". AllMusic. Retrieved 20 March 2020.
- ^ a b c Giddens, Gary (27 November 2012). "Gary Giddens". Gary Giddens. Retrieved 2020-05-08.
External links
- Gary Giddins at IMDb
- GaryGiddins.com (official website)
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