Gary Giddins
American jazz critic and author
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
Awards
- A 9th, 10th, 17th, and 37th Annual ASCAP-Deems Taylor Award Writers or Editors[3][4][5][6]
- 1982 and 1990 Nominee for and 1986 winner of Grammy for Best Album Notes[7][8]
- Guggenheim Fellowship 1986[9]
- 1987 American Book Award for Celebrating Bird[10]
- 1988 Honorary Doctorate in Fine Arts from Grinnell College[11]
- ASCAP-Deems Taylor Award for Celebrating Bird [book], 1988.[10]
- 1998 National Book Critics Circle Award in Criticism for Visions of Jazz: The First Century[12]
- 1999 Jazz Journalists Association Excellence in Print and Book of the Year (for Visions of Jazz) Awards.[13]
- Ralph J. Gleason Music Book Award for Visions of Jazz, 1998[14]
- Ralph J. Gleason Music Book Award for Bing Crosby: A Pocketful of Dreams, 2002.[13][failed verification]
- The 2002 Association for Recorded Sound Collections Best Research in Recorded General Popular Music Award Bing Crosby: A Pocketful of Dreams: The Early Years, 1903–1940[15]
- 2002 Theatre Library Association Award for excellence in writing on film and broadcasting for Bing Crosby: A Pocketful of Dreams: The Early Years, 1903–1940[16]
- 2001 New York Times-selected Notable Book: Bing Crosby: A Pocketful of Dreams: The Early Years, 1903–1940[17]
- Bing Crosby: A Pocketful of Dreams: The Early Years, 1903–1940 nominated one of Los Angeles Times's Best Books of 2001[18]
- The 2003 Jazz Journalists Association Jazz Writer of the Year and Lifetime Achievement Awards[19]
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.
- ^ "9th Annual ASCAP Deems Taylor Award Recipients". The ASCAP Foundation. 2019. Archived from the original on April 20, 2021. Retrieved 1 June 2024.
- ^ "10th Annual ASCAP Deems Taylor Award Recipients". The ASCAP Foundation. 2019. Archived from the original on April 17, 2021. Retrieved 1 June 2024.
- ^ "17th Annual ASCAP Deems Taylor Award Recipients". The ASCAP Foundation. Archived from the original on August 16, 2021. Retrieved 1 June 2024.
- ^ "37th Annual ASCAP Deems Taylor Award Recipients". The ASCAP Foundation. Archived from the original on April 20, 2021. Retrieved 2 June 2024.
- ^ "1982 Grammy Winners". Grammy Awards. Retrieved 1 June 2024.
- ^ "1986 Grammy Winners". Grammy Awards. Retrieved 1 June 2024.
- ^ "Gary Giddins". John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. Retrieved June 2, 2024.
- ^ a b "Celebrating Bird: The Triumph of Charlie Parker". LibraryThing. Archived from the original on March 31, 2023. Retrieved 1 June 2024.
- ^ "Past Honorary Degrees". Grinnell College. Archived from the original on June 10, 2023. Retrieved 1 June 2024.
- ^ "The National Book Critics Circle Awards: 1998 Winners & Finalists". National Book Critics Circle. Archived from the original on December 11, 2023. Retrieved 1 June 2024.
- ^ a b "2nd Annual (1999) Jazz Awards". Jazz Journalists Association Library. June 15, 1999. Archived from the original on June 4, 2023. Retrieved 1 June 2024.
- ^ Gary Giddins, 10th Annual Ralph J. Gleason Music Book Awards, 1998.
- ^ "ARSC Awards for Excellence: 2002 Winners". Association for Recorded Sound Collections. June 14, 2010. Archived from the original on April 1, 2023. Retrieved 1 June 2024.
- ^ Simonson, Robert (May 29, 2002). "Theatre Library Hands Out 2002 Performing Arts Book Awards". Playbill. Archived from the original on June 24, 2021. Retrieved 1 June 2024.
- ^ "Notable Books". New York Times. December 2, 2001. Archived from the original on June 10, 2021. Retrieved 1 June 2024.
- ^ Sudhalter, Richard M. (December 2, 2001). "The Best Books of 2001". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on June 1, 2024. Retrieved 1 June 2024.
- ^ Oteri, Frank J. (June 30, 2003). "The Temperature is HOT at the 2003 JJA Awards". New Music USA. Archived from the original on June 2, 2024. Retrieved 2 June 2024.
External links
- Gary Giddins at IMDb
- GaryGiddins.com (official website)
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- Cecil Brown
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- Jesús Colón
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- Maurice Kenny
- Mei-mei Berssenbrugge
- Miné Okubo
- Paule Marshall
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- Thomas McGrath
- Venkatesh Kulkarni
- William J. Kennedy
- Angela Jackson
- Arnold Genthe / John Kuo Wei Tchen
- Colleen J. McElroy
- Gary Soto
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