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Book Review

Weather Bird: Jazz at the Dawn of Its Second Century

Read "Weather Bird: Jazz at the Dawn of Its Second Century" reviewed by Joel Roberts


Gary Giddins Weather Bird: Jazz at the Dawn of Its Second Century Oxford University Press ISBN: 0-19-515607-2 2004

Gary Giddins' “Weather Bird column in the Village Voice was required reading for New York jazz buffs for years. Equal parts critic, booster and history teacher, as well as a stylish writer, Giddins offered an indispensable one-stop guide to the city's jazz scene. His latest book, a follow-up to his acclaimed Visions of Jazz, ...

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Book Review

Weather Bird: Jazz at the Dawn of Its Second Century

Read "Weather Bird: Jazz at the Dawn of Its Second Century" reviewed by John Kelman


Gary Giddins Weather Bird: Jazz at the Dawn of Its Second Century Oxford University Press ISBN: 0-19-515607-2 2004

There is an indescribable joy in finding writers who not only know how to cleverly turn a phrase, but who truly understand how to imbue their writing with personality, life and a personal perspective that makes a reader want to keep coming back for more. Jazz writer Gary Giddins is such writer. A long-time ...

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Bing & Louis: A Pocketful Of Dreams With Gary Giddins, This Week On Riverwalk Jazz

Bing & Louis: A Pocketful Of Dreams With Gary Giddins, This Week On Riverwalk Jazz

Source: Don Mopsick

Bing Crosby and Louis Armstrong struck up a friendship in the 1920s that flourished as they worked together—for almost half a century—on stage, in movies, and on radio and TV. This week on Riverwalkl Jazz, Gary Giddins, author of Bing Crosby: A Pocketful of Dreams-the Early Years, 1903-1940 shares a look into the friendship between Bing and Louis. The program is distributed in the US by Public Radio International. You can also drop in on a continuous stream of shows ...

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This Week On Riverwalk Jazz: Gary Giddins On Louis & Bing

This Week On Riverwalk Jazz: Gary Giddins On Louis & Bing

Source: Don Mopsick

Bing Crosby and Louis Armstrong struck up a friendship in the 1920s that flourished as they worked together—for almost half a century—on stage, in movies, and on radio and TV. This week on Riverwalk Jazz, Gary Giddins, author of Bing Crosby: A Pocketful of Dreams-the Early Years, 1903-1940 shares a look into the friendship between Bing and Louis. The program is distributed in the US by Public Radio International, on Sirius/XM satellite radio and can be streamed on-demand from the ...

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"Let's Talk Jazz" With Gary Giddins On Riverwalk Jazz This Week

"Let's Talk Jazz" With Gary Giddins On Riverwalk Jazz This Week

Source: Don Mopsick

Film critic Richard Schickel wrote in the Los Angeles Times: “We see our culture more clearly because of [Gary Giddins’] force, intelligence and alertness to overlooked detail.” Giddins is our guest this week on Riverwalk Jazz. The program is distributed in the US by Public Radio International, on Sirius/XM satellite radio and can be streamed on-demand from the Riverwalk Jazz website. From 1973—2003 Gary Giddins wrote his “Weather Bird" column for New York's Village Voice, earning himself international recognition and ...

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Gary Giddins on Bing and Louis This Week on Riverwalk Jazz

Gary Giddins on Bing and Louis This Week on Riverwalk Jazz

Source: Don Mopsick

This week on Riverwalk Jazz, Gary Giddins, author of Bing Crosby: A Pocketful of Dreams-the Early Years, 1903-1940 shares a look into the life-long friendship between Bing Crosby and Louis Armstrong. The hour-long radio presentation is distributed in the US by Public Radio International, on satellite radio by Sirius/XM and streamed worldwide from the Riverwalk Jazz website at riverwalkjazz.org. In 1929, Bing Crosby was about to become the most famous pop singer in the country. He would score more #1 ...

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Book / Magazine

Book Review - Warning Shadows - Home Alone with Classic Cinema - By Gary Giddins

Book Review - Warning Shadows - Home Alone with Classic Cinema - By Gary Giddins

Source: AAJ Staff

Scratch a film critic, and you're likely to find a jazz buff. That the opposite is also true was suggested as far back as the 1930s by Otis Ferguson, the startlingly prescient critic who covered jazz, when it was a genuinely popular art, along with Hollywood movies, then entering their classical phase, for The New Republic. It's demonstrated again by Gary Giddins, the eminent jazz critic of The Village Voice from 1973 to 2003, and more recently the DVD columnist ...

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Event

Gary Giddins, Jazz Critic to Speak at SCCC on October 22, 2009

Gary Giddins, Jazz Critic to Speak at SCCC on October 22, 2009

Source: Michael Ricci

Gary Giddins, leading jazz critic and bestselling biographer of legendary musicians, will speak about his newly published history of jazz on Thursday, October 22, 2009 at 7:30 p.m. in the Carl B. Taylor Auditorium of Schenectady Community College, 78 Washington Ave., Schenectady. The event, which is free and open to the public, is sponsored by SCCC's Community and Cultural Events Committee and the New York State Writers Institute. Gary Giddins, acclaimed music critic and biographer, earned the National Book Critics ...

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