Gary Giddins
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Gary Giddins (Born March 21, 1948) critic, author, director, best known for his longtime work with The Village Voice.
Born in Brooklyn, and raised on Long Island, Giddins graduated from Grinnell College, Iowa, in 1970. After some freelance work as a music and film critic, in 1974 he started writing his column "Weather Bird" for the Village Voice, which he ended in December 2003.
[edit] Selected Works
[edit] 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 (2001)
- Weather Bird (2004)
- Natural Selection (2006)
[edit] Films
- 1987 Celebrating Bird: The Triumph of Charlie Parker
- 1990 Masters of American Music: Satchmo - Louis Armstrong aka Satchmo
