Gary Giddins

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Giddins speaking at an American Library Association conference in Chicago, 2009.

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[edit]

Books[edit]

  • 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[edit]

  • 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[edit]

  • A 9th, 10th, 17th, and 37th Annual ASCAP-Deems Taylor Award Writers or Editors[3][4][5][6]
  • New York Times Notable Book for Riding on a Blue Note, 1981[citation needed]
  • 1982 and 1990 Nominee for and 1986 winner of Grammy for Best Album Notes[7][8]
  • Art Directors Club Merit Award, 1985[citation needed][9]
  • Guggenheim Fellowship 1986[citation needed]
  • 1987 American Book Award for Celebrating Bird[10]
  • The Esquire Register, Arts and Letters, 1987[citation needed]
  • 1988 Honorary Doctorate in Fine Arts from Grinnell College[11]
  • ASCAP-Deems Taylor Award for Celebrating Bird [book], 1988.[10]
  • AFI Video Conference Award for Celebrating Bird [film], 1988.[citation needed]
  • American Video Conference Award, "Best Long-form Music Video, " 1988 for Celebrating Bird: The Triumph of Charlie Parker (PBS)[citation needed]
  • VIDEO Magazine Award, "Best Music Program, " 1988 Celebrating Bird: The Triumph of Charlie Parker (PBS)[citation needed]
  • New Jersey Jazz Society Award for Career of Outstanding Service to Jazz, 1989[citation needed]
  • Jazz Times Readers Poll, Best Video, 1990 Celebrating Bird: The Triumph of Charlie Parker (PBS)[citation needed]
  • Jazz Times Critics Poll, Best Video, 1990 Satchmo (PBS)[citation needed]
  • ViRA Award, Best Jazz/Pop Video, 1990 Satchmo (PBS)[citation needed]
  • George Foster Peabody Award, John Hammond, 1991[citation needed]
  • ASCAP-Deems Taylor Award for Faces in the Crowd, 1992[citation needed]
  • ASCAP Gerald Marks Award, 1997. Given only once, to acknowledge Gary Giddins for winning the most ASCAP Deems Taylor Awards.[citation needed]
  • Bell Atlantic Jazz Award, Book of the Year for Visions of Jazz (1998)[citation needed]
  • New York Times Notable Book for Visions of Jazz (1998)[citation needed]
  • 1998 National Book Critics Circle Award in Criticism for Visions of Jazz: The First Century[12]
  • AAN (Association of Alternative Newsweeklies): Music Criticism, First Place, 1999.[citation needed]
  • Jazz Journalists Association Award, Jazz Writer of the Year, 1999.[citation needed]
  • 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]
  • Jazz Journalists Association Award, Jazz Writer of the Year, 2002.[citation needed]
  • 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]
  • Washington Post: The year’s best books for Bing Crosby, 2001[citation needed]
  • The 2003 Jazz Journalists Association Jazz Writer of the Year and Lifetime Achievement Awards[19]
  • AAN (Assoc. Alternative Newsweeklies): Music Criticism, 2004.[citation needed]
  • AAN (Association of Alternative Newsweeklies): Music Criticism, Second Place, 2004.[citation needed]
  • ARSC Award for Excellence in Historical Research for Bing Crosby: Swinging On a Star, 2018.[citation needed]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b Yanow, Scott. "Gary Giddins". AllMusic. Retrieved 20 March 2020.
  2. ^ a b c Giddens, Gary (27 November 2012). "Gary Giddens". Gary Giddens. Retrieved 2020-05-08.
  3. ^ "9th Annual ASCAP Deems Taylor Award Recipients". The ASCAP Foundation. 2019. Archived from the original on April 20, 2021. Retrieved 1 June 2024.
  4. ^ "10th Annual ASCAP Deems Taylor Award Recipients". The ASCAP Foundation. 2019. Archived from the original on April 17, 2021. Retrieved 1 June 2024.
  5. ^ "17th Annual ASCAP Deems Taylor Award Recipients". The ASCAP Foundation. Archived from the original on August 16, 2021. Retrieved 1 June 2024.
  6. ^ "37th Annual ASCAP Deems Taylor Award Recipients". The ASCAP Foundation. Archived from the original on April 20, 2021. Retrieved 2 June 2024.
  7. ^ "1982 Grammy Winners". Grammy Awards. Retrieved 1 June 2024.
  8. ^ "1986 Grammy Winners". Grammy Awards. Retrieved 1 June 2024.
  9. ^ "1990 Grammy Winners". Grammy Awards. Retrieved 1 June 2024.
  10. ^ a b "Celebrating Bird: The Triumph of Charlie Parker". LibraryThing. Archived from the original on March 31, 2023. Retrieved 1 June 2024.
  11. ^ "Past Honorary Degrees". Grinnell College. Archived from the original on June 10, 2023. Retrieved 1 June 2024.
  12. ^ "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.
  13. ^ 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.
  14. ^ Gary Giddins, 10th Annual Ralph J. Gleason Music Book Awards, 1998.
  15. ^ "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.
  16. ^ 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.
  17. ^ "Notable Books". New York Times. December 2, 2001. Archived from the original on June 10, 2021. Retrieved 1 June 2024.
  18. ^ 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.
  19. ^ 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.

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