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

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Films

References

  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.