Gary Giddins

Additional Crew, Writer, Director

Gary Giddins won the National Book Critics Circle Award for Visions of Jazz in 1998. He has written books on Louis Armstrong and Charlie Parker. A longtime columnist for the Village Voice, he lives in New York City.

Known For

American Masters

(1985)

Truth in Terms of Beauty

(2006)

Saxophone Colossus

(1986)

Mary Lou Williams: The Lady Who Swings the Band

(2015)

Gary Giddins Movies

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Previous (7)

2021 |
Fire Music
Fire Music
2021
1h 28m
Documentary, Music
7.4
A look at the history and evolution of the free jazz movement of the 1960s and 1970s.
asSelf
2018 |
Count Basie: Through His Own Eyes
2017 |
Rumble: The Indians Who Rocked The World
Rumble: The Indians Who Rocked The World
2017
1h 43m
Documentary, Music
7.8
A documentary about the role of Native Americans in popular music history.
asSelf - Critic & Biographer
2015 |
Mary Lou Williams: The Lady Who Swings the Band
2014 |
Sound of Redemption: The Frank Morgan Story
2006 |
Truth in Terms of Beauty
1986 |
Saxophone Colossus