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Gary Giddins is a columnist for the Village Voice and winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award for Visions of Jazz. He is also the author of a biography of Bing Crosby. His work has won numerous prizes, including a Guggenheim Fellowship, five ASCAP-Deems Taylor awards, and an American Book Award. He lives in New York City.
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"An indispensable guidebook." -- Francis Davis, New York Times
"The jazz book of the year." -- Ken Tucker, Philadelphia Inquirer
"[A] brilliant collection....With refreshing insight, wit, and a readable style much too rare in his field, Giddins has assembled delightful and instructive pieces that can be returned to again and again." -- Grover Sales, Los Angeles Times
"The jazz book of the year." -- Ken Tucker, Philadelphia Inquirer
"[A] brilliant collection....With refreshing insight, wit, and a readable style much too rare in his field, Giddins has assembled delightful and instructive pieces that can be returned to again and again." -- Grover Sales, Los Angeles Times
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- PublisherOxford University Press
- Publication date1985
- ISBN 10 0195035585
- ISBN 13 9780195035582
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
- Number of pages291
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