Will Friedwald
Will Friedwald | |
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Born | 1961 (age 62–63) music critic |
This biographical article is written encyclopedic . (January 2024) |
Will Friedwald (born September 16, 1961) is an
Selected works
Books
As main author
- Sinatra! The Song Is You – A Singer's Art (1995).Stardust Melodies – The Biography of Twelve of America's Most Popular Songs.[b]
- (1st ed.) (2002).
- .
As co- and contributing-author
- Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies: An Illustrated Guide to the Warner Bros. Cartoons (1st ed.), by ("with Will Friedwald")
Essays, articles
Journalism: print/online newspapers, magazines, and broadcasts
- "Fi Jazz – Jazz Reviews," Friedwald (one of 10 critics) review the , host
- Friedwald discusses his new encyclopedic book, Sinatra!, September 24, 1997; OCLC 9715030
- (aired again), December 29, 1997; NPR, Scott Simon, host
- "Jazz Balladeer Influenced Better-Known Singers" (death of NPR
- "Mood Indigo" (NPR's Audie Cornishinterviews Friedwald about his new book, Biographical Guide to the Great Jazz and Pop Singers), December 12, 2010
- "Mood Indigo" (
- "Jazz Balladeer Influenced Better-Known Singers" (death of
Liner notes
Family
Father: Herb Friedwald
Will Friedwald is the son of the late Herb Friedwald (né Herbert F. Friedwald; 1935–1997) who was a jazz producer, jazz historian, and record label lawyer in New York. Herb was the founder of the short-lived jazz label, Kharma Records. Among other pursuits, Herb wrote liner notes.[9]
Selected liner notes of Herb Friedwald
- GBH BCD-384, recorded February 10, 1992, Litchfield, Connecticut
References
Notes
- ^ OCLC 938235377)
Reviews of Friedwald's work
- JSTOR 941652 thru participating library), where he has worked since 1991
Note: Michael Bruce Cogswell (born 1953) — a jazz scholar and preservationist — is Executive Director of the Louis Armstrong House Museum - ^ Stardust Melodies: "Will Friedwald: Ten Years After – Lee Mergner interviews author of new book on the great jazz and pop vocalists," by Lee Mergner, JazzTimes, December 10, 2010 (retrieved May 25, 2017)
Inline citations
- New York Times.
- ^ OCLC 790931612(short bio on Friedwald – pg. 813).
- New York Sun, January 25, 2005
- OCLC 973947908
Part 1, November 3, 2010
Part 2, November 4, 2010
(retrieved May 25, 2017, viaOCLC 48652748) - OCLC 32552191. Retrieved 10 October 2016.
- ASCAP. Archived from the originalon 2016-03-30. Retrieved 10 October 2016.
- ^ Interview: "Will Friedwald, Author of Stardust Melodies: A Biography of Twelve of America’s Most Popular Songs," Jerry Jazz Musician (online) (website registered to Joseph Anthony Maita, born 1954 – of Portland), August 2, 2002 (retrieved May 25, 2017)
- OCLC 19671400.
- New York Times, August 6, 1997
- ^ "Jazz – Peter Bocage." Vol. 12, No. 1 (January 1962). High Fidelity, pg. 95.
Other external links
- Friedwald's YouTube channel
- Will Friedwald Interview NAMM Oral History Library (2021)
- (aired again), December 29, 1997;
- Friedwald discusses his new encyclopedic book, Sinatra!, September 24, 1997;