Gary Giddins

24 books

After the Fireworks: Three Novellas by Aldous Huxley

After the Fireworks: Three Novellas

Aldous Huxley

420 pages • missing pub info (editions)

fiction classics dark reflective medium-paced
Bing Crosby: A Pocketful of Dreams - The Early Years 1903 - 1940 by Gary Giddins

Bing Crosby: A Pocketful of Dreams - The Early Years 1903 - 1940

Gary Giddins

768 pages • first pub 2000 (editions)

nonfiction biography history music informative slow-paced
Bing Crosby: Swinging on a Star: The War Years, 1940-1946 by Gary Giddins

Bing Crosby: Swinging on a Star: The War Years, 1940-1946

Gary Giddins

736 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

nonfiction biography history music informative reflective slow-paced
Jazz by Gary Giddins, Scott DeVeaux

Jazz

Gary Giddins, Scott DeVeaux

720 pages • first pub 2009 (editions)

nonfiction history music challenging informative slow-paced
Murray Talks Music: Albert Murray on Jazz and Blues by Greg Thomas, Gary Giddins, Paul Devlin, Albert Murray

Murray Talks Music: Albert Murray on Jazz and Blues

Greg Thomas, Gary Giddins, Paul Devlin, Albert Murray

280 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

nonfiction music informative slow-paced
Riding On A Blue Note: Jazz And American Pop by Gary Giddins

Riding On A Blue Note: Jazz And American Pop

Gary Giddins

336 pages • first pub 1981 (editions)

nonfiction history music informative medium-paced
Straight Life: The Story Of Art Pepper by Gary Giddins, Laurie Pepper, Todd Selbert, Art Pepper

Straight Life: The Story Of Art Pepper

Gary Giddins, Laurie Pepper, Todd Selbert, Art Pepper

558 pages • first pub 1980 (editions)

nonfiction biography music emotional reflective fast-paced
Three Wishes: An Intimate Look at Jazz Greats by Gary Giddins, Nadine de Koenigswarter, Nica de Koenigswarter

Three Wishes: An Intimate Look at Jazz Greats

Gary Giddins, Nadine de Koenigswarter, Nica de Koenigswarter

320 pages • first pub 2006 (editions)

nonfiction music informative medium-paced
Visions of Jazz: The First Century by Gary Giddins

Visions of Jazz: The First Century

Gary Giddins

704 pages • first pub 1998 (editions)

nonfiction history music informative medium-paced
Warning Shadows: Home Alone with Classic Cinema by Gary Giddins

Warning Shadows: Home Alone with Classic Cinema

Gary Giddins

416 pages • first pub 2010 (editions)

nonfiction essays reflective medium-paced