Giddins, the distinguished music, film, and book critic, has received a number of prizes including six ASCAP Deems Taylor Awards for Excellence in Music Criticism and a lifetime achievement award from the Jazz Journalists Association. His writing has appeared in The New York Times, The New Yorker, Esquire, The Atlantic, Grand Street, The Nation, and other publications. In 1986, Giddins and the late pianist-composer John Lewis founded the American Jazz Orchestra, which presented jazz repertory concerts featuring Benny Carter, Dizzy Gillespie, Tony Bennett, Bobby Short, and other celebrated artists.
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