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Sonny Rollins: Audio Interview with Ira Gitler & Music Students, 3 of 3
On April 26, 1994, jazz journalist and historian Ira Gitler interviewed Sonny Rollins before an audience of student and faculty musicians at the…
May 3, 2025
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Sonny Rollins: Audio Interview with Ira Gitler, 2 of 3, plus an Article for All
On April 26, 1994, jazz journalist and historian Ira Gitler interviewed Sonny Rollins before an audience of student and faculty musicians at the…
Apr 13, 2025
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Sonny Rollins: Audio Interview with Ira Gitler About Ike Day & More, 1 of 3
(NOTE: Effective immediately, I will be giving presentations on Zoom exclusively for Founding Members—that is, for everyone who gives $55 or more per…
Mar 8, 2025
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Wes Montgomery: Unheard 18-minute Audio Interview with Ira Gitler, + Bonus
(Paying Subscribers, at the very bottom you’ll get the full Gitler piece on Wes, and the entire guitar issue of Downbeat with stories about Mingus and…
Oct 1, 2023
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Ira Gitler talks About Drums with Tony Williams, Art Blakey,Cozy Cole, & Mel Lewis,AUDIO!; Part 4 (Last)
Part 1 of this four-part audio discussion is here. You will also find there the printed article that was taken partly from this discussion, as well as…
Jul 30, 2023
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Ira Gitler talks About Drums with Tony Williams, Art Blakey,Cozy Cole, & Mel Lewis,AUDIO!;Part 2, +Bonus
(Paying subscribers, your bonus is at the bottom as usual.)
May 21, 2023
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Ira Gitler talks About Drums with Tony Williams, Art Blakey,Cozy Cole, & Mel Lewis,AUDIO!;Part 1
The late Ira Gitler (1928-2019) was one of the foremost jazz critics and historians.
May 10, 2023
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