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Leonard Feather
Leonard Feather
British musician
1
Rex Stewart
Rex Stewart
American jazz cornetist
2
Joe Muranyi
Joe Muranyi
American jazz clarinetist
3
Lyn Christie
Lyn Christie
Australian musician
4
Phil Markowitz
Phil Markowitz
American musician
5
Armen Donelian
Armen Donelian
American musician
6
Joe Albany
Joe Albany
American pianist
7
John Von Ohlen
John Von Ohlen
jazz musician
8
Eddie South
Eddie South
American musician
9
Tony Fruscella
Tony Fruscella
jazz musician
10
Don Abney
Don Abney
American musician (1923-2000)
11
Fats Navarro
Fats Navarro
American jazz trumpeter
12
Georgie Auld
Georgie Auld
Canadian jazz musician
13
Will Bradley
Will Bradley
American trombonist
14
Bob Hammer
Bob Hammer
American pianist
15
Pierre Cullaz
Pierre Cullaz
French cellist and music educator
16
Kenny Drew
Kenny Drew
American jazz pianist
17
Tony Campise
Tony Campise
American musician
18
Ed Summerlin
Ed Summerlin
American musician
19
Rudy Van Gelder
Rudy Van Gelder
American recording engineer
20
Hod OBrien
Hod OBrien
American musician
21
Rudy Williams
Rudy Williams
American musician
22
Wilbur Ware
Wilbur Ware
American musician
23
Art Farmer
Art Farmer
American jazz trumpeter
24
Benny Golson
Benny Golson
American bebop/hard bop jazz tenor saxophonist, composer, and arranger (born 1929)
25
Fats Sadi
Fats Sadi
Belgian musician
26
Tommy Flanagan
Tommy Flanagan
American jazz pianist
27
Art Taylor
Art Taylor
American jazz drummer
28
Matty Malneck
Matty Malneck
American jazz bandleader, violinist, violist and songwriter
29
Lou Stein
Lou Stein
American musician
30
Elmo Hope
Elmo Hope
American musician
31
Eddie Bonnemere
Eddie Bonnemere
American musician and pianist
32
Buddy Stewart
Buddy Stewart
American musician
33
Roland Hanna
Roland Hanna
American pianist
34
Lee Collins
Lee Collins
American musician
35
Dave Schildkraut
Dave Schildkraut
American musician
36
Dick Wellstood
Dick Wellstood
American jazz pianist
37
Ed Polcer
Ed Polcer
American musician
38
Arnold Fishkind
Arnold Fishkind
American musician
39
Tadd Dameron
Tadd Dameron
American pianist
40
David Finck
David Finck
American musician
41
June Cole
June Cole
American musician
42
Sonny Russo
Sonny Russo
American jazz trombonist
43
Don Elliott
Don Elliott
jazz musician
44
Carlos Ward
Carlos Ward
American musician
45
Jimmy Rushing
Jimmy Rushing
American blues shouter and swing jazz singer
46
Cecil Payne
Cecil Payne
American jazz saxophonist
47
Bobby Jones
Bobby Jones
American jazz saxophonist
48
John Jenkins
John Jenkins
American jazz saxophonist
49
Don Cherry
Don Cherry
American jazz trumpeter
50
Eddie Heywood
Eddie Heywood
American jazz pianist, songwriter
51
Dewey Redman
Dewey Redman
American saxophonist
52
Stanton Davis
Stanton Davis
American musician
53
Joe Locke
Joe Locke
American musician
54
Johnny Bothwell
Johnny Bothwell
American musician
55
Yusef Lateef
Yusef Lateef
American jazz multi-instrumentalist, composer, educator and spokesman for the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community
56
George Morrow
George Morrow
American jazz bassist
57
Joe Shulman
Joe Shulman
American musician
58
Lonnie Smith
Lonnie Smith
American jazz musician
59
Will Davis
Will Davis
Jazz pianist
60
John Robichaux
John Robichaux
New Orleans jazz musician
61
Hank Mobley
Hank Mobley
American saxophonist
62
Marc Cary
Marc Cary
American musician
63
Ralph Escudero
Ralph Escudero
Puerto Rican jazz musician
64
Al Levitt
Al Levitt
American musician
65
Lew Tabackin
Lew Tabackin
American musician
66
Gary Foster
Gary Foster
Musician, Instrumentalist
67
Cliff Jackson
Cliff Jackson
American pianist
Ira Gitler
American sports journalist and music critic

Ira Gitler

Intro
American sports journalist and music critic
Genres
Awards Received
Guggenheim Fellowship
Music

Ira Gitler (December 18, 1928 – February 23, 2019) was an American jazz historian and journalist. The co-author of The Biographical Encyclopedia of Jazz with Leonard Feather—the most recent edition appeared in 1999—he wrote hundreds of liner notes for jazz recordings beginning in the early 1950s and wrote several books about jazz and ice hockey, two of his passions.