Will Friedwald
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Born | 1961 (age 62–63) |
Occupation(s) | Writer, journalist, music critic |
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Will Friedwald (born September 16, 1961) is an American author[1][2] and music critic. He has written for newspapers that include the Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Village Voice, Newsday, New York Observer, and New York Sun [3] – and for magazines that include Entertainment Weekly, Oxford American, New York, Mojo, BBC Music Magazine, Stereo Review, Fi,[i] and American Heritage.[2][4]
Sinatra! The Song Is You – A Singer's Art (1995). Charles Scribner's Sons. Retrieved May 25, 2017 – via Google Books. OCLC 32552191 (all editions).[5]
(this book won the 1996 ASCAP Deems Taylor Award for Excellence in Music Criticism)[6]
Jazz Singing – America's Great Voices From Bessie Smith to Bebop and Beyond (1990). Charles Scribner's Sons. 1990. ISBN 978-0-684-18522-4. Retrieved July 19, 2022 – via Internet Archive. LCCN 91-32186; OCLC 440808063 (all editions).[a]
Stardust Melodies – The Biography of Twelve of America's Most Popular Songs.[b]
(1st ed.) (2002). Pantheon Books. ISBN 978-0-375-42089-4. Retrieved July 19, 2022 – via Internet Archive. OCLC 891714972 (all editions).[7]
A Biographical Guide to the Great Jazz and Pop Singers, Pantheon Books (2010); OCLC 790931612 (all editions).
The Great Jazz and Pop Vocal Albums (1st ed.), Pantheon (Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group) (2017); OCLC 951833385 (all editions).
"'Judy Garland: Swan Songs, First Flights' proves that at the end of her career, the singer still could reach down to the bottom of her soul and come up with something to dazzle and amaze" – Will 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]
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