| Date of Birth | 18-December-1928 | |
| Place of Birth |
Brooklyn (United States of America, New York City, New York, New York-White Plains-Wayne, NY-NJ Metropolitan Division) |
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| Nationality | United States of America | |
| Profession | Writer, Journalist | |
| Ira Gitler is an American jazz historian and journalist. Perhaps best known for The Biographical Encyclopedia of Jazz written with Leonard Feather—the most recent edition appeared in 1999—he has written hundreds of liner notes for jazz recordings since the early 1950s and is the author of dozens of books about jazz and ice hockey, two of his passions. | ||
Awards by Ira Gitler |
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| Check all the awards nominated and won by Ira Gitler. | ||
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