Mark Stryker Posted February 24, 2019 Report Share Posted February 24, 2019 Multiple reports say that journalist Ira Gitler has died at age 90. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Gould Posted February 24, 2019 Report Share Posted February 24, 2019 Sad news to start the day but 90 is a pretty big number. RIP. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.A.W. Posted February 24, 2019 Report Share Posted February 24, 2019 (edited) http://forums.musicplayer.com/ubbthreads.php/topics/2977243/Jazz_writer_Ira_Gitler_has_pas https://www.facebook.com/search/top/?q=ira gitler&epa=SEARCH_BOX Edited February 24, 2019 by J.A.W. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Beat Steve Posted February 24, 2019 Report Share Posted February 24, 2019 Thanks for a HUGE amount of extremely instructive and at the same time entertaining jazz reading. RIP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidewinder Posted February 24, 2019 Report Share Posted February 24, 2019 Huge debt owed in terms of imparting jazz knowledge and some very insightful sleevenotes and articles. RIP. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlhoots Posted February 24, 2019 Report Share Posted February 24, 2019 One of my "go to" writers back in the day. RIP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.A.W. Posted February 24, 2019 Report Share Posted February 24, 2019 29 minutes ago, jlhoots said: One of my "go to" writers back in the day. RIP Same here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjzee Posted February 24, 2019 Report Share Posted February 24, 2019 Sad day. RIP. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hardbopjazz Posted February 24, 2019 Report Share Posted February 24, 2019 Sad news. RIP, Ira. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soulpope Posted February 24, 2019 Report Share Posted February 24, 2019 R.I.P .... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeweil Posted February 24, 2019 Report Share Posted February 24, 2019 One of my all time favourite jazz books: R.I.P., and thanks for the excellent work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rooster_Ties Posted February 24, 2019 Report Share Posted February 24, 2019 Just looked up what I could find on Amazon, to refresh my memory about his books -- and a few on Ice Hockey came up as well. I figured it was by a different author with the same name, but according to his Wikipedia entry, hockey was his other passion (literally how Wikipedia termed it)... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ira_Gitler RIP. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clifford_thornton Posted February 24, 2019 Report Share Posted February 24, 2019 What a life. RIP. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Posted February 24, 2019 Report Share Posted February 24, 2019 39 minutes ago, mikeweil said: One of my all time favourite jazz books: R.I.P., and thanks for the excellent work. Seconding that motion! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Beat Steve Posted February 24, 2019 Report Share Posted February 24, 2019 21 minutes ago, Joe said: Seconding that motion! Thirding it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted February 24, 2019 Report Share Posted February 24, 2019 4 hours ago, Mark Stryker said: Multiple reports say that journalist Ira Gitler has died at age 90. 4 hours ago, Dan Gould said: Sad news to start the day but 90 is a pretty big number. RIP. 3 hours ago, J.A.W. said: http://forums.musicplayer.com/ubbthreads.php/topics/2977243/Jazz_writer_Ira_Gitler_has_pas https://www.facebook.com/search/top/?q=ira gitler&epa=SEARCH_BOX 3 hours ago, Big Beat Steve said: Thanks for a HUGE amount of extremely instructive and at the same time entertaining jazz reading. RIP 3 hours ago, sidewinder said: Huge debt owed in terms of imparting jazz knowledge and some very insightful sleevenotes and articles. RIP. 3 hours ago, jlhoots said: One of my "go to" writers back in the day. RIP 2 hours ago, J.A.W. said: Same here. 2 hours ago, mjzee said: Sad day. RIP. 1 hour ago, Hardbopjazz said: Sad news. RIP, Ira. 1 hour ago, soulpope said: R.I.P .... 1 hour ago, mikeweil said: One of my all time favourite jazz books: R.I.P., and thanks for the excellent work. 38 minutes ago, Rooster_Ties said: Just looked up what I could find on Amazon, to refresh my memory about his books -- and a few on Ice Hockey came up as well. I figured it was by a different author with the same name, but according to his Wikipedia entry, hockey was his other passion (literally how Wikipedia termed it)... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ira_Gitler RIP. 25 minutes ago, clifford_thornton said: What a life. RIP. 23 minutes ago, Joe said: Seconding that motion! 1 minute ago, Big Beat Steve said: Thirding it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gmonahan Posted February 24, 2019 Report Share Posted February 24, 2019 He vastly improved and revitalized this essential reference work. I always enjoyed his writing, including a LOT of liners! gregmo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brad Posted February 24, 2019 Report Share Posted February 24, 2019 3 hours ago, mikeweil said: One of my all time favourite jazz books: R.I.P., and thanks for the excellent work. A fantastic book and RIP. A phenomenal writer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brownie Posted February 24, 2019 Report Share Posted February 24, 2019 Learned so much from him. He will be missed... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dmitry Posted February 24, 2019 Report Share Posted February 24, 2019 At times I've wondered why he never changed his last name. For a Jew to be just one letter off Adolph..and in Russian Hitler is pronounced and written 'Gitler'. Weird. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry Kart Posted February 24, 2019 Report Share Posted February 24, 2019 Knowing Ira, I can't imagine he would have changed his last name for that reason; let that momser Adolph change his, he might have said. In addition to all his other virtues and achievements, Ira had a great sense of humor and the absurd, more or less in the Mel Brooks vein. I remember an evening at a Chicago restaurant with Barry Harris and Eddie Jefferson where he left us weeping with laughter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin V Posted February 24, 2019 Report Share Posted February 24, 2019 I am very sorry to hear this. I was born 26 years after Bird's death and Gitler's writing made an era come alive. Thank you, Mr. Gitler, and rest in peace. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
king ubu Posted February 25, 2019 Report Share Posted February 25, 2019 Very sorry to hear this. Me too, I learned an awful lot from him ... and both the "Swing to Bop" and this bosk are favourites: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnS Posted February 25, 2019 Report Share Posted February 25, 2019 18 hours ago, sidewinder said: Huge debt owed in terms of imparting jazz knowledge and some very insightful sleevenotes and articles. RIP. My views too. Sad news,an important chronicler from the 50s on/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chewy-chew-chew-bean-benitez Posted February 25, 2019 Report Share Posted February 25, 2019 RIP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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