Will Friedwald
Birth date1961 (age 65–66)
Birth placeUnited States
OccupationWriter, journalist, music critic

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]

Selected works

Books

As main author

  1. :
eBook (2013); OCLC 869466664.

As co- and contributing-author

  1. Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies: An Illustrated Guide to the Warner Bros. Cartoons (1st ed.), by Jerry Beck & Will Friedwald, Henry Holt and Company (1989);[5] OCLC 856734486, OCLC 19671400
  2. Warner Bros. Animation Art – The Characters, the Creators, the Limited Editions, by Jerry Beck & Will Friedwald, Hugh Lauter Levin Associates (1997 & 2002); OCLC 437567875, OCLC 51634513
  3. The Good Life: The Autobiography of Tony Bennett, by Tony Bennett ("with Will Friedwald")
Hardcover – Simon & Schuster (1998); OCLC 877197581
Paperback – Pocket Books (1999); OCLC 41072316
  1. The Future of Jazz (1st ed.), Chicago: A Cappella Books (an imprint of Chicago Review Press (2002); OCLC 260106148, LCCN 2002001315
Co-authors: Will Friedwald, Ted Gioia, Jim Macnie (né James Richard Macnie; born approx. 1954), Peter Margasak (born 1966) (music writer with the Chicago Reader), Stuart Nicholson (de) (born 1948), Ben Ratliff, John F. Szwed, Greg Tate, Peter Watrous (né Peter Lagrange Watrous; born 1958) (jazz critic, formerly, from 1988 to 1999, of the New York Times), K. Leander Williams (né Kelvin Leander Williams; born 1963) (freelance journalist)
Editor: Yuval J. Taylor (born 1963) (Taylor is the Senior Editor at the Chicago Review Press, where he has been since 1998)
  1. Playboy Swings: How Hugh Hefner and Playboy Changed the Face of Music, by Patty Farmer, contributions by Will Friedwald, New York: Beaufort Books Inc. (connected to Midpoint Trade Books) (2015); OCLC 907206415

Essays, articles

Journalism: print/online newspapers, magazines, and broadcasts

  1. "Fi Jazz – Jazz Reviews," Friedwald (one of 10 critics) review the CDs of 1997, Fi ("The Magazine of Music and Sound"),[i] Vol. 3, No. 3, March 1998, p. 139; ISSN 1086-2153, LCCN 1086-2153
  2. "Louis Prima: He's So Delightfully Low," Oxford American, Issue 16 (launch of special annual issue: Southern Music, Vol. 1), Spring 1997, pp. 55–59; ISSN 1074-4525
  3. "Music: Ghost Bands Very Much Alive,", New York Times, August 6, 1997
  4. "This Modern-Day Musician Keeps the Jazz Age Alive – Profile: Peter Mintun" (Peter Mintun), New York Sun, January 25, 2005
  5. "Elvis Today The King Lives On – But He's Not Who You Always Thought He Was," American Heritage, Vol. 56, No. 1 (2005), pp. 22–29; OCLC 205088041, ISSN 0002-8738 (publication)
  6. "A Soaring Swan Song" (subscription or fee required), Wall Street Journal, February 16, 2015
  7. (profile of Scott Robinson) (subscription or fee required), Wall Street Journal, May 25, 2010
  8. Fresh Air, NPR, produced by WHYY-FM, Philadelphia: Terry Gross, host
  1. , September 24, 1997; OCLC 9715030
  1. , December 29, 1997; OCLC 973825522
  2. (ceremoniously re-aired on the eve of Sinatra's birth centennial), December 11, 2015
  3. (Friedwald, the first of three guests, describes Fred Astaire's singing ability), May 10, 1999; OCLC 971502371
  4. (Friedwald wrote liner notes for a new release, 10 CDs, The complete Columbia recordings of Mildred Bailey, Mosaic Records, 2000; OCLC 900094714), February 12, 2001; OCLC 973825636
  5. Weekend Edition, NPR, Scott Simon, host
  1. (death of Jimmy Scott – reflections – by NPR's Mandalit del Barco and guest, Friedwald), June 14, 2014
  2. All Things Considered, NPR
  1. (NPR host Noah Adams introduced the topic – Ellington's "Mood Indigo" and NPR's reporter, Lou Santacroce – who, in turn, gave a radio essay with guests David Baker, Ervin Drake, and Friedwald)
  2. (introduced by NPR host Andrea Seabrook, WNYC reporter Sara Fishko presents an interactive radio essay with guests C. Calloway Brooks, Cab's son, and Friedwald), December 22, 2007
  3. (NPR's Audie Cornish interviews Friedwald about his new book, Biographical Guide to the Great Jazz and Pop Singers), December 12, 2010

Liner notes

  1. Frank Sinatra – The Complete Capitol Singles Collection, Capitol Records (4 CD's) (1996); OCLC 867879332, OCLC 36230372

Family

Father: Herb 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.[6]

Selected liner notes of Herb Friedwald

  1. Peter Bocage with His Creole Serenaders and the Love-Jiles Ragtime Orchestra, Riverside RLP 357 & RLP 379, recorded June 12, 1960, and January 26, 1961, New Orleans;[7] OCLC 31315182, OCLC 54717443
  2. The Orange Kellin Trio: Orange Kellin (né Örjan Kjellin; born 1944 Ljungby, Sweden) (clarinet), Jon Marks (piano), John Russell (drums), GBH BCD-384, recorded February 10, 1992, Litchfield, Connecticut

References

Notes

  1. ^ Fi-magazine-description

Inline citations

  1. ^ Berry, Jason (December 3, 2010). "Books: Music". New York Times
  2. ^ Friedwald, Will (2010). A Biographical Guide to the Great Jazz and Pop Singers. New York: Pantheon Books. OCLC 790931612 (short bio on Friedwald – p. 813).
  3. ^ "This Modern-Day Musician Keeps the Jazz Age Alive. Profile: Peter Mintun", by Will Friedwald, New York Sun, January 25, 2005
  4. ^ "Interview: Will Friedwald," by Marc Myers, JazzWax; OCLC 973947908
    Part 1, November 3, 2010
    Part 2, November 4, 2010
    (retrieved May 25, 2017, via All About Jazz; OCLC 48652748)
  5. ^ Beck, Jerry & Friedwald, Will (1989). Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies: An Illustrated Guide to the Warner Bros. Cartoons. 1st ed. New York: Holt. OCLC 19671400
  6. ^ "Herb Friedwald, 62, Jazz Record Producer," New York Times, August 6, 1997
  7. ^ "Jazz – Peter Bocage." Vol. 12, No. 1 (January 1962). High Fidelity, p. 95.