# Ira Gitler

> Ira Gitler 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.

*American sports journalist and music critic (1928-2019)*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/ira-gitler

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Writer / Author
- **Category:** Writers
- **Country:** United States
- **Born:** 1928-12-18
- **Died:** 2019-02-23
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 47.1 / 100
- **Momentum:** 1.8 / 100  (trend: STABLE)
- **Historical depth:** 13.4 / 100
- **Now attention:** 0.0 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 60.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 55.0 / 100

## Sources
- [Discogs](https://www.discogs.com/artist/334380)
- [إيرا جيتلر](https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A5%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%A7_%D8%AC%D9%8A%D8%AA%D9%84%D8%B1)
- [ايرا جيتلر](https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%A7_%D8%AC%D9%8A%D8%AA%D9%84%D8%B1)
- [Ira Gitler](https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ira_Gitler)
- [Ira Gitler](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ira_Gitler)
- [Ira Gitler](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ira_Gitler)
- [Ira Gitler](https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ira_Gitler)
- [Ira Gitler](https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ira_Gitler)
- [Ira Gitler](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ira_Gitler)
- [איירה גיטלר](https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%90%D7%99%D7%99%D7%A8%D7%94_%D7%92%D7%99%D7%98%D7%9C%D7%A8)
- [アイラ・ギトラー](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A2%E3%82%A4%E3%83%A9%E3%83%BB%E3%82%AE%E3%83%88%E3%83%A9%E3%83%BC)
- [Ira Gitler](https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ira_Gitler)
- [Ira Gitler](https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ira_Gitler)
- [Гитлер, Айра](https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%93%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%BB%D0%B5%D1%80%2C_%D0%90%D0%B9%D1%80%D0%B0)
- [ایرا گٹلر](https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%B1%D8%A7_%DA%AF%D9%B9%D9%84%D8%B1)
- [MusicBrainz](https://musicbrainz.org/artist/dda27964-2005-4713-a343-365c4eba086d)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q212663)

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