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Carl Woideck is an instructor of jazz, rock, and blues music histories at the University of Oregon, where he began teaching in 1982. Woideck is also a professional saxophonist and longtime jazz radio broadcaster.

Woideck is author of Charlie Parker: His Music and Life (University of Michigan Press); the book has been translated into Japanese under the title Charlie Parker: The Man Who Created Modern Jazz. Woideck is also author and editor of The John Coltrane Companion and The Charlie Parker Companion (both Schirmer Books). He has also written compact disc liner notes extensively for the Verve, Blue Note, Mosaic, and Prestige labels.

Woideck’s research awards include grants from the University of Oregon, National Endowment for the Humanities, and the Institute of Jazz Studies. He has presented research papers at national meetings of the American Musicological Society and the Society of American Music.