Ted Gioia

Mr. Gioia's is the first general-interest, wide-ranging and authoritative guide to the basic contemporary jazz canon — Wall Street Journal More…

[a] wide-ranging and fascinating study — The Guardian More…

If you are looking for an introduction to jazz, this is it. If you know and love jazz well, this is your vade mecum. Me, I expect to be reading around in it for the rest of my life...[It is]... — Washington Post More…

A dauntingly ambitious, obsessively researched labor of cultural provocation — Los Angeles Times More…

[A] stimulating and well researched journey right back to the dawn of music. . . . Gioia's handling of the material is exemplary, and although he has undertaken an impressive amount of research... — The Wire More…

Healing Songs provides a penetrating look at therapeutic music. . . . Healing Songs is the type of book which will certainly have a wide reading appeal among those who enjoy jazz, music, sonic... — Jazz Review More…

A dauntingly ambitious, obsessively researched labor of cultural provocation — Los Angeles Times More…