Music History, Jazz & Blues, Ted Gioia

Apart from his elegant prose style, the first thing you notice about Ted Gioia's approach to his subject is that the music clearly gives him no end of pleasure — The IndependentMore…

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

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 PostMore…

In seven intelligent, uncranky, well-written chapters, scholar and pianist Gioia provides a compelling primer on jazz aesthetics — BooklistMore…