Description
An alternative timeline of the history of music, reclaiming it for the riff-raff, insurgents and provocateurs across a four-thousand year timeline. Author of "How To Listen To Jazz".
Ted Gioia is a music historian and the author of eleven books, including How to Listen to Jazz. His three previous books on the social history of music - Work Songs, Healing Songs and Love Songs - have each been honoured with ASCAP Deems Taylor Award. Gioia's wide-ranging activities as a critic, scholar, performer and educator have established him as a leading global guide to music past, present and future.