Music

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 honored with the ASCAP Deems Taylor/Virgil Thomson 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.