Ted Gioia

…..pianist, critic and

music historian.

Nothing like playin’ the blues….

O"Mr. Gioia's is the first general-interest, wide-ranging and authoritative guide to the basic contemporary jazz canon.“

Wall Street Journal

O“Possibly the best survey to date.”

     Ann DouglasThe New York Times

O“No matter how much you may think you know about the blues, you will learn much more from this authoritative and insightful work.”

Dan Morgenstern, Director Institute of Jazz Studies