How to Listen to Jazz [Paperback]

Ted Gioiais a music historian and the author of eleven books, includingHow to Listen to Jazz. His three previous books on the social history of music-Work Songs,Healing Songs, andLove Songs-have each been honored 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. Mr. Gioia could not have done a better job. Through him, jazz might even find new devotees. Economist How to Listen to Jazzis an effort to teach casual listeners how'careful listening can demystify virtually all of the intricacies and marvelsof jazz.' New York Times How to Listen to Jazzfills an important and obvious gap byoffering a sensible and jargon-free introduction to what Gioia calls 'the mostjoyous sound invented during the entire course of twentieth-century music.' Thebook deserves a place alongside such classic works of jazz criticism as MartinWilliams'sThe Jazz Tradition,Will Friedwald's