Ted Gioia is a music historian and the author of eleven books, including How to Listen to Jazz .
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..
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.
Ted Gioia is a music historian and the author of eleven books, including How to Listen to Jazz