Ted Gioia is a pianist, critic, scholar, historian and educator.
Praised as one of the leading music historians of our day, Gioia is a preeminent Guide to songs of the past, present, and future..
Gioia holds degrees from Stanford and Oxford, and previously served on the faculty of Stanford\'s Department of Music.
His three books on the social history of music-- Work Songs, Healing Songs , and Love Songs --have each been honored with the ASCAP Deems Taylor Award.
He is author of 11 books, including The History of Jazz and Delta Blues --both honored by the New York Times on their list of 100 notable books of the year.
Ted Gioia is a pianist, critic, scholar, historian and educator