{"title":"Ted Gioia","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTed Gioia\u003c\/strong\u003e delves into the rich tapestry of music and culture with insightful and engaging works. His books explore genres such as jazz and blues, offering readers a deep appreciation for these art forms through thoughtful analysis and storytelling.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFans of music history and cultural studies will find his writing both accessible and authoritative, blending passion with scholarly insight. Whether uncovering the roots of the Delta blues or guiding readers on \u003cem\u003ehow to listen to jazz\u003c\/em\u003e, Gioia’s works illuminate the cultural currents that shape our sonic landscape.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"music-by-ted-gioia-9781541644373","title":"Music","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe phrase \"music history\" likely summons up images of long-dead composers, smug men in wigs and waistcoats, and people dancing without touching. In \u003cem\u003eMusic: A Subversive History\u003c\/em\u003e, Gioia responds to the false notions that undergird this tedium. Traditional histories of music, Gioia contends, downplay those elements of music that are considered disreputable or irrational—its deep connections to sexuality, magic, trance and alternative mind states, healing, social control, generational conflict, political unrest, even violence and murder.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThey suppress the stories of the outsiders and rebels who created musical revolutions and instead celebrate the mainstream assimilators who borrowed innovations, diluted their impact, and disguised their sources. Here, Gioia attempts to reclaim music history for the riffraff, the insurgents, and provocateurs—the real drivers of change and innovation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eMusic\u003c\/em\u003e, Gioia tells the four-thousand-year history of music as a source of power, change, upheaval, and enchantment. He shows how social outcasts have repeatedly become the great trailblazers of musical expression: slaves and their descendants, for instance, have repeatedly reinvented music in America and elsewhere, from ragtime, blues, jazz, R\u0026amp;B, to bossa nova, soul, and hip hop.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA revolutionary and revisionist account, \u003cem\u003eMusic: A Subversive History\u003c\/em\u003e is essential reading for anyone interested in the meaning of music.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47461183029484,"sku":"9781541644373","price":39.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781541644373-music.jpg?v=1774961390"},{"product_id":"delta-blues-by-ted-gioia-9780393337501","title":"Delta Blues","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"The essential history of this distinctly American genre.\" -- \u003cem\u003eAtlanta Journal-Constitution.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn this \"expertly researched, elegantly written, dispassionate yet thoughtful history\" (Gary Giddins), award-winning author Ted Gioia gives us \"the rare combination of a tome that is both deeply informative and enjoyable to read\" (\u003cem\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/em\u003e, starred review). From the field hollers of nineteenth-century plantations to Muddy Waters and B.B. King, \u003cem\u003eDelta Blues\u003c\/em\u003e delves into the uneasy mix of race and money at the point where traditional music became commercial and bluesmen found new audiences of thousands.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eCombining extensive fieldwork, archival research, interviews with living musicians, and first-person accounts with \"his own calm, argument-closing incantations to draw a line through a century of Delta blues\" (\u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e), this engrossing narrative is flavoured with insightful and vivid musical descriptions that ensure \"an understanding of not only the musicians, but the music itself\" (\u003cem\u003eBoston Sunday Globe\u003c\/em\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eRooted in the thick-as-tar Delta soil, \u003cem\u003eDelta Blues\u003c\/em\u003e is already \"a contemporary classic in its field\" (\u003cem\u003eJazz Review\u003c\/em\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47462818382060,"sku":"9780393337501","price":41.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9780393337501-delta-blues.jpg?v=1775023751"},{"product_id":"how-to-listen-to-jazz-by-ted-gioia-9780465093496","title":"How to Listen to Jazz","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA \"radiantly accomplished\" music scholar presents an accessible introduction to the art of listening to jazz (\u003cem\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/em\u003e)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eHow to Listen to Jazz\u003c\/em\u003e, award-winning music scholar Ted Gioia presents a lively introduction to one of America's premier art forms. He explains what to listen for in a performance and includes a guide to today's leading jazz musicians.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFrom Louis Armstrong's innovative sounds to the jazz-rock fusion of Miles Davis, Gioia covers the music's history and reveals the building blocks of improvisation. A true love letter to jazz by a foremost expert, \u003cem\u003eHow to Listen to Jazz\u003c\/em\u003e is a must-read for anyone who's ever wanted to understand and better appreciate America's greatest contribution to music.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\"Mr. Gioia could not have done a better job. Through him, jazz might even find new devotees.\" -- \u003cem\u003eEconomist\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47596612747500,"sku":"9780465093496","price":39.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9780465093496-how-to-listen-to-jazz.jpg?v=1777932857"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/collections\/ted-gioia.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}