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Ted Gioia

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Jazz critic, music historian, and author of eleven books including "Music: A Subversive History," "The Jazz Standards: A Guide to the Repertoire," "The History of Jazz," and "Delta... Show More

Jazz critic, music historian, and author of eleven books including "Music: A Subversive History," "The Jazz Standards: A Guide to the Repertoire," "The History of Jazz," and "Delta Blues." Founder of Stanford University's jazz studies program.

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Ted Gioia @tedgioia · Feb 4, 2023
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Ouch! (Highly recommend novel, by the way.)

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Hunger
by Knut Hamsun
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Ted Gioia @tedgioia · Dec 14, 2022
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Dr. Lewis Porter shares a fantastic unreleased sax solo by Lester Young from 1938. At several junctures, Prez plays phrases that shouldn't show up in a 1930s jazz solo.

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Lester Young: An Astounding Unreleased Solo, 1938
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Ted Gioia @tedgioia · Jun 18, 2022
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The whole article is great. Here’s what David Crosby has to say about “Eleanor Rigby.”

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80 Artists Pick Their Favorite Paul McCartney Song For His 80th Birthday
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