Channel Title: Ted Gioia Channel Description: Ted Gioia is a music historian and author of 10 books, including The History of Jazz and Delta Blues, both honored as 'Notable Books of the Year' by the New York Times. His three books on the music of everyday life -- Work Songs (2006), Healing Songs (2006) and Love Songs (2016) -- have each been honored with the ASCAP-Deems Taylor Award. He has also participated in the music world as jazz educator, record producer, pianist, composer, vocalist, public speaker, and critic. He previously served on the faculty of Stanford University and holds degrees from Stanford University, Oxford University and Stanford's Graduate School of Business. In 2019, Basic Books will publish his provocative new work Music: A Subversive History. You can learn more about him at www.tedgioia.com. <video> Ted Gioia on "The Crisis in Music" Description: Ted Gioia talks on "The Crisis in Music" at Belmont University (Nashville, Tennessee) on November 4, 2015. This is part 1 (of 2 videos). To see part 2, go to https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5xOK9ETlhRs. All rights reserved. For more info, see http://tedgioia.com. </video> <video> Ted Gioia on "The Crisis in Music" (part 2) Description: Ted Gioia talks on "The Crisis in Music" at Belmont University (Nashville, Tennessee) on November 4, 2015. This is part two (of two parts). You can see part one at https://youtu.be/4NT-fbu4b40. All rights reserved. For more info: http:www.tedgioia.com. </video> <video> Blues Is Disappearing From Popular Music. Should We Be Concerned? Description: During the last century, blues has exerted a powerful impact on almost every major style of popular music, including jazz, R&B, rock, funk, soul, and country. But blues is finally losing its mojo, and is disappearing from commercial music. In this video talk, music historian Ted Gioia asks why is this happening, and whether we should be concerned. This is the latest installment in a series of informal, unscripted videos in which Ted Gioia addresses key issues related to music and culture. For more information on Ted Gioia, visit his website at http://www.tedgioia.com or follow him on Twitter at http://www.twitter.com/tedgioia. </video> <video> Are Three-Minute Songs Bad For Music? Description: This is the latest installment in a series of unscripted videos in which Ted Gioia addresses key matters related to music and society. "In these videos," Gioia explains, "I am aiming to provide an informal and conversational entry point into the 'big picture' issues in our current-day music culture." In this installment, Gioia looks at the record industry's longstanding preference for three-minute songs, and explores the impact of this on our experiences of music. This is the latest installment in a series of unscripted videos in which Ted Gioia addresses key matters related to music and society. "In these videos," Gioia explains, "I am aiming to provide an informal and conversational entry point into the 'big picture' issues in our current-day music culture." For more information on Ted Gioia, visit his website at http://www.tedgioia.com or follow him on Twitter at http://www.twitter.com/tedgioia. </video> <video> How Important Really Is Miles Davis’s "Kind Of Blue"? Description: In this video, music historian Ted Gioia looks at the most famous jazz album of all time, Miles Davis's Kind of Blue. He asks why this music has achieved so many accolades and whether it deserves its reputation as the premier jazz recording. This is the latest installment in a series of unscripted videos in which Ted Gioia addresses key matters related to music and culture. For more information on Ted Gioia, visit his website at http://www.tedgioia.com or follow him on Twitter at http://www.twitter.com/tedgioia. Be on the lookout for his next book, Music: A Subversive History, which will be released by Basic Books in 2019. </video> <video> Thomas Gioia plays Bach Description: Thanksgiving Bach—from the Goldberg Variations—from our son Thomas, who is visiting for the holiday. (He doesn't share music online, and didn't know that his mother was filming him—but we got his permission to post this.) </video> <video> John Coltrane, Prophet and Seer Description: This is the latest installment in a series of informal, unscripted videos featuring music historian Ted Gioia. In this video, Gioia talks about the legacy of jazz saxophonist John Coltrane. For more information on Ted Gioia, visit his website at http://www.tedgioia.com or follow him on Twitter at http://www.twitter.com/tedgioia. </video> <video> Does It Matter Whether We Own Music? Description: For the last 500 years, the music business has built its economic model on convincing people to own their favorite songs. We are now shifting rapidly from owning to streaming. In this video, music historian Ted Gioia looks at the reasons for this change, and explores its likely impact on the music ecosystem. This is the latest installment in a series of unscripted videos in which Ted Gioia addresses key matters related to music and society. "In these videos," Gioia explains, "I am aiming to provide an informal and conversational entry point into the 'big picture' issues in our current-day music culture." For more information on Ted Gioia, visit his website at http://www.tedgioia.com or follow him on Twitter at http://www.twitter.com/tedgioia. His next book, Music: A Subversive History, will be published by Basic Books in 2019. </video> <video> Music Today—and What Happens Next (A Discussion with Critic and Historian Ted Gioia) Description: In this public interview for Salastina, Ted Gioia answers a wide range of questions about the current state of music, and shares stories about the key formative experiences that shaped his outlook as a musician and writer. </video> <video> Ted Gioia: The Hidden History of the Love Song Description: In this full-length talk, music historian Ted Gioia uncovers the hidden history of the love song, and casts light on the many ways songs of courtship, romance and sexuality have changed society, from prehistoric times to the present day. </video> <video> Is There A Biological Connection Between Music And Violence? Description: This is the first installment in a series of unscripted video talks featuring music historian Ted Gioia. "In these videos," Gioia explains, "I'm aiming to provide an informal and conversational entry point into the 'big picture' issues in our current-day music culture." For more information on Ted Gioia, visit his website at http://www.tedgioia.com or follow him on Twitter at http://www.twitter.com/tedgioia. His next book, Music: A Subversive History, will be published by Basic Books in 2019. </video> <video> The Secret Shame Of Music Description: For thousands of years, people have often hidden their music preferences. But why? </video> <video> Ted Gioia song "A Sunday Waltz" from 'Better Call Saul' (Final Season) Description: This original solo piano piece, performed by composer Ted Gioia was included in the final season of Better Call Saul. The composition is called "A Sunday Waltz." The music appears in season 6, episode 9, first aired on July 18, 2022. You can learn the story behind this composition—and how it got placed on a hit TV show some 36 years after it was recorded—at Ted Gioia's Substack column, The Honest Broker. Here' s the link: https://tedgioia.substack.com/p/how-my-music-got-featured-in-better </video> <video> The War Between Music And Mathematics Description: Ted Gioia, author of Music: A Subversive History, talks about the 2,500-year-old tension between music and mathematics—from the Pythagorean tuning revolution of ancient times to the algorithms of the current day. For more information on Gioia's research into music history, see http://tedgioia.com/music.html. </video> <video> Diversity as the Engine of Musical Innovation Description: This is the latest installment in a series of unscripted video talks featuring music historian Ted Gioia. "In these videos," Gioia explains, "I'm aiming to provide an informal and conversational entry point into the 'big picture' issues in our current-day music culture." Here Gioia explores the hidden connections between diversity and musical innovation, and draws on evidence from ancient Egypt, medieval troubadours, Greek lyrics, early jazz and rock 'n' roll, and other disjunctive situations in cultural history. For more information on Ted Gioia, visit his website at http://www.tedgioia.com or follow him on Twitter at http://www.twitter.com/tedgioia. His next book, Music: A Subversive History, will be published by Basic Books in 2019. </video>

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Ted Gioia is a music historian and author of 10 books, including The History of Jazz and Delta Blues, both honored as 'Notable Books of the Year' by the New York Times. His three books on the music of everyday life -- Work Songs (2006), Healing Songs (2006) and Love Songs (2016) -- have each been honored with the ASCAP-Deems Taylor Award. He has also participated in the music world as jazz educator, record producer, pianist, composer, vocalist, public speaker, and critic. He previously served on the faculty of Stanford University and holds degrees from Stanford University, Oxford University and Stanford's Graduate School of Business. In 2019, Basic Books will publish his provocative new work Music: A Subversive History. You can learn more about him at www.tedgioia.com.

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