Ted Gioia is a cultural critic, music historian, record producer, and jazz pianist. He has published 12 books, translated into 11 languages, and is author of the popular Substack newsletter The Honest Broker.

Gioia has been awarded the ASCAP-Deems Taylor Award, the Virgil Thomson Award, the Robert Palmer-Helen Oakley Dance Award for Excellence in Writing, and the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Jazz Journalists Association.

He holds degrees from Stanford and Oxford, and previously taught at Stanford University.

Ted at Stanford University, 1991. Additional photos are available on the Publicity Photos page.

What the Critics Say About Ted Gioia

“In virtually every instance, Gioia delivers.”

The Atlantic Monthly

“A radiantly accomplished writer.”

Wall Street Journal

“He invites the critic’s cliché wonderfully erudite, and earns it, not to mention the even cheaper critical term provocative, though he earns that, too.”

The New Yorker

“[Gioia] is one of the outstanding music historians in America.”

Dallas Morning News

“Thoughtful and thought-provoking.”

New York Times

“[Gioia’s] prose moves with enough velocity and packs enough insight to keep even jaded readers interested.”

Billboard

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