| Ted Gioia's recordings (as pianist, composer, vocalist) Ted Gioia Trio, The End of the Open Road (Quartet 032911100128) Ted Gioia and Mark Lewis, Tango Cool (Quartet 05295101062) Ted Gioia, The City is a Chinese Vase (Soren 765481603125) |
Critical response to these recordings:
“A recording of the first order,” PULSE
“Thoughtful improvised lines and Evans-
inspired voicings setting a textbook West
Coast jazz feel.” KEYBOARD
“Lacy and thoughtful pianist in a tasty trio debut,”
CASH BOX
“[Gioia] is spare by contrast with many of the
younger jazz pianist; his harmonies are lean
and his attack crisp and percussive . . . Gioia
has something to say, and he says it well.”
R.C. SMITH
“A delightfully smooth collection of traditional
and original music.”
THE ABSOLUTE SOUND
Other
Ted Gioia's recordings have received airplay
on more than 500 radio stations in the US.
Gioia has also produced jazz recordings
featuring John Handy, Bobby Hutcherson,
Buddy Montgomery, Jim McNeely, Eddie
Moore and Larry Grenadier, among other
artists.
Ted Gioia’s compositions have been featured
on film and television, and can also be found
in the books and accompanying compact disks
The Jazz Method for Saxophone, The Jazz
Method for Clarinet and The Jazz Method
for Trumpet, all by John O’Neill (published
by Schott, UK). These method books are
widely available in English and German
editions.
“A recording of the first order,” PULSE
“Thoughtful improvised lines and Evans-
inspired voicings setting a textbook West
Coast jazz feel.” KEYBOARD
“Lacy and thoughtful pianist in a tasty trio debut,”
CASH BOX
“[Gioia] is spare by contrast with many of the
younger jazz pianist; his harmonies are lean
and his attack crisp and percussive . . . Gioia
has something to say, and he says it well.”
R.C. SMITH
“A delightfully smooth collection of traditional
and original music.”
THE ABSOLUTE SOUND
Other
Ted Gioia's recordings have received airplay
on more than 500 radio stations in the US.
Gioia has also produced jazz recordings
featuring John Handy, Bobby Hutcherson,
Buddy Montgomery, Jim McNeely, Eddie
Moore and Larry Grenadier, among other
artists.
Ted Gioia’s compositions have been featured
on film and television, and can also be found
in the books and accompanying compact disks
The Jazz Method for Saxophone, The Jazz
Method for Clarinet and The Jazz Method
for Trumpet, all by John O’Neill (published
by Schott, UK). These method books are
widely available in English and German
editions.
Ted Gioia