How to Listen to Jazz by Ted Gioia Publisher: Beijing United Publishing Company

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What is the essence of jazz? How should we appreciate the performance of masters? Is improvisation just about playing at will? Why listen, how listen, what listen, who listen, you will find the answers to all the questions about jazz here.

Ted Gioia, an outstanding American music historian and senior jazz critic, shares with us his way of appreciating music in this book. He starts with the core of jazz and expands to its structure, history, genres, and appreciation of famous artists. He tells us "how to listen to jazz" in easy-to-understand language. As long as you listen carefully, you will be able to delve into the complex world of jazz and reveal its charm.

5 key elements of jazz + 12 jazz styles + 9 jazz masters + 150 contemporary jazz masters★ A new masterpiece by the winner of the Jazz Lifetime Achievement Award. The author of this book, Ted Gioia, is known as "one of the outstanding music historians in the United States". He has written 10 books related to jazz and his works have won numerous awards. In May 2017, he won the "Jazz Lifetime Achievement Award" awarded by the "Jazz Journalists Association".

★ Won the title of The Economist's Book of the Year, and was widely praised as one of The Economist's Books of the Year in 2016. It was highly recommended by many media outlets, including The Washington Post, Publishers Weekly, The New Yorker, and The New York Times. The Traditional Chinese version was also recommended by many professionals, including Jiao Yuanpu, and its sales quickly exceeded 20,000 copies after it was released.

Ted Gioia has done a great job, and many people will fall in love with jazz because of it! ——The Economist

★ An ingenious, clear and handy music appreciation guide. The author is both a music historian and a jazz musician. From a completely new perspective, he has condensed his years of accumulated private music appreciation suggestions into this handy guide, unravelling the mystery of jazz through the complex world of music.

★ Recommended by heavyweights in the domestic jazz scene, Zhang Youdai, a well-known DJ and pioneer in the Chinese jazz scene, wrote the preface; Li Hongjie, the founder of Zhangbei Music Festival and Tianmo Music Festival and author of "The Jazz Bible", wrote the recommendation.