Ted Gioia
@tedgioia
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Ted Gioia writes on music, literature and popular culture. Author of 11 books including Music: A Subversive History, The History of Jazz, and Delta Blues.
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What a journey! 25 years ago, Sheldon Meyer of Oxford University Press asked me to write a single-volume history of jazz—what a task! It's now sold hundreds of thousands of copies, but I've kept updating & improving. Today, the 3rd edition is released. https://t.co/wYBcEd2Sgs https://t.co/3nsvwIzFjV
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In Aprill, longen folk to goon on pilgrimages. https://t.co/pna4zzdoZr
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After many dangers, toils and snares... https://t.co/BYSE58llHo
Tennessee lawmakers overwhelmingly vote to make Dolly Parton's version of "Amazing Grace" state hymn https://t.co/uB0RktjX1T https://t.co/xcumFByW9i
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...and one beer. The man's name was George Thorogood. https://t.co/K0te4GAxSn
Man accidentally gets one Moderna and one Pfizer COVID vaccine https://t.co/1QVRrpaoMz https://t.co/qAIfmP0CTO
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Scientists solve mystery of high quality sound at theater of Epidaurus in Greece—where ancient audiences of more than 10,000 could hear performances without amplification. https://t.co/pYEngwLIr5
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Fox Carrying a Drum, by Kaigyokusai Masatsugu (1813-1892)
#netsuke #accesarry https://t.co/9QCrYUWyOg
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If you’re driving through San Francisco with danger at every turn, you really need a Lalo Schifrin jazz film score playing in the background (from Bullitt, 1968). https://t.co/BAIiCY0K17
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Can't go wrong with any of these. https://t.co/4RFMC9YhDD https://t.co/Zc3w3ZZsz7
@tedgioia What’s your favorite western soundtrack? Mine is Once Upon A Time in the West
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The new expanded edition of The History of Jazz is available already in the US—and will come out in the UK on May 3. https://t.co/WV8nWaEe6P
Just tried to order this again @tedgioia still two weeks to wait... will just have to read second edition again... #jazz
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Unnamed exec from an unnamed music company: "Nobody looks at per-stream metrics." https://t.co/PkARIIqG6I
I wonder if any musicians were consulted for this story. https://t.co/Q7wPjGnq28
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Variety publishes attacks on Apple from "multiple industry sources"—questioning claims that it pays twice the royalties as Spotify. https://t.co/PkARIIqG6I It's tells you much about the music biz that people who know the details of streaming payouts won't speak on the record.
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Twitter is either malfunctioning today—or else, I am very, very, very popular. https://t.co/B9CP74hs0I
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Get ready for a few hundred new recordings with the same description. https://t.co/lLe4153iwL
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