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Listen on Apple Books ↗Music scholar Ted Gioia presents a lively, accessible introduction to the art of listening to jazz.
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Covering everything from the music's structure and history to the basic building blocks of improvisation, Gioia discusses what to listen for in a jazz performance. He shares listening strategies that will help readers understand and appreciate jazz, and provides a history of the major movements in jazz right up to the present day.
