Ted Gioia, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Ted Gioia

American musician

Date of Birth: 21-Oct-1957

Place of Birth: Palo Alto, California, United States

Profession: author, pianist, musicologist, jazz musician, music journalist

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Ted Gioia (born 21 October 1957) is an American jazz critic and music historian who wrote The History of Jazz and Delta Blues, both selected as notable books of the year by The New York Times.
Gioia is an editor-in-chief of the Encyclopedia of Jazz Musicians.
He is also a jazz musician and one of the founders of Stanford University's jazz studies program.