Un recorrido exhaustivo por los mejores temas del jazz, profundizando en anécdotas, hechos, compositores, interpretaciones, etc. vinculadas a cada tema. Original, torrencial, imprescindible para aficionados e intérpretes. Cada tema está acompañado con una lista de sus mejores grabaciones. Una obra de referencia para estudiantes y profesores.

Ted Gioia es músico, compositor, crítico, historiador, profesor y productor de jazz. Su primer libro The Imperfect Art: Reflections on Jazz and Modern Culture (1988) fue recibido con entusiasmo por la crítica y los lectores. Su Historia del jazz (Turner, 2004 y 2012) se considera el título de referencia para amantes del género. También ha escrito una completa historia del blues del Delta: Blues (Turner, 2010), que fue elegido uno de los libros del año por The New York Times y The Economist.

ÍNDICE Introducción After You've Gone Ain't Misbehavin' Airegin Alfie All Blues All of Me All of You All the Things You Are Alone Together Angel Eyes April in Paris Autumn in New York Autumn Leaves Bags' Groove Basin Street Blues Beale Street Blues Bemsha Swing Billie's Bounce Blue Bossa Blue in Green Blue Monk Blue Moon Blue Skies Bluesette Body and Soul But Beautiful But Not for Me Bye Bye Blackbird C Jam Blues Cantaloupe Island Caravan Chelsea Bridge Cherokee A Child Is Born Come Rain or Come Shine Come Sunday Con Alma Confirmation Corcovado Cotton Tail Darn That Dream Days of Wine and Roses Desafinado Dinah Django Do Nothin' Till You Hear from Me Do You Know What It Means to Miss New Orleans? Donna Lee Don't Blame Me Don't Get Around Much Anymore East of the Sun (and West of the Moon) Easy Living Easy to Love Embraceable You Emily Epistrophy Everything Happens to Me Evidence Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye Exactly Like You Falling in Love with Love Fascinating Rhythm Fly Me to the Moon A Foggy Day Footprints Gee, Baby, Ain't I Good to You? Georgia on My Mind Ghost of a Chance Giant Steps Garota de Ipanema God Bless the Child Gone with the Wind Good Morning Heartache Goodbye Pork Pie Hat Groovin' High Have You Met Miss Jones? Here's That Rainy Day Honeysuckle Rose Hot House How Deep Is the Ocean? How High the Moon How Insensitive How Long Has This Been Going On? I Can't Get Started I Can't Give You Anything but Love I Cover the Waterfront I Didn't Know What Time It Was I Fall in Love Too Easily I Got It Bad (and That Ain't Good) I Got Rhythm I Hear a Rhapsody I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart I Love You I Mean You I Only Have Eyes for You I Remember Clifford I Should Care I Surrender, Dear I Thought about You I Want to Be Happy If You Could See Me Now I'll Remember April I'm in the Mood for Love Impressions In a Mellow Tone In a Sentimental Mood In Your Own Sweet Way Indiana Invitation It Could Happen to You It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing) It Might as Well Be Spring I've Found a New Baby The Jitterbug Waltz Joy Spring Just Friends Just One of Those Things Just You, Just Me King Porter Stomp Lady Bird The Lady is a Tramp Lament Laura Lester Leaps In Like Someone in Love Limehouse Blues Liza Lonely Woman Love for Sale Lover Lover, Come Back to Me Lover Man Lullaby of Birdland Lush Life Mack the Knife Maiden Voyage The Man I Love Manhã de Carnaval Mean to Me Meditação Memories of You Milestones Misterioso Misty Moment's Notice Mood Indigo More Than You Know Muskrat Ramble My Favorite Thing