Ted Gioia: The Honest Broker

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• Let’s Kill the Four-Chord Song 2026-10-16
  mentions Louis Armstrong, Frank Sinatra, Paul McCartney
• Why Everybody Loves Glen Campbell 2026-10-06
  Glen Campbell; also Frank Sinatra, The Everly Brothers, Sammy Davis Jr.
• YouTube Videos I’m Recommending Right Now 2026-09-04
  mentions Duke Ellington, Miles Davis
• Blues Legend Robert Johnson Like You've Never Heard Him Before 2026-04-16
  Robert Johnson
• Montaigne and the Origins of Substack 2026-03-23
  Montaigne
• Paul McCartney Invents a New Kind of Protest Song 2025-11-22
  Paul McCartney; also Annie Lennox, Damon Albarn, Yusuf / Cat Stevens
• The Beatles as Comedians 2025-10-27
  The Beatles; also John Lennon, Frank Sinatra
• The Rise and Fall of Hunter S. Thompson (Part 3 of 3) 2025-10-15
  Hunter S. Thompson; also Frank Zappa, Eden Ahbez, Jack Kerouac
• David Foster Wallace Tried to Warn Us About these Eight Things 2025-09-26
  Wallace
• The Rise and Fall of Hunter S. Thompson (Part 2 of 3) 2025-09-08
  Hunter S. Thompson; also Frank Sinatra, Frank Zappa, Eden Ahbez, Jack Kerouac
• The Rise and Fall of Hunter S. Thompson (Part 1 of 3) 2025-08-13
  Hunter S. Thompson; also Frank Zappa, Eden Ahbez, Jack Kerouac
• How Lalo Schifrin Composed the Mission Impossible Theme Song 2025-06-28
  Lalo Schifrin; also Dizzy Gillespie, Dave Brubeck
• When Louis Armstrong Conquered Chicago 2025-02-05
  Louis Armstrong
• 10 Great Vince Guaraldi Tracks NOT from Charlie Brown TV Shows 2024-12-10
  Vince Guaraldi; also John Coltrane
• My 10 Favorite Paul McCartney Post-Beatles Musical Moments 2024-10-29
  Paul McCartney; also The Beatles, John Lennon
• Did Frank Sinatra Really Perform at My Grandma's High School? 2024-09-05
  Frank Sinatra
• Fela Kuti in Prison 2024-08-27
  Fela Kuti
• How Miles Davis Hired John Coltrane 2024-03-11
  Miles Davis, John Coltrane; also Johnny Hodges, Ted Curson
• How to Dress Like Duke Ellington 2023-12-28
  Duke Ellington; also Miles Davis, Wynton Marsalis
• Dave Hickey on Dolly Parton and Richard Pryor 2023-10-24
  Dolly Parton
• Jim Croce and Me 2023-09-20
  Jim Croce
• A Tribute to Tony Bennett (1926-2023) 2023-07-21
  Tony Bennett; also Dave Brubeck
• When Duke Ellington Came to North Dakota 2023-05-01
  Duke Ellington; also Dizzy Gillespie, Thelonious Monk
• How Saxophonist Jimmy Giuffre Taught Me Organizational Theory 2023-04-23
  Jimmy Giuffre
• Jazz Piano Innovator Ahmad Jamal Is Dead at Age 92 2023-04-16
  Ahmad Jamal; also Miles Davis, Thelonious Monk, Oscar Peterson, Dave Brubeck
• What Did Robert Johnson Encounter at the Crossroads? (Part 1 of 2) 2023-02-03
  Robert Johnson
• Why Did the Beatles Get So Many Bad Reviews? 2023-01-30
  The Beatles
• When Duke Ellington Made a Record for Just One Person—Queen Elizabeth 2022-09-09
  Duke Ellington
• The Plan to Turn Thelonious Monk into a Jazz-Rock Fusion Star 2022-09-08
  Thelonious Monk; also Charles Mingus, Ornette Coleman
• The Gnarly Frank Zappa Essay (Part 3 of 3) 2022-08-09
  Frank Zappa; also The Beatles
• Let's Give Duke Ellington the Pulitzer Prize He Was Denied in 1965 2022-07-17
  Duke Ellington
• The Gnarly Frank Zappa Essay (Part 2 of 3) 2022-07-10
  Frank Zappa; also Miles Davis, Carlos Santana
• The Gnarly Frank Zappa Essay (Part 1 of 3) 2022-06-29
  Frank Zappa
• Did Duke Ellington and George Gershwin Have a Secret Rivalry? 2022-05-04
  Duke Ellington; also Charles Mingus
• Jack Kerouac at 100: Part 2 (of 2) 2022-03-14
  Jack Kerouac; also Allen Ginsberg
• Jack Kerouac at 100: Part 1 (of 2) 2022-03-12
  Jack Kerouac
• Erroll Garner at Age 100 2021-06-15
  Erroll Garner
• The Enigma of Rickie Lee Jones 2021-05-04
  Rickie Lee Jones
• Lavinia by Ursula K. Le Guin 2000-01-01
  Ursula K. Le Guin
• King Kong by Edgar Wallace 2000-01-01
  King Kong, Wallace
• Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace 2000-01-01
  Wallace
• The Pale King by David Foster Wallace 2000-01-01
  Wallace
• The Lathe of Heaven by Ursula K. Le Guin 2000-01-01
  Ursula K. Le Guin
• The Dispossessed by Ursula K. Le Guin 2000-01-01
  Ursula K. Le Guin
• Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquivel 2000-01-01
  Esquivel!
• The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin 2000-01-01
  Ursula K. Le Guin
• Oblivion by David Foster Wallace 2000-01-01
  Wallace