Author: Annalisa Ewald

Annalisa Ewald brings a working musician's perspective to Jazz History for Beginners, an introductory survey of the music's origins, major cities, changing styles, and influential performers. Apple Books and Audible credit Ewald as the author, Walden West Music Publishing as the audio publisher, and Brett Rockwood as narrator. Her performance career adds useful context to that subject. Ewald studied classical guitar at the San Francisco Conservatory and Bard College after early training with Sophocles Papas, a colleague of Andrés Segovia. She has worked as a soloist, ensemble player, and teacher, received support from the New York State Council on the Arts, and developed her own Suzuki guitar method. Her live classical recording reached the Billboard Traditional Classical chart. She also performs early music on baroque guitar and theorbo with Circe's Consort, linking her writing about musical change to decades of practical study.