Random House New Releases - Music

The New Face of Jazz by Ned Radinsky

2010-07-13T00:30:00-05:00

The New Face of Jazz An Intimate Look at Today's Living Legends and the Artists of Tomorrow
Written by Cicily Janus
Photographed by Ned Radinsky

Trade Paperback, 336 pages | Billboard Books | Music - Jazz; Music - Individual Composer & Musician | $21.99 | 978-0-8230-0065-4 (0-8230-0065-6)

Coal to Diamonds by Michelle Tea

2010-04-27T00:30:00-05:00

Coal to Diamonds A Memoir
Written by Beth Ditto and Michelle Tea

Hardcover, 192 pages | Spiegel & Grau | Music - Rock; Biography & Autobiography - Personal Memoirs | $22.00 | 978-0-385-52591-6 (0-385-52591-5)

Coal to Diamonds by Michelle Tea

2010-04-27T00:30:00-05:00

Coal to Diamonds A Memoir
Written by Beth Ditto and Michelle Tea

eBook | Spiegel & Grau | Music - Rock; Biography & Autobiography - Personal Memoirs | $22.00 | 978-0-385-52974-7 (0-385-52974-0)

The Ninth by Harvey Sachs

2010-04-27T00:30:00-05:00

The Ninth Beethoven and the World in 1824
Written by Harvey Sachs

Hardcover, 240 pages | Random House | History - Europe; Music - Classical | $26.00 | 978-1-4000-6077-1 (1-4000-6077-X)

How to Wreck a Nice Beach by Dave Tompkins

2010-03-30T00:30:00-05:00

How to Wreck a Nice Beach
Written by Dave Tompkins

Hardcover | Melville House | Music - History & Criticism | $35.00 | 978-1-933633-88-6 (1-933633-88-3)

The Musician's Guide to Licensing Music by Daylle Deanna Schwartz

2010-02-16T00:30:00-05:00

The Musician's Guide to Licensing Music How to Get Your Music into Film, TV, Advertising, Digital Media & Beyond
Written by Darren Wilsey and Daylle Deanna Schwartz

Trade Paperback, 304 pages | Billboard Books | Music - Business Aspects | $19.99 | 978-0-8230-1487-3 (0-8230-1487-8)

Toy Instruments by Paul Miller

2010-02-02T00:30:00-05:00

Toy Instruments Design, Nostalgia, Music
Written by Eric Schneider
Introduction by Paul Miller

Hardcover, 192 pages | Mark Batty Publisher | Music; Music - Musical Instruments | $19.95 | 978-0-9820754-8-7 (0-9820754-8-0)

What They'll Never Tell You About the Music Business by Peter M. Thall

2010-01-12T00:30:00-05:00

What They'll Never Tell You About the Music Business The Myths, the Secrets, the Lies (& a Few Truths)
Written by Peter M. Thall

Trade Paperback, 352 pages | Billboard Books | Music - Business Aspects | $19.99 | 978-0-8230-0708-0 (0-8230-0708-1)

Elvis: My Best Man by Chuck Crisafulli

2010-01-05T00:30:00-05:00

Elvis: My Best Man Radio Days, Rock 'n' Roll Nights, and My Lifelong Friendship with Elvis Presley
Written by George Klein and Chuck Crisafulli

Hardcover, 320 pages | Crown | Music - History & Criticism; Music - Rock; Biography & Autobiography - Composers & Musicians | $25.00 | 978-0-307-45274-0 (0-307-45274-3)

When George Klein was an eighth grader at Humes High, he couldn’t have known how important the new kid with the guitar—the boy named Elvis—would later become in his life. But from the first time GK (as he was nicknamed by Elvis) heard this kid sing, he knew that Elvis Presley was someone extraordinary. During Elvis’s rise to fame and throughout the wild swirl of his remarkable life, Klein was a steady presence and one of Elvis’s closest and most loyal friends until his untimely death in 1977.

In Elvis: My Best Man, a heartfelt, entertaining, and long-awaited contribution to our understanding of Elvis Presley and the early days of rock ’n’ roll, George Klein writes with great affection for the friend he knew—about who the King of Rock ’n’ Roll really was and how he acted when the stage lights were off. This fascinating chronicle of boundary-breaking and music-making through one of the most intriguing and dynamic stretches of American history overflows with insights and anecdotes from someone who was in the middle of it all. From the good times at Graceland to hanging out with Hollywood stars to butting heads with Elvis’s iron-handed manager, Colonel Tom Parker, to making sure that Elvis’s legacy is fittingly honored, GK was a true friend of the King and a trailblazer in the music industry in his own right.

Elvis: My Best Man by Chuck Crisafulli

2010-01-05T00:30:00-05:00

Elvis: My Best Man Radio Days, Rock 'n' Roll Nights, and My Lifelong Friendship with Elvis Presley
Written by George Klein and Chuck Crisafulli

eBook, 320 pages | Crown | Music - History & Criticism; Music - Rock; Biography & Autobiography - Composers & Musicians | $25.00 | 978-0-307-45276-4 (0-307-45276-X)

Elvis 1956 by Amy Henderson

2009-11-10T00:30:00-05:00

Elvis 1956
Written by Alfred Wertheimer
Text by E. Warren Perry, Jr. and Amy Henderson
Introduction by Chris Murray

Hardcover, 128 pages | Welcome Books | Music - Rock; Photography - Individual Photographer | $29.95 | 978-1-59962-073-2 (1-59962-073-1)

1956 was the year Elvis released his first record, made his first television appearance, and started his movie career. It was the year he became a star. Alfred Wertheimer, then a young freelance photojournalist, was there to document the extraordinary transition. Elvis 1956 features images that are a national treasure, including photographs of Elvis never before published: a unique visual record of one of the most exciting performers of his time, one of the most influential of all time, the first true icon of rock 'n' roll. Here is the first and last unguarded look at Elvis, featuring images of him in every aspect of his life - from performance and with the fans, to the recording studio and at home with his family.

Elvis 1956 serves as the catalogue for a nationally traveling exhibition exhibition developed collaboratively by the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service, the Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery, and the Govinda Gallery to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the legendary rock star's birthday. Lavishly illustrated with 72 tri-tone photographs and with an introduction by curator Chris Murray, essays by E. Warren Perry, Jr. and National Portrait Gallery historian Amy Henderson, Elvis 1956 is a remarkable window into a defining time for rock 'n' roll's most enduring presence.

Neil and Me by Scott Young

2009-10-27T00:30:00-05:00

Neil and Me
Written by Scott Young

Trade Paperback, 408 pages | Emblem Editions | Biography & Autobiography - Composers & Musicians; Music - Rock | $16.95 | 978-0-7710-7059-4 (0-7710-7059-4)

Scott Young chronicles his son’s early years in and around Toronto and Winnipeg and his rise from journeyman, musician to superstar in the 1960s and 1970s. The frequent occasions when Scott and Neil’s paths have crossed – from backstage meetings and family get-togethers to a sold-out appearance at Carnegie Hall – give a fascinating portrait of an enigmatic star.

From the Paperback edition.

Neil and Me by Scott Young

2009-10-27T00:30:00-05:00

Neil and Me
Written by Scott Young

eBook | Emblem Editions | Biography & Autobiography - Composers & Musicians; Music - Rock | $16.95 | 978-1-55199-335-5 (1-55199-335-X)

The Complete Lyrics of Johnny Mercer by Eric Davis

2009-10-20T00:30:00-05:00

The Complete Lyrics of Johnny Mercer
Written by Johnny Mercer, Robert Kimball, Barry Day, Miles Kreuger and Eric Davis

Hardcover, 488 pages | Knopf | Music - Songwriting | $65.00 | 978-0-307-26519-7 (0-307-26519-6)

The seventh volume in Knopf’s critically acclaimed Complete Lyrics series, published in Johnny Mercer’s centennial year, contains the texts to more than 1,200 of his lyrics, several hundred of them published here for the first time.

Johnny Mercer’s early songs became staples of the big band era and were regularly featured in the musicals of early Hollywood. With his collaborators, who included Richard A. Whiting, Harry Warren, Hoagy Carmichael, Jerome Kern, and Harold Arlen, he wrote the lyrics to some of the most famous standards, among them, “Too Marvelous for Words,” “Jeepers Creepers,” “Skylark,” “I’m Old-Fashioned,” and “That Old Black Magic.”

During a career of more than four decades, Mercer was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Song an astonishing eighteen times, and won four: for his lyrics to “On the Atchison, Topeka, and the Santa Fe” (music by Warren), “In the Cool, Cool, Cool of the Evening” (music by Carmichael), and “Moon River” and “Days of Wine and Roses” (music for both by Henry Mancini).

You’ve probably fallen in love with more than a few of Mercer’s songs–his words have never gone out of fashion–and with this superb collection, it’s easy to see that his lyrics elevated popular song into art.

The Complete Lyrics of Johnny Mercer by Eric Davis

2009-10-20T00:30:00-05:00

The Complete Lyrics of Johnny Mercer
Written by Johnny Mercer, Robert Kimball, Barry Day, Miles Kreuger and Eric Davis

eBook, 496 pages | Knopf | Music - Songwriting | $65.00 | 978-0-307-27322-2 (0-307-27322-9)

The Quotable Musician by Sheila E. Anderson

2009-10-20T00:30:00-05:00

The Quotable Musician From Bach to Tupac
Written by Sheila E. Anderson

Trade Paperback, 224 pages | Allworth Press | Music; Music - Reference; Reference - Quotations | $16.95 | 978-1-58115-667-6 (1-58115-667-7)

In The Quotable Musician: From Bach to Tupac, music artists through the ages speak out in this illuminating collection of quotations. Both the famous and the obscure from every genre of music--including classical, rock, Latin, country, blues, and hip-hop–are celebrated in more than one thousand quotations sure to intrigue and delight. Quotes offer individual takes on the music world, other musicians, singing and “the song,” performing and rehearsing, success, fame, fortune, failure, and rejection. Readers will also see both the playful and serious sides of the music masters in sections on love, passion, relationships, and sex; aging and death; nature and healing; humor and witticisms; religion and spirituality; and much more. Special sections pay particular attention to the words of Ron Carter, T.S. Monk, the Beatles, and Benny Golson. Any musician or music lover will savor this collection of provocative, mischievous, and profound words from music personalities of the past and present.

The Portable Henry Rollins by Henry Rollins

2009-10-07T00:30:00-05:00

The Portable Henry Rollins
Written by Henry Rollins

eBook, 320 pages | Villard | Music; Biography & Autobiography - Composers & Musicians | $19.95 | 978-0-307-56809-0 (0-307-56809-1)

Henry Rollins is an artist whose legendary, no-holds-barred performances encompasses music, acting, and written and spoken word.  As Details magazine said when it named Rollins the 1994 Man of the Year: "through two decades of rage and discipline, Henry Rollins has transformed himself from an L.A. punk rocker into a universal soldier.  His enemies: slackers and hypocrites.  His mission: to steel your soul and rock your world."

Rollins was frontman for the seminal punk band Black Flag, and since 1987 has led the Rollins Band, whose ninth album, Come In and Burn, was just released by DreamWorks.

As a spoken-word artist, he regularly performs at colleges and theaters worldwide and has released eight spoken-word audiotapes.  His album Get in the Van won the Grammy for Best Spoken Word Album for 1995.  As an actor, he has appeared in The Chase, Johnny Mnemonic, Heat, and David Lynch's forthcoming film, Lost Highway.

From his days as front man for the band Black Flag and the current Rollins Band to his books and spoken-word audiotapes, Henry Rollins is the music, the attitude, and the voice that takes no prisoners.  In his twelve books, he has led us on a hallucinatory journey through the decades--and his mind--with poems, essays, short stories, diary entries, and rants that exist at "the frayed edges where reality ends and imagination begins" (Publishers Weekly).  For the first time, the best of his legendary, no-holds-barred writings are available.  This collection includes new photos and works from such seminal Rollins books as:

High Adventure in the Great Outdoors
Art to Choke Hearts
Bang!
Black Coffee Blues
Get in the Van
Do I Come Here Often?
Solipsist

Plus never before released stories and more...

From the Trade Paperback edition.

A Fine Romance by David Lehman

2009-10-06T00:30:00-05:00

A Fine Romance Jewish Songwriters, American Songs
Written by David Lehman

Hardcover, 272 pages | Schocken | Music - Songwriting; Biography & Autobiography - Composers & Musicians; History - Jewish | $23.00 | 978-0-8052-4250-8 (0-8052-4250-3)

In A Fine Romance, David Lehman looks at the formation of the American songbook--the timeless numbers that became jazz standards, iconic love songs, and sound tracks to famous movies--and explores the extraordinary fact that this songbook was written almost exclusively by Jews.

An acclaimed poet, editor, and cultural critic, David Lehman hears America singing--with a Yiddish accent. He guides us through America in the golden age of song, when “Embraceable You,” “White Christmas,” “Easter Parade,” “Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered,” “Can’t Help Lovin’ Dat Man,” “My Romance,” “Cheek to Cheek,” “Stormy Weather,” and countless others became nothing less than the American sound track. The stories behind these songs, the shows from which many of them came, and the shows from which many of them came, and the composers and lyricists who wrote them give voice to a specifically American saga of love, longing, assimilation, and transformation.

Lehman’s analytical skills, wit, and exuberance infuse this book with an energy and a tone like no other: at once sharply observant, personally searching, and attuned to the songs that all of us love. He helps us understand how natural it should be that Wizard of Oz composer Harold Arlen was the son of a cantor who incorporated “Over the Rainbow” into his Sabbath liturgy, and why Cole Porter--the rare non-Jew in this pantheon of musicians who wrote these classic songs shaped America even as America was shaping them.

A Fine Romance by David Lehman

2009-10-06T00:30:00-05:00

A Fine Romance Jewish Songwriters, American Songs
Written by David Lehman

eBook | Schocken | Music - Songwriting; Biography & Autobiography - Composers & Musicians; History - Jewish | $23.00 | 978-0-8052-4271-3 (0-8052-4271-6)

Journey of a Thousand Miles by David Ritz

2009-09-08T00:30:00-05:00

Journey of a Thousand Miles My Story
Written by Lang Lang and David Ritz

Trade Paperback, 256 pages | Spiegel & Grau | Biography & Autobiography; Music - Classical | $16.00 | 978-0-385-52457-5 (0-385-52457-9)

“Number One” was a phrase my father—and, for that matter, my mother—repeated time and time again. It was a phrase spoken by my parents’ friends and by their friends’ children. Whenever adults discussed the great Chinese painters and sculptors from the ancient dynasties, there was always a single artist named as Number One. There was the Number One leader of a manufacturing plant, the Number One worker, the Number One scientist, the Number One car mechanic. In the culture of my childhood, being best was everything. It was the goal that drove us, the motivation that gave life meaning. And if, by chance or fate or the blessings of the generous universe, you were a child in whom talent was evident, Number One became your mantra. It became mine. I never begged my parents to take off the pressure. I accepted it; I even enjoyed it. It was a game, this contest among aspiring pianists, and although I may have been shy, I was bold, even at age five, when faced with a field of rivals.

Born in China to parents whose musical careers were interrupted by the Cultural Revolution, Lang Lang has emerged as one of the greatest pianists of our time. Yet despite his fame, few in the West know of the heart-wrenching journey from his early childhood as a prodigy in an industrial city in northern China to his difficult years in Beijing to his success today.
Journey of a Thousand Miles documents the remarkable, dramatic story of a family who sacrificed almost everything—his parents’ marriage, financial security, Lang Lang’s childhood, and their reputation in China’s insular classical music world—for the belief in a young boy’s talent. And it reveals the devastating and intense relationship between a boy and his father, who was willing to go to any length to make his son a star.
An engaging, informative cultural commentator who bridges East and West, Lang Lang has written more than an autobiography: his book opens a door to China, where Lang Lang is a cultural icon, at a time when the world’s attention will be on Beijing. Written with David Ritz, the coauthor of many bestselling autobiographies, Journey of a Thousand Miles is an inspiring story that will give readers an appreciation for the courage and sacrifice it takes to achieve greatness.

Random House New Releases - Music

The New Face of Jazz by Ned Radinsky

The New Face of Jazz An Intimate Look at Today's Living Legends and the Artists of TomorrowWritten by Cicily Janus Photographed by Ned Radinsky

Coal to Diamonds by Michelle Tea

Coal to Diamonds A MemoirWritten by Beth Ditto and Michelle Tea

Coal to Diamonds by Michelle Tea

Coal to Diamonds A MemoirWritten by Beth Ditto and Michelle Tea

The Ninth by Harvey Sachs

The Ninth Beethoven and the World in 1824Written by Harvey Sachs

How to Wreck a Nice Beach by Dave Tompkins

How to Wreck a Nice Beach Written by Dave Tompkins

The Musician's Guide to Licensing Music by Daylle Deanna Schwartz

The Musician's Guide to Licensing Music How to Get Your Music into Film, TV, Advertising, Digital Media & BeyondWritten by Darren Wilsey and Daylle Deanna Schwartz

Toy Instruments by Paul Miller

Toy Instruments Design, Nostalgia, MusicWritten by Eric Schneider Introduction by Paul Miller

What They'll Never Tell You About the Music Business by Peter M. Thall

What They'll Never Tell You About the Music Business The Myths, the Secrets, the Lies (& a Few Truths)Written by Peter M. Thall

Elvis: My Best Man by Chuck Crisafulli

Elvis: My Best Man Radio Days, Rock 'n' Roll Nights, and My Lifelong Friendship with Elvis PresleyWritten by George Klein and Chuck Crisafulli

Elvis: My Best Man by Chuck Crisafulli

Elvis: My Best Man Radio Days, Rock 'n' Roll Nights, and My Lifelong Friendship with Elvis PresleyWritten by George Klein and Chuck Crisafulli

Elvis 1956 by Amy Henderson

Elvis 1956 Written by Alfred Wertheimer Text by E. Warren Perry, Jr. and Amy Henderson Introduction by Chris Murray

Neil and Me by Scott Young

Neil and Me Written by Scott Young

Neil and Me by Scott Young

Neil and Me Written by Scott Young

The Complete Lyrics of Johnny Mercer by Eric Davis

The Complete Lyrics of Johnny Mercer Written by Johnny Mercer, Robert Kimball, Barry Day, Miles Kreuger and Eric Davis

The Complete Lyrics of Johnny Mercer by Eric Davis

The Complete Lyrics of Johnny Mercer Written by Johnny Mercer, Robert Kimball, Barry Day, Miles Kreuger and Eric Davis

The Quotable Musician by Sheila E. Anderson

The Quotable Musician From Bach to TupacWritten by Sheila E. Anderson

The Portable Henry Rollins by Henry Rollins

The Portable Henry Rollins Written by Henry Rollins

A Fine Romance by David Lehman

A Fine Romance Jewish Songwriters, American SongsWritten by David Lehman

A Fine Romance by David Lehman

A Fine Romance Jewish Songwriters, American SongsWritten by David Lehman

Journey of a Thousand Miles by David Ritz

Journey of a Thousand Miles My StoryWritten by Lang Lang and David Ritz

The New Face of Jazz An Intimate Look at Today's Living Legends and the Artists of Tomorrow
Written by Cicily Janus
Photographed by Ned Radinsky

Coal to Diamonds A Memoir
Written by Beth Ditto and Michelle Tea

Coal to Diamonds A Memoir
Written by Beth Ditto and Michelle Tea

The Ninth Beethoven and the World in 1824
Written by Harvey Sachs

How to Wreck a Nice Beach
Written by Dave Tompkins

The Musician's Guide to Licensing Music How to Get Your Music into Film, TV, Advertising, Digital Media & Beyond
Written by Darren Wilsey and Daylle Deanna Schwartz

Toy Instruments Design, Nostalgia, Music
Written by Eric Schneider
Introduction by Paul Miller

What They'll Never Tell You About the Music Business The Myths, the Secrets, the Lies (& a Few Truths)
Written by Peter M. Thall

Elvis: My Best Man Radio Days, Rock 'n' Roll Nights, and My Lifelong Friendship with Elvis Presley
Written by George Klein and Chuck Crisafulli

Elvis: My Best Man Radio Days, Rock 'n' Roll Nights, and My Lifelong Friendship with Elvis Presley
Written by George Klein and Chuck Crisafulli

Elvis 1956
Written by Alfred Wertheimer
Text by E. Warren Perry, Jr. and Amy Henderson
Introduction by Chris Murray

Neil and Me
Written by Scott Young

Neil and Me
Written by Scott Young

The Complete Lyrics of Johnny Mercer
Written by Johnny Mercer, Robert Kimball, Barry Day, Miles Kreuger and Eric Davis

The Complete Lyrics of Johnny Mercer
Written by Johnny Mercer, Robert Kimball, Barry Day, Miles Kreuger and Eric Davis

The Quotable Musician From Bach to Tupac
Written by Sheila E. Anderson

The Portable Henry Rollins
Written by Henry Rollins

A Fine Romance Jewish Songwriters, American Songs
Written by David Lehman

A Fine Romance Jewish Songwriters, American Songs
Written by David Lehman

Journey of a Thousand Miles My Story
Written by Lang Lang and David Ritz