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Elvis 1956
Written by Alfred Wertheimer
Text by E. Warren Perry, Jr. and Amy Henderson
Introduction by Chris Murray
Format: Hardcover, 128 pages
On Sale: November 10, 2009
Price: $29.95
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... Read more >
Written by Alfred Wertheimer
Text by E. Warren Perry, Jr. and Amy Henderson
Introduction by Chris Murray
Format: Hardcover, 128 pages
On Sale: November 10, 2009
Price: $29.95
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... Read more >
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Neil and Me
Written by Scott Young
Format: Trade Paperback, 408 pages
On Sale: October 27, 2009
Price: $16.95
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 –... Read more >
Written by Scott Young
Format: Trade Paperback, 408 pages
On Sale: October 27, 2009
Price: $16.95
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 –... Read more >
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Neil and Me
Written by Scott Young
Format: eBook
On Sale: October 27, 2009
Price: $16.95
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 –... Read more >
Written by Scott Young
Format: eBook
On Sale: October 27, 2009
Price: $16.95
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 –... Read more >
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The Complete Lyrics of Johnny Mercer
Written by Johnny Mercer, Robert Kimball, Barry Day, Miles Kreuger and Eric Davis
Format: Hardcover, 488 pages
On Sale: October 20, 2009
Price: $65.00
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... Read more >
Written by Johnny Mercer, Robert Kimball, Barry Day, Miles Kreuger and Eric Davis
Format: Hardcover, 488 pages
On Sale: October 20, 2009
Price: $65.00
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... Read more >
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The Complete Lyrics of Johnny Mercer
Written by Johnny Mercer, Robert Kimball, Barry Day, Miles Kreuger and Eric Davis
Format: eBook, 496 pages
On Sale: October 20, 2009
Price: $65.00
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... Read more >
Written by Johnny Mercer, Robert Kimball, Barry Day, Miles Kreuger and Eric Davis
Format: eBook, 496 pages
On Sale: October 20, 2009
Price: $65.00
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... Read more >
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The Quotable Musician
From Bach to Tupac
Written by Sheila E. Anderson
Format: Trade Paperback, 224 pages
On Sale: October 20, 2009
Price: $16.95
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... Read more >
From Bach to Tupac
Written by Sheila E. Anderson
Format: Trade Paperback, 224 pages
On Sale: October 20, 2009
Price: $16.95
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... Read more >
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The Portable Henry Rollins
Written by Henry Rollins
Format: eBook, 320 pages
On Sale: October 7, 2009
Price: $19.95
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... Read more >
Written by Henry Rollins
Format: eBook, 320 pages
On Sale: October 7, 2009
Price: $19.95
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... Read more >
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A Fine Romance
Jewish Songwriters, American Songs
Written by David Lehman
Format: Hardcover, 272 pages
On Sale: October 6, 2009
Price: $23.00
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... Read more >
Jewish Songwriters, American Songs
Written by David Lehman
Format: Hardcover, 272 pages
On Sale: October 6, 2009
Price: $23.00
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... Read more >
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A Fine Romance
Jewish Songwriters, American Songs
Written by David Lehman
Format: eBook
On Sale: October 6, 2009
Price: $23.00
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... Read more >
Jewish Songwriters, American Songs
Written by David Lehman
Format: eBook
On Sale: October 6, 2009
Price: $23.00
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... Read more >
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Journey of a Thousand Miles
My Story
Written by Lang Lang and David Ritz
Format: Trade Paperback, 256 pages
On Sale: September 8, 2009
Price: $16.00
“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... Read more >
My Story
Written by Lang Lang and David Ritz
Format: Trade Paperback, 256 pages
On Sale: September 8, 2009
Price: $16.00
“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... Read more >
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Moving to Higher Ground
How Jazz Can Change Your Life
Written by Wynton Marsalis and Geoffrey Ward
Format: Trade Paperback, 208 pages
On Sale: September 8, 2009
Price: $16.00
In this beautiful book, Pulitzer Prize—winning musician and composer Wynton Marsalis draws upon lessons he’s learned from a lifetime in jazz–lessons that can help us all move to higher ground. With wit and candor he demystifies the music that is the birthright of every American and demonstrates how a real understanding... Read more >
How Jazz Can Change Your Life
Written by Wynton Marsalis and Geoffrey Ward
Format: Trade Paperback, 208 pages
On Sale: September 8, 2009
Price: $16.00
In this beautiful book, Pulitzer Prize—winning musician and composer Wynton Marsalis draws upon lessons he’s learned from a lifetime in jazz–lessons that can help us all move to higher ground. With wit and candor he demystifies the music that is the birthright of every American and demonstrates how a real understanding... Read more >
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Living with Jazz
A reader edited by Sheldon Meyer
Written by Dan Morgenstern
Format: eBook
On Sale: August 19, 2009
Price: $35.00
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A reader edited by Sheldon Meyer
Written by Dan Morgenstern
Format: eBook
On Sale: August 19, 2009
Price: $35.00
Read more >
Lyrics
Written by Sting
Format: eBook
On Sale: July 16, 2009
Price: $28.00
From the first Police album, Outlandos D'Amour, through Sacred Love, here are the collected lyrics written by Sting, along with his commentary.
From the Hardcover edition. Read more >
Written by Sting
Format: eBook
On Sale: July 16, 2009
Price: $28.00
From the first Police album, Outlandos D'Amour, through Sacred Love, here are the collected lyrics written by Sting, along with his commentary.
From the Hardcover edition. Read more >
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Puccini Without Excuses
A Refreshing Reassessment of the World's Most Popular Composer
Written by William Berger
Format: eBook
On Sale: July 1, 2009
Price: $16.00
Puccini is the most beloved composer of opera in the world: one quarter of all opera performances in the U.S. are of his operas, his music pervades movie soundtracks, and his plots have infiltrated our popular culture. But, although Puccini’s art still captivates audiences and the popularity of such works as... Read more >
A Refreshing Reassessment of the World's Most Popular Composer
Written by William Berger
Format: eBook
On Sale: July 1, 2009
Price: $16.00
Puccini is the most beloved composer of opera in the world: one quarter of all opera performances in the U.S. are of his operas, his music pervades movie soundtracks, and his plots have infiltrated our popular culture. But, although Puccini’s art still captivates audiences and the popularity of such works as... Read more >
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Stardust Melodies
The Biography of Twelve of America's Most Popular Songs
Written by Will Friedwald
Format: eBook
On Sale: July 1, 2009
Price: $27.50
In Stardust Melodies, Will Friedwald takes each of these legendary songs apart and puts it together again, with a staggering wealth of detail and unprecedented understanding.
Each chapter gives us an extended history of one song—the circumstances under which it was written and first performed—and then explores its musical and lyric content... Read more >
The Biography of Twelve of America's Most Popular Songs
Written by Will Friedwald
Format: eBook
On Sale: July 1, 2009
Price: $27.50
In Stardust Melodies, Will Friedwald takes each of these legendary songs apart and puts it together again, with a staggering wealth of detail and unprecedented understanding.
Each chapter gives us an extended history of one song—the circumstances under which it was written and first performed—and then explores its musical and lyric content... Read more >
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hardcover.
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That Magic Feeling
The Beatles' Recorded Legacy, Volume Two, 1966-1970
Written by John C. Winn
Format: Trade Paperback, 416 pages
On Sale: June 16, 2009
Price: $28.00
From Revolver to Let It Be, That Magic Feeling: The Beatles Recorded Legacy, Volume Two, 1966—1970, continues the chronicle of the group’s spectacular career from its creative zenith to its irrevocable split
As the Beatles moved into the mid and late 1960s, their collective and individual musical talent and innovations evolved at... Read more >
The Beatles' Recorded Legacy, Volume Two, 1966-1970
Written by John C. Winn
Format: Trade Paperback, 416 pages
On Sale: June 16, 2009
Price: $28.00
From Revolver to Let It Be, That Magic Feeling: The Beatles Recorded Legacy, Volume Two, 1966—1970, continues the chronicle of the group’s spectacular career from its creative zenith to its irrevocable split
As the Beatles moved into the mid and late 1960s, their collective and individual musical talent and innovations evolved at... Read more >
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eBook.
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That Magic Feeling
The Beatles' Recorded Legacy, Volume Two, 1966-1970
Written by John C. Winn
Format: eBook
On Sale: June 16, 2009
Price: $28.00
From Revolver to Let It Be, That Magic Feeling: The Beatles Recorded Legacy, Volume Two, 1966—1970, continues the chronicle of the group’s spectacular career from its creative zenith to its irrevocable split
As the Beatles moved into the mid and late 1960s, their collective and individual musical talent and innovations evolved at... Read more >
The Beatles' Recorded Legacy, Volume Two, 1966-1970
Written by John C. Winn
Format: eBook
On Sale: June 16, 2009
Price: $28.00
From Revolver to Let It Be, That Magic Feeling: The Beatles Recorded Legacy, Volume Two, 1966—1970, continues the chronicle of the group’s spectacular career from its creative zenith to its irrevocable split
As the Beatles moved into the mid and late 1960s, their collective and individual musical talent and innovations evolved at... Read more >
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trade paperback.
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The 27s
The Greatest Myth of Rock & Roll
Written by Eric Segalstad
Illustrated by Josh Hunter
Format: Trade Paperback, 312 pages
On Sale: April 7, 2009
Price: $27.00
Excess and tragedy are the stuff of music legend, but it is only with hindsight that deeper patterns emerge. None of these is more striking than the deaths at age 27 of some of the greatest musicians of our time.
Jimi Hendrix. Janis Joplin. Jim Morrison. Brian Jones. Kurt Cobain. Founding bluesman... Read more >
The Greatest Myth of Rock & Roll
Written by Eric Segalstad
Illustrated by Josh Hunter
Format: Trade Paperback, 312 pages
On Sale: April 7, 2009
Price: $27.00
Excess and tragedy are the stuff of music legend, but it is only with hindsight that deeper patterns emerge. None of these is more striking than the deaths at age 27 of some of the greatest musicians of our time.
Jimi Hendrix. Janis Joplin. Jim Morrison. Brian Jones. Kurt Cobain. Founding bluesman... Read more >
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Motown
Music, Money, Sex, and Power
Written by Gerald Posner
Format: eBook, 384 pages
On Sale: April 2, 2009
Price: $15.95
In 1959, twenty-nine-year-old Berry Gordy, who had already given up on his dream to be a champion boxer, borrowed eight hundred dollars from his family and started a record company. A run-down bungalow sandwiched between a funeral home and a beauty shop in a poor Detroit neighborhood served as his headquarters... Read more >
Music, Money, Sex, and Power
Written by Gerald Posner
Format: eBook, 384 pages
On Sale: April 2, 2009
Price: $15.95
In 1959, twenty-nine-year-old Berry Gordy, who had already given up on his dream to be a champion boxer, borrowed eight hundred dollars from his family and started a record company. A run-down bungalow sandwiched between a funeral home and a beauty shop in a poor Detroit neighborhood served as his headquarters... Read more >
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Check the Technique
Liner Notes for Hip-Hop Junkies
Written by Brian Coleman
Format: eBook, 528 pages
On Sale: March 12, 2009
Price: $18.00
A Tribe Called Quest • Beastie Boys • De La Soul • Eric B. & Rakim • The Fugees • KRS-One • Pete Rock & CL Smooth • Public Enemy • The Roots • Run-DMC • Wu-Tang Clan • and twenty-five more hip-hop immortals
It’s a sad fact: hip-hop album liners have... Read more >
Liner Notes for Hip-Hop Junkies
Written by Brian Coleman
Format: eBook, 528 pages
On Sale: March 12, 2009
Price: $18.00
A Tribe Called Quest • Beastie Boys • De La Soul • Eric B. & Rakim • The Fugees • KRS-One • Pete Rock & CL Smooth • Public Enemy • The Roots • Run-DMC • Wu-Tang Clan • and twenty-five more hip-hop immortals
It’s a sad fact: hip-hop album liners have... Read more >
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How Can I Keep from Singing?
The Ballad of Pete Seeger
Written by David King Dunaway
Format: eBook, 544 pages
On Sale: March 12, 2009
Price: $18.00
How Can I Keep from Singing? is the compelling story of how the son of a respectable Puritan family became a consummate performer and American rebel. Updated with new research and interviews, unpublished photographs, and thoughtful comments from Pete Seeger himself, this is an inside history of the man Carl Sandburg... Read more >
The Ballad of Pete Seeger
Written by David King Dunaway
Format: eBook, 544 pages
On Sale: March 12, 2009
Price: $18.00
How Can I Keep from Singing? is the compelling story of how the son of a respectable Puritan family became a consummate performer and American rebel. Updated with new research and interviews, unpublished photographs, and thoughtful comments from Pete Seeger himself, this is an inside history of the man Carl Sandburg... Read more >
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To a Young Jazz Musician
Letters from the Road
Written by Wynton Marsalis and Selwyn Seyfu Hinds
Format: eBook, 144 pages
On Sale: March 12, 2009
Price: $12.95
In To a Young Jazz Musician, the renowned jazz musician and Pulitzer Prize—winning composer Wynton Marsalis gives us an invaluable guide to making good music–and to leading a good life.
Writing from the road “between the bus ride, the sound check, and the gig,”
Marsalis passes on wisdom gained from experience, addressed... Read more >
Letters from the Road
Written by Wynton Marsalis and Selwyn Seyfu Hinds
Format: eBook, 144 pages
On Sale: March 12, 2009
Price: $12.95
In To a Young Jazz Musician, the renowned jazz musician and Pulitzer Prize—winning composer Wynton Marsalis gives us an invaluable guide to making good music–and to leading a good life.
Writing from the road “between the bus ride, the sound check, and the gig,”
Marsalis passes on wisdom gained from experience, addressed... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
Triksta
Life and Death and New Orleans Rap
Written by Nik Cohn
Format: eBook, 256 pages
On Sale: March 12, 2009
Price: $13.95
In Triksta, a masterful observer of movements that emerge from dark corners to become worldwide phenomena–early rock ’n’ roll and “Saturday Night Fever,” to name but two –gives us a mesmerizing account of a city, its music, and a way of life that often embraces death.
Nik Cohn’s love of hip-hop goes... Read more >
Life and Death and New Orleans Rap
Written by Nik Cohn
Format: eBook, 256 pages
On Sale: March 12, 2009
Price: $13.95
In Triksta, a masterful observer of movements that emerge from dark corners to become worldwide phenomena–early rock ’n’ roll and “Saturday Night Fever,” to name but two –gives us a mesmerizing account of a city, its music, and a way of life that often embraces death.
Nik Cohn’s love of hip-hop goes... Read more >
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Bang Your Head
The Rise and Fall of Heavy Metal
Written by David Konow
Format: eBook, 496 pages
On Sale: February 25, 2009
Price: $14.95
“Bang your head! Metal Health’ll drive you mad!”
— Quiet Riot
Like an episode of VH1’s Behind the Music on steroids, Bang Your Head is an epic history of every band and every performer that has proudly worn the Heavy Metal badge. Whether headbanging is your guilty pleasure or you firmly believe... Read more >
The Rise and Fall of Heavy Metal
Written by David Konow
Format: eBook, 496 pages
On Sale: February 25, 2009
Price: $14.95
“Bang your head! Metal Health’ll drive you mad!”
— Quiet Riot
Like an episode of VH1’s Behind the Music on steroids, Bang Your Head is an epic history of every band and every performer that has proudly worn the Heavy Metal badge. Whether headbanging is your guilty pleasure or you firmly believe... Read more >
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The Toughest Show on Earth
Written by Joseph Volpe and Charles Michener
Format: eBook, 320 pages
On Sale: February 19, 2009
Price: $15.00
The Toughest Show on Earth is the ultimate behind-the-scenes chronicle of the divas and the dramas of New York’s Metropolitan Opera House, by the remarkable man who rose from apprentice carpenter to general manager.
Joseph Volpe gives us an anecdote-filled tour of more than four decades at the Met, an institution full... Read more >
Written by Joseph Volpe and Charles Michener
Format: eBook, 320 pages
On Sale: February 19, 2009
Price: $15.00
The Toughest Show on Earth is the ultimate behind-the-scenes chronicle of the divas and the dramas of New York’s Metropolitan Opera House, by the remarkable man who rose from apprentice carpenter to general manager.
Joseph Volpe gives us an anecdote-filled tour of more than four decades at the Met, an institution full... Read more >
Also available as a
hardcover and a
trade paperback.
