Bloomsbury Academic, September 2023. Paper Back. On Ice-T's 1991 classic O.G. Original Gangster, he introduced his all-Black hardcore band Body Count with lead guitarist Ernie C, bringing them on the first-ever Lollapalooza tour that summer. The next year, Body Count's self-titled debut album, rounded out by rhythm guitarist D-Roc the..... More

Backbeat, September 2023. Paper Back. More

Rizzoli, October 2023. Hardcover. Do Remember! The Golden Era of NYC Hip-Hop Mixtapes is the first comprehensive deep-dive oral and visual history of the golden era of hip-hop mixtape culture in New York City. From street corners to corner offices, mixtapes made a huge impact on the music industry and..... More

Backbeat Books, December 2015. Oversized Hardcover. This ultimate guide to all the gear used by the Beatles details exactly which guitars, drums, amplifiers, and keyboards the Fab Four embraced throughout their brief but revolutionary career, from their earliest days as the Quarry Men to the dissolution of the Beatles in..... More

Taschen, March 2015. Hardcover. Part of an edition of 1980 copies; shrinkwrapped in clamshell box. More

University of Chicago Press, August 1982. Paper Back. In this abridgment of his monumental study, "Berlioz and the Romantic Century," Jacques Barzun recounts the events and extraordinary achievements of the great composer's life against the background of the romantic era. As the author eloquently demonstrates, Berloiz was an archetype whose..... More

Hill and Wang, January 1960. Hardcover. Early printing with no edition stated; Tight binding; Clean, sturdy boards; Mild foxing present at paste-downs; Pages free of markings; Un-clipped dust jacket Good w/ moderate edge-wear including scuffing, creasing and some closed tears, one significant closed tear at rear of jacket; Jacket now..... More

Knopf, October 2011. First Edition. Hardcover. Harry Belafonte is not just one of the greatest entertainers of our time; he has led one of the great American lives of the last century. Now, this extraordinary icon tells us the story of that life, giving us its full breadth, letting us..... More

Basic Books, October 2001. Hardcover. Why does the brain create music? In Beethoven's Anvil, cognitive scientist and jazz musician William Benzon finds the key to music's function in the very complexity of musical experience. Music demands that our symbol-processing capacities, motor skills, emotional and communicative skills all work in close..... More

Viking Books, July 1990. Hardcover. The first--the only--full and unauthorized biography of the king of American songwriters: the man of whom rival composer Jerome Kern once said 'Irving Berlin has no place in American music. He is American music'. 36 pages of photographs. More

Random House Value Publishing, January 1989. Hardcover. Good reading copy. More

Scholars Press, June 2002. First Edition. Hardcover. Richard Rodgers was one of America's most prolific and best-loved composers. A world without My Funny Valentine, The Lady is a Tramp, Blue Moon, and Bewitched, to name just a few of the songs he wrote with Lorenz Hart, is scarcely imaginable, and..... More

Backbeat Books, March 2003. Paper Back. For blues aficionados everywhere, this is a complete guide to the uniquely American world of the blues. The roots of the blues can be found in the turn-of-the-century Mississippi Delta, but today its reach extends into all kinds of music including rock, jazz, country..... More