Music & Movies

The story of Stax Records unfolds like a Greek tragedy. A white brother and sister build a record company that becomes a monument to racial harmony in 1960's segregated south Memphis. Their success is startling, and Stax soon defines an international...

From the streets of Baltimore to the halls of the New Mexico Philharmonic, a musician shares his remarkable story in I'm Possible, an inspiring memoir of perseverance and possibility. Powerful . . . equal parts heartwarming and heart-wrenching. White is...

Eight favorite jazz classics from one of the most innovative and influential jazz artists in history---the great John Coltrane. Includes the haunting ballad Naima. Coltrane's compositions explored many new frontiers and opened up new harmonic doors for...

Based on police wiretaps and exclusive interviews with drug kingpins and hip-hop insiders, this is the untold story of how the streets and housing projects of southeast Queens took over the rap industry.For years, rappers from Nas to Ja Rule have...

At the height of the ideological antagonism of the Cold War, the U.S. State Department unleashed an unexpected tool in its battle against Communism: jazz. From 1956 through the late 1970s, America dispatched its finest jazz musicians to the far corners...

A Quick Ting On: Grime Music is a brilliant look at the history, the present and the future of Grime Music. Franklyn Addo writes beautifully about this musical juggernaut that has taken over the UK in recent years.From the Bow estates to the charts, Addo...

From one of rap's most personal and evocative writers comes a stirring memoir about how Boosie Badazz, one of the industry's most controversial figures, was able to overcome insurmountable odds to make his music dreams a reality. A Baton Rouge native who...

The instant New York Times bestseller and "inspiring and vulnerable" (Trevor Noah) memoir from Bobby Hall, the multiplatinum recording artist known as Logic and the #1 bestselling author of Supermarket. This Bright Future is a raw and unfiltered journey...

Wonderful tunes from Count Basie, Erroll Garner, George Gershwin, Neal Hefti, Cole Porter, Hoagy Carmichael, Kurt Weill and others. Can be played as solos, duets or trios. Includes: As Time Goes By * Jumpin' at the Woodside * Li'l Darlin' * Mack the...

An upcoming book to be published by Penguin Random House.