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B.D. Lenz Strikes A Chord With 'And The Crowd Goes Mild,' New Book Out May 1
B.D. Lenz Announces Release of New Book And the Crowd Goes Mild — May 1 Book Signing and Acoustic Performance at Belvidere Books in New Jersey Acclaimed jazz guitarist and composer B.D. Lenz is set to release his new book, And the Crowd Goes Mild, on May 1. Blending humor, insight, and real-world experience from ...
Simplify Your Approach To Improvisation - A practical 10-step guide for all instrumentalists by Bill McBirnie
Simplify Your Approach to Improvisation! (A practical 10-step guide for all instrumentalists) is now available, in paperback format, at all Amazon websites. Building on his previous publication (The Technique and Theory of Improvisation), Bill McBirnie's new book is a concise, comprehensive, and organized 10-step guide to understanding any chart or lead sheet. This fundamental skill is ...
New Book: "You've Got Michael—Living Through HIStory" by Dan Beck
In 1991, Dan Beck became Michael Jackson’s main marketing contact at Epic Records. For five rollercoaster years, he was immersed in a world of unequalled stardom, dealing with the outsized ambition, whims and idiosyncrasies of the world’s most famous entertainer. It was a pivotal point in Jackson’s career. His last album had failed to repeat the ...
Sarah Jane Cion Releases Jazz Memoir 'The Now Era'
Jazz pianist, composer, and educator Sarah Jane Cion—known for her award-winning artistry and her acclaimed appearances on NPR’s Piano Jazz—announces the release of her debut memoir, The Now Era: Improvisations on Presence, Rhythm, and the Art of Being Human. The book offers an intimate, often humorous look at life in and around music, while exploring presence, ...
Jazz Pianist Bill Anschell Releases Debut Book Of Stories From 40 Years In And Out Of The Trenches
What happens when a jazz pianist spends his career bouncing between high-profile concert halls, hellish wedding gigs, major festivals, cruise ship disasters, recording dates, and insane jam sessions? Bill Anschell turns it all into comic gold. His debut book, Benched, released on November 25th, offers satirical stories that pull back the curtain on the absurd realities ...
Treasures Untold: A Modern 78 Rpm Reader Edited by Josh Rosenthal
Treasures Untold: A Modern 78RPM Reader, a sold-out 10 x 10" 155 page hardback book with CD, ltd ed of 1,000, numbered foil stamp, all about 78RPM records, released on Record Store Day April 2025, is now available as a Kindle ebook. The writing is by collectors, ethnomusicologists, dealers, archivists and producers, including an interview with ...
Music Journalist And Fiction Author Matty Bannond Releases Debut Jazz Novel, 'Cutting Contest'
Cutting Contest is an energetic novel about a dry-humoured and hot-tempered young trombone player on the brink of financial, professional and personal ruin. Published in September, 2025: Connie Benson is a 26-year-old trombone player whose reckless online persona is taking over her life—and trashing it. She is buried under a mountain of personal debt, her professional ...
Jimmy Madison To Release His Autobiography 'Drummer Boy' On September 1st, 2025
Internationally renowned jazz musician, Jimmy Madison, will release his candid, long-awaited autobiography that intersects the worlds of music and mountain climbing on September 1, 2025. In Drummer Boy, Madison shares both his vocation and his avocation from peak moments spent behind his drum kit to breathtaking moments climbing mountain peaks across the globe. His energy and ...
mDecks Music Launches Mastering Pentatonic Lines & Pentatonic Voicings Course For Jazz Pianists
mDecks Music proudly announces the release of its latest interactive courses: Mastering Pentatonic Lines & Pentatonic Voicings, a comprehensive resource designed to unlock the full potential of pentatonic scales for jazz pianists and improvisers. These unique courses cover essential techniques used by jazz legends such as Herbie Hancock, Bill Evans, and McCoy Tyner. Students will learn ...
A New Bio On Gene Krupa, Who Made Drumming Swing
The first definitive biography of the pioneering drummer and bandleader who brought percussion from back to center stage, influencing generations of musicians from jazz to rock—and beyond The Master of Drums: Gene Krupa and the Music He Gave the World (on sale April 29, 2025) is the first comprehensive biography of groundbreaking, controversial drummer and bandleader ...


