I Speak Music

<p><strong style=color: rgba(66 72 79 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>Two-time GRAMMY® Award winner </strong><span style=color: rgba(66 72 79 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>Howard Levy delivers a musical memoir that will stop you in your tracks-bold unpredictable and as soulful as his playing. Having spent his life moving effortlessly through classical blues jazz world music rock and pop Howard tells his story from the rare vantage point of a musician who never fit into one category-and never wanted to.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(66 72 79 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>Across</span><strong style=color: rgba(66 72 79 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)> 88 richly detailed stories</strong><span style=color: rgba(66 72 79 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)> told with warmth humor and cinematic clarity Howard traces his improbable journey from Brooklyn to Chicago and onto the world stage-encompassing a lifetime of relentless curiosity thousands of recording sessions and collaborations with icons like </span><strong style=color: rgba(66 72 79 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>Dolly Parton Donald Fagen John Prine Kenny Loggins Jack Bruce </strong><span style=color: rgba(66 72 79 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>and many more.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(66 72 79 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>In a captivating writing style Howard captures the full sweep of his musical life:</span></p><p></p><p><strong style=color: rgba(66 72 79 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>• Adventures in Recording:</strong><span style=color: rgba(66 72 79 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)> Hilarious tense and surprising moments drawn from thousands of studio sessions-from commercial jingles and film soundtracks to albums that derailed exploded or suddenly turned magical. </span></p><p><strong style=color: rgba(66 72 79 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>• Strange-but-True Encounters with Legends:</strong><span style=color: rgba(66 72 79 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)> From an impromptu encounter with Jaco Pastorius to helping recover Mercer Ellington's stolen bag Howard revisits the chance meetings that left a lasting mark.</span></p><p><strong style=color: rgba(66 72 79 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>• New York to Chicago:</strong><span style=color: rgba(66 72 79 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)> Hair-raising New York episodes and the hard-earned Chicago years-factory jobs pit orchestras jazz clubs and the strange twists of fate that launched his trajectory building a foundation for everything that followed.</span></p><p><strong style=color: rgba(66 72 79 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>• Travels Tours and Total Chaos:</strong><span style=color: rgba(66 72 79 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)> From Taipei to Damascus and all points in between Howard shares the unpredictable and surreal highs and lows of a touring life lived without a safety net.</span></p><p><strong style=color: rgba(66 72 79 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>• Composing a Life in Music: </strong><span style=color: rgba(66 72 79 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>Fascinating stories behind the pieces he composed the ideas that surfaced unexpectedly and the many breakthroughs-small and large-that sparked his evolution and continue to shape and expand his musical language.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(66 72 79 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>Prepare to be entertained inspired and surprised by a memoir that illuminates the world of music from the inside out-and invites you to come along on the serendipitous journey of a life devoted to sound.</span></p>