In Brief

* * * * “No Minor Chords--My Days in Hollywood,” Andre Previn, Doubleday ($22.50). If you’re looking for tales of Previn’s ‘50s and ‘60s tenure as a free-lance jazz pianist who recorded more than 20 albums--he has recently revived that aspect of his artistry and has a new album out, “Old Friends”--you won’t find much here. This delightful, reads-far-too-quickly volume finds Previn recalling his first career--that of composer, orchestrator and conductor of 45 feature films from 1949 to 1973, including such Oscar winners as “My Fair Lady” and “Gigi.”

Still, there are brief, interesting mentions of trumpeter Chet Baker’s Army stint; Previn’s trio performances at the famed Blackhawk club in San Francisco and in Las Vegas, and his subbing for the renowned pianist Jose Iturbi in playing jazz variations on “Three Blind Mice” at age 16, when Previn began to work part time at MGM.