Home » Search Center » Results: Rick DellaRatta

Results for "Rick DellaRatta"

Advanced search options

Results for pages tagged "Rick DellaRatta"...

Musician

Rick DellaRatta

Born:

Rick DellaRatta Jazz Pianist, Vocalist Composer Rick DellaRatta is now considered by many to be one of the finest Singer/Pianists performing today and one of only a handful of Jazz Artists who can make a successful musical presentation to a large audience without having to abandon the true art form of Jazz. Through his life long endeavor to help advance people to their highest potential through the understanding of Jazz as well as spreading peace worldwide through his "Jazz for Peace World Tour", Rick DellaRatta is considered to be an innovator and a visionary. The Rick DellaRatta Trio features Jazz greats Lenny White, Eddie Gomez & Rick DellaRatta. His unique and original piano playing and composing has been compared in print to Chick Corea, Herbie Hancock, Wayne Shorter, Bill Evans, McCoy Tyner, Keith Jarrett, Joe Zawinul, Horace Silver, Oscar Peterson and Thelonious Monk while his signature vocal sound and style has been likened to Chet Baker, Billy Holiday, Joao Gilberto, Ivan Lins, Michael Franks and Antonio Carlos Jobim

2

News: Award / Grant

Grant Presentation Video Helps Jazz Artists & Causes Obtain Vital Funding!

Grant Presentation Video Helps Jazz Artists & Causes Obtain Vital Funding!

NEW YORK, NY - The Jazz for Peace Foundation Empowerment Grant Program rose from the ashes of the horrifying tragedy of 9/11 starting with a poem that was written witnessing those very events on a rooftop less than a quarter of a mile away from Ground Zero on that fateful morning. Since then they have set ...

131

News: Performance / Tour

Jazz Benefit Concert for Swim Strong and Aids Free Africa!

Jazz Benefit Concert for Swim Strong and Aids Free Africa!

New York, NY -- On Thursday, June 25, 2009 at 6:00 PM, New York-based and internationally acclaimed jazz pianist, vocalist and composer Rick DellaRatta, will perform a special benefit concert to raise funds for the Swim Strong Foundation and AIDSfreeAFRICA. The benefit will take place at Iguana NYC located at 240 W. 54th Street in New ...

237

News: Event

Rick Dellaratta and Jazz for Peace to Perform Special Benefit for Peacejam

Rick Dellaratta and Jazz for Peace to Perform Special Benefit for Peacejam

On Sunday, March 22, 2009 at 11:30AM, New York-based and internationally acclaimed jazz pianist, vocalist and composer Rick DellaRatta, will perform first Gala Concert Event to raise funds for our Jazz for Peace Mission. The benefit will take place at New York Historical Museum located at 170 Central Park West in Manhattan, NY. This event is ...

104

News: Award / Grant

Huntsville, Alabama Proclaims First "Rick Dellaratta and Jazz for Peace Day"

Huntsville, Alabama Proclaims First "Rick Dellaratta and Jazz for Peace Day"

In partnership with the Smithsonian National Museum of American History in support of Jazz Appreciation Month, Mayor Loretta Spencer of Huntsville, Alabama officially proclaimed Saturday April 19, 2008 to be “Rick DellaRatta and Jazz for Peace Day." Citing Mr. DellaRatta's numerous awards as a Jazz Pianist, Vocalist and Composer, along with his extraordinary achievements of over ...

127

News: Award / Grant

Huntsville, Alabama proclaims the first "Rick DellaRatta and Jazz for Peace Day"!

Huntsville, Alabama proclaims the first "Rick DellaRatta and Jazz for Peace Day"!

In partnership with the Smithsonian National Museum of American History in support of Jazz Appreciation Month, Mayor Loretta Spencer of Huntsville, Alabama officially proclaimed Saturday April 19, 2008 to be “Rick DellaRatta and Jazz for Peace Day". Citing Mr. DellaRatta's numerous awards as a Jazz Pianist, Vocalist and Composer, along with his extraordinary achievements of over ...

Album

Jazz For Peace

Label: Stella Records
Released: 2004

Album

Jazz at Christmas Time

Label: Stella Records
Released: 2002
Track listing: Winter Wonderland; Christmas Song; Santa Claus is Coming to Town; The Little Drummer Boy; Greensleeves; Christmas Waltz; Go Tell it in The Mountain; Sleighride; I'll Be Home for Christmas; Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas. (Total Time: 60:00).

314

Article: Album Review

Rick DellaRatta Quintet: Jazz at Christmas Time

Read "Jazz at Christmas Time" reviewed by C. Michael Bailey


...a bit of Holiday verse... Pianist and vocalist Rick DellaRatta provides the Christmas season with a breezy collection of holiday favorites delivered with sincere urbanity. The highlight of the disc is the solo piano version of the Mahalia Jackson classic "Go Tell It On The Mountain." Here, better than anywhere else, does DellaRatta display his considerable ...

Album

Live In Brazil And At The Blue Note

Label: Stella Records
Released: 2000
Track listing: (CD 1) Living Inside A Daydream; 7th Heaven; Autumn Leaves; Little Song; Take It Or Leave It. (CD 2) Say You


Engage

Contest Giveaways
Enter our latest contest giveaway sponsored by Musicians Performance Trust Fund
Polls & Surveys
Vote for your favorite musicians and participate in our brief surveys.

Get more of a good thing!

Our weekly newsletter highlights our top stories, our special offers, and upcoming jazz events near you.