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Abigail Riccards

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Since arriving on the New York scene in 2003, vocalist Abigail Riccards has garnered much attention from the jazz community for her effortless swing, heartbreaking tone, and personalized approach to lyrics. Abigail's inimitable approach to the Great American Songbook has made her one of the most celebrated jazz vocalists of her generation. In 2000, she was also selected to participate in the Jazz in July workshop at the University of Massachusetts in Amherst and competed in the 2006 Fish Middleton Competition, where she was a semi-finalist. In 2004, Abigail was selected to be a semi-finalist in the prestigious Thelonious Monk International Jazz Competition, where she competed at the Smithsonian Institute in Washington D.C for judges such as Kurt Elling, Al Jarreau, Jimmy Scott and Dee Dee Bridgewater

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Article: Radio & Podcasts

You Can Never Be Too Magical - Celebrating Esperanza Spalding

Read "You Can Never Be Too Magical - Celebrating Esperanza Spalding" reviewed by Mary Foster Conklin


This week we feature new releases from vocalists Kat Edmonson, Tamuz Nissim, Maria Schafer and JD Walter with birthday shout outs to pianists Lil Armstrong, Marc Cary and Jutta Hipp, bassist Katie Thiroux, trumpeter Jeannie Tanner, and vocalist Ed Reed, among others. In the first hour, a celebration of Esperanza Spalding's latest Grammy win for Jazz ...

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News: Music Industry

Scholz Productions Helps Independent Artists Promote Fully Conceived Music Albums To Non-Commercial Broadcast Radio Stations

Scholz Productions Helps Independent Artists Promote Fully Conceived Music Albums To Non-Commercial Broadcast Radio Stations

jny: Chicago, IL: Local business Scholz Productions is pleased to offer promotional services to independent musicians who wish to gain airplay, beginning November 11, 2014. Scholz Productions specializes in full-service radio promotional strategies targeting non-commercial terrestrial and internet radio broadcasting stations in the United States, Canada, and Europe. A successful non-commercial radio marketing strategy can result ...

Album

Every Little Star

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2013
Track listing: I’ve Told Every Little Star; If I Had You; Singin’ In The Rain; How Deep Is The Ocean; Circle Game; Sleepin’ Bee; I Didn’t Know About You; I Can’t Give You Anything But Love; Smile; Waltz For Debbie; Endless Joy; Bye Bye Blackbird.

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Article: Album Review

Abigail Riccards: Every Little Star

Read "Every Little Star" reviewed by C. Michael Bailey


Abigail Riccards may not be known yet but Jane Monheit is, and on Riccard's Every Little Star, the famous jazz chanteur is both a mentor and co-producer. The Chicago-based Riccards began appearing in New York City in the early 2000s, garnering a good deal of critical attention from her live performances and her debut recording, When ...

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News: Recording

Abigail Riccards - Soft Rains Fall (2011)

Abigail Riccards - Soft Rains Fall (2011)

When I first listened to Chicago-based jazz singer Abigail Riccards I had that strange and wonderful feeling of temporarily “forgetting who I was." This is the kind of power that music can have, forcing the attention down to a tiny (and yet immense) point of interest, causing the listener's surroundings to vanish. Riccards' 2008 debut recording ...

Album

When The Night Is New

Label: Jazz Excursion Records
Released: 2008
Track listing: But Beautiful; East of the Sun; The Very Thought of You; You Don

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News: Event

Abigail Riccards Live at Cachaca

Abigail Riccards Live at Cachaca

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