Home » Music » Videos Recommended by Michael Ricci
Videos Recommended by Michael Ricci
Big City
Eve Cornelious
Duration: 5:33
168 views
Eve has assembled a dynamic group steeped in tradition. A stunning work of art presenting songs from her repertoire, starting with "BIG CITY, a reminiscence of Cannonball Adderley's stellar arrangement. It draws from a wide musical landscape of standards, Eve's original, "UP HERE IN THE CITY," [conjuring up Eve's memories of living and loving her daily life in NYC], Dinah Washington's "LONG JOHN BLUES, and concludes with a smoky rendition of "SO MANY STARS" by Sergio Mendes.
Featured on August 19, 2026
What U Won't Do 4 Love
Tony Adamo
Duration: 3:28
660 views
"What U Won't Do 4 Love" by Tony Adamo is a refreshing, soulful masterclass in modern
jazz-funk fusion. Released in mid-2026 on Saint Jaz Records, the track serves as a groovy,
geography-spanning love letter that bridges classic urban soundscapes with Adamo's
signature hipster flair. Instead of leaning purely into his iconic, rapid-fire spoken-word "sing-
speak," Adamo opts for a deeply melodic, soulful vocal delivery that mirrors the warmth of
1970s R&B.
The lyrics depart from Adamo's usual inside-jazz-history references to deliver a
rhythmic, multi-city travelogue centered on devotion. Adamo charts a musical map across
America's greatest sonic hubs—shouting out the "Motor City" (Detroit), Philly, the "Big
Apple" (New York), "Shy Town" (Chicago), Miami, Atlanta, Raleigh, and Oakland—before
steering the track right back home to a "city by the Bay" (San Francisco). The songwriting
cleverly uses travel and navigation imagery ("love map," "compass," "lighthouse") to frame a
story about a wandering mind finally finding anchor in true love.
Vocal Performance: 4.5/5 – Deeply earnest, smooth, and an excellent display of Adamo's
pure singing range. Instrumentation: 5/5 – A premium, locked-in rhythm section that keeps
your feet moving from start to finish. Atmosphere: 4.8/5 – Funky, nostalgic, yet thoroughly
modern and accessible to both jazz purists and mainstream R&B fans.
~Ben Price, Underground Jazz/The UK
Featured on August 13, 2026
Cropsey Cabin
James Wengrow
Duration: 7:04
163 views
'Emissary' is the ambitious debut album from James Wengrow Crypsis Trio, a Brooklyn-based avant-jazz group synthesizing jazz, free improvisation, contemporary classical, and math-rock into an utterly visceral guitar trio experience. Recorded by Joseph Branciforte and mastered by Brent Lambert, the album features six original compositions forged during a tumultuous period of intercontinental displacement, alongside interpretations of John McLaughlin's "This Is For Us To Share" and Thelonious Monk's "Let's Call This." Australian guitarist Wengrow, Danish bassist Mathias Højgaard Jensen, and New York drummer James Paul Nadien embark on impassioned journeys through rapidly shifting sonic terrains—frenetic free passages colliding with polyrhythmic grooves and math-rock precision. This is modern jazz that capitalizes on the structural ties between genres “while exploiting their differences in smart, unique ways.” (Bandcamp Daily)
Featured on July 15, 2026
Soul Journey
Chris McNulty
Duration: 6:11
215 views
Soul Journey is Chris McNulty's 8th album and her first release recorded in Australia featuring Australian, American and expatriate European jazz musicians. Her previous releases were all recorded in NYC and released on American labels. McNulty's Soul Journey uses her sonic and compositional skills to explore a deeply personal journey through past, present and future. The album features seven McNulty originals along with five of her favourite standards from the Great American Songbook. These are extracts from the full ensemble tracks from Chris McNulty's Soul Journey.
Featured on June 25, 2026
Vida
Kemuel Roig
Duration: 60:00
208 views
“Vida” is the vibrant new track from Cuban-American jazz pianist Kemuel Roig and his trio project 3Discovery. Featuring Samuel Burgos on bass and drummer Juan Armando Diaz, Roig's latest project is an electrifying musical journey.featuring Afro-Cuban rhythms, modern jazz harmony, and fearless improvisation. Captured live in the studio with high-level visual production, "Vida", which channels the pianistic influence of Chucho Valdés in an ebullient mambo-esque celebration, showcases the deep chemistry and dynamic energy of one of today’s most compelling Latin jazz trios. '3Discovery' will release everywhere on July 17.
Featured on June 6, 2026
Icarus
Emily Kuhn
Duration: 8:43
347 views
Chicago-based trumpeter-composer Emily Kuhn unveils "Icarus" off her upcoming album 'Feathered Things' (July 24, Desafío Candente). Kuhn wrote "Icarus" at a mid-winter artist residency at OxBow School of Art, in Western Michigan. OxBow’s cold, forested, sparkling winter landscape inspired the shimmery aesthetic of the song, which features Meghan Stagl’s delicate vocals, textural guitar pads, and the dark tone of the flugelhorn. While Kuhn didn’t initially set out to write a song about the myth of Icarus, as she found herself experimenting with lyrics, the story emerged as a framework to hold the tension between freedom, stability, and love. "I liked the idea of telling a more intimate side of the story: Icarus acting not out of hubris, but out of a deep longing to be free; his father loving him, teaching him to fly, frantic seeing his son’s feathers melt away," she explains. "While the song is an imagined conversation between parent and child, I also envision the “I” and “you” as two sides of the same person. I think that all of us have some of that duality within us - a deep longing for connection and stability, challenged by that curious, whimsical, often self-destructive voice inside that asks what would happen if we just flew towards the sun and kept flying, and never looked back?" "Icarus" presented Kuhn with a long-desired opportunity to collaborate with a circus artist. Performance artist Hayley Larson perfectly embodies the narrator's whimsy, curiosity, and recklessness in her choreography and performance, while the shadow puppets show a different side of the same character, flying and falling along with the aerials. "I wanted to capture both the playfulness and destructiveness of Icarus' journey, and there's a lot of play with reflections, color, light, and shadows that echo the lyrics and orchestration, getting more and more frenzied as the song builds. Sean Pierce's video work is beautiful - I love the way all the layers come together to create an ever- shifting mood."
Featured on May 27, 2026
Tu resiliencia es resistencia
Gustavo Cortiñas
Duration: 5:42
520 views
Chicago-based drummer and composer Gustavo Cortiñas unveils the video for “Your Resilience Is Resistance,” a stirring piece from his upcoming album The Drum Also Sings / El Tambor También Canta, due June 5 via Desafío Candente Records. Featuring legendary drummers Dave King and Isaiah Spencer alongside Chilean vocalist Paula Herrera, the video transforms themes of memory, resistance, collective struggle, and rebirth into a powerful visual and musical statement. Rooted in South American rhythmic traditions, the piece honors resilience as both survival and defiance while reflecting the album’s broader meditation on healing, ancestry, and community. Across 'The Drum Also Sings', Cortiñas uses rhythm, voice, and collective improvisation to explore how music can carry grief, hope, and renewal simultaneously.
Featured on May 22, 2026
