Videos Recommended by Michael Ricci

Ya Lach Nafshi

Yosef Gutman Levitt
Duration: 3:40

A stirring Moroccan melody featuring intimate conversations between piano (Yonathan Avishai) and multi-instrumentalist Yagel Harush playing Oud, Ney and Kamanche.

Quem Sabe (Who Knows)

Luiz Millan
Duration: 4:56

New single by Brazil's foremost contemporary composer Luiz Millan, "Quem Sabe" is a fiery Latin-Jazz song featuring stunning performances by Italian tenor sax virtuosi Ada Rovatti, 7-time Grammy winner North- American trumpet master Randy Brecker and Brazilian pianist Michel Freidenson plus Sylvio Mazzuca Jr (bass), Edu Ribeiro (drums), Camilo Carrara (acoustic guitar) and François de Lima (trombone). Produced by Arnaldo DeSouteiro and arranged by Michel Freidenson. Already available on all streaming platforms.

Make Someone Happy

Maria Puga Lareo
Duration: 3:17

Maria Puga Lareo opens her new album My Universe with a cinematic and deeply felt interpretation of this timeless standard. Her warm, expressive voice is beautifully framed by a masterfully crafted orchestral arrangement from GRAMMY-winner Nan Schwartz, whose artistic vision and nuanced pacing bring new emotional resonance to the song. Recorded with a Hollywood string section, this rendition is a celebration of love as life’s truest measure.

Music Is Life

Butter And The Genre
Duration: 7:13

Butter and the Genre blends jazz, soul, and funk into something bold, emotional, and alive. Their breakout single, “Music Is Life,” fuses rich horns, and raw live energy into a vibrant celebration of creativity and connection. Filmed like a short film and recorded independently, the video is semi-based on a true story—Butter met each band member at the 51st Speakeasy in Oklahoma, where their musical chemistry first sparked. The result captures generational talent and real-life authenticity, proving that real music still lives and breathes.

How've You Been?

Toni Jannotta
Duration: 5:53

They say your personal stories are the hardest to produce and the ones people most resonate with. This is the song/story of how I walked into my marriage after 40+ years of being single. It took guts and a great guy. Thank you for watching. Please note: Greg Gordon Smith, piano; Larry Steen, bass; Chris Wabich, drums, Scheila Gonzalez, sop sax, Erik Chapman, cello, and Yours Truly, violin. Video by Chris Jensen. Aerial photography by Guy White.

A Song for You (Gnossienne No. 1)

Tessa Souter
Duration: 4:55

The first single from Tessa Souter's new album Shadows and Silence: The Erik Satie Project. Arranged by Luis Perdomo. Lyrics by Tessa Souter. Luis Perdomo (piano and percussion), Yasushi Nakamura (bass), Billy Drummond (drums and cymbals). Album out June 27

Pianist Eric Scott Reed Celebrates Release of Latest Album

Eric Reed
Duration: 5:56

Out Late, the exhilarating and inventive new album from pianist and composer Eric Scott Reed was released on May 16, 2025, via Smoke Sessions Records, Out Late boasts a striking stellar quintet whose members share deep histories with one another as well as with the label’s namesake Manhattan club. The date features Reed with trumpeter Nicholas Payton, tenor saxophonist Eric Alexander, bassist Peter Washington, and drummer Joe Farnsworth.