Results for "Michael Ricci"

SAG Leaders Agree to AFTRA Talks

March 13, 2010

Leaders of the Screen Actors Guild have agreed to resume their negotiating partnership with the American Federation of Television & Radio Artists for upcoming bargaining with companies on the feature-primetime contract. SAG's national board gave approval Saturday morning with 78% in favor during a videoconference meeting. The move came two weeks after AFTRA's national board approved ...

A Battle for the Future is Getting Personal

March 13, 2010

Three years ago, Eric E. Schmidt, the chief executive of Google, jogged onto a San Francisco stage to shake hands with Steven P. Jobs, Apple's co-founder, to help him unveil a transformational wonder gadget -- the iPhone -- before throngs of journalists and adoring fans at the annual MacWorld Expo. Google and Apple had worked together ...

New Music Seminar NYC Expands to 3 Days in July

March 13, 2010

Thinkin' About Jackie

March 13, 2010

At the recent and successful launch of the Mid Atlantic Jazz Festival (check Facebook for the Jazz Video Guy Bret Primack's clips from the festival), successor to the mid-winter DC classic East Coast Jazz Festival, the event was capped off by a joyous Saturday night tribute to Charlie Parker.  “Word on Bird" (title liberally lifted from ...

A Jazz-Pop Encounter: The Sequel

March 13, 2010

BROWS furrowed, Brad Mehldau and Jon Brion wore the same look of concentration here one evening last spring, perched on Aeron chairs in a mixing room at Ocean Way Recording studios. Mr. Mehldau, the acclaimed jazz pianist, was listening to a piece he had recently recorded in the adjacent room. Mr. Brion, the independent-minded pop producer ...

Hot Java Cool Jazz - March 19

March 13, 2010

Starbucks Presents HOT JAVA COOL JAZZ Five amazing high school jazz bands. One great cause. On March 19, 2010, five of the top high school jazz bands will take the stage at the Paramount Theatre in support of their school music programs. The will step it up. Will you? Help ...

Experience Hendrix | 03.04 | Santa Barbara

March 13, 2010

Words & Images by: L Paul Mann Experience Hendrix :: 03.04.10 :: Arlington Theatre :: Santa Barbara, CA Billy Cox - Experience Hendrix :: 03.04 A sold out crowd packed the elegant Arlington Theatre for the opening salvo in a guitar heavy super tour of legendary American axe-men. The Experience Hendrix Tour was born out ...

Hidden Jazz Downloads (Vol. 11)

March 13, 2010

Every so often I cruise through iTunes to see what has slid quietly into the e-bins. Recently I noticed two encouraging trends: First, albums that had been part of box sets and were off the market are now re-emerging as stand-alones once those sets fall out of print. Which is good news for those who only ...

2010 Tomasz Stanko "Dark Eyes" Tour Dates

March 13, 2010

Two for the Show Media will be handling all press for this tour. If you would like to schedule an interview with Tomasz Stanko please contact Chris DiGirolamo at 914-346-8677 or email him at: [email protected]. April 5 Seattle, WA (Triple Door) April 6 San Diego, CA (Anthology) April 7 Los Angeles, CA (Musician's Institute) April 9 ...

Tia Fuller - Decisive Steps (Mack Avenue)

March 13, 2010

Being Beyonce's touring saxophonist may bring in bushels of bread, but it doesn't exactly help with earning jazzhead street cred. Tia Fuller confronts the double-edged sword of her lucrative side gig on this follow-up solo album for Mack Avenue in much the manner she did on her first. Naysayers need not bother, there's no sophomore slump ...