Results for "Michael Ricci"

Nate Wooley Quintet Performs Special Easter Concert

March 10, 2010

The Nate Wooley Quintet stretches the limits of traditional context. Although the orchestration harkens back to the Blue Note recordings of Eric Dolphy, Wooley's compositions cover a much wider stylistic swath, from the jazz experimentalism and third stream sensibilities of trumpeters like Don Ellis and Shorty Rogers to the rigorous DIY canons of James Tenney, with ...

Educating Elite Hackers

March 10, 2010

Rush is on to train,recruit elite hackers. By one estimate the United States currently has about 1,000 elite cyber-security experts. It needs 20,000 to recruit, train, and deploy a new generation of cyber-security experts to protect and defend our digital borders. It started with Michael Coppola taking things apart at the age of five: the remote ...

Moog Music Presents Garaj Mahal's "Discovery", Showcasing the Moog Guitar

March 10, 2010

DISCOVERY: Garaj Mahal and Fareed Haque Present The Moog Guitar When top musicians play innovative instruments, magic happens ASHEVILLE, N.C. (March, 2010) - Take the guitar considered by many to be the most innovative instrument of the decade; put it in the hands of a musical visionary and you're sure to embark on a voyage of ...

Five Must-Have iPhone Photo Editing Apps

March 10, 2010

Taking photos is easy. Taking unique photos, however, requires a good eye, a decent camera, and often some editing skills and patience. Luckily, for many of us who possess none of the above, there exists the iPhone. There were many photo editing applications I was able to find, but here are a few that have now ...

Garaj Mahal's "More MR. Nice Guy" Released on Owl Studios

March 10, 2010

There is always something new and progressive coming from Garaj Mahal. Featuring guitar and sitar virtuoso Fareed Haque, world-renowned bass master and educator Kai Eckhardt, gospel-inspired funky jazz keyboardist Eric Levy, and newly-added drummer/vocalist Sean “the Rick" Rickman, Garaj Mahal creates a sound that's always growing and always smoking hot. Since their formation in 2000, Garaj ...

New Rules Sought on TV Retransmission

March 10, 2010

Trying to prevent the kind of brinkmanship that had ABC removing its affiliate station from millions of New York area homes hours before the Oscar broadcast, a group of television providers asked the government Tuesday to revamp the rules governing the retransmission of stations. In a petition to the Federal Communications Commission and in a letter ...

Regina Carter Reverse Thread Tour

March 10, 2010

World renowned Jazz violinist Regina Carter is gearing up to release her newest album, Reverse Thread, with a tour throughout the United States. For Reverse Thread, Regina collected African folk music from a variety of sources and infused it with her own contemporary twist while remaining true to the musics' origins. Regina added the kora, a ...

Jazz Vocalist Magos Herrera at Galapagos, Brooklin

March 10, 2010

MAGOS HERRERA CONCERT PRESENTED BY GALAPAGOS ART SPACE VISIONINTOART: FERUS FESTIVAL April 15, 2010, 10pm Cover 15 USdlls Magos Herrera, jazz vocalist and composer will present the music of her newest Grammy nominee album Distancia Sunnyside records. Line Up: Magos Herrera. Vocals Mike Moreno.Guitar ...

Jazz Celebration Big Band with Claudia Perry at the Temperance House in Newtown (PA)

March 10, 2010

Google Maps Finally Adds Bike Routes

March 10, 2010

At long last, Google Maps has routes specifically for bikes. With the click of a mouse, the new feature allows you to plot the best (and flattest!) ride from Point A to Point B. Several cities, including New York, Minneapolis, San Francisco and Portland, Oregon, have bike-specific mapping sites. But Google is rolling it out in ...