Results for "Michael Ricci"

No Concessions: Scorsese, Polanski Still Crazy After All These Years

March 1, 2010

Film culture today, I muttered, as I waded through (and into) an unusually bothersome post on the usually half-annoying (but compulsively readable) Hollywood Elsewhere site. Look: Its OK not to get, or to enjoy, Douglas Sirk pictures like All That Heaven Allows (1955) or Imitation of Life (1959). Im not all that crazy about Terrence Malick ...

John Reed, Master of Gilbert and Sullivan's Patter Songs Dies

March 1, 2010

John Reed, a silver-tongued Gilbert and Sullivan singer renowned for urbanity, verbal inanity, touching humanity, antic insanity and (a noteworthy trait in a world-famous player quite used to performing for crowned heads of state) a singular lack of theatrical vanity, died in Halifax, England, on Feb. 13, his 94th birthday. From 1959 to 1979, Mr. Reed ...

Wiseguys Indicted in $25 Million Online Ticket Ring

March 1, 2010

A ring of ticket brokers has been indicted in connection to an elaborate hacking scheme that used bots and other fraudulent means to purchase more than 1 million tickets for concerts, sporting events and other events. The defendants made more than $25 million in profits from the resale of the tickets between 2002 and 2009. According ...

"Egg" by the Jackass Penguin Show Now Available

March 1, 2010

The Jackass-Penguin Show are an instrumental band based in Limerick, Ireland. Their somewhat quirky debut EP album, Egg, is finally out. Egg features seven tracks that are jazzy, funky, zoological and melodic, including Migraine in the Desert, which in its former synthesized version is the theme music of the legendary Michael Angel's Cosmic Grab Bag podcast. ...

Review of Black Rep's Yesterdays Now Online

March 1, 2010

Jazz St. Louis Seeks Guest Relations Assistant

March 1, 2010

Looking for a part-time job that will give you the chance to be around live jazz? Jazz St. Louis' Devin Rodino tells StLJN that there's an opening for a part-time Guest Relations Assistant for Jazz at the Bistro. The job involves greeting and seating guests, selling tickets, and related duties. Interested applicants should email a cover ...

Jazz St. Louis Sets Audition Dates for All-Stars, JazzU

March 1, 2010

Jazz St. Louis has set the dates for student musicians to audition for next season's JazzU program and for the Jazz St. Louis All-Stars. Auditions for both programs will be held Monday, June 7 and Monday, June 14 at Jazz at the Bistro.To be eligible to audition, applicants must be in middle or high ...

Alyssa Graham Podcast Interview Now Online

March 1, 2010

Jazz St. Louis has just posted the latest installment in their series of podcast interviews: a chat between JSL's Gene Dobbs Bradford and singer Alyssa Graham, who will be making her St. Louis debut this Wednesday, March 3 through Saturday, March 6 at Jazz at the Bistro.You can listen to an audio stream of ...

Alfonzo Blackwell Honors Legend Icons John Coltrane & Michael Jackson

March 1, 2010

Saxman/Songwriter/Producer, Alfonzo Blackwell is busy, busy, busy working hard in the studio on his 8th CD project on Utopia Records. His current release Dance To This brought listeners to the dance floor and his approach for his next project is to bring listeners the sophistication, style, class and fire that comes from the freedom that has ...

Announcing the Winners of the "Dave King - Indelicate" Contest

February 28, 2010

Brady Sansone, Stuart Robbins-Butcher, Ernesto Cervini, Sam Bardfeld and Aaron Joy, Congratulations! You're the lucky winners of the Sunnyside Records “Dave King - Indelicate“ giveaway. All About Jazz will contact you about claiming your prize. We'd like to thank everyone who participated in the contest and please visit Sunnyside Records for more releases. Enjoy the music! ...