Results for "Michael Ricci"

Bob Willoughby (1927-2009)

December 30, 2009

Bob Willoughby, a West Coast photographer whose candid images of celebrities in the 1950s portrayed the thrill and exhaustion of stardom and whose photos of Big Jay McNeely, Chet Baker, Billie Holiday and other jazz musicians captured their profound commitment to the music, died on December 18th of cancer at his home in Vence, France. He ...

Jazz Musician of the Day: Lewis Nash

December 30, 2009

All About Jazz is celebrating Lewis Nash's birthday today! JAZZ MUSICIAN OF THE DAY Lewis NashLewis Nash (born December 30, 1958) is an American jazz drummer. Nash grew up in Phoenix, Arizona, where he was encouraged into jazz by his high school band teacher. By the age of 18... ...

The Jazz Session #129: Eric Alexander

December 30, 2009

Saxophonist Eric Alexander has forged a multi-decade career out of one simple concept: To thine own self be true. In this interview, recorded before his September 2009 performance in Schenectady, NY, Alexander talks about his musical vision; his experience as a teacher at SUNY Purchase; and why he thinks its possible to point to one particular ...

A Guaraldi Story

December 30, 2009

The recent reissue of music by Vince Guaraldi and subsequent Rifftides and radio ramblings led the veteran print and broadcast journalist Jack Berry to grace a new web site with an account of a piquant Guaraldi adventure. It has to do with Vince's ability to make lemonade. When he climbed up on the bench and began ...

Sten Hostfalt & Trudy Silver at 5c Cafe NYC New Years Eve

December 30, 2009

Resolution: Jazz from Rehab

December 30, 2009

Jazz and recovery meet on two unique early-1960s albums made by guitarist Joe Pass and pianist Elmo Hope. Pass' 1961 Pacific Jazz LP “Sounds of Synanon" was his debut as a leader; although he'd begun to play professionally as a teenager in the late 1940s, stays in prison and rehabilitation centers for drug addiction had hampered ...

Ocote Soul Sounds Interviewed at AAJ

December 30, 2009

Ocote Soul Sound is the brainchild of two incredibly accomplished musicians, who continue to operate just under the radar; one more project to occupy the diminishingly available time of guitarist Adrian Quesada and flautist Martin Perna. With roots in the otherworldly grooves of label mates and benefactors Thievery Corporation, Ocote Soul Sounds' Coconut Rock (ESL, 2009), ...

Legendary Count Basie Orchestra Announces New Management

December 29, 2009

In agreement with the Trust of William J. Basie and for the first time since 1984, the Legendary Count Basie Orchestra is under new management. Artist Management Productions, LLC will represent the Count Basie Orchestra with its new management team including Bill Hughes, Director; Dee Askew, Booking Manager; Clarence Banks, Manager; Doug Lawrence, Operations Director. “The ...

Medical Marijuana Activist NJ Weedman Celebrates the New Year with a Bong!-Weed Reveler Hosts Two Parties to Observe 2010

December 29, 2009

Cannabis activist Ed Forchion aka the NJ Weedman is closing out 2009 and heralding in 2010 with a bong as he offers a double hit with two of the biggest parties this holiday season! As the medical marijuana community celebrated major legal victories this year, Fochion has been at the forefront of the movement which purports ...

Bucky Pizzarelli Performs Live at Division Street Grill on January 2nd

December 29, 2009

Jazz Legend Bucky Pizzarelli Performs Live at Division Street Grill January 2nd 2010 at 7:30 and 9:30pm Peekskill NY -- Jazz Legend Bucky Pizzarelli will keep the New Year's weekend celebration alive with his stellar jazz guitar performances at The Division Street Grill in Peekskill January 2nd 2010 at 7:30 and 9:30p.m. ...