Results for "Michael Ricci"

Jazz Musician of the Day: Wynton Kelly

December 2, 2009

All About Jazz is celebrating Wynton Kelly's birthday today! JAZZ MUSICIAN OF THE DAY Wynton KellyWynton Kelly (born December 2, 1931 in Jamaica--died April 12, 1971 in Toronto, Canada) was an American jazz pianist. His family moved to Brooklyn, New York City when Kelly was four, and he started ...

A Special Selection of Black Saint and Soul Note Recordings Will Be Available in an Exclusive Sale on iTunes

December 1, 2009

From December 1 to January 5 Only CAM Jazz announced that iTunes, the world's largest digital music service, will be the retailer of 56 selected albums from the seminal Black Saint and Soul Note catalogs. iTunes will create a special sale room to feature the music from December 1 through January 5, 2010. The 56 albums ...

BT3 Brings Radical Guitar Pyrotechnics & Hard Jazz/Funk Grooves to Rose Live Music -- Thursday, December 17th @ 9PM

December 1, 2009

From a lifetime of breaking boundaries, leading an award-winning, DC-based hip-hop/fusion band, Miscellaneous Flux, and collaborating with numerous musical pioneers, guitarist Ben Tyree, at last, steps forward with his own ground-breaking, improvisational, sci-fi/jazz/funk trio project, BT3. On Thursday, December 17th at 9pm, Tyree will present BT3 at Rose Live Music (345 Grand St - btwn Havemeyer ...

Jazz Legend Chico Hamilton Performs at Jazz Gallery (NYC) on 12/08

December 1, 2009

NEA Jazz Master Chico Hamilton @ Jazz Gallery 12.08.2009 Presented by the Franklin & Marshall College Alumni Association 88-year old jazz legend/band leader/percussionist Foreststorn Chico Hamilton celebrates his latest album Twelve Tones of Love. Described as being more creative and artistic than ever (Hot House Jazz), Chico is considered one of the most important living jazz ...

JazzWeek Radio Chart: November 23, 2009

December 1, 2009

TW LW 2W Artist TW LW Move Add Rpts Peak Wks 1 3 1 Jeff Hamilton Trio Symbiosis (Capri) 236 191 +45 2 53 1 8 2 2 5 Joey DeFrancesco Snapshot (HighNote) 220 202 +18 1 66 1 5 3 4 2 Poncho Sanchez Psychedelic Blues (Concord) 195 188 +7 0 46 2 9 4 1 ...

Which is Which, the New Release by Baritone Saxophone Trio Reed's Bass Drum

December 1, 2009

Reed's Bass Drum is a Brooklyn based jazz collective focused on composing music as dialogue for baritone saxophone, bass and drums. “I originally organized the trio as a workshop for compositions that simultaneously embrace the spectral range of baritone saxophone and bass, and are built around melodies that transcend the trio sound and become collective musical ...

The Beatles 3000: An Historic View from the Future

December 1, 2009

Midem Announces Showcases and Twitter Contest

December 1, 2009

MIDEM has launched a Twitter contest on for students and younger music industry professional. Now through December 9th you can win entry to the world largest gathering of the music industry. If you are between 18 and 26 years and not registered at MIDEM, add this message at the end of each of your tweet: ...

As Music Industry Struggles, Artist Income Grows

December 1, 2009

The UK's Times Online called this “the chart that the music industry didn't want you to see;" and I've been hesitating publishing it without adding context and analysis. But the more I stare at it, the more it speaks for itself. It tracks the three pillars of music industry revenue - recorded music, live music, and ...

Extension: Clare Fischer in the 1960s

December 1, 2009

Clare Fischer is a pianist, composer and bandleader whose influences are wide-ranging--the post-World War II bebop and progressive jazz of pianist Bud Powell and saxophonist Lee Konitz, the dissonance flavorings of classical composers such as Bartok and Shostakovich, the tonal colors of Duke Ellington, and the rhythms of Latin jazz and bossa nova. Though he's focused ...