Results for "Michael Ricci"

Live and in Color: Industrial Jazz Group at the Space

October 20, 2009

Andrew Durkin is in the midst of marauding up and down the East Coast with 16 of his closest friends.  Pianist /composer Durkin leads the Industrial Jazz Group, an ensemble he created nearly a decade ago to perform his compositions, an unruly (at times) blend of mainstream jazz with Frank Zappa-esque (?) flourishes, comedic ...

Kevin Belford, Bob Koester Signing Books at 7:30 P.M. Tonight at Vintage Vinyl

October 20, 2009

Author and artist Kevin Belford will sign copies of his new book Devil at the Confluence: The Pre-War Blues Music of St. Louis, Missouri at 7:30 p.m. tonight, Monday, October 19, at Vintage Vinyl, 6610 Delmar Blvd in University City.Belford will be joined at the signing by former St. Louisan Bob Koester, the owner ...

Prestige Records Presents John Coltrane "Side Steps"

October 20, 2009

PRESTIGE RECORDS RELEASES SIDE STEPS, A 5-CD BOXED SET OF JOHN COLTRANE'S PRESTIGE RECORDINGS AS A SIDEMAN TO A HOST OF JAZZ LUMINARIES Read the All About Jazz Review The artistic prowess of saxophonist John Coltrane was so expansive and influential - even in his own short lifetime, let alone in the decades since his death ...

JazzWeek Radio Chart: October 12, 2009

October 20, 2009

TW LW 2W Artist TW LW Move Add Rpts Peak Wks 1 1 2 Roy Hargrove Big Band Emergence (Emarcy) 252 232 +20 2 57 1 8 2 2 17 Poncho Sanchez Psychedelic Blues (Concord) 232 194 +38 9 57 2 3 3 8 14 Gerald Wilson Orchestra Detroit (Mack Avenue) 190 165 +25 5 49 ...

Jazz Musician of the Day: Jelly Roll Morton

October 20, 2009

All About Jazz is celebrating Jelly Roll Morton's birthday today! JAZZ MUSICIAN OF THE DAY Jelly Roll MortonThe city of New Orleans has the distinction of being the ‘birthplace of jazz’ so its appropriate that in New Orleans in or around 1885 to 1890 would be born the self-proclaimed ...

NEC's Ruby Celebration

October 19, 2009

By Timothy J. O'Keefe Boston's South End was once home to a thriving jazz community. Places like the Hi-Hat, the Savoy, and the Local 535 lined the intersections of Mass Ave. and Columbus Ave. Wally's Cafe is the lone remnant of this nearly forgotten era. The sounds of jazz aren't quite dead in this community--they just ...

Ran Blake Feature on NPR's Weekend Edition

October 19, 2009

Composer Portrait: Don Cherry Presented by Ars Nova Workshop

October 19, 2009

Ars Nova Workshop is pleased to commence our season-long celebration of the work and life of multi-instrumentalist and composer Don Cherry (1936-1995). This week's concert features the Philadelphia debut of trumpeter Dave Douglas's Bass Ecstasy. Other upcoming performances include Steven Bernstein's Millennial Territory Orchestra revisiting “Relativity Suite", a new large ensemble led by MacArthur Fellow Ken ...

Drummer Matt Wilson is Everything That is Good About Jazz

October 19, 2009

By Jason Parker The Matt Wilson Quartet played a show last night in Seattle as part of the Earshot Jazz Festival. I had seen Matt play before, and attended a clinic he gave at the Port Townsend Jazz Workshop that was one of the most inspiring clinics I've ever been to. I knew I was in ...

Enter the Thirsty Ear "Ben Neill - Night Science" Giveaway

October 19, 2009

All About Jazz members are invited to enter the Thirsty Ear “Ben Neill - Night Science“ giveaway contest starting today. We'll select FIVE winners at the conclusion of the contest on November 21st. Click here to enter the contest (Following Ben Neill at AAJ automatically enters you in the contest.) Good luck! Your Friends ...