Results for "Michael Ricci"

Ringtone Sales Fizzling

August 16, 2009

Broadcast Music Inc. (BMI), an organization that collects royalties for song writers and publishers, is forecasting that overall ringtone sales in the US will fall 7 percent in 2008 to approximately $510 million. “The ringtone market continues to decline as the novelty phase wears off,” said Richard Conlon, BMI’s vice president of new media and development. ...

digimusicbids.com Ushers in Music Industry First Online Marketplace

August 16, 2009

DigiMusicBids.com, the music industries first online marketplace and auction site, now gives independent musicians and music industry professionals these same benefits and opportunities to purchase high-quality goods, plus professional services, such as music lessons and studio time. Additionally, DigiMusicBids.com’s robust platform helps musicians and industry professionals connect, network and collaborate to advance the careers of independent ...

Nathanael West and the Writing of 'The Day of the Locust'

August 16, 2009

The year 1939, when Europe was going up in flames and America clung to the hope that it need not become part of a world at war, turned out to be a miracle moment for Los Angeles fiction. The publication of “The Big Sleep" by Raymond Chandler, John Fante's “Ask The Dust," and “The Day of ...

Review: Commotion's CD Release Draws Portland Indie Jazz Stars

August 16, 2009

Commotion's CD release at Someday Lounge on Friday night was apparently more than your average such event. So highly anticipated was this performance that many of Portland's young indie jazz stars showed up just to watch and listen. David Ornette Cherry was there, and Drew Shoals, Damian Erskine, Jason DuMars, Liv Warfield, Dusty York as well ...

Tanglewood Twist

August 16, 2009

This Labor Day Weekend's Tanglewood Jazz Festival in Lenox MA has tweaked its programming a bit to further bridge jazz and classical music forms in this most likely spot to do so - the idyllic summer home of the Boston Symphony Orchestra.The move began last year when Boston jazz pianist and composer Donal Fox ...

Very Early: Bill Evans 1956-58

August 16, 2009

In the mid-1950s pianist Bill Evans was still a relative unknown, not yet the jazz-piano giant he’d become on the strength of recordings like Sunday at the Village Vanguard and Conversations With Myself. Evans had a strong influence on post-1960s jazz pianists—an influence some have found fault with, for certainly Evans had what’s been called a ...

Jazz This Week: Hamiet Bluiett Opens Robbie's; Matthew Von Doran and Corey Christiansen at the Gramophone; and More

August 16, 2009

Though we're still in what's generally the slow season of the year for jazz in St. Louis, there are a couple of noteworthy events coming up this week featuring nationally known musicians with ties to the St. Louis area.On Friday, the highly acclaimed baritone saxophonist Hamiett Bluiett, who was born and still lives in ...

Bill Evans

August 16, 2009

Live Jazz with the Cory S. Thompson Quartet @ Bistrouge, August 22nd Sunday

August 16, 2009

After a short summer break, the Cory S. Thompson Quartet is back and ready to perform. The evening will be filled with some old favorites and newly composed pieces--featuring some of Jeremy Lenz's original works and a newly composed vocalese by Mr. Thompson. Come out to BistrOuge in the East Village, 432 E. 13th Street between ...

Jazz Musician of the Day: Bill Evans

August 16, 2009

All About Jazz is celebrating Bill Evans' birthday today! JAZZ MUSICIAN OF THE DAY Bill EvansWho Was Bill Evans? Bill Evans, one of the most influential and tragic figures of the post-bop jazz piano, was known for his highly nuanced touch... more Website | Videos | Articles ...