Results for "Michael Ricci"

WJO Names Andrew Morris to Board of Directors

July 6, 2009

Westchester, NY -- Emily Tabin, Executive Director of the Westchester Jazz Orchestra, announced that Andrew Morris has been elected to WJO's Board of Directors. Mr. Morris is President of the financial consulting firm Sycamore Capital Corporation. He graduated from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and recently spearheaded the formation of the Wharton Club ...

Tradition Leaping to the Sky

July 6, 2009

Hiromi began her first set at the Blue Note on Tuesday night with a head fake, unaccompanied at the piano. She was playing an old tune, “Softly, as in a Morning Sunrise,” in a vintage stride style: rakish downbeat, rolling tremolos, walking tenths, the whole deal. But then her band clicked into gear, and the song ...

Gerd Leonhard: Music 2.0 in 60 Seconds

July 6, 2009

The Jazz Session #65: Kate Schutt

July 6, 2009

Listen Singer/songwriter Kate Schutt talks about her album Telephone Game (ArtistShare, 2009). Schutt has walked a different path than the average musician. She went to Harvard, where she played Division I lacrosse and hockey. She also went to the Berklee College of Music to hone her jazz chops. She speaks Chinese because her high school offered ...

Chembo Corniel: Wanting and Doing

July 6, 2009

While hanging out with Harry Sepulveda last week, I had to interrupt him mid-sentence. Pointing to the speakers high up on the walls of his Latin-jazz record store, I said, “Hold it, who's this playing?" “Ahhh, Papa, you dig?" Harry said. “It's Chembo Corniel. A monster." I wasn't aware of Chembo [pictured], who plays conga and ...

Perfecting Sound Forever: An Aural History of Recorded Music

July 6, 2009

A compelling look at the birth and evolution of recording, and how it changed the way the world hears itself. And in the beginning, there was no recorded sound. For millennia, music lovers had to play songs for each other in order to hear their favorite music. Because of this, perhaps -- as Greg Milner points ...

Jazz This Week: Support Your Local Jazz Musicians

July 6, 2009

The Independence Day weekend is not usually a busy time for touring jazz acts visiting St. Louis, and that's true again this year. However, if you've got an urge to hear some jazz over the next few days amidst the flurry of backyard cookouts, fireworks displays, and similar seasonal activities, you can check out one or ...

1 Charmer, 5 Albums, and Still a Teenager

July 6, 2009

Youth has always been a hot commodity in jazz, even if maturity usually produces better dividends. Grace Kelly, a New England-reared saxophonist, turned 17 in May, shortly after the release of her fifth album, “Mood Changes” (Pazz). Having five albums to her name is a sure testament to her preternatural skill, but it also possibly indicates ...

Pandora Forces $29.95 Payments from Indie Bands

July 6, 2009

(UPDATED) Until recently, Pandora accepted music from indie artists at no cost in almost any form including home burned CD-R's. But now, in part because of a deal to display album cover art via Amazon's servers, submissions must be available as a physical CD for sale on Amazon and include cover art and a UPC code ...

Elderly Like to Twitter, Too

July 6, 2009

Celebrities and hip adults aren't the only people flocking to Twitter, the social-networking site. Even centenarians have learned to tweet. Three percent of U.S. centenarians questioned in a new survey said they use the service that allows users to send short text messages, or tweets, of up to 140 characters at least once a week to ...