Home » Search Center » Results: Michael Ricci
Results for "Michael Ricci"
NPR Streams Bjork: Exlusive First Listen
NPR MUSIC STREAMING ENTIRE NEW BJORK ALBUM VOLTAIC IN “EXCLUSIVE FIRST LISTEN" SERIES Bjork NPR Music is streaming a new album of live recordings from the complex and unpredictable singer Bjork, one week ahead of its official release. Her new album, Voltaic, is available for free, on-demand listening now through June 30 at npr.org/music, ...
Free Michael Jackson Playlist: We Remember the King of Pop
JamBase Remembers The King of Pop with a FREE Michael Jackson Playlist Following the sudden, shocking death of Michael Jackson yesterday (Thursday June 25), JamBase wants you to remember the music. Everyone knows Jackson's later days were mired in all sorts of unscrupulous accusations and activities, and while that's part of his story, it's really about ...
Jazz Musician of the Day: Bartosz Hadala
All About Jazz is celebrating Bartosz Hadala's birthday today! JAZZ MUSICIAN OF THE DAY Bartosz HadalaMy musical journey has begun around the age of 6 when I discovered my father\'s vinyl collection of Dixieland music. Right from that moment I let my passion for music guide me through life... ...
Interview: Bob Brookmeyer (Part 3)
By the late 1950s, Bob Brookmeyer was one of the most dynamic forces in jazz. His reputation for playing the valve-trombone with enormous force and passion was established, and his writing was equally smart and engaging. But Bob also was emerging as one of the most sought-after orchestral arrangers in the business. Known for his inventive ...
Interview: Bob Brookmeyer (Part 4)
The rise of the studios in the late 1950s and early 1960s created enormous opportunities for jazz musicians. With the proliferation of visual media such as movies and television along with TV advertising, more instrumentalists were needed who could sight-read music perfectly the first time. But while live and recorded studio work provided jazz musicians with ...
Bill Connors to Join Corea, Clarke & White for September 2nd Hollywood Bowl Concert
It's official: pianist Chick Corea, bassist Stanley Clarke and drummer Lenny White will be joined September 2nd by guest guitarist Bill Connors at the Hollywood Bowl kick-off gig of their fall tour. The band, now billed as Corea, Clarke & White, will also be joined by legendary violinist Jean-Luc Ponty and song stylist Chaka Khan. Inspired ...
Vancouver Jazz Fest: Sonny Rollins' Life-Long Search for Excellence
VANCOUVER - Saxophonist Sonny Rollins doesn’t take the Orpheum stage until 8 p.m. Monday, but he’s told the venue that he needs the dressing room by mid-afternoon. That’s because he wants to practise for three hours before he takes the stage. And, if things go the way they did when he appeared here two years ago, ...
The Panorama Jazz Band Invites Its Audience to Play Along
For the past 14 years, the Panorama Jazz Band's variegated mash-up of world beats has consistently challenged expectations about what New Orleans jazz can be. Equally at home anchoring a second-line parade as a traditional Jewish wedding, the band's raucous party music, which it has performed everywhere from Gypsy campfires to Carnival parades, combines sounds from ...
Jazz Fest All-Star Lineup Includes Tribute to 'Kind of Blue'
"In the church of jazz, the album 'Kind of Blue' is one of the holy relics," writes Ashley Kahn in “Kind of Blue: The Making of the Miles Davis Masterpiece" (DaCapo Press, 2000), one of two books written exclusively about the celebrated album. It is hailed as the best-selling jazz album of all-time and ranked 12th ...
Stanford Jazz Festival Returns for Its 38th Year
At the age of 84, James Moody may be the oldest musician performing at the 38th annual Stanford Jazz Festival, which he opens on Friday at Dinkelspiel Auditorium. But there's not a player on the festival's program with a more youthful spirit. In a career stretching back to the mid-1940s, when he first gained attention in ...
Trending
Interview
Bill Bruford And Pete Roth: A One-Of-A-Kind Juxtaposition
Interview
Scott Kinsey: Thought Distortions and the Art of the Left...
Groove Orbit
801 Live at 50: A Short-Term Experiment with a Long-Lasting...
From the Inside
The Quiet Cruelty of the Music Business
Live Review
Arcanum at Victoria Nasjonal Jazzscene, Oslo
Radio & Podcasts
Six new releases from Michael Pagan Big Band, Ron Vincent,...
Interview
Enrico Rava: The Secret Corners of a Master
Featured Video
VOTE!
