Home » Search Center » Results: Michael Ricci

Results for "Michael Ricci"

136

News: Birthday

Jazz Musician of the Day: Richard "Groove" Holmes

May 2, 2009

All About Jazz is celebrating Richard “Groove" Holmes' birthday today! JAZZ MUSICIAN OF THE DAY Richard “Groove" HolmesRichard Arnold “Groove" Holmes, Born Richard Arnold Jackson (Camden, New Jersey) was a jazz organist who performed in the hard bop and soul jazz genre. He is best known for his 1965 ...

299

News: Recording

1959--Jazz's Greatest Year - Columbia/Legacy Celebrates 50th Anniversary of "Time Out, "Sketches of Spain," and "Mingus Ah Um"

May 1, 2009

Genre-defining albums by Columbia artists Miles Davis (Kind of Blue, Sketches of Spain), Dave Brubeck (Time Out) and Charles Mingus (Mingus Ah Um) all celebrate their 50th anniversaries in 2009, alongside John Coltrane's Giant Steps and Ornette Coleman's The Shape of Jazz To Come Following the release of Kind of Blue: Legacy Edition in January, Columbia/Legacy ...

176

News: Performance / Tour

Acclaimed Trumpeter Terell Stafford and Friends Headline “Jazz Night” at Michener Art Museum on May 2

May 1, 2009

DOYLESTOWN, PA -- Terell Stafford has been hailed “one of the great players of our time” by piano legend McCoy Tyner. The critically-acclaimed trumpeter and friends perform for Jazz Night at the James A. Michener Art Museum in Doylestown, Pennsylvania on Saturday, May 2. Held in the Museum’s Ann and Herman Silverman Pavilion, Jazz Night features ...

209

News: Interview

Interview: Creed Taylor (Part 18)

May 1, 2009

Throughout his six-decade career as a record producer, Creed Taylor has operated with bold strokes, subtleties and contrasts. The secret of his success has been to stick with jazz artists he likes best and create novel studio environments in which these artists can thrive and break new ground. [Photo of Creed Taylor and George Benson by ...

184

News: Technology

Learn About Your Fans Using Youtube Insight

May 1, 2009

Who are all those people watching your videos? Why do they seem to love one video and not another? YouTube Insight launched a year ago offering useful analytics. Whether you want to know how old your audience is, how many times your most viewed video was ...

News: Technology

Amazon: Send Your Own Docs to Your Kindle

May 1, 2009

Amazon on Wednesday announced a couple of changes to Whispernet for the Kindle. Users can now send DOCX (the proprietary Word 2007 format) and RTF files to be read on the device. The company also introduced a new--and potentially more expensive--fee structure for docs sent over the network. Rather than simply charging a 10-cent-per-document fee, the ...

429

News: Contest

Enter the Beezwax Records "Will Sellenraad - Balance" Giveaway Contest

May 1, 2009

All About Jazz members are invited to enter the Beezwax Records “Will Sellenraad - Balance“ giveaway contest starting today. We'll select FIVE winners at the conclusion of the contest on May 31st. Click here to enter the contest (Following Will Sellenraad at AAJ automatically enters you in the contest.) Good luck! Your Friends at ...

189

News: Radio

Surprise! Study Shows Few Indies on Radio

May 1, 2009

Artist advocacy group The Future Of Music Coalition has released a new report “Same Old Song" confirming that indie music is not getting its fair share of airplay on broadcast radio. In April 2007, the FCC found widespread payola and ordered the four largest U.S. radio groups (Clear Channel, CBS, Citadel and Entercom) to pay $12.5 ...

259

News: Recording

¡Qué Viva el Rey!--Dance Mania: Legacy Edition Pays Tribute to Landmark '50s Album by Tito Puente--Latin Music Legend, Grammy Lifetime Achievement Recipient

May 1, 2009

"One of the 25 Most Significant Albums of the Last Century" --The New York Times Disc One: 12-song Dance Mania hit album of 1958, plus 10 bonus tracks Disc Two: 12-song Dance Mania Vol. 2 of 1961, plus 11 bonus tracks Liner notes capture the 1950s mambo craze in full swing--as Tito Puente becomes ...

News: Event

Taking Subway Directions, Literally, from a Song of the City

May 1, 2009

“Somebody said they want us to do ‘A Train’ again,” Paul Mercer Ellington, the musical director of the Duke Ellington Orchestra, reported just before 11 a.m. on Wednesday. And why not? A full 27 minutes had passed since the orchestra’s last performance of his grandfather’s signature song, a song some Ellington fans cannot hear too often. ...