Results for "Michael Ricci"

Bela Fleck: Deep in the Heart

April 1, 2009

By: Court Scott Bela Fleck by Frank W. Ockenfels It's late on a Sunday afternoon and I've just stubbed the hell out of the two outermost toes when the phone rings. On the other end of the line is banjo player extraordinaire Bela Fleck. He's ...

Notes from the Net: Rare Miles Davis Photos Online; Greg Osby, Bela Fleck Reviewed; Plus Interviews, Festival News, and More

April 1, 2009

Here's our weekly compilation of news and links related to jazz, improvisation, and creative music in St. Louis, including news of musicians originally from the Gateway City, recent visitors, and coming attractions, plus assorted other items of interest: There's some tasty Miles Davis-related material this week, courtesy of Lockwood & Summit, the staff blog ...

Ben Webster's Centenary

April 1, 2009

Since Rifftides began nearly four years ago, I have posted frequently about Ben Webster - but not frequently enough. That would be impossible. Few improvising artists have achieved Webster's level of supremacy at speaking their pieces with eloquence and brevity. I would not suggest that eloquence has fled; it is possible to be eloquent at length. ...

Delmark Records New Releases for April and May, 2009

April 1, 2009

Delmark CD Re-issues - end of April, 2009 (all previously released material, now back in print) Eric Alexander - Mode For Mabes (Delmark DE 500) Jazz tenor saxophonist Eric Alexander firmly established himself as a mature voice even though he was only 27 years of age when he recorded Mode For Mabes in 1997. It was ...

The Turtles' Story, "My Dinner with Jimi," Coming On DVD; Howard Kaylan Wrote the Script

April 1, 2009

The Turtles' own Howard Kaylan wrote this reenactment of what happened when his band mates met their rock heroes. LOS ANGELES, Calif. — A slew of films about the British rock scene of the 1960s will make it to the marketplace this year. Beating them to the punch, at least on DVD, is My Dinner With ...

"The Death of the CD-Release Complex"

April 1, 2009

Kyle Bylin, Associate Editor Introduction In his seminal release Purple Cow, marketer Seth Godin declared, “The Death of the TV-Industrial Complex." Explaining that, over the past fifty years ever-growing companies had built huge economic engines around the idea of a system that's going away, because the symbiotic relationship between consumer demand and TV ...

Music Greats Gather to Celebrate Latin Jazz Legend Ray Santo's 80th Birthday

April 1, 2009

New York, NY -- Candido Camero, Alfredo “Chocolate" Armenteros and Jimmy Bosch will gather with the Latin Jazz All Stars for a special 80th birthday celebration for legendary Latin jazz composer, arranger and saxophonist Ray Santos on Monday, May 18th at Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola at Jazz at Lincoln Center. The ensemble group will perform sizzling Santos ...

Julio Santillan Releases Argentinean Jazz in NY, Featuring Marta Gomez

April 1, 2009

Smucker's Products

April 1, 2009

It all began with Jerome Monroe Smucker and a family recipe for apple butter back in 1897. Jerome hand signed each crock jar as his personal guarantee of quality. Today, we continue to back up that commitment as our fruit makes its way from field to jar. We still proudly display our name on every jar ...

Protest from the Right Side of Country

April 1, 2009

There’s no screaming on the first great song of the bailout era. No audible rage. No tears. Instead, on “Shuttin’ Detroit Down,” the country star John Rich, singing evenly, sounds perfectly levelheaded, as if he’d thought through his position thoroughly and acquired the peace of the righteous I see all these big shots whining on my ...