Results for "Michael Ricci"

All About Jazz Launches Wallpaper/Skin Advertising Option

September 17, 2011

All About Jazz now offers a wallpaper/skin ad that appears exclusively on the home page for a full week. This new option is big, bold and the entire background is clickable while reaching approximately 150,000 readers a week. Think of it as a magazine cover ad. Click here to view actual size View ...

All About Jazz Relaunches Blog at digjazz.blogspot.com

September 16, 2011

Ray Charles' "Singular Genius" Compiles 106 Hits and B-Sides

September 16, 2011

106 recordings on five compact discs totaling 53 singles are housed in handsome linen- textured collectors' box LOS ANGELES, CA: With the release of Ray Charles' Singular Genius: The Complete ABC Singles, on November 15, 2011, Concord Records will make available for the first time the artist's collection of ABC-Paramount singles during this prolific period (1960-1972). ...

Dan White Releases "Between the Lines"

September 15, 2011

This month, composer and saxophonist released his self produced album everywhere online. Between The Lines combines two distinct concepts: original compositions and highly stylized covers. The core of the recorded material is a result of Dan White's Quartet winning the 2010 Rochester Jazz Star Competition. The originals are very personal pieces that document the summer of ...

Saxophonist Michael Pedicin's New Ballads CD Due Oct. 18

September 15, 2011

Tenor saxophonist Michael Pedicin, whose 40-plus-year career has included tours with Dave Brubeck and Maynard Ferguson, has long demonstrated a profound feeling for ballads—those slow, tender songs with lovely melodies that, in the hands of the best purveyors, create a powerful emotional intimacy. On his new CD Ballads... searching for peace, Pedicin focuses on the genre ...

New CD Box Sets at shop.allaboutjazz.com

September 15, 2011

MOSAIC RECORDS LIMITED EDITION BOX SETS The Complete Modern Jazz Quartet Atlantic Studio Recordings 1956-64 (7 CDs)—$119.00 The Complete Jimmie Lunceford Decca Sessions (7 CDs)—$119.00 The Complete Ahmad Jamal Trio Argo Sessions 1956-1962 (9 CDs)—$149.00 The Complete Arista Recordings ...

Jazz Arts Group Announces 2011-12 PBJ & Jazz Concert Series

September 15, 2011

The Jazz Arts Group of Columbus (JAG) is pleased to return to the Lincoln Theatre for the 2011-2012 season of the Jazz Academy's PBJ & Jazz concert series presented by Bob Evans Farms. Due to popular demand, this year's season has been expanded to include two performance times per concert, beginning at 10:00 a.m. and 11:30 ...

Thomas Dolby Lecture/Performance Mini-Tour Sets Stage for First New CD in 20 Years

September 15, 2011

October shows in seven U.S. cities include appearance at L.A.'s Grammy Museum and showcase clubs. LOS ANGELES, Calif.—Thomas Dolby, the Grammy(tm)-nominated British musician and tech entrepreneur, has announced an October seven-city U.S. mini-tour. These solo performances will take the form of a 60-minute lecture about his new social networking transmedia game, The Floating City, interspersed with ...

Jazz Arts Group Presents "Don't Listen to This!" - An Evening of Banned Music Featuring Byron Stripling, Dave Powers & Christian Howes

September 14, 2011

The Jazz Arts Group's Inside Track series kicks off the 2011-12 season on September 23 24 at the Lincoln Theatre with “Don't Listen To This!," an evening of music and lyrics that once fanned the flames of controversy, featuring Byron Stripling, Dave Powers, Christian Howes and a pre-concert lecture with the Thurber House. Music censorship didn't ...

All About Jazz Tops 7 Million MP3 Downloads

September 14, 2011

All About Jazz recently topped 7,000,000 free MP3 downloads. Since its inception in 2005, the All About Jazz Download Center has averaged over one million MP3 downloads annually through its MP3 Download of the Day program. The service is free to musicians and readers and it continues to be one of the most active sections at ...