Results for "Michael Ricci"

New Orleans is the Theme at 10th Annual Berklee Beantown Jazz Fest in Boston, September 15-25

July 2, 2010

New Orleans, the birthplace of jazz, is the theme of this year's Berklee BeanTown Jazz Fest, taking place in Boston from September 15-25, 2010. Jazz greats such as Terence Blanchard, Jonathan Batiste, and the Wild Magnolias, will bring the Big Easy to Boston, in part to commemorate the five year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina that devastated ...

Joe Vito Funeral / Wake / Memorial Services Info: Chicago Jazz/Caberet Pianist Dies at 79

July 2, 2010

Longtime Chicago Jazz pianist Joe “Vito" Vitaterna passes away at age 79...he was a fifty (50) year member of the American Federation of Musicians, Local 10-208. A Chicago native, Joseph Vito began studying the piano and accordion at the age of seven; he later also studied the clarinet. After graduating from Mt. Carmel High School in ...

Levon Helm: Sheriff Ramble

July 2, 2010

HELP RE-ELECT ULSTER COUNTY SHERIFF PAUL VAN BLARCUM Levon Helm The Levon Helm Band is in Highland Park, IL tonight for a show at the Ravinia Pavilion. The group will remain on the road through an July 11 appearance at the Cisco Ottawa Bluesfest. Then over the weekend of July 16 and 17 the group ...

Eric Schneider Jazz Quartet Takes Chicago Jazz to Michigan Via World Class Jazz Mini Tour 2010

July 2, 2010

Chicago saxophonist Eric Schneider (of Earl Hines and Count Basie Orchestra fame) along with vocalist Catherine Whitney (Freddie Hubbard and Curtis Fuller lyricist) will be featured Tuesday, July 13th through Sunday, July 18th, 2010 via Tim Scully's World Class Jazz Mini Tour in Michigan this summer. Chicago jazz talent will be well represented via the Eric ...

Wilco Solid Sound Festival set for August 13-15

July 2, 2010

On August 13-15, MASS MoCA will be transforming the sleepy Western Massachusetts town of North Adams into a paradise city for fans of critically acclaimed rock band Wilco. The Wilco Solid Sound Festival - a Wilco-curated 3 day music, art, comedy, and film event - will showcase numerous Wilco side-projects. In the same spirit, Ars Nova ...

Jazzwax Clip of the Day

July 2, 2010

O'Fallon Park Concert Series to Begin Wednesday, July 7

July 2, 2010

The City of St. Louis and 21st Ward Alderman Antonio French have announced the schedule for a free series of summer concerts featuring local performers that will begin Wednesday, July 7 at O'Fallon ParkBooked with an assist from the Sheldon Concert Hall, it's billed as a jazz series, but that's something of a misnomer, ...

The Grammy Museum to Host a Night of Jazz History with Pamela Rose and the "Wild Women of Song"

July 2, 2010

Ask any young person under the age of twenty-five what a gramophone is and good luck getting a correct answer-for that matter, try talking to them about LPs! Despite this, the gramophone has easily become one of the most prominent images in music that history can recall-it is the symbol for The Recording Academy, presenters of ...

Jazz Gigs New York City

July 2, 2010

GABRIEL ALEGRIA AFRO-PERUVIAN SEXTET (Friday through Sunday) At 8 and 10:30 p.m. on Friday and Saturday and at 7 and 9 p.m. on Sunday Tutuma Social Club 164 East 56th Street, at Third Avenue (646) 300-0305 J. D. ALLEN QUARTET (Friday through ...

Cognitive Surplus, Creativity and Generosity in a Connected Age

July 2, 2010

The Shallows, What the Internet Is Doing to Our Brains. How is the Internet affecting us, socially and individually? And is it helping? Two authors survey the situation. When I was looking for a job after college, I bought the Sunday New York Times and scanned the classifieds, circling promising descriptions with a red pen. I ...