Results for "Michael Ricci"

The Jazz Session #181: Michael Musillami

July 2, 2010

Lionel Ferbos at 99

July 1, 2010

The man who may well be the world's oldest performing jazz musician is approaching his 99th birthday. Fittingly for a man nearly the age of the music itself, he's from New Orleans. Lionel Ferbos was born July 17, 1911. He played trumpet in the 1920s with bands led by Walter “Fats" Pichon and Sidney Desvigne and ...

Recent Listening: Geri Allen

July 2, 2010

Geri Allen & Timeline, Live (Motema). Allen's considerable strengths are on display in the pianist's recording with her trio and a percussive guest. She integrates dancer Maurice Chestnut's steely tapping with the time-keeping and soloing of her gifted young sidemen, drummer Kassa Overall and bassist Kenny Davis. Chestnut expands on the tradition established by Savon Glover ...

Sonny Rollins Receives Miles Davis Award at Montreal Jazz Festival

June 30, 2010

The Montreal Jazz Festival bestowed awards on three of the biggest names in jazz over the weekend, including Sonny Rollins, who won the Miles Davis Award. The tenor saxophonist, a legend on the jazz scene for five decades, was presented with the award Sunday ahead of his concert at Salle Wilfrid-Pelletier. Nicknamed the “Saxophone Colossus," he ...

JC Stylles Jazz at Creole Restaurant & Supper Club in Harlem, NY on July 10th. 2010

July 2, 2010

Creole Restaurant and Supper Club is one of the hottest haunts in New York. With a list of performers that include Dave Valentin, James Spaulding, Cyrus Chestnut and David Murray just to name a few, Creole reigns supreme in the New York Jazz community. And let us not forget about their wonderfully scrumptious menu consisting of ...

July Jazz at Charlie O's

July 2, 2010

Come to Charlie O's for a birthday celebration for our own John Heard on the 3rd, a birthday celebration for Tom Ranier on the 13th, Sax Liberation Day with the Saxtet on the 29th. Listen to some Latin Jazz with the Jimmy Branly Quartet on the 28th, enjoy the Pinky Winters Quartet on the 22nd and ...

Paul Lieberman CD "Ibeji" Receives Grant

July 2, 2010

A generous grant has been awarded by the Northampton (Mass.) Arts Council in partial support of the recording of a new CD from saxophonist and flutist Paul Lieberman. With a working title of Ibeji, the CD will be an artistic exploration of musical “nature vs. nurture," looking at the musics of Brazil and the United States ...

Newport Folk Festival & Carefusion Newport Jazz Festival Partner with Hotels

July 1, 2010

George Wein's Newport Folk Festival and CareFusion Newport Jazz Festival Partner with Newport Hotels for Special Promotions NEWPORT, RI - George Wein's Newport Folk Festival (July 30 - August 1) and the CareFusion Newport Jazz Festival (August 6 - 8) are partnering with some of Newport's finest hotels to offer special room and ticket promotions. The ...

Liberation Frequencies

July 1, 2010

Independence Day weekend has always been good for John Phillip Sousa but bad for jazz. Seems everyone is out picnicking and watching fireworks or at least drinking and playing with sparklers and not in the clubs, so we were pleasantly surprised to see such a strong run of stuff this week. Let's start with tenor Rickey ...

Villaraigosa's Vanishing Veracity

July 1, 2010

His executive directive No. 1 in 2005 vowed to halt even the appearance of sleaze and conflicts. The lofty-sounding 2005 directive from Antonio Villaraigosa read: Avoid actual and perceived conflicts of interest at all times during my service to the city of Los Angeles ... Take full responsibility for learning and complying with all laws and ...