Results for "Michael Ricci"

Bill Frisell's "Beautiful Dreamers" Tour Schedule

June 26, 2010

Bill Frisell will release his new CD Beautiful Dreamers (Savoy Jazz) on August 31, 2010. Joining Bill on this project are Eyvind Kang on viola and Rudy Royston on drums. They first performed together as a trio in 2008. Produced by longtime collaborator and manager, Lee Townsend, the disc includes both original compositions and reinterpretations of ...

Postmortem: Undead Jazzfest

June 26, 2010

The Undead Jazzfest is safely back in its grave. The CareFusion and Vision festivals are in full-swing, and Undead co-organizer Adam Schatz is skipping town for a cross-country tour with his “zombie jazz" band Father Figures. (Catch their album release show on June 30th at 45 Bleecker.) So it's a little late for a full review, ...

Nu-Jazz Cosmic Grooves from Outer Space, Sepha Releases the First Best Album: Sepha Style Vol.1/ the Androgynous Sound

June 26, 2010

Are you ready to go on a Cosmic Jazzy Journey with The Androgynous Sound? If you like the sounds of Nu-Jazz, Acid Jazz, Avant-garde Jazz, Electro Jazz, Experimental, Techno or Movie Soundtrack music, you will love this album. This is one of four SEPHA's best albums, which is the best of SEPHA's instrumental music works from ...

Grand Opening Gennett Records Digital Archives

June 26, 2010

The Starr-Gennett Foundation and Indiana University East have partnered to make over 300 digital recordings available to the public. The Gennett Record label has national significance in the world of music and American culture. The public is welcome to attend the open house on the second floor of the IU East Campus Library from 5:30-6:30 p.m. ...

RIP Fred Anderson

June 26, 2010

Howard Reich has the details on the passing of Fred Anderson following a heart attack earlier in the month. I'm not particularly familiar with Mr. Anderson's work but I understand his leadership role in Chicago, a city that is laudably proud of its contributions. One thing I noticed in the article was the role of Dan ...

The Jazz Session #180: Matt White of Fight the Big Bull

June 24, 2010

Guitarist Matt White and his band Fight The Big Bull are part of the creative music scene in Richmond, Virginia. Their new album All Is Gladness In The Kingdom (Clean Feed, 2010) features the playing and arrangements of Steven Bernstein, perhaps best known for his band Sex Mob. In this interview, White talks about the surprisingly ...

Jazz This Week: Michael Buble, Kim Massie, Brave Combo, and More

June 24, 2010

St. Louis may be without a major jazz festival this June, but fortunately there's enough other activity this weekend that many fans of jazz and creative music can probably find something to their liking.It looks like the busiest night of the next few is Friday; that's when singer Michael Buble (pictured), who's arguably a ...

Jazz Musician of the Day: Bill Cunliffe

June 26, 2010

Pete Quaife, a Bassist for the Kinks

June 26, 2010

Pete Quaife, a bassist who joined forces with two schoolmates to form the Kinks, one of the leading rock bands of the 1960s British Invasion, died on Wednesday in Herlev, Denmark. He was 66. The cause was kidney failure, a spokeswoman for the band said. Born Peter Alexander Greenlaw Quaife on Dec. 31, 1943, he went ...

Did Disguising the Iphone 4 Mask a Temperamental Antenna?

June 26, 2010

Did Apple know before this week that there is a right way and a wrong way to hold the iPhone 4? The incorrect left-handed way, which even Steve Jobs has been known to use, apparently can cause attenuation of the phones antenna performance, the Apple spokesman Steve Dowling told me on Thursday. When I asked Mr. ...