Results for "Michael Ricci"

Violinist Mark Feldman Interviewed at AAJ

June 17, 2010

Violinist Mark Feldman started out in Chicago playing classical music and bar gigs before moving on to the Nashville scene. He emerged in New York's “downtown" circle with the likes of Arcado String Trio, trumpeter Dave Douglas, and composer-saxophonist John Zorn. His expressive, classically tinged technique was also sought for studio work with pop acts and ...

Gil Scott-Heron Video: "I'm New Here"

June 17, 2010

Check out Gil Scott-Herons video for the title track to his album, Im New Here. Its a deliberately simple take on a sparse acoustic song, capturing him live in the studio with subtle background projections of his Harlem neighborhood. Herons first album in more than a decade, ...

Jason Moran Shows off His Older, Wiser Side On 'Ten'

June 17, 2010

Pianist Jason Morans star has been on a long steady rise since making his debut on Blue Note in 1999 with 'Soundtrack to Human Emotion.' Barely into his 20s at the time, Moran was playing with saxophonist Greg Osby and had studied under Jaki Byard and others. The debut won a lot of strong notices and ...

Patti Wicks's Jazzy Turn at the Metropolitan Room

June 16, 2010

The jazz singer and pianist Patti Wicks is all about rhythmic deconstruction. Like the much-missed Carmen McRae, Ms. Wicks, who appeared at the Metropolitan Room on Monday evening with the bassist Linc Milliman, scrutinizes songs with a raised eyebrow. Words and phrases are dismantled with a wry deliberation and an improvisatory boldness that put a question ...

Nimbit and JSR Merchandising Create New Partnership

June 16, 2010

Direct-to-fan platform Nimbit and entertainment retail and tour merchandiser JSR have announced a technology and co-marketing agreement. The deal creates an end-to-end merchandising and fan engagement offering for national touring artists who would've previously relied on their label. This partnership also opens up new opportunities for emerging acts in need of marketing,manufacturing, distribution, and tour services ...

10 Engineering Rules Applied to DIY Business

June 16, 2010

MP3tunes to Offer Free 10g Music Lockers

June 16, 2010

Rumors are flying about an Apple and other music in the cloud services. No one knows exactly what they have in mind, but several companies have been offering their own versions of music in the cloud for months. For example, 7Digital let's users store music they've purchased for playback anywhere. But few, ...

Thomas Marriott and Ray Vega Reaches #1 on JazzWeek

June 16, 2010

Thomas Marriott and Ray Vegas new CD, East-West Trumpet Summit, just reached the #1 spot on JazzWeek's National Airplay Chart. This is the first Origin title to reach the top spot. Earlier this year Hadley Calimans Straight Ahead (which also features Thomas Marriott) spent two weeks at #2. You can hear samples and buy East-West Trumpet ...

Pianist Howard Riley Interviewed at AAJ

June 16, 2010

Howard Riley gave his performance in Vilnius, Lithuania in September, 2009. It was his first visit to the country in a five-decade career, and one of just a few eastern Europe destinations made at the time, by the British free jazz pianist. The concert was recorded and released in 2010 as the double-disc set, Solo in ...

Dr. John: Night Trippin' at the Grammy Museum

June 16, 2010

Nearly two months into the worst oil spill in history, a Facebook group has sprung up for people who support British Petroleum and think the company has gotten a bad rap. Don't look for Dr. John's name on that page's friends list. Let BP foot the bill, he interjected into “Black Gold," a song about the ...