Results for "Michael Ricci"

MusikPitch Offers Lame Explanation of Terms That Grab Ownership from Songwriters

May 5, 2010

Last week MusikPitch launched an online marketplace for custom songwriting. Clients post their needs for songs along with a budget and songwriters submit tracks. But as some astute Hypebot readers discovered, the terms (see terms after the jump below) require songwriters to give up all ownership of the chosen songs to MusikPitch. So if your dream ...

Saxophonist/Composer Miguel Zenon and "Esta Plena" Live at the Jazz Standard in New York City - June 10th thru 13th, 2010.

May 5, 2010

Saxophonist/Composer & Bandleader Miguel Zenon will be performing with his Esta Plena Group at The Jazz Standard in New York City from Thursday June 10th, 2010 thru Sunday June 13th, 2010--in celebration of his latest release on Marsalis Music titled Esta Plena. - Set Times are 7:30 PM & 9:30 PM - with an 11:30PM set ...

Herb Geller on Bill Evans

May 5, 2010

Following my interview series last week with alto saxophonist Herb Geller, I was curious about Herb's interactions with bassist Scott Lafaro in the late 1950s and his flute playing with pianist Bill Evans in 1972. It turns out Herb was the one who first introduced LaFaro to Evans, that Herb began playing flute only after relocating ...

"Every Tub," Because...

May 5, 2010

May 4th - A Day to Fight DRM

May 5, 2010

Support of today's Day Against DRM is more important than ever. It's an attractive notion to think that DRM is dead in music. In so many senses music is more portable than ever. But it's also important to remember that labels are still asking download retailers to tag each song with an identifier when sold or ...

Boston Pops 125th Season Features Jazz and Blues Performances

May 5, 2010

Jazz Pianist Dave Brubeck The Boston Pops is celebrating its 125th anniversary this spring and summer with a tremendous line-up of performances from May 4 through July 4, 2010, including some stalwart jazz and blues artists and tributes to musical greats like Ray Charles and Duke Elington.On May 4, the opening night ...

2nd Set of Fela Kuti Reissues 5/11

May 5, 2010

KNITTING FACTORY RECORDS TO RELEASE SECOND SET OF FELA REISSUES MAY 11, 2010 UNIQUE PRE-SALE OFFERINGS VIA FELA.NET Fela Kuti Knitting Factory Records is very excited to announce that the second set of Fela Kuti reissues will be released on May 11, 2010. Once again, as the reissues are being made available in mostly ...

Frank Dibussolo Charts at #17 on the JazzWeek World Chart

May 5, 2010

Frank DiBussolo has been a professional musician since 1965. During this time he has worked with Frank Sinatra, Tony Bennett, Diana Ross, Diane Carroll, Vicky Carr, Bob Hope, George Burns and Dom DeLouise and others. As a soloist he has been featured with the bands of Buddy Rich, Dizzy Gillespie, Art Blakey, Bucky Pizzarelli, Howard Alden, ...

Carol Morgan is Chartbound at JazzWeek

May 5, 2010

Carol Morgan is a jazz trumpeter, composer, author and college professor residing in Manhattan. Originally from Texas, she is a Juilliard graduate who has worked with many remarkable teachers including: Chris Gekker, Mark Gould, Ingrid Jensen, and Dennis Dotson. Carol's discography includes two CDs as a leader, Classic Morgana and Passing Time with the Carol Morgan ...

A Warm Night at the Ear (May 2, 2010)

May 5, 2010

It was in the eighties outside last Sunday but the unsually high temperature isnt the subject of this post.  Im sure that the warmth in the West Village was emanating from inside The Ear Inn (326 Spring Street) where fervent jazz was once again being played.  This edition of The Ear Regulars had co-founders Jon-Erik Kellso and ...