Results for "Michael Ricci"

Happy Birthday, John Lewis!

May 3, 2010

Eric Vloeimans' Gatecrash - Heavensabove! (2010)

May 3, 2010

By PicoWhen I heard Joe Higham's wonderfully diverse world fusion treat Where Are We Now? last year, I became suspicious that the Low Countries might be a magnet for out-the-box thinking for jazz players. Listening to Eric Vloeimans and his Gatecrash's new release Heavensabove! just confirmed those suspicions.The trumpet ace from Holland ...

'Free to be Creative at the Piano' Makes It Easy to Sit Down and Play

May 1, 2010

Music fans take note: Edward Weiss has just completed his extensive new book on creating, composing and playing New Age piano compositions. A distillation of Eds 20 years as an instructor and composer, Free to Be Creative at the Piano promises to take even novice players step by step through the process of creating music from ...

Air Department fuses world music with jazz for new CD

May 1, 2010

Once described by a fan as sounding like “an eight-piece duo," The Air Department produces sounds unusually immense for just two musicians. Multi-instrumentalist, composer, producer and engineer Roger Ebacher performs original music using keyboards, keyboard bass, melody flute, wood flute, a Casio DH-100 digital horn, kalimba, congas, bongos and doumbek. He's joined by Dennis Pelletier on ...

Stephanie Jordan to Perform for Mayor-Elect Mitch Landrieus Inauguration

May 3, 2010

NEW ORLEANS -- New Orleans jazz vocalist Stephanie Jordan is one of the featured performers for the May 3, 2010 Inauguration of New Orleans Mayor-elect Mitch Landrieu. Jordan is scheduled to perform at 1:45 P.M. during the Celebrate New Orleans Festival which will be held at Lafayette Square across the street from Gallier Hall. Jordan says ...

Megan Lynch's Debut Album - Songs the Brothers Warner Taught Me

May 3, 2010

Megan Lynch has released her debut album, Songs the Brothers Warner Taught Me, interpreting rare, jazz age tunes featured in the classic Warner Brothers cartoons of Bugs Bunny and others. Backed by two members of R. Crumb's legendary Cheap Suit Serenaders, Tony Marcus and Robert Armstrong, Megan wraps her big, rich, sassy, swinging alto around these ...

Tom Braxton's Groundbreaking First European Tour as Ambassador of Smooth Jazz

May 3, 2010

Jazz saxophonist and composer, Tom Braxton recently made his first European appearance on a tour in the Netherlands, which kicked off on March 31st and wrapped up on April 4th. Smooth Jazz Europe organized and sponsored the groundbreaking tour that featured Braxton in concert in five different cities highlighting the music from his current CD release, ...

Recording Studio in a Pocket: Tascam Dr-08 Digital Linear PCM Recorder

May 3, 2010

Audio Recorder Flexes Dual Mics for Strong Fidelity Recording different types of audio is tricky. One recorder might be great at soaking up a quiet conversation, but take it to a rock concert and your audio will sound like a coffee grinder crammed with ball bearings. That's not the case with Tascam's DR-08. This linear (meaning ...

Pearl Jam Jolt New Orleans Jazz Fest with Powerhouse Set

May 3, 2010

" I'd like to make a toast to the fine folks at BP," Eddie Vedder said, raising a bottle of wine at last night's show in New Orleans. “Send your sons and daughters to clean up your fucking mess." While Pearl Jam rocked the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, the oil spill in the Gulf ...

Recording: Crafting the Magic of the Beach Boys

May 3, 2010

Ive been lucky to be included in the Beach Boys inner circle since the late 70's and I've worked on many of their records but nothing quite prepared me for being given carte blanche to arrange, record, and produce background vocals for a founding member of one of the greatest vocal bands of all time. The ...