Results for "Michael Ricci"

Paul Desmond - "Emily" (1975)

April 26, 2010

More Highnote High Jinks! Wallace Roney and Joe Chambers Drop New Releases (2010)

April 25, 2010

By PicoLast Tuesday, HighNote Records furnished two new CD's, each by established veterans of the jazz scene. Look on the back of just about any classic Blue Note album from the 60s, and you're likely to see Joe Chambers' name listed as the drummer. And while there's no notable drum solos to be found ...

Bassist/Composer Alper Yilmaz Releases New CD Titled "Over the Clouds" on Kayique Records Featuring David Binney and Nir Felder.

April 26, 2010

Bassist/composer Alper Yilmaz is back with a brilliant follow up to his critically acclaimed debut release titled “Clashes." released in 2007. The new release is titled “Over the Clouds" and features several new compositions from the Turkish born bassist. Yilmaz surrounds himself here with some of the top jazz artists of the genre. The ensemble is ...

Enter the Abstract Logix "Autographed 4-CD" Giveaway!

April 26, 2010

All About Jazz members are invited to enter the Abstract Logix autographed 4-CD giveaway contest starting today. Three winners will win all four autographed CD's listed below at the conclusion of the contest on May 26th. Click here to enter the contest (Following John McLaughlin at AAJ automatically enters you in the contest.) Good luck!

Lennie Niehaus Said It

April 24, 2010

"Jimmy Giuffre used to play mostly in the lower register on the clarinet and rarely went above the break--the end of the first register. We used to kid him by saying, 'When are you going to play above the break?,' which is a big step when you're learning the clarinet. Jimmy laughed and said, 'I'm working ...

Jazz Fest Diary: Irvin Mayfield's Jazz Playhouse and More

April 26, 2010

Whether it's pre-Jazz Fest anticipation or something else, New Orleans feels like it's on an emotional upswing. Mitch Landrieu, stepping down as Lt Governor and being sworn in as the city's new mayor in less than two weeks, is listening to citizens and putting together his staff; Landrieu, voted in with strong support from blacks and ...

Police Seize Computers, Property of Blogger Who Wrote About Supposed Lost iPhone

April 26, 2010

Jason Chen with the alleged next generation iPhone. “We got it. We disassembled it. It's the real thing," he wrote. Police in San Mateo County served a search warrant at the home of Jason Chen, a technology blogger who had posted extensive information about a lost mobile device he claimed was an unreleased version of Apple's ...

Uplifting 'Treme' Has Potential to Surpass 'Wire'

April 26, 2010

Hurricane Katrina was a devastating, depressing debacle whose ramifications are still felt today. Lives were lost, homes were destroyed. You'd think “Treme," a new HBO series that takes place in New Orleans in the months after Katrina, would be a downer, that viewers would be treated to a humbling, depressing television experience. You'd be wrong. “Treme," ...

Make Room on Your Desk for M-Audio's Rock-Solid Boxes

April 26, 2010

You've got, like, a petabyte of music on your PC, but those built-in speakers can barely squeeze out a new-email alert. Pump up the volume with a proper desktop sound system. You're doing all of that music on your PC a disservice by attempting to filter sound through those coin-sized built-in fakers. A proper set of ...

New CD by Retta Christie + Dave Frishberg and David Evans Due 5/18

April 26, 2010

Retta Christie makes American music to be enjoyed. If the Portland vocalist has a heartfelt reaction to a song, she sings it her own way, regardless of the style or tradition whence it came. She draws on Western swing, jazz, country and western, and the Great American Songbook and makes all of it her own. Christie's ...