Results for "Michael Ricci"

Jazz Musician of the Day: Slide Hampton

April 21, 2010

All About Jazz is celebrating Slide Hampton's birthday today! JAZZ MUSICIAN OF THE DAY Slide HamptonSlide Hampton\'s distinguished career spans decades in the evolution of jazz. At the age of 12 he was already touring the Midwest with the Indianapolis-based Hampton Band, led by his father and comprising other ...

Trombone Shorty: Backatown out Today/Free Stream

April 21, 2010

TROMBONE SHORTY GOES NATIONWIDE WITH BACKATOWN ON 4/20 Shorty Trombone Shorty's major label debut, Backatown (Verve Forecast/Universal), hits today. Produced by Ben Ellman (of Galactic) and featuring guest performances from Marc Broussard, Lenny Kravitz and Allen Toussaint, the album is a tour de force from New Orleans' 24 year-old trombonist/trumpeter/vocalist. Right now the full album is ...

Fifth Annual Miles Davis Festival Set for Saturday, August 14 at Lewis and Clark Community College

April 21, 2010

The fifth annual Miles Davis Festival will be held starting at 12:00 p.m. Saturday, August 14, at the Commons at Lewis & Clark Community College, 5800 Godfrey Road in Godfrey, IL.Saxophonist Michael Anthony Fitzgerald and guitarist Brian White return from last year's festival lineup to headline the 2010 event. Drummer Howard Neal and his ...

JazzWax List: 10 for Starters

April 21, 2010

Last week a friend asked me to recommend a jazz compilation for someone new to jazz. I resisted, telling him that they're all death traps. First, they're loaded with old things (pre-World War II) that are great later but certainly would turn off a newcomer. Second, compilation song choices often stink. Instead, I urged him simply ...

Jazz Photographer William Ellis Exhibits at Rocharchive Gallery, London

April 21, 2010

Rockarchive.com are proud to present the Jazz images of William Ellis. William Ellis is at the vanguard of music photographers and is widely regarded as having produced an important document of the contemporary international jazz scene in Africa, East Asia, Europe and the Americas. His contribution to the culture was acknowledged by the American Jazz Museum ...

Remembering Guru with Gang Starr's Defining Cut "Jazz Thing"

April 21, 2010

Acclaimed rapper Guru, best known as one-half of jazzy-rap duo Gang Starr, has died, according to a statement released from his most recent collaborator, producer Solar. Solar's statement contains a note purportedly written by Guru, who died at the age of 43 after a battle with cancer. The statement reads: I, Guru, am writing this letter ...

Bass Player Derek Frank Joins Mindi Abair's Band, Spring and Summer Tour Dates Announced

April 21, 2010

Los Angeles bass player, Derek Frank, has recently been offered a position in Concord Records recording artist Mindi Abair's band. Frank will tour with Mindi around the USA this spring and summer in support of her new album on Concord Jazz entitled “In Hi-Fi Stereo". He began rehearsals with Mindi on April 12th, the very same ...

"South Rock" by Kiki Lee-- Book Condensed for Easy Reading Online

April 21, 2010

Forward ~ The beginning of a new career in Rock and Roll. Chapter 1 ~ After launching several Indy label hits in 1967 Atlantic Records recruited Dick Wooley to head their record promotion in the Southeast and Midwest. Dick helped Atlantic launch several legendary Rhythm & Blues and Rock artists, many who are now inductees in ...

Trumpeter Greg Kelley Interviewed at AAJ

April 21, 2010

Boston trumpeter Greg Kelley takes an atom and constructs a world out of it. Taking his cue from the metallic tubes of his instrument and how they are connected to his mouth, and ultimately his body, his sounds are never wholly disembodied but rather maintain the precise quality of that apparatus that, in his hands, is ...

Sarah Vaughan - "Sometimes I'm Happy" (1958)

April 21, 2010