Ricky Alexander's guest appearances

Ricky Alexander

Famous Interviews & Neon Jazz with Joe Dimino

The Outside in Music Podcasts

You, Me and An Album

The Toby Gribben Show Highlights

Janelle Monáe

Celeste Headlee

Rosanne Cash

Josh Gondelman

Michael Thomas

Andrew Stern

Sigur Ros

Ella Fitzgerald

Glen Phillips

Sufjan Stevens

Carly Rae Jepsen

Phil Collins

Kacey Musgraves

Kevin Brown

Herbie Hancock

OwlTail

Ricky Alexander is a prominent entrepreneur and founder of Hotspot Effect, a digital marketing company that specializes in using Artificial Intelligence to expand brands beyond their limitations. With his expertise in various aspects of AI, Ricky helps businesses to efficiently scrape massive amounts of data in seconds, enabling them to access a diverse pool of potential leads. His ability to precisely target the desired demographics of clients and focus on customers who are more likely to engage with the products or services offered has helped many businesses to achieve their marketing goals.Ricky's qualifications include two Harvard certifications, one in rhetoric, the art of persuasive writing, and public speaking, and the other in money market morals. He is a seasoned professional who began his entrepreneurial journey by doing strictly charity work, partnering with catchafire.com, and helping to save charities over $40,000 by completing around 22 charity projects. Ricky's education, continuous research, and artificial intelligence have enabled him to take his business to new heights.Apart from his business, Ricky is also active on social media and has a strong Twitter presence, where he frequently posts about the latest news and updates in the world. He is passionate about directing people to his Twitter page, where he shares valuable insights about the world and his business. Ricky's vision is to use AI technology to help businesses transform from being unknown to becoming powerhouses within the digital world. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ricky Alexander is a prominent entrepreneur and founder of Hotspot Effect, a digital marketing company that specializes in using Artificial Intelligence to expand brands beyond their limitations. With his expertise in various aspects of AI, Ricky helps businesses to efficiently scrape massive amounts of data in seconds, enabling them to access a diverse pool of potential leads. His ability to precisely target the desired demographics of clients and focus on customers who are more likely to engage with the products or services offered has helped many businesses to achieve their marketing goals.Ricky's qualifications include two Harvard certifications, one in rhetoric, the art of persuasive writing, and public speaking, and the other in money market morals. He is a seasoned professional who began his entrepreneurial journey by doing strictly charity work, partnering with <a href="http://catchafire.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">catchafire.com</a>, and helping to save charities over $40,000 by completing around 22 charity projects. Ricky's education, continuous research, and artificial intelligence have enabled him to take his business to new heights.Apart from his business, Ricky is also active on social media and has a strong Twitter presence, where he frequently posts about the latest news and updates in the world. He is passionate about directing people to his Twitter page, where he shares valuable insights about the world and his business. Ricky's vision is to use AI technology to help businesses transform from being unknown to becoming powerhouses within the digital world. Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

Sweet Megg and Ricky Alexander take this episode further back than this podcast has gone before, as they introduce me to the Billie Holiday and Lester Young compilation, A Musical Romance. Most of the songs on this compilation were recorded in the late ‘30s and early ‘40s, and Megg and Ricky talked about how they came to love jazz and swing decades after its heyday, as well as their love of the music that Holiday and Young made throughout their careers. They highlighted their favorite songs from the compilation and discussed what made Holiday and Young's music special and important.Megg referred to a video of Billie Holiday and Lester Young performing Fine and Mellow, and you can click here to watch it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vaZiijPbnP8.Ricky is on Instagram at @rickyajazz, and you can get more information about his music on his site, https://www.rickyalexanderjazz.com/.Megg is on Instagram at @sweet.megg, and to watch and hear her perform, just go to her YouTube channel at https://www.youtube.com/c/SweetMegg.Al is on Twitter at @almelchiorBB, and this show has accounts on Twitter and Instagram at @youmealbum. Be sure to follow @youmealbum to find out in advance about upcoming guests and featured albums for this podcast.1:39 Megg and Ricky join the show2:09 Megg and Ricky talk about how they came to work together3:53 Megg and Ricky explain why they picked A Musical Romance for this episode4:49 Ricky’s love for jazz grew throughout his childhood8:40 Megg’s father encouraged her to perform as a blues singer12:02 Megg has become a die-hard country fan13:18 Megg explains anti-folk to Al15:11 Ricky and Megg explain why they chose this particular compilation (as compared to others) for the show17:23 The recording of Fine and Mellow on the compilation was important and unique21:25 Megg and Ricky talk about the friendship between Billie Holiday and Lester Young23:08 Megg hears complexity in all of Billie Holiday’s performances27:38 Ricky highlights some favorite songs and some qualities of the music that he enjoys on this compilation34:10 Megg appreciates the interplay between Billie Holiday and the bands she played with36:07 Megg discusses how Foolin’ Myself wound up on her and Ricky’s album39:22 Megg cites some of her other favorite Billie Holiday songs41:32 Ricky admires the contributions that Teddy Wilson and Buck Clayton made to the songs on the compilation44:55 Ricky explains why vocalists started getting more attention during World War II47:18 Emulating Billie Holiday’s timing is not easy to do49:33 Megg recommends that new jazz listeners focus on the musicians other than the vocalist51:55 There is no substitute for listening to live jazz54:02 Ricky talks about how Lester Young provided the foundation for the groove we hear in music todayOutro is from Foolin' Myself by Sweet Megg and Ricky Alexander.Support the show

Sweet Megg and Ricky Alexander take this episode further back than this podcast has gone before, as they introduce me to the Billie Holiday and Lester Young compilation, A Musical Romance. Most of the songs on this compilation were recorded in the late ‘30s and early ‘40s, and Megg and Ricky talked about how they came to love jazz and swing decades after its heyday, as well as their love of the music that Holiday and Young made throughout their careers. They highlighted their favorite songs from the compilation and discussed what made Holiday and Young's music special and important.Megg referred to a video of Billie Holiday and Lester Young performing Fine and Mellow, and you can click here to watch it: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vaZiijPbnP8" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vaZiijPbnP8</a>.Ricky is on Instagram at @rickyajazz, and you can get more information about his music on his site, <a href="https://www.rickyalexanderjazz.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.rickyalexanderjazz.com/</a>.Megg is on Instagram at @sweet.megg, and to watch and hear her perform, just go to her YouTube channel at <a href="https://www.youtube.com/c/SweetMegg" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/c/SweetMegg</a>.Al is on Twitter at @almelchiorBB, and this show has accounts on Twitter and Instagram at @youmealbum. Be sure to follow @youmealbum to find out in advance about upcoming guests and featured albums for this podcast.1:39 Megg and Ricky join the show2:09 Megg and Ricky talk about how they came to work together3:53 Megg and Ricky explain why they picked A Musical Romance for this episode4:49 Ricky’s love for jazz grew throughout his childhood8:40 Megg’s father encouraged her to perform as a blues singer12:02 Megg has become a die-hard country fan13:18 Megg explains anti-folk to Al15:11 Ricky and Megg explain why they chose this particular compilation (as compared to others) for the show17:23 The recording of Fine and Mellow on the compilation was important and unique21:25 Megg and Ricky talk about the friendship between Billie Holiday and Lester Young23:08 Megg hears complexity in all of Billie Holiday’s performances27:38 Ricky highlights some favorite songs and some qualities of the music that he enjoys on this compilation34:10 Megg appreciates the interplay between Billie Holiday and the bands she played with36:07 Megg discusses how Foolin’ Myself wound up on her and Ricky’s album39:22 Megg cites some of her other favorite Billie Holiday songs41:32 Ricky admires the contributions that Teddy Wilson and Buck Clayton made to the songs on the compilation44:55 Ricky explains why vocalists started getting more attention during World War II47:18 Emulating Billie Holiday’s timing is not easy to do49:33 Megg recommends that new jazz listeners focus on the musicians other than the vocalist51:55 There is no substitute for listening to live jazz54:02 Ricky talks about how Lester Young provided the foundation for the groove we hear in music today Outro is from Foolin' Myself by Sweet Megg and Ricky Alexander.<a href="https://www.patreon.com/youmealbum" rel="payment nofollow" target="_blank">Support the show</a>

43. Sweet Megg and Ricky Alexander Discuss Billie Holiday and Lester Young, A Musical Romance

OverHERE featuring Ricky Alexander and his new album - Strike Up the Band!

OverHERE featuring Ricky Alexander and his new album - Strike Up the Band!

 OverHERE featuring Ricky Alexander and his new album: Strike Up the Band!