Rick DellaRatta Trio Featuring:
Eddie Gomez and Lenny White
With Anders Bergcrantz as a Quartet

Label: Stella Records

DellaRatta was recently nominated for the 2000 MAC Award for "Recording Of The Year" for his double album live CD release titled "Live in Brazil & The Blue Note" on Stella Records.

Official Biography: Rick DellaRatta was recently nominated for the 2000 MAC Award for "Recording Of The Year" for his double album live CD release titled "Live In Brazil & The Blue Note" on Stella -Records. Rick was also 1998 and 1999 ASCAP Popular Award Winner as well as the 1997 Back Stage Bistro Award Winner for outstanding singer/Instrumentalist. A documentary filmed by Jazz Alley TV on Rick s recent tour of Japan will be aired nationwide on BET on May 5, 2000 as well as Internationally In London, France, Japan & South Africa on May 10, 2000.

Additional Information on Rick DellaRatta can be found on the Internet at the following sites: Biographical information as well as sound samples and reviews of his CDs: www.interjazz.com/delarata

Live concert footage of Rick performing in Japan as well as footage from his music video "Living Inside A Daydream" can be seen at: www.lofish.com/rick/video.html

Awards: 2000 MAC recording of the year nomination for Live in Brazil & The Blue Note ASCAP Popular Award Winner

Performances: Weekend at Birdland - Trio w/Eddie Gomez & Lenny White, Weekend at Blues Alley - Quartet w/Eddie Gomez, Lenny White & Nick Brignola, The Empire State Jazz Festival - Quartet w/Eddie Gomez, Lenny White & Dave Liebman, Weekend at Your s Jazz Club Trio - Trio w/Eddie Gomez & Elliot Zigmond Cutting Room w/Bobby Watson Concert at Bryant Park w/Billy Hart, Coleman Hawkins Jazz Fest. Lake George Jazz Weekend Festival w/Billy Hart

Film: Live In Japan Documentary - Being aired nationally and internationally Music Video - "Living Inside A Daydream"
This video can be viewed in Its entirety on the internet at:
www.lofish.com/rick/video.html

Upcoming Releases: "Permutata" - w/ the London Symphony Orchestra on MMC
Alone Together - Stella Records

Critical Acclaim: Billy Taylor, Jazz Times, Jazz Improv, Cadence, allaboutjazz.com, Jazzlife, swingtime, Montgomery County Post, Fuse,
The Washington Post, Downbeat