INSTRUMENTS:
Drums, Percussion
MUSICAL STYLES:
Jazz, Rock, Funk, Soul
- PERFORMED / RECORDED with:
- *Little Richard
- *Ronnie Spector (The Ronettes)
- *Joey Ramone (The Ramones)
- *Bob Ezrin (Alice Cooper, Pink Floyd)
- *Stiv Bators (Dead Boys)
- *The Throbs (Geffen Records)
- *Dick Wagner (Lou Reed, Alice Cooper)
- *Cheetah Chrome (Dead Boys)
- *Richie Ranno (Starz)
- *John Sinclair (MC5, White Panther Party)
- *Camus (Atlantic Records)
- *Dita Von Teese (Playboy)
- *Shim Sham Revue Burlesque
- *Dukes Of Dixieland
- *Duke Heitger (Squirrel Nut Zippers)
- *Tim Laughlin's New Orleans All-Stars
- *Evan Christopher
- *Storyville Stompers
- *Steamboat Natchez
- *Palm Court Jazz Band
BANDLEADER / MUSICAL DIRECTOR:
- 2005 - Bustout Burlesque
- 1999 - 2004- Shim Shamettes / Shim Sham Revue Burlesque
- 1999 - 2001- Port of New Orleans Jazz Band
DISCOGRAPHY:
- 2013- Matthew Piazzi & The Debonairs - "Meet The Debonairs" (Hi-Fi Sound) CD
- 2011- Burlesque (Seductive Music for a New Burlesque Style) - (Halidon Music Italy) CD
- 2007- Rick Trolsen - "Sunrise On Bourbon Street" (Lort Records) CD
- 2007- 3 Manisha - "Late Lunch" (Muzurka Music) CD
- 2006- NYC Blues Devils - “Hell Yeah” (Hyperspace Records) CD
- 2006- Rick Trolsen - “New Orleans Lullaby” (Lort Records) CD
- 2005- Tim Laughlin - “Live in Germany” (Gentilly Records) CD
- 2003- Richard Scott & Friends - “The Gypsy Drag” (Muzurka Music) CD
- 2002- Ronnie Magri & his New Orleans Jazz Band “Shim Sham Revue” (Jubilee Music) CD
- 2002- Sweet Kathleen’s Jazz Band - “Traditional New Orleans Jazz” CD
- 1997- Camus - “Sins of the Father” (Atlantic Records ) CD
- 1991- The Throbs - “The Language of Thieves and Vagabonds” (Geffen Records) CD
- 1985- Sweet Pain (Combat Records) LP
TELEVISION / VIDEO:
- 2013- Stripper Housewife! Burlesque Routines & Recipes w/ Peekaboo Point [DVD] Dance World New York
- 2009- Chaz Royal Presents: Burlesque Vivo "The Pink Suite" Italian DVD-Rom in 3D
- 2009- Honey & Spice - Sensual & Fierce Burlesque with Jo Weldon [DVD] Dance World New York
- 2009- Striptease for Burlesque, Exotic Dance & Every Day with Jo Weldon [DVD] Dance World New York
- 2009- Silk & Feather - Burlesque Fan Dance with Jo Weldon [DVD] Dance World New York
- 2006- “Sexual Healing” (Showtime TV)
- 2005- “Forty Deuce” (Bravo TV)
- 2003- “The Nightlife That Was” (WYES TV New Orleans)
- 2002- ‘Freeride with Greta Gaines (Oxygen Network)
- 2001- “It’s Burlesque” (A&E Television)
- 1997- Camus- “You Who” (MTV)
- 1991- The Throbs- “Come Down Sister” (MTV, Much Music)
BOOKS:
Ronnie Magri is a source in the following books:
- 2010- The Burlesque Handbook by Jo Weldon (Harper Collins Publishers)
- 2006- Burlesque & the Art of the Teese by Dita Von Teese (Harper Collins Publishers)
- 2004- Burlesque and the New Bump -n- Grind by Michelle Baldwin (Speck Press)
AWARDS & NOMINATIONS:
2000 Offbeat Magazine "Best of the Beat" Award Winner for "Best Emerging Traditional Jazz Band" as leader of the "The Port of New Orleans Jazz Band".
2002 Offbeat Magazine "Best of the Beat" Award nominee for "Best Album by a Louisiana Artist" and "Best Emerging Band." Ronnie Magri & his New Orleans Jazz Band.
2002 Big Easy Award nominee for "Best Traditional Jazz Band". Ronnie Magri & his New Orleans Jazz Band.