From: owner-basia-digest@smoe.org (basia-digest) To: basia-digest@smoe.org Subject: basia-digest V12 #151 Reply-To: basia@smoe.org Sender: owner-basia-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-basia-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk X-To-Unsubscribe: Send mail to "basia-digest-request@smoe.org" X-To-Unsubscribe: with "unsubscribe" as the body. basia-digest Wednesday, November 5 2008 Volume 12 : Number 151 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Anna Maria Jopek ["Dutchmarc" ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 4 Nov 2008 21:43:36 +0100 From: "Dutchmarc" Subject: Anna Maria Jopek About an other fantastic singer from Poland: Anna Maria Jopek. Piotr Wenz from Germany/Poland and also a member of the Basia-mailinglist wants to share this with you, but had difficulties posting it. It's about the new AMJ & Pat Metheny album and Poland. www.amazon.com/Upojenie-Metheny-Anna-Maria-Jopek/dp/B001ECE6C6/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1225697194&sr=8-1 Und hier der Text von dem CD-Cover: > Poland is a special place, a place filled with some of the soulful and > unique people and musicians anywhere. The relationship that I have enjoyed > with the audiences and players there over the years has been a wonderful > and unique enrichment to my live, musically and personally. > > While performing at a jazz Festival in Europe in the summer of 2001 I > was approached by an exceptional young Polish musician, singer Anna Maria > Jopek. > > Her dream was to collaborate on a project together, blending out sounds > with all-star cast of the best Polish players playing some of my tunes, > some Polish folk melodies and some of her own compositions. Her dedication > and sincerity were compelling and as I became familiar with her music over > the next few months, I was impressed with everything  about her music > an her singing. > > It was a real pleasure to collaborate with Anna, Marcin and all the > fantastic musicians represented here. Their vision of how to interpret my > tunes often inspired me to look at them in a totally different way myself. > The recording sessions were stimulating an focused as  Anna an I an > the other musicians discovered the many different ways that we could play > together. This was music making at its most fun and collaborative. We hope > you will enjoy this music as much as we enjoyed making it together” > > Pat Metheny Marcus, Hilversum, Netherlands ------------------------------ End of basia-digest V12 #151 ****************************