From: owner-basia-digest@smoe.org (basia-digest) To: basia-digest@smoe.org Subject: basia-digest V12 #154 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 Thursday, November 20 2008 Volume 12 : Number 154 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Re: Anna Maria Jopek ["Mike Nice" ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2008 17:38:01 -0500 From: "Mike Nice" Subject: Re: Anna Maria Jopek Wow - I buy very few CDs because I don't often encounter artists that can supply a CD that makes me happy with the every song. The clips sounded good, so I got this CD and Anna Maria Jopek is a very good singer! The 2 artists blend very well together, and the whole CD made me happy. :-) It makes me want to travel to Poland some day and see the country. Mike - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dutchmarc" To: Sent: Tuesday, November 04, 2008 3:43 PM 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 #154 ****************************