From: owner-joni-digest@smoe.org (JMDL Digest) To: joni-digest@smoe.org Subject: JMDL Digest V2007 #30 Reply-To: joni@smoe.org Sender: owner-joni-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-joni-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk Unsubscribe: mailto:joni-digest-request@smoe.org?body=unsubscribe Archives: http://www.smoe.org/lists/joni Website: http://jonimitchell.com JMDL Digest Wednesday, January 24 2007 Volume 2007 : Number 030 ========== TOPICS and authors in this Digest: -------- Re: Don Juan's Reckless Daughter [Mark-Leon Thorne ] Re: DJRD [Paul In MD ] Re: Joni in the Last Waltz [Bob.Muller@Fluor.com] LONDONERS..... SJ(list)C [missblux@googlemail.com] Re: LONDONERS..... SJ(list)C ["Jamie's Box of Paints" ] Re: Saints and Paz and music (njc) ["Sherelle Smith" ] Re: LONDONERS..... SJ(list)C [missblux@googlemail.com] DJRD remastered [Dave Blackburn ] Re: a Joni mention, and a cover ["Patti Parlette" ] RE: Joni in the Last Waltz [Duarte Moniz ] njc, Crosby & Nash heads-up for MA folks ["Patti Parlette" ] Re: Joni in the Last Waltz ["Donna Binkley" ] Re: Joni in the Last Waltz [Motitan@aol.com] RE: New Haven Coliseum Demolition njc [Catherine McKay ] Re: Joni in the Last Waltz [Bob.Muller@Fluor.com] Re: Joni in the Last Waltz ["Donna Binkley" ] Re: New Haven Coliseum Demolition njc [Doug ] Re: Joni in the Last Waltz [Susan Guzzi ] Re: NAMM world (njc) [] Music played with attitude [Casey Certis-Milby ] Re: Saints and Paz and music (njc) [Michael Paz ] RE: New Haven Coliseum Demolition ["Jeffrey Zinkerman" Subject: Re: Don Juan's Reckless Daughter What a beautiful description, Paul. You express your thoughts so well, I hear this album that way now too. I have always liked DJRD and these debates seem strange to me. The truth is, there is nothing Joni creates that I don't like. They are all manifestations of a thought process and that in itself is fascinating. Mark In Sydney NP Mother - Tori Amos ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2007 11:14:58 +0100 From: "mike pritchard" Subject: Re: Joni Mitchell's Alta. ballet production sparks unexpected worldwide attention >>Isn't 48 min kind of short for a ballet?<< Kinda long, in my opinion mike in bcn ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2007 11:17:58 +0100 From: "mike pritchard" Subject: Subject: Re: John Cale njc >>John Cale's always working. He has every reason to. Isn't he from Tulsa?<< Carmarthen, Wales, I believe. He's playing Barcelona on February the 4th. mike in bcn npimh 'work' Lou Reed & John Cale 'I believe...' np - Chavez Ravine (Hi Norma Jean) ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2007 04:35:42 -0800 (PST) From: Paul In MD Subject: Re: DJRD Excellent analysis, Paul. I'd always considered DJRD to be a rather unsettling album containing some of Joni's best songs. "Overture/Cotton Avenue" always takes me away, "Jericho" is a perfect song, "Dreamland" and "DJRD" are wonderful. And the line "who left her long black hair in our bathtub drain" always makes me laugh involuntarily. The unsettling part comes with the flow of the album. Throwing a 16 minute song into the middle of the album along with "The Tenth World" always disrupted the flow of the recording for me. It wasn't enough for me to dislike the album but enough to make me rather uneasy listening to it in its entirety. That's probably exactly what Joni intended and after hearing your thoughts, I'm going to have to sit down and have a proper listen. Thanks for posting and welcome! Paul In MD NP: Otis and Marlena (DJRD) Paul Bishop wrote: I'm a lurking digester, so my response will come a bit late, but i thought i'd weigh in anyway. DJRD is possibly my favourite Joni album (but, really, who can rank her best work?). For me, the album does have a sense of measured detachment. It seems very precise and analytical, the guitar picking, slapping :), or strumming reminds me of a painter's brush strokes, moreso than any of her other albums. - --------------------------------- Need Mail bonding? Go to the Yahoo! Mail Q&A for great tips from Yahoo! Answers users. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2007 08:15:02 -0500 From: Bob.Muller@Fluor.com Subject: Re: Joni in the Last Waltz I thought it was great, but it was sort of a square peg in a round hole (much like Joni's entire career). While the majority of the performers and songs was geared to more of a greatest hits revue, Joni came out with new material that was certainly not as known as most of the other stuff being played. 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Best Benedicte ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2007 14:24:22 +0000 From: "Jamie's Box of Paints" Subject: Re: LONDONERS..... SJ(list)C Well, this Saturday is a little difficult unless we are meeting in Richmond (ZOne 4 District Line)... I'm in a show which starts at 2.30 in the afternoon so have to be there by 1.55. There is a lovely and fairly cheap persian restaurant near the theatre which has been highly recommened! Pleased to meet you Benedicte! Much Joni Jamie Zoob On 23/01/07, missblux@googlemail.com wrote: > Dear Jamie and Chris and Martin and Azeem and Lieve, and whatever UK > people are on the list, > > I don't know if you saw Laurent's message the other day about meeting > up in London? He and I are thinking of having lunch at 12.30 this > Saturday, and I was hoping some of you would like to join us. > > I am fairly new to the list and haven't got to know any of you very > well yet. But I'd love to see you, if you are around at all. If there > are more UK people who you think are likely to be interested, let me > know, and I'll write to them as well. > > Best > > Benedicte > - -- I am a lonely Painter I live in a Box of Paints I'm frightened by the devil But I'm drawn to those ones that 'aint afraid... Jamie Zubairi can be found for voice-overs at http://uk.voicespro.com/jamie.zubairi1 acting CV and showreel at http://uk.castingcallpro.com/u/81749 http://www.jamiezubairi.co.uk ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2007 16:04:19 +0000 From: "Sherelle Smith" Subject: Re: Brecker and joni Hi Bene, Is he ever on Shadows and Light! Yowsers!!! The first song I listened to when I got it (in tape form first special-ordered) was "Black Crow". He does a solo that is mind-boggling! Absolutely mind-boggling! He does the same thing on "Free Man In Paris", Goodby Pork-Pie Hat", "Dry Cleaner From Des Moines", "Why Do Fools Fall In Love", have I missed anything? Oh yeah, and a beautiful, beautiful soprano sax on "Heijira". I just float away with him at the end. So nice! I have what is called the "Japan track" or something like that. I know you will love it, I do! Sherelle Bene wrote: Some of you have been talking about recordings of Michael Brecker with Joni. Which ones are they? Is he on any of her studio albums? Searching the site I think I found out he might be on Shadows and Light...? If, then that would be my next Joni purchase. The album poll is fun! Has anyone looked at it and found that it corresponds to their taste? Because apart from Hejira up as number one, I find that my preferences couldn't be more different from what the list has. Bene _________________________________________________________________ Get in the mood for Valentine's Day. View photos, recipes and more on your Live.com page. http://www.live.com/?addTemplate=ValentinesDay&ocid=T001MSN30A0701 ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2007 16:30:19 +0000 From: "Sherelle Smith" Subject: Re: Saints and Paz and music (njc) Hi Kakki, So glad you are recovering from the Pazman! He always gives a dose of much needed life to me! Never have I met anyone who lives life like he does! Down to the last drop he drinks from the cup. So glad you both went to the NAMM Show. I have a musical friend who flew there as well. I know it is a music convention but can you tell me more about it? I don't know details. Maybe I will try to make it next year. I'll be getting a full report of things from my friend who just got back in yesterday. Thanks for sharing your Paz experience! It always does my heart good! Love, Sherelle Kakki wrote: Aw, I'm sad about the Saints, but what a team and a coach! There is always next year. I'm still recovering from Paz week - ha! As usual, hanging with the Paz man was endless fun and adventure. We hit the NAMM show and it seemed more packed then ever. Music overload - what bliss. My favorite episode was seeing Freebo and Jim Photoglo at our Steve Dulson's Living Tradition concert. Ahhhhhh.... Those two are touring mostly in California (Northern) these days and what a perfect gorgeous combo. Randy, Darice and NorCal people - check it out. I remember Photoglo when he was a local singer songwriter here back in the 70s and he hung with some of my fave local musicians. Now he has been in Nashville for 20 years and has written songs for everyone in every genre. Paul Williams - yes that Paul Williams - was in the audience to see them. He has co-written a number of songs with Jim. Also saw Lisa Haley and the Zydecats and Chuck Alvarez who plays sometimes with Barnaby Finch, who plays sometimes with our own Dave Blackburn. And an old music friend recently phoned me to tell me all about this great Joni Tribute band in San Diego which turned out to be Blackburn, et al. It is a small and wonderful music world. Thanks to Paz for another great time. Kakki _________________________________________________________________ Search for grocery stores. Find gratitude. Turn a simple search into something more. http://click4thecause.live.com/search/charity/default.aspx?source=hmemtagline_gratitude&FORM=WLMTAG ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2007 09:07:26 -0800 From: "Kate Bennett" Subject: Joni in the Last Waltz I LOVE the Band. I LOVE their songs. Nothing like them before or since. Probably my number two band after the Beatles. Yes RR oozes charisma in that film. Re NY- apparently they had to photoshop -or whatever it is they do to film- the coke blob showing on his nose. I always thought Joni's performance was rather cold & stiff in that film so perhaps she was imbibing too. Probably the whole bunch of them were. It was like that then. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2007 17:18:39 +0000 From: missblux@googlemail.com Subject: Re: LONDONERS..... SJ(list)C Hi Jamie and the rest of you, I did it again: I mixed upn the dates! We were looking at meeting on Saturday the 3rd! I thought that was this Saturday, the understanding being that there is always too little time... So how about Saturday the 3rd? Hey Jamie, I pointed the mouse at your address and a picture of you popped up! Hi-tech! Best, and sorry about the confusion! Benedicte On 1/23/07, Jamie's Box of Paints wrote: > Well, this Saturday is a little difficult unless we are meeting in > Richmond (ZOne 4 District Line)... I'm in a show which starts at 2.30 > in the afternoon so have to be there by 1.55. There is a lovely and > fairly cheap persian restaurant near the theatre which has been > highly recommened! > > Pleased to meet you Benedicte! > > Much Joni > > Jamie Zoob > > > On 23/01/07, missblux@googlemail.com wrote: > > Dear Jamie and Chris and Martin and Azeem and Lieve, and whatever UK > > people are on the list, > > > > I don't know if you saw Laurent's message the other day about meeting > > up in London? He and I are thinking of having lunch at 12.30 this > > Saturday, and I was hoping some of you would like to join us. > > > > I am fairly new to the list and haven't got to know any of you very > > well yet. But I'd love to see you, if you are around at all. If there > > are more UK people who you think are likely to be interested, let me > > know, and I'll write to them as well. > > > > Best > > > > Benedicte > > > > > -- > I am a lonely Painter > I live in a Box of Paints > I'm frightened by the devil > But I'm drawn to those ones that 'aint afraid... > > Jamie Zubairi can be found for voice-overs at > > http://uk.voicespro.com/jamie.zubairi1 > > acting CV and showreel at > http://uk.castingcallpro.com/u/81749 > > http://www.jamiezubairi.co.uk ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2007 10:19:29 -0800 From: Dave Blackburn Subject: DJRD remastered Greetings all, With all the recent commentary and insights into DJRD I thought it would be fun to remaster it, since it was one of the Joni albums that suffered, IMO, from poor mastering when transferred to CD back when there was a rush to get the CD catalogue filled up. I remember reading in MIX magazine's Classic Tracks column about the making of "Paprika Plains" and how it was glued together rather awkwardly from different originally unrelated pieces, and now listening to it in the light of that fact can hear the radical mismatches of level between sections. This was one of the things I set out to fix. I also found some of the acoustic guitars scratchy and piercing and the voice marginalized in the mix. So I present to members of the list my remastered DJRD, I believe greatly enhanced sonically. Initially, I am making it available in high bitrate AAC/ipod format for download from a Yousendit link. Please email me offlist to request the link; you must affirm in your email that you are already the owner of the album on CD or vinyl so there is no royalty dodge on Joni's behalf. cheers Dave Blackburn Beat 'n Track Mastering Fallbrook, CA http://www.beatntrack.net ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2007 18:37:20 +0000 From: "Patti Parlette" Subject: Re: a Joni mention, and a cover >Don't give up - you'll beat me out one of these days. > >Eagle-eyed Bob, always on the lookout. Oh, sour grapes! I *do* give up. I thought I finally had one for you. Win your medals F#*k your strangers' covers, Musik Meister! Only kidding. Baby, I don't care. You do your best, and you do damned good business. I can't believe you found this new talent in my tiny little state before I did. Can't touch you! And regarding your eagle eyes, I thought this was a German expression, so I checked with a German professor (the same one who helped Wally K. with his "Mundigkeit"), and this she told me: "Yes, "Adleraugen" -- eagle's eyes / eagle eyes -- meaning: ability to find the smallest mistakes like an eagle sees a mouse from way up there -- good eyesight in the symbolic (as well as real) sense. ........... Danke, K" Ja, du hast besonders gute Adleraugen fur Joni covers! (Trans: Yes, you have exceptionally good Eagle eyes for Joni covers!) (K did not know how to translate "covers". Maybe Moni has a translation?) I saw your review on CD baby and checked out her schedule on emelyanne.com. She was supposed to be at the Bidwell Tavern on January 6th just a few miles from my house (but it fell through). That's my Mermaid Cafe! I'll definitely go next time she comes and will report back to you and your subjects, O Covers Konig. With affection and respect, Pat-tay in little CT, where the pond over-ices outside my window > > > >I'd be lying if I did, Pat-tay bay-bee. (And I'll leave the lying to the >politicians). I've got that one. > >Matter of fact, I even wrote up a review of the disc on cdbaby. She does a >real straight-up version of All I Want, accompanied by dulcimer. Go check >out her show and tell me what you think. > >Don't give up - you'll beat me out one of these days. > >Eagle-eyed Bob, always on the lookout. > _________________________________________________________________ Get in the mood for Valentine's Day. View photos, recipes and more on your Live.com page. http://www.live.com/?addTemplate=ValentinesDay&ocid=T001MSN30A0701 ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2007 18:13:52 -0000 From: Duarte Moniz Subject: RE: Joni in the Last Waltz From what I have seen of her on video, the performance of coyote is her best ever. Duarte ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2007 19:14:43 +0000 From: "Patti Parlette" Subject: njc, Crosby & Nash heads-up for MA folks Here's a heads-up for my dear jmdl neighbors north of the CT/MA state line: "The below Crosby & Nash pre-sale goes on sale Wednesday, January 24th, 2007 at 10:00 AM Local Venue Time. Act now as this pre-sale is only available for a short time. Thanks!" Pre-sale Tour Date: 04/03/07 Worcester, MA Mechanics Hall www.crosbyandnash.tickets.musictoday.com _________________________________________________________________ The MSN Entertainment Guide to Golden Globes is here. Get all the scoop. http://tv.msn.com/tv/globes2007/?icid=nctagline2 ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2007 14:26:58 -0500 From: Bob.Muller@Fluor.com Subject: Re: a Joni mention, and a cover Thanks Patti - I do my best, but I still miss one every once in a while. It's more likely to happen in Europe where it's harder to focus my Adleraugen. Luckily I have "Good Friends" like Monica who keep me well-informed. And the email feature on the Undercover page is great too - I recently learned of a German Industrial-noise version of Woodstock and a techno/electronica version of Edith & The Kingpin through that device. So - in the words of Peter Gabriel...don't give up, please don't give up. Bob NP: Aerosmith, "Movin' Out" - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The information transmitted is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain proprietary, business-confidential and/or privileged material. If you are not the intended recipient of this message you are hereby notified that any use, review, retransmission, dissemination, distribution, reproduction or any action taken in reliance upon this message is prohibited. If you received this in error, please contact the sender and delete the material from any computer. 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It was kind of interesting to see... I saw Yes there in 1994. (I've seen Yes about 6 times. that was the worst Yes concert I've seen.) I saw the circus there, and the New Haven Nighthawks.. that's a very good memory because my grampa would take me... _________________________________________________________________ Turn searches into helpful donations. Make your search count. http://click4thecause.live.com/search/charity/default.aspx?source=hmemtagline_donation&FORM=WLMTAG ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2007 15:04:30 -0600 From: "Donna Binkley" Subject: Re: Joni in the Last Waltz I love the Band too. I just saw that movie again not long ago. I think her performance of Coyote was good and loved the way she and Robbie connected on stage, does anyone know if they were together at that or any time? That's probably trivia that a Joniphile like me should know but I don't. db >>> "Kate Bennett" 1/23/2007 11:07 AM >>> I LOVE the Band. I LOVE their songs. Nothing like them before or since. Probably my number two band after the Beatles. Yes RR oozes charisma in that film. Re NY- apparently they had to photoshop -or whatever it is they do to film- the coke blob showing on his nose. I always thought Joni's performance was rather cold & stiff in that film so perhaps she was imbibing too. Probably the whole bunch of them were. It was like that then. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2007 15:55:09 EST From: Motitan@aol.com Subject: Re: Joni in the Last Waltz I have a question though. How come during "Helpless" Joni was singing backstage rather than up front with Neil and the Band? I thought "Helpless" sounded real good as well even with Neil as gone as he was. I liked how Joni sang in a kind of call and response with Neil at one point ("Can you hear me now?-Neil.....I can hear you now baby-Joni...etc etc). Very interesting. - -Monika ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2007 15:58:02 -0500 (EST) From: Catherine McKay Subject: RE: New Haven Coliseum Demolition njc - --- anon anon wrote: I saw Yes > there in 1994. (I've seen Yes about 6 times. that > was the worst Yes concert > I've seen.) So it was really more of a No concert. Heh heh. Catherine Toronto - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2007 15:44:39 -0600 From: "Donna Binkley" Subject: Re: Joni in the Last Waltz >>I thought it was great, but it was sort of a square peg in a round hole (much like Joni's entire career). While the majority of the performers and songs was geared to more of a greatest hits revue, Joni came out with new material that was certainly not as known as most of the other stuff being played.<< Yes but that's our Joan, when has she ever been known to follow the crowd? One of the things that give her her mystique IMHO. db ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2007 16:40:08 -0500 From: Bob.Muller@Fluor.com Subject: Re: Joni in the Last Waltz Yep, that was my point Tushie! In on respect, I love it when Joni zigs as the rest of the music world zags, but it's also nice when the planets line up and she drops something like C&S just as pop radio is ready to embrace the emerging accessible pop/jazz sound. That's also why I found her BSN project so tired - that concept had been done to death by the time she got around to it. Bob NP: Joan Armatrading, "Cool Blue Stole My Heart" - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The information transmitted is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain proprietary, business-confidential and/or privileged material. If you are not the intended recipient of this message you are hereby notified that any use, review, retransmission, dissemination, distribution, reproduction or any action taken in reliance upon this message is prohibited. If you received this in error, please contact the sender and delete the material from any computer. 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It seemed the pulse was off or at some points on BSN. I let myself anticipate where she would go versus the music - and I wasn't always happy. Mind you I still like it in general - just don't love it. Although, there are two songs and I can't recall which ones they are right now, that completely sound like they were done on different days than all the others. The tempo seems right in those two and Joni seems to be totally in sync. I guess I will have to listen to it again and note which two cuts I am talking about. As I recall, they follow each other on the CD as well ... so it's weird and I just noticed it a couple of years ago. And when I really listened and discovered that - I thought "OMG why isn't the whole CD like this?!" Just my feeble meanderings. Peace, Susan (dreaming a little dream of jonifest) Donna Binkley wrote: Yeah I didn't care much for BSN either. It's so slow that it makes me yearn for the original versions of the songs and keep thinking "speed it up!" db >>> 1/23/2007 3:40 PM >>> crowd? One of the things that give her her mystique IMHO.> Yep, that was my point Tushie! In on respect, I love it when Joni zigs as the rest of the music world zags, but it's also nice when the planets line up and she drops something like C&S just as pop radio is ready to embrace the emerging accessible pop/jazz sound. That's also why I found her BSN project so tired - that concept had been done to death by the time she got around to it. Bob NP: Joan Armatrading, "Cool Blue Stole My Heart" - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The information transmitted is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain proprietary, business-confidential and/or privileged material. If you are not the intended recipient of this message you are hereby notified that any use, review, retransmission, dissemination, distribution, reproduction or any action taken in reliance upon this message is prohibited. If you received this in error, please contact the sender and delete the material from any computer. Any views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender and may not necessarily reflect the views of the company. - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - --------------------------------- The fish are biting. Get more visitors on your site using Yahoo! Search Marketing. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2007 18:01:38 -0800 From: Subject: Re: NAMM world (njc) Hi Sherelle, You have our Paz described perfectly! NAMM is like the Disney World of music. It is a total mindblower. There are sections akin metaphorically to Tomorrowland, Main Street, Frontierland, Fantasyland and even New Orleans Square! There are thousands and thousands of people there from every corner of the world. Anything you can think of related to music is on display from every instrument known to man, software, gear, amps, music books, picks, and various accessories big and small. It is the largest convention in Anaheim every year. On top of that there are always famous, infamous and otherwise talented musicians either shopping alongside you or playing their music in the booths or in rooms. During the day, but especially at night, there are concerts and shows everywhere in the nearby hotels and other concert venues. You have to snag tickets (free) to most of those shows, and Paz always manages to score them for the group. I have seen the most incredible people perform, including many of my favorites. It is just over the top and the "happiest place on earth" in my opinion, for those few days. I really hope you can attend sometime. You will be grinning big the whole time ;-) Kakki ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2007 17:36:21 -0800 From: Casey Certis-Milby Subject: Music played with attitude Music played with attitude - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Michael Brecker brought an edge to jazz and pop music 1/19/2007 Click to view larger picture Getty Images The mourning of tenor saxophonist Michael Brecker's passing transcends the jazz world. When jazz saxophonist Michael Brecker succumbed to leukemia Saturday, the plaudits all but immediately started appearing in the press. Pieces appeared hailing the man's prodigious gifts, noting his carrying on of the groundbreaking work of John Coltrane and Wayne Shorter, and touting his remarkable discography of recordings, measuring some 900 by the time of his death. At 57, Brecker was taken too soon. He was a masterful, eloquent jazz musician. The mourning of Brecker's passing transcends the jazz world, however. In fact, many fans of popular music may have been hearing Brecker for years, without even knowing it. Brecker's influence on the pop music of the past four decades is vast. He brought deep harmonic intelligence to a form of music not normally regaled for the depth of its musical information. In the process, he introduced jazz phrasing, chromatics, swing, the eloquence of tone and the virtues of improvisation to audiences largely unaccustomed to such. Did Brecker turn rock and pop fans on to jazz? Surely he did - at least a few. But even if hearing Brecker on a rock album didn't turn a listener into a rabid be-bop fan, even if the listener never even knew it was Brecker they were hearing, there remained something subversive about Brecker's "sneaking" jazz language into a pop discussion. Recall that Joni Mitchell was a revered "folk icon" in the mid-'70s, when she suddenly appeared fronting a jazz band with elements of folk, pop, rock and a pre-"dirty word" version of what is now called "fusion." This was the end of the '70s, and Mitchell had gathered some hot young guns, jazz legends in the making. Brecker, guitarist Pat Metheny, pianist Lyle Mays, bassist Jaco Pastorious, drummer Don Alias - this was a dream band, one quite adept at interpreting and augmenting Mitchell's then-recent forays into jazz-folk terrain, as exemplified by her brilliant "Mingus" album. Brecker simply killed on this tour, bringing added sophistication and taste to Mitchell's already hip compositions, and doubtless, baffling the members of her fan base who remained hardcore folkies, even after Mitchell had so clearly moved on from strict folk. All of this was captured on the live document "Shadows and Light," now available as both a remastered CD and concert DVD. Nearly 30 years on, this stuff still sounds like music from some pleasantly imagined future, one where rock isn't for dummies and jazz isn't for snooty guys who smoke pipes and have patches on the elbows of their corduroy jackets. It's all brave, adventurous, often even radical music played with a fiery attitude that is shared by the best jazz and rock music. Brecker's finest moments on record certainly come during his pure jazz recordings, and much will be written about those sessions and concerts in the coming weeks, as Brecker's death is lamented. (For my money, his playing on Metheny's "80/81" is one of his finest hours.) His efforts outside the strict confines of jazz will probably receive less attention. Conventional wisdom suggests that jazz musicians are slumming it when they play with rock and pop types, that indeed, they do it only for the money, stooping down to mix with the riff-raff in order to grab some quick cash with which to fund more artistic projects. This has certainly been the case with some players. But Brecker was an R&B and rock musician in his teens, long before he fully aligned himself with jazz. He never seemed to be faking it when he stepped outside of the cloistered jazz world. Here are a few of Brecker's finest "non-jazz" moments. "Same Old Song & Dance" and "Pandora's Box," from Aerosmith's "Get Your Wings" album. Some fine, funky, throaty playing. "True Confessions," from Blue Oyster Cult's "Agents of Fortune" album. Brother Randy Brecker joined him, spitting out some sassy R&B lines. "Further to Fly," from Paul Simon's "The Rhythm of the Saints" album. This is simply sublime, a blending of African music, pop and jazz harmony, as Brecker offers transcendent phrases on an electric wind instrument. Brecker was a jazz musician, first and foremost. But his work in popular music went a long way toward expanding the form's accepted language. He'll be missed by anyone who cares deeply for the music of the last 40 years. e-mail: jmiers@buffnews.com ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2007 21:40:35 -0600 From: Michael Paz Subject: Re: Saints and Paz and music (njc) Thanks so much for a great week Kakki. It was wonderful as always. We do have fun. I have been busy getting ready for the tour and trying to everything I need to do before I leave on Friday for a month. Love Paz On Jan 22, 2007, at 11:09 PM, wrote: Aw, I'm sad about the Saints, but what a team and a coach! There is always next year. I'm still recovering from Paz week - ha! As usual, hanging with the Paz man was endless fun and adventure. We hit the NAMM show and it seemed more packed then ever. Music overload - what bliss. My favorite episode was seeing Freebo and Jim Photoglo at our Steve Dulson's Living Tradition concert. Ahhhhhh.... Those two are touring mostly in California (Northern) these days and what a perfect gorgeous combo. Randy, Darice and NorCal people - check it out. I remember Photoglo when he was a local singer songwriter here back in the 70s and he hung with some of my fave local musicians. Now he has been in Nashville for 20 years and has written songs for everyone in every genre. Paul Williams - yes that Paul Williams - was in the audience to see them. He has co-written a number of songs with Jim. Also saw Lisa Haley and the Zydecats and Chuck Alvarez who plays sometimes with Barnaby Finch, who plays sometimes with our own Dave Blackburn. And an old music friend recently phoned me to tell me all about this great Joni Tribute band in San Diego which turned out to be Blackburn, et al. It is a small and wonderful music world. Thanks to Paz for another great time. Kakki NP: Maybe in a Dream (Photoglo-Vezner-Williams) ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2007 23:02:00 -0500 From: "Jeffrey Zinkerman" Subject: RE: New Haven Coliseum Demolition That's funny - I forgot about YES . Thanks for the feedback. I saw the circus there once; I just remember my dad getting angry about the parking ramp system and seeing our car barely fit around each turn. - -----Original Message----- From: anon anon [mailto:icnh@hotmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, January 23, 2007 3:10 PM To: Jeffrey Zinkerman; joni@smoe.org Subject: RE: New Haven Coliseum Demolition >From: "Jeffrey Zinkerman" >Reply-To: "Jeffrey Zinkerman" >To: >Subject: New Haven Coliseum Demolition >Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2007 18:34:04 -0500 > >Hi Everyone, > > > >The New Haven coliseum (New Haven, CT) was demolished over the weekend. >Was sad because there were a lot of great shows there. > > From the chronology on the website, it seems Joni played there twice - - >once on 11/13/75 and another on 2/23/76 > > > >Per chance, anyone on the list go to any of these shows ? Would like >to hear any stories. > > > >- Jeff Zink > > > > I was there! I live about 3 blocks away! I was suprised to see it talked about On CNN and CSNBC... It was kind of interesting to see... I saw Yes there in 1994. (I've seen Yes about 6 times. that was the worst Yes concert I've seen.) I saw the circus there, and the New Haven Nighthawks.. that's a very good memory because my grampa would take me... _________________________________________________________________ Turn searches into helpful donations. Make your search count. http://click4thecause.live.com/search/charity/default.aspx?source=hmemta gline_donation&FORM=WLMTAG

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