From: owner-joni-digest@smoe.org (JMDL Digest) To: joni-digest@smoe.org Subject: JMDL Digest V2007 #436 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 Tuesday, October 30 2007 Volume 2007 : Number 436 ========== TOPICS and authors in this Digest: -------- Re: Herbie, Joni and more bits [] RE: JMDL Digest V2007 #434 NJC ["Eric Taylor" ] Sting, Joni Mitchell Lead Herbie Tribute Concert ["Laurent Olszer" ] Re: feminism NJC ["Eric Taylor" ] Re: Joni Smokes in Bed... ["Eric Taylor" ] Re: Herbie, Joni and more bits [Michael Paz ] Re: Sting, Joni Mitchell Lead Herbie Tribute Concert [Michael Paz ] Re: Herbie tribute and JONI tonight ["Eric Taylor" ] Folk Uke [Michael Paz ] Re: Re Herbie tribute and JONI tonight [Michael Paz ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 29 Oct 2007 19:11:43 -0700 From: Subject: Re: Herbie, Joni and more bits Oh I was so wrong about Herbie's age (sorry to Herbie). I had read in some official review of his new work that he was 73 but he is only 67 going on 35! I had wondered about the 73 myself because he used to appear back in the day at my college campus student union and he was not that old then! More stuff I left out last night in my high and exhausted state: Before singing Tea Leaf, Joni spoke very sweetly about her mother. She said that when her mother passed away, she received condolences from all over the world in different languages and that many referred to her mom as Molly McGee. Joni said that the song was about her mother but her name was Myrtle. She referred to her a few times as a "little Irish girl" (which made my heart skip a bit) and described her mom and a friend getting all dressed up to go to high tea at a fancy hotel and having her tea leaves read. Joni then proceeded to sing Tea Leaf with the name Myrtle and some of the lyrics substituted from the original. Joni's fans in high presence: While Herbie was being officially lauded some in the audience politely shouted out "We love you, Herbie." Then there was one nearby who politely shouted out "We love you, Joni." I smiled and said - "oh, perhaps one of our lurkers." But then, there was another faction of boys from apparently the Joni frat house who started constantly yelling "JOE-OHH-NEY!! OO-RAH, JO-UNNIE!!" Oh God, they went on and on! They were seated in an exclusive private balcony which made me wonder. Then I was thinking - oh I hope they are NOT any of our lurkers! ;-) Quincy Jones related his philosophy of the creative life, which I had heard before and just loved. He paraphrased a little last night but basically said "Creativity must have humility, success must have grace, that's the way God wants it to be." I had previously heard it a little differently that "God will take it (creativity) away from you if you don't have humility and grace." As a former and sometimes current creative sort, I highly agree with his words of wisdom. Paz got A LOT of good stuff captured! ;-) I have seen previews of the pics and they are great - all things considered that it was being done on the sly. There were several professionals filming the night and I would love to know where the finished product will show up. Maybe we need to keep an eye on Herbie's website. Let us all wish that the big guys will tour with Joni. Oh my, this is what she needs!! Kakki ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 29 Oct 2007 23:29:23 -0500 From: "Eric Taylor" Subject: RE: JMDL Digest V2007 #434 NJC I'm a little concerned by this post which included the entire digest all broken up at the end. Could this have happened because of a virus or worm? Or was it just not knowing how to copy & paste into an e-mail? ET Mary Morris Subject: RE: JMDL Digest V2007 #434 PLEASE PLEASE ANNOUNCE JONI'S UPCOMING TV APPEARANCE NEXT SUNDAY ON CBS' SUNDAY MORNING. THE NEWS IS NOT ON HER WEBSITE. GREETINGS FROM THE TRIPLE M Down a gravel road, where the barb wire meets the sky. MARY M. MORRIS............................................................................................................................................................................................ "Of the darkness in mens minds what can you say that wasn't marked by history or the TV news today? He gets away with murder." ~JM, TWTLIL ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 30 Oct 2007 00:56:06 +0100 From: "Laurent Olszer" Subject: Sting, Joni Mitchell Lead Herbie Tribute Concert Thanks to Michael Paz's early announcement of the event, i was able to turn my L.A. buddy Eric Baum into attending Sunday's concert. Following is Eric's report. Excuse him for not being a Joni freak, he has many other qualities. Laurent "She looked great. Received with standing ovation when introduced as a "true renaissance human" by Herbie. He talked a bit about her diverse artistic endeavors. She opened with the song about her mother (name escapes me) but she confirmed that it was about her mother and that she had initially changed the name of the character in the song but that her mother had died last year at 94 and she was OK now to use her mothers' name. She performed two songs. Big band onstage led by HH with Wayne Shorter on the sax. great performance. Other highlights of the evening included Nancy Wilson, Hubert Laws, Chris Botti and Sting. Sting did a soft version of My Funny Valentine with Terrence Blanchard playing the old Miles Davis slot. It was amazing to have this level of players all in the house at one time playing a well stages 3 plus hour show. (Including the initial Thelonious Monk Trumpet competition. All for a good cause and purpose with very positive energy. Truly one of the most amazing collections of musicians and they all performed beautifully. They taped it for some kind of broadcast so you should be able to see it at some point. What a concert! ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 29 Oct 2007 20:38:33 -0700 (PDT) From: Bryan Subject: Subject: Re: Herbie tribute and JONI tonight Reports from the field indicate Joni is trim, but I can't reconcile that with this photo. Is something wrong with this photo? What's up? http://www.variety.com/review/VE1117935235.html?categoryid=34&cs=1 ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 29 Oct 2007 22:48:08 -0400 (EDT) From: Catherine McKay Subject: Re: Herbie, Joni and more bits - --- kbhla@fastmail.fm wrote: > Before singing Tea Leaf, Joni spoke very sweetly > about her mother. She said > that when her mother passed away, she received > condolences from all over the > world in different languages and that many referred > to her mom as Molly > McGee. Joni said that the song was about her mother > but her name was > Myrtle. She referred to her a few times as a > "little Irish girl" (which > made my heart skip a bit) and described her mom and > a friend getting all > dressed up to go to high tea at a fancy hotel and > having her tea leaves > read. Joni then proceeded to sing Tea Leaf with the > name Myrtle and some of > the lyrics substituted from the original. She does sing "Myrtle McKee gets her tea leaves read" in the Joni Letters version. Thanks for letting us live vicariously. Wouldn't it be nice if this show went on tour and we could all be there! Catherine ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 30 Oct 2007 00:04:10 -0500 From: "Eric Taylor" Subject: Re: feminism NJC Monika responded: >>But not all men are so driven by testosterone that it makes them violent or crazy. I could never be a feminist. I'm for all people, not one gender or another. You know what? I actually get along better with males than females. Most of my friends are guys.<< I think that most feminists root for all people. I never said that all men are bad, citing Jesus as being the best example of a man. One of the greatest compliments I've ever been paid was from my lesbian friend who said I was the least macho man she had ever met. My friends have always been equally men and women, straight and gay. Perhaps I was being too politically correct when I wrote my original post. What I tried to convey without being too blunt is that these conservative fundamentalists of all faiths and sexes seem to worship their own balls and the unborn babies they produce, spending trillions on their endless wars and vetoing care for their endless babies. ET "Of the darkness in mens minds what can you say That wasn't marked by history or the TV news today? He gets away with murder." ~Joni Mitchell, The Wolf That Lives In Lindsey ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 30 Oct 2007 00:35:36 -0500 From: "Eric Taylor" Subject: Re: Joni Smokes in Bed... Christopher chimes in: >>like we didn't already know. Ha! Hope this isn't old news<< GOOD ONE!!! I love this latest photo! And both stories about Joni in Vanity Fair. I never knew she was so "hilarious." What struck me about the photo bio was no mention of her four (or five?) Grammies. I suspect that Joni must have requested not to include it. They mentioned Grammies in all the other bios. But what made me actually buy the mag was the wonderful photo of Buffy Sainte-Marie and Richie Havens. Are they a couple??? ET "When this place is a moonscape don't say I didn't warn ya!" ~JM, TP ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 29 Oct 2007 21:49:56 -0700 From: Michael Paz Subject: Re: Herbie, Joni and more bits I already told you it's gonna happen. Not a long tour, but it will e longer than her last ones and she will have a great time and be inspired and record again soon. I also predict that she will fall in love again soon. Paz Michael Paz michael@thepazgroup.com Tour Manager Preservation Hall Jazz Band http://www.preservationhall.com On Oct 29, 2007, at 7:48 PM, Catherine McKay wrote: - --- kbhla@fastmail.fm wrote: > Before singing Tea Leaf, Joni spoke very sweetly > about her mother. She said > that when her mother passed away, she received > condolences from all over the > world in different languages and that many referred > to her mom as Molly > McGee. Joni said that the song was about her mother > but her name was > Myrtle. She referred to her a few times as a > "little Irish girl" (which > made my heart skip a bit) and described her mom and > a friend getting all > dressed up to go to high tea at a fancy hotel and > having her tea leaves > read. Joni then proceeded to sing Tea Leaf with the > name Myrtle and some of > the lyrics substituted from the original. She does sing "Myrtle McKee gets her tea leaves read" in the Joni Letters version. Thanks for letting us live vicariously. Wouldn't it be nice if this show went on tour and we could all be there! Catherine ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 29 Oct 2007 21:48:49 -0700 From: Michael Paz Subject: Re: Sting, Joni Mitchell Lead Herbie Tribute Concert Thanks Laurent. So I don;t guess it was your friend that was howling "we love you Joooooooni" from the balcony??? LOL Paz Michael Paz michael@thepazgroup.com Tour Manager Preservation Hall Jazz Band http://www.preservationhall.com On Oct 29, 2007, at 4:56 PM, Laurent Olszer wrote: Thanks to Michael Paz's early announcement of the event, i was able to turn my L.A. buddy Eric Baum into attending Sunday's concert. Following is Eric's report. Excuse him for not being a Joni freak, he has many other qualities. Laurent "She looked great. Received with standing ovation when introduced as a "true renaissance human" by Herbie. He talked a bit about her diverse artistic endeavors. She opened with the song about her mother (name escapes me) but she confirmed that it was about her mother and that she had initially changed the name of the character in the song but that her mother had died last year at 94 and she was OK now to use her mothers' name. She performed two songs. Big band onstage led by HH with Wayne Shorter on the sax. great performance. Other highlights of the evening included Nancy Wilson, Hubert Laws, Chris Botti and Sting. Sting did a soft version of My Funny Valentine with Terrence Blanchard playing the old Miles Davis slot. It was amazing to have this level of players all in the house at one time playing a well stages 3 plus hour show. (Including the initial Thelonious Monk Trumpet competition. All for a good cause and purpose with very positive energy. Truly one of the most amazing collections of musicians and they all performed beautifully. They taped it for some kind of broadcast so you should be able to see it at some point. What a concert! ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 29 Oct 2007 22:08:23 -0700 From: "paul meyer-strom" Subject: Re Herbie tribute and JONI tonight Thank you so much for the inspiring review, Kakki. I want to be there. (I don't suppose they taped it?) It sounds amazingly wonderful. paul ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 30 Oct 2007 01:10:41 -0500 From: "Eric Taylor" Subject: Re: Herbie tribute and JONI tonight Kakki reported (in part): >>Then---you won't believe it---but she next sang Hana with all of them and it was nothing like on Shine. All who may not like the song too much myself included) would become an instant convert hearing it live with all these amazing greats backing her up. She seemed to be having the best time and was just belting it out and rocking and dancing. There is a new Joni in town, my friends. I think we felt like we were seeing Joni perform 30 years ago. It was just amazing.<< Thank you SO much Kakki for sharing this excellent review!!! It made me feel like I was there in spirit. May I say that I am not at all surprised that they played Hana. I've absolutely adored the studio version since my first listen and can almost hear it being played by such an awesome band! My first impression of Hana was that it sounded like a new song by Weather Report. I attended several concerts by Joni 30 years ago and was mind blown. I'll never forget her reworking of Banquet back in (I believe) 1983. But Joni's past stuff doesn't thrill me nearly as much as all of the later stuff from WTRF on. TI still might be my all time fav but Travelogue is definitely up there. And Shine has captured me like no other album in many many years. Herbie's latest River is a masterpiece and I dweam that they all tour together. A little jealous... ;~) ET ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 29 Oct 2007 23:19:26 -0700 From: Michael Paz Subject: Folk Uke Check out my friends Kathy Guthrie and Amy Nelson and their video of "Shit Makes The Flowers Grow" as well as one of the songs they did on the City of New Orleans tour when we hit Tipitinas. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xlIOI3fDz5c http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kmtHOlOw-dM and of course while you are there you can check out Jack Neilson. Best Paz (in Palm Springs with a night off and having a chance to play on the internet for a change. After last night I don't know WHAT to do with myself.) Michael Paz michael@thepazgroup.com Tour Manager Preservation Hall Jazz Band http://www.preservationhall.com ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 29 Oct 2007 23:20:22 -0700 From: Michael Paz Subject: Re: Re Herbie tribute and JONI tonight It was being taped with multiple cameras. Don't know by who or for what though. Best Paz Michael Paz michael@thepazgroup.com Tour Manager Preservation Hall Jazz Band http://www.preservationhall.com On Oct 29, 2007, at 10:08 PM, paul meyer-strom wrote: Thank you so much for the inspiring review, Kakki. I want to be there. (I don't suppose they taped it?) It sounds amazingly wonderful. paul ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 29 Oct 2007 23:21:31 -0700 From: Michael Paz Subject: Re: Herbie tribute and JONI tonight I love that version of Banquet from that tour and I was fortunate enough to see In Baton Rouge,La. Paz Michael Paz michael@thepazgroup.com Tour Manager Preservation Hall Jazz Band http://www.preservationhall.com On Oct 29, 2007, at 11:10 PM, Eric Taylor wrote: Kakki reported (in part): >> Then---you won't believe it---but she next sang Hana with all of >> them and it was nothing like on Shine. All who may not like the >> song too much myself included) would become an instant convert >> hearing it live with all these amazing greats backing her up. She >> seemed to be having the best time and was just belting it out and >> rocking and dancing. There is a new Joni in town, my friends. I >> think we felt like we were seeing Joni perform 30 years ago. It >> was just amazing.<< Thank you SO much Kakki for sharing this excellent review!!! It made me feel like I was there in spirit. May I say that I am not at all surprised that they played Hana. I've absolutely adored the studio version since my first listen and can almost hear it being played by such an awesome band! My first impression of Hana was that it sounded like a new song by Weather Report. I attended several concerts by Joni 30 years ago and was mind blown. I'll never forget her reworking of Banquet back in (I believe) 1983. But Joni's past stuff doesn't thrill me nearly as much as all of the later stuff from WTRF on. TI still might be my all time fav but Travelogue is definitely up there. And Shine has captured me like no other album in many many years. Herbie's latest River is a masterpiece and I dweam that they all tour together. A little jealous... ;~) ET ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 29 Oct 2007 23:23:02 -0700 From: "Kate Bennett" Subject: Herbie tribute and JONI tonight Awesome! Thanks for the report Kakki & even though I couldn't be there I'm so excited ya'll could be & especially thrilled for Joni & for us because once again she is PERFORMING NEW SONGS! And what a lineup! >Paz, Lesli, Pete, Rick, Brad and I all floated into and out of the Kodak Theater tonight for one of the most breathtaking nights of music I have ever experienced.< I just can't begin to describe it all but there was Herbie, ------------------------------ End of JMDL Digest V2007 #436 ***************************** ------- Post messages to the list by clicking here: mailto:joni@smoe.org Unsubscribe by clicking here: mailto:joni-digest-request@smoe.org?body=unsubscribe -------