From: owner-joni-digest@smoe.org (JMDL Digest) To: joni-digest@smoe.org Subject: JMDL Digest V2012 #1092 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 Website:http://jonimitchell.com JMDL Digest Saturday, August 11 2012 Volume 2012 : Number 1092 ========== TOPICS and authors in this Digest: -------- Re: JMDL Digest V2012 #1091 [David Gizara ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sat, 11 Aug 2012 13:51:24 -0700 From: David Gizara Subject: Re: JMDL Digest V2012 #1091 Just so ridiculous that a "jazz" club wouldn't book your Joni project. Kenny's take on "I Had A King" and your ""Down To You" were both on my 2012 JM Jazz Summer Solstice Radio Special, which I'm trying to load now to send out to some who wanted it. David Gizara Thursday Night Jazz KLCC on face book. www.klcc.org On Aug 11, 2012, at 12:50 PM, JMDL Digest wrote: > > JMDL Digest Saturday, August 11 2012 Volume 2012 : > Number 1091 > > > > ========== > > TOPICS and authors in this Digest: > -------- > Re: Kenny Werner on Joni, the voice of God [Robin Adler > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Date: Sat, 11 Aug 2012 12:46:59 -0700 > From: Robin Adler > Subject: Re: Kenny Werner on Joni, the voice of God > > Hi Steve, > > I love that quote and thanks for sharing it. I just sent it to a > local jazz club in our area that has been reluctant to book our Joni > band because they don't consider Joni jazz enough. You can't get > much more reputable than Kenney Werner in the jazz community. Let > them try singing "Chair in the Sky". Maybe we'll get the gig now. > I'll let you know. > > > Robin > On Aug 11, 2012, at 11:00 AM, Steve Dulson wrote: > >> Spotted by Michele in the Aug 8 LA Times, the jazz pianist discusses >> his influences, including: >> >> Joni Mitchell: Officially my favorite artist. If you remember the >> old TV show "Biography," the opening always featured drawings of >> some of the most influential people of the 20th century: Babe Ruth, >> Albert Einstein, etc. I would pencil her in right there. It's way >> too limiting to label her "folk singer" or any other label, for >> that matter. She is the Babe Ruth of folk and jazz singing and >> composition. The blend of her lyrics (one of the greatest poets to >> my ears) with her chords and melodies, even the dramatic inflection >> she used to tell her stories, is unique. One is tempted to say that >> Joni Mitchell is a gift from God. One might even call her the voice >> of God. >> >> *************************************************** >> Steve Dulson Costa Mesa CA >> FAR-West (Folk Alliance Region - West) >> tinkersown@ca.rr.com www.far-west.org > > ------------------------------ > > End of JMDL Digest V2012 #1091 > ****************************** > > ------- > To post messages to the list, sendtojoni@smoe.org. > Unsubscribe by clicking here: > mailto:joni-digest-request@smoe.org?body=unsubscribe > ------- ------------------------------ End of JMDL Digest V2012 #1092 ****************************** ------- To post messages to the list, sendtojoni@smoe.org. Unsubscribe by clicking here: mailto:joni-digest-request@smoe.org?body=unsubscribe -------