From: owner-joni-digest@smoe.org (JMDL Digest) To: joni-digest@smoe.org Subject: JMDL Digest V2013 #1551 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 Friday, November 1 2013 Volume 2013 : Number 1551 ========== TOPICS and authors in this Digest: -------- Re: JMDL Digest V2013 #1537 [Debra Mann ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 1 Nov 2013 23:08:46 -0400 From: Debra Mann Subject: Re: JMDL Digest V2013 #1537 Laurie, I know what you mean about jazz snobs, but I find that the more mature the musician, the more open they are to anything that is good quality. I think every genre deals with elitists. The classical world has to be the worst, when it comes to snobbery. But, I think Duke Ellington said it best, "There are two kinds of music. Good music, and the other kind." You gotta love that. Ultimately, it comes down to personal taste, though. To this day, I still can't quite explain my love for Neil Young's singing. LOL! Debra Mann PS I just backed Laurie's project on Indiegogo, and I highly recommend others do the same. On Nov 1, 2013, at 7:54 PM, JMDL Digest wrote: > > JMDL Digest Friday, November 1 2013 Volume 2013 : Number 1537 > > > > ========== > > TOPICS and authors in this Digest: > -------- > Jazz Snobs [Laurie Antonioli ] > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Date: Fri, 1 Nov 2013 16:54:07 -0700 > From: Laurie Antonioli > Subject: Jazz Snobs > > I haven't had time to follow all the recent posts about the "Kate Perry > incident" but, no one is snobbier than jazz musicians. It's been > interesting to me that many of them have "come clean" about how much Joni > has touched them. And, many jazz singers have included Joni's songs on > their recordings. Tierney Sutton's latest is an example, though her story > is that she didn't even get hip to Joni until about 13 years or so ago. > Some of us, like me, started with Joni and then went on to jazz. As you > know, I'm making a new record of Joni's music and I tell the story here: > > http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/songs-of-shadow-songs-of-light/x/1830694 > > And I'm not the least bit snobby about Joni's impact on me. Believe it or > not, the "jazz police" have given me a couple tickets already! > > The biggest point, to me, is that music is not clearly one thing or the > other. At least in jazz, all the masters now are gone. Just a handful > left. And with that, the young jazz musicians are calling on all their > "childhood" influences - jazz singing is such a genre-bending affair > anymore that it's hard to even know how to classify the new crop of "jazz > singers." I deal with this all the time as I run the Vocal Program at a > jazz institution. > > Back to Joni - her music lends itself to jazz, as she was deeply influenced > by jazz music, but, it also transcends and crosses over to people who like > pop, folk, rock, country and so on. Her music, depending on "who" is doing > it can live in any of these environments and THAT is what makes it like > Ellington or Cole Porter. Her songs are like the "Great American Songbook" > or "Standards" which were written in the 1930's and 40's. From 1960's on > up, Joni carved out a niche that works in many settings and because of > that, will live on as some of the most important popular music ever written. > > Laurie Antonioli > > ------------------------------ > > End of JMDL Digest V2013 #1537 > ****************************** > > ------- > 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 V2013 #1551 ****************************** ------- To post messages to the list, sendtojoni@smoe.org. Unsubscribe by clicking here: mailto:joni-digest-request@smoe.org?body=unsubscribe -------