From: owner-joni-digest@smoe.org (JMDL Digest) To: joni-digest@smoe.org Subject: JMDL Digest V2013 #1572 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, November 2 2013 Volume 2013 : Number 1572 ========== TOPICS and authors in this Digest: -------- Re: Jazz Snobs [Victor ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sat, 2 Nov 2013 10:21:31 -0400 From: Victor Subject: Re: Jazz Snobs McCoy Tyner isn't gone. He was, in fact, the first big concert that Coltrane went, appropriately enough. Sent from my iPhone > On Nov 2, 2013, at 10:09 AM, David Lahm wrote: > > With one claim in Laurie's "jazz snobs" post, I could not disagree more: > "the masters are all gone." Joe Lovano isn't gone; Ted Rosenthal isn't > gone; Billy Hart isn't gone; Jon Faddis isn't gone; Mark Dresser isn't > gone; Eddie Gomez isn't gone; Chick Corea isn't gone; Dave Liebman isn't > gone. > > > > DAVID LAHM > > > On Fri, Nov 1, 2013 at 7:54 PM, Laurie Antonioli > wrote: > >> 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 #1572 ****************************** ------- To post messages to the list, sendtojoni@smoe.org. Unsubscribe by clicking here: mailto:joni-digest-request@smoe.org?body=unsubscribe -------