From: owner-joni-digest@smoe.org (JMDL Digest) To: joni-digest@smoe.org Subject: JMDL Digest V2014 #1100 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 Monday, August 18 2014 Volume 2014 : Number 1100 ========== TOPICS and authors in this Digest: -------- Last Week Tonight with John Oliver: Ferguson, MO. & Police Militarization [simon@icu.c] re: Joni's best album vocally [c Karma ] Best vocal [jlhommedieu@insight.rr.com] Talking about Joni's voice ... ["Susan E. McNamara" ] re: Joni's best album vocally [Bob.Muller@Fluor.com] Re: Vince Mendoza's arrangements & orchestrations [Bob Muller - - - - - - War Zone In Ferguson: How Billions In Military Weapons Ended Up In The Hands Of Local Police AndSoItGoes, - - - - - - - - - simonM ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 18 Aug 2014 17:18:21 +0000 From: c Karma Subject: re: Joni's best album vocally Mostly lurking these days due to work loadwill be back soon I hopeCC What Bob said, although I think that Both Sides Now should get a special mention: Date: Sat, 16 Aug 2014 06:19:32 -0700 From: Bob Muller Subject: Joni's best album - vocally. what do you think is Joni's best albums vocally? > From a technical singing perspective, I vote for Mingus. From an emoting perspective, I would say Blue. Bob ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 18 Aug 2014 16:53:56 -0400 From: jlhommedieu@insight.rr.com Subject: Best vocal Truly, anything from LOTC through WTRF. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 18 Aug 2014 21:25:23 +0000 From: "Susan E. McNamara" Subject: Talking about Joni's voice ... What about her background vocals? I think except for Chaka Khan on DJRD, she never used a female background voice other than her own, and she always used that voice more like a chorus of winds or violins or cars screeching ... Sometimes I just listen to the background vocals and try to imitate them instead of the lead. It's hard. Car On A Hill, Song for Sharon, Hissing of Summer Lawns ... the way she layers the vocals is really amazing to me ... Come In From the Cold, Dog Eat Dog, etc etc Susan Tierney McNamara email: sem8@cornell.edu ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 18 Aug 2014 14:02:28 -0400 From: Bob.Muller@Fluor.com Subject: re: Joni's best album vocally I think that Both Sides Now should get a special mention> The whole album or just the title track? Frankly I think that vocally most of BSN is so-so, and what makes it stand out are Vince Mendoza's arrangements and the orchestration. Bob NP: Drive-By Truckers, "Natural Light" - ------------------------------------------------------------ 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. - ------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 18 Aug 2014 16:18:21 -0700 From: Bob Muller Subject: Re: Vince Mendoza's arrangements & orchestrations >we hoped and assumed that it would end up being done with a small jazz combo. Perhaps Herbie Hancock, Wayne Shorter, Larry Klein, Brian Blade and unspecified others. Alas, it was not to be.< And I agree 100% (and commented on that at the time). To hear her with a jazz trio or quartet or quintet would have been sublime and superior to what we got. As you say, it was not to be, so I have to evaluate what is and not what could have been. Given what we have, The orchestration, heavy-handed though it may be, has more interesting things going for it than Joni's vocals. Bob NP: Pink Floyd, "Animals" ------------------------------ End of JMDL Digest V2014 #1100 ****************************** ------- To post messages to the list,sendtojoni@smoe.org. Unsubscribe by clicking here: mailto:joni-digest-request@smoe.org?body=unsubscribe -------