From: owner-joni-digest@smoe.org (JMDL Digest) To: joni-digest@smoe.org Subject: JMDL Digest V2014 #1542 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 Wednesday, December 3 2014 Volume 2014 : Number 1542 ========== TOPICS and authors in this Digest: -------- Mingus, LHMF, etc ["Susan E. McNamara" ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 3 Dec 2014 17:10:31 +0000 From: "Susan E. McNamara" Subject: Mingus, LHMF, etc I am loving the new box set ... Act IV was amazing. I was completely struck by Sweet Sucker Dance. What an amazing, moving song. It reminded me that, unlike a lot of others, I loved the album Mingus as soon as I heard it. Every song thrilled me, and I remember hawking it to anyone who would listen to me at the time. I was no stranger to jazz at the ripe age of 21 when Mingus came out. I have my brother to thank because, as a gifted trumpet player in high school, he introduced me to Louis Armstrong, Dizzy Gillespie, and Bix Beiderbecke. We actually called Jimmy Bix during that time because he was always playing his trumpet. We also listened to a lot of fusion including Return to Forever, so Mingus and the band Joni played with were not unfamiliar to me. After listening to Sweet Sucker Dance again in this format, I am once again awed by Joni's depth, the lyrics, the arrangement, everything, the drummer was even freaking me out ... I guess it was Tony Williams on that cut. Wow. Susan Tierney McNamara email: sem8@cornell.edu ------------------------------ End of JMDL Digest V2014 #1542 ****************************** ------- To post messages to the list,sendtojoni@smoe.org. Unsubscribe by clicking here: mailto:joni-digest-request@smoe.org?body=unsubscribe -------