From: owner-joni-digest@smoe.org (JMDL Digest) To: joni-digest@smoe.org Subject: JMDL Digest V2014 #1562 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, December 5 2014 Volume 2014 : Number 1562 ========== TOPICS and authors in this Digest: -------- Re: Kurt Elling recorded "River" NJC [Bob.Muller@Fluor.com] River [Paul ] RE: JMDL Digest V2014 #1561 [Bob.Muller@Fluor.com] Upgrade my Guitar Arsenal (Pt.1) [simon@icu.com] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 5 Dec 2014 07:53:53 -0500 From: Bob.Muller@Fluor.com Subject: Re: Kurt Elling recorded "River" NJC Hi Mark - that Adelle Dezeem cover of River is probably the highest profile River cover of the year. Joni made some good royalty pennies on that one and shouldn't really care if Idina was smiling, scowling, or whatever. That Fleet Foxes song is awesome and it's just as appropriate that it's on a Holiday CD as River I suppose. I'm ready for another Fleet Foxes album. Bob NP: Stevie Wonder, " Finale" From: "Mark" To: "Laurie Antonioli" , "JMDL" , "Bob.Muller@Fluor.com" , Date: 12/05/2014 12:39 AM Subject: Re: Kurt Elling recorded "River" I was in Starbucks earlier this week and noticed that Idina Menzel of 'Wicked' fame has a Christmas CD out with 'River' on it. But then I'm sure Bob already knows that! Bob, are you familiar with the a cappella group 'Pentatonix'? Travis bought their Christmas CD. It's pretty good although I wish they would not have relied on the drum machines so much. Anyway, they do a cover of Fleet Foxes 'White Winter Hymnal' on it. Don't know how Christmasy that is but it actually sounds pretty nice. Mark in Seattle - -----Original Message----- From: Laurie Antonioli Sent: Thursday, December 04, 2014 2:08 PM To: JMDL ; Bob.Muller@Fluor.com Subject: Kurt Elling recorded "River" with his former musical director, Laurence Hobgood, on Laurence's new recording "Christmas." Just listened - it's really nice. Just one more jazz singer digging Joni! : ) Laurie - ------------------------------------------------------------ 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 and all computers and other devices. Any views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender and may not necessarily reflect the views of the company. - ------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 05 Dec 2014 03:15:09 -0500 From: Paul Subject: River Bob, Make sure to throw away any covers of River in which it sounds like the singer might be smiling. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 5 Dec 2014 13:49:56 -0500 From: Bob.Muller@Fluor.com Subject: RE: JMDL Digest V2014 #1561 Break a leg Kimberly! Here's the link with more info on the gig: http://www.sohosb.com/event/721591-celebration-joni-mitchell-santa-barbara/ What else is on the EP? When will it be available? Bob NP: Pink Floyd, "It's What We Do" From: "kimberly" To: , Date: 12/05/2014 01:34 PM Subject: RE: JMDL Digest V2014 #1561 Sent by: owner-joni@smoe.org I'm throwing one more "River" into the stream having just recorded it last night for my EP, A Celebration of Joni Mitchell. I'm two days away from my Sun. Dec. 7th 7:00PM concert of all Joni compositions at Soho in Santa Barbara. If you're nearby I hope anyone and everyone can make it. Going deeply with this music has been a fantastic journey and I feel like I've just begun, though Blue was my first album growing up. Question: Does anyone know what Joni's guitar rig was for "Black Crow?" We can't seem to come up with a guitar that can hold onto the low Bb without going all flappy and out of tune. - -----Original Message----- From: owner-joni-digest@smoe.org [mailto:owner-joni-digest@smoe.org] Sent: Friday, December 05, 2014 12:00 AM To: joni-digest@smoe.org Subject: JMDL Digest V2014 #1561 JMDL Digest Friday, December 5 2014 Volume 2014 : Number 1561 ========== TOPICS and authors in this Digest: - -------- RE: Kurt Elling recorded "River" ["Susan E. McNamara" ] Re: Kurt Elling recorded "River" [Bob.Muller@Fluor.com] Re: Kurt Elling recorded "River" ["Mark" ] - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 4 Dec 2014 22:57:32 +0000 From: "Susan E. McNamara" Subject: RE: Kurt Elling recorded "River" Kurt Elling was great at Joni's Jazz in LA, 2010 right? As I recall he did Edith and the Kingpin. That was a great show (with some great friends in attendance!). Susan Tierney McNamara email: sem8@cornell.edu - - -----Original Message----- From: owner-joni@smoe.org [mailto:owner-joni@smoe.org] On Behalf Of Bob.Muller@Fluor.com Sent: Thursday, December 04, 2014 5:22 PM To: Laurie Antonioli Cc: JMDL Subject: Re: Kurt Elling recorded "River" Indeed - Elling is one of Kakki's favorites. This was on Hobgood's 2013 release and is coming up on Volume #205. That's how far behind I am with these things, just getting LAST YEAR'S River's out there NOW. Plus there was truly a glut of them last year, this year has not been as many. Just stumbled on one this afternoon from Canadian vocalist Maureen Washington. Bob NP: Stevie Wonder, "Same Old Story" (Been playing Stevie all day today due to Victor's Facebook posts...what a career he has had. I have gone all the way back to the "Little Stevie Wonder" stuff, through those incredible 70's releases and his latest work as well, and barely scanned the surface of his 50+ years of recording. A Wonder to be sure) From: Laurie Antonioli To: JMDL , "Bob.Muller@Fluor.com" , Date: 12/04/2014 05:09 PM Subject: Kurt Elling recorded "River" Sent by: owner-joni@smoe.org with his former musical director, Laurence Hobgood, on Laurence's new recording "Christmas." Just listened - it's really nice. Just one more jazz singer digging Joni! : ) Laurie - - ------------------------------------------------------------ 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 and all computers and other devices. Any views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender and may not necessarily reflect the views of the company. - - ------------------------------------------------------------ - ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 4 Dec 2014 17:22:13 -0500 From: Bob.Muller@Fluor.com Subject: Re: Kurt Elling recorded "River" Indeed - Elling is one of Kakki's favorites. This was on Hobgood's 2013 release and is coming up on Volume #205. That's how far behind I am with these things, just getting LAST YEAR'S River's out there NOW. Plus there was truly a glut of them last year, this year has not been as many. Just stumbled on one this afternoon from Canadian vocalist Maureen Washington. Bob NP: Stevie Wonder, "Same Old Story" (Been playing Stevie all day today due to Victor's Facebook posts...what a career he has had. I have gone all the way back to the "Little Stevie Wonder" stuff, through those incredible 70's releases and his latest work as well, and barely scanned the surface of his 50+ years of recording. A Wonder to be sure) From: Laurie Antonioli To: JMDL , "Bob.Muller@Fluor.com" , Date: 12/04/2014 05:09 PM Subject: Kurt Elling recorded "River" Sent by: owner-joni@smoe.org with his former musical director, Laurence Hobgood, on Laurence's new recording "Christmas." Just listened - it's really nice. Just one more jazz singer digging Joni! : ) Laurie - - ------------------------------------------------------------ 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 and all computers and other devices. Any views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender and may not necessarily reflect the views of the company. - - ------------------------------------------------------------ - ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 4 Dec 2014 21:39:21 -0800 From: "Mark" Subject: Re: Kurt Elling recorded "River" I was in Starbucks earlier this week and noticed that Idina Menzel of 'Wicked' fame has a Christmas CD out with 'River' on it. But then I'm sure Bob already knows that! Bob, are you familiar with the a cappella group 'Pentatonix'? Travis bought their Christmas CD. It's pretty good although I wish they would not have relied on the drum machines so much. Anyway, they do a cover of Fleet Foxes 'White Winter Hymnal' on it. Don't know how Christmasy that is but it actually sounds pretty nice. Mark in Seattle - - -----Original Message----- From: Laurie Antonioli Sent: Thursday, December 04, 2014 2:08 PM To: JMDL ; Bob.Muller@Fluor.com Subject: Kurt Elling recorded "River" with his former musical director, Laurence Hobgood, on Laurence's new recording "Christmas." Just listened - it's really nice. Just one more jazz singer digging Joni! : ) Laurie - ------------------------------ End of JMDL Digest V2014 #1561 ****************************** - ------- To post messages to the list,sendtojoni@smoe.org. 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From 1979 until the mid-'80s, she performed with five George Benson model Ibanez guitars, which were set up by Joel Bernstein and Larry Cragg with a range of string gauges to accommodate her tunings. At that time, the Roland Jazz Chorus amp - which was invented, Mitchell says, so she could replicate her Hejira sound in performance - was an important component of her live sound. These days, Mitchell's main acoustics are a Martin D-45, a Martin D-28, and two Collings - a D2H dreadnought and the 3/4-size Baby seen in the cover photo - that she calls "the best acoustic guitars I've found since I lost my dear one." She says, "I need really good intonation, and one of the signs of really good intonation is how flashy the harmonics are with a light touch. You should be able to get them to bloom like jewels. Both those guitars have that capacity. Of the two, the big one [which was the primary guitar for Turbulent Indigo] records better, but the little one is so sweet to cradle. It's just the right size for sitting. I write a lot on it and I travel with it, which is kind of scary. I carry it on board with me, because I won't take a chance on it. I won't let it go into the hold and get mushed like my beloved." For performance, her acoustics are equipped with Highlander pickups, which she uses in combination with an external microphone. In the last year, Mitchell has almost exclusively played an electric guitar made by Fred Walecki of Westwood Music in Los Angeles, which she uses with the Roland VG-8 processor to electronically create her alternate tunings. The guitar is made with a very lightweight German spruce body and a neck that's somewhere between that of a Martin and a Stratocaster. That "electric guitar made by Fred Walecki" was actually a modified Fender Stratocaster. That's the guitar she played at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival in 1995. There are two pictures at Within a few months she found and switched to the Parker FLY Guitar, a lightweight electric Both of these guitars were used in conjunction with the Roland VG-8: V-Guitar System If <>you're interested in Joni's acoustic guitars, check out the COLLINGS Guitar WebSite. Collings D2H Collings <>'Baby' Series As for the Alvarez Baritone Guitar mentioned by Dave Blackburn, check out the following. ABT60 - Artist 60 Series Baritone - MSRP $599.00 <>It's an interesting option and worthy of consideration. There are two other options to consider. Stay tuned for "Upgrade my Guitar Arsenal (Pt.2)" <> AndSoItGoes, - - - - - - - - - simonM ------------------------------ End of JMDL Digest V2014 #1562 ****************************** ------- To post messages to the list,sendtojoni@smoe.org. Unsubscribe by clicking here: mailto:joni-digest-request@smoe.org?body=unsubscribe -------