From: owner-joni-digest@smoe.org (JMDL Digest) To: joni-digest@smoe.org Subject: JMDL Digest V2014 #1873 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, March 11 2015 Volume 2014 : Number 1873 ========== TOPICS and authors in this Digest: -------- Re: JMDL Digest V2014 #1860 ["Susan E. McNamara" ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 11 Mar 2015 11:20:07 +0000 From: "Susan E. McNamara" Subject: Re: JMDL Digest V2014 #1860 Unfortunately we were not able to get it recorded this year. They were scrambling at the last minute to find someone to do it but it didn't happen. :-( Sent from my iPhone > On Mar 10, 2015, at 10:16 PM, "Rebecca Alexander" wrote: > > Wow --thanks for the review Susan. Any chance this was recorded? I would have > loved to hear this. > Becky in Indiana > > Sent via the Samsung Galaxy NoteB. 3, an AT&T 4G LTE smartphone > >
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> > JMDL Digest Tuesday, March 10 2015 Volume 2014 : Number 1860 > > > > ========== > > TOPICS and authors in this Digest: > -------- > Re: Review of 6th Annual Joni Mitchell Tribute, Ithaca, NY [Anita Gabriel] > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Date: Tue, 10 Mar 2015 19:28:40 +0000 > From: Anita Gabrielle > Subject: Re: Review of 6th Annual Joni Mitchell Tribute, Ithaca, NY > > Wow,Sue that sounds just amazing! That must have been quite an eclectic mix > and Ephemera sounded particularly intriguing from your review. What a > fantastic night it sounds, > Anita > > > >> On 10 Mar 2015, at 17:39, Susan E. McNamara wrote: >> >> Dear friends, >> >> Actually our tributes started much earlier than 6 years ago, and Ithaca > LOVES >> Joni Mitchell. Patti Witten, my friend, and a wonderful singer/songwriter, >> came up with an idea all those years ago to have an Only Joni Open Mic at a >> local coffee shop called Juna's Cafe. To make a long story short, the > first >> open mic was standing room only with people having to be turned away for >> signups. The first person to perform pretty much set the stage for the > next >> several years of Joni Mitchell tributes in Ithaca. Joe Gaylord, a local > blues >> musician, played The Wolf That Lives In Lindsay in the correct tuning, and >> insisted on audience participation during the wolf howling section. What a >> night! So here we are, two open mics and 5 annual tributes under our belt > to >> March 7, 2015. Again, a full house. >> >> Joe Gaylord is now our impresario, and has coordinated all of the Joni >> Mitchell tributes at the Community School of Music and Arts. All proceeds > go >> to their scholarship fund for music and art students at the school. >> >> The performances this year were all solid, with deep tracks and crowd >> favorites, but the theme to me this year was harmonies. Here is the > setlist: >> >> >> 1. Joe Gaylord, voice and guitar - Rainy Night House and Moon At The >> Window. Joe always captures the soulful feel of Joni's songs, and I love > that >> he jazzed it up on MATW. Beautiful tune! >> >> 2. Me! Sue Tierney McNamara, voice and guitar - I played in FFCGAC >> tuning. I Don't Know Where I Stand and an unreleased tune, Go Tell The >> Drummer Man written around 1966-67. >> >> 3. Joannalyn Delacruz, piano - Joannalyn played a medley of Come In > From >> The Cold and All I Want. An emotional and creative performance. >> >> 4. Kara Eaton, voice and piano, with Donald, bass - Kara is one of > our >> courageous students of Joni's music and played The Boho Dance from Hissing > of >> Summer Lawns. Donald backed her up with a great driving bass line. >> >> 5. Laura Peters, voice and Sergio Pedro, guitar - Laura and Sergio >> performed the crowd pleasers Both Sides Now and Big Yellow Taxi. Laura's >> voice was lovely and Sergio was faithful to Joni's guitar style. >> >> 6. Christine Evans, voice, Timothy, guitar, and Eric Miller, piano. >> Christine and Eric are regulars at the Tributes and are fondly remembered > for >> their authentic version of Woodstock a couple of years ago. Eric brought > his >> beautiful Wurlitzer electric piano to simulate the sound from the Ladies of >> the Canyon version. This year they played See You Sometime, with Eric > superb >> on piano, and Amelia, with Timothy doing an incredible job on electric > guitar, >> reminiscent of Pat Methany from Shadows and Light. Christine's voice was > just >> like a bell as usual. So happy they were here again for this year's > concert. >> >> 7. Five 2 consists of Uniit Carruyo, Charisse Lucente, and Yvette >> Lucente. This trio of amazing women sang Circle Game and Carey with some > of >> the most beautiful harmonies I have ever heard. They really hit it out of > the >> park. >> >> 8. Molly MacMillan, jazz pianist and also a regular at the Tribute >> concerts, always performs yeoman duties of backing up many of our artists > on >> piano. Kudos to Molly for doing that, but her own performances are also > very >> memorable. This year she played Trouble Child and a fantastic version of > The >> Jungle Line with audience participation of ughs and ohhs led by Sue >> Terwilliger. Colleen Kattau also helped out with harmonies on Trouble > Child. >> >> 9. Joe Crookston, a wonderful folk/bluegrass musician from Ithaca was >> invited by Joe Gaylord to participate in this year's event. Joe won Album > of >> the Year by the International Folk Alliance in Memphis, TN. Joe played a >> stirring version of Woodstock on dobro. He mentioned later that "Joni >> Mitchell is hard!" I've heard many a seasoned musician express the same >> sentiment after preparing for our tributes! >> >> 10. Rachel Ozols is a senior in vocal performance from Ithaca College and >> appeared in the opera, "Little Women" as Jo at Ithaca College in February. >> Rachel performed I Had A King with piano accompaniment. Her voice was >> spectacular! >> >> 11. Patti Witten returned to the Tribute after a two year absence and >> brought with her cellist Sera Smolen to do a haunting rendition of Hejira. > We >> were traveling with Patti and Sera ... >> >> 12. Alice Saltonstall, a wonderful singer, and another regular at the >> Tribute sang one of my favorite songs, I Think I Understand. One of many >> performances on this night that recalled Joni's admonition that you must > "sing >> in character." Alice achieved this exquisitely. Sera Smolen added cello > and >> Molly MacMillan on piano to add to the suspense. >> >> 13. I think the most creative act of the night was Ephemera. This group > of >> women perform improvisational jazz a cappela and they mentioned in their >> introduction that they attended a workshop with Bobby McFerrin. They > opened >> their improvisational piece with Shadows and Light and improvised through >> about 5 more songs, including Come In From The Cold, Woman of Heart and > Mind, >> and Chelsea Morning (i'm forgetting a couple others). So creative and >> powerful. >> >> 14. Colleen Kattau, another regular performer, played guitar and was >> accompanied by Mike Brandt on bass as they sang the two bookends of the > album >> Hejira; Coyote and Refuge of the Roads. Colleen always plays in the > correct >> alternate tuning and actually thanked the Joni Mitchell Database authors > for >> their work! Mike really channeled Jaco Pastorius in this set. Great > songs, >> great musicians. >> >> 15. Sally Ramirez is a very accomplished singer and actress (she revealed >> that she was a nurse on the Young and the Reckless!) and she graciously > helped >> Joe Gaylord and I advertise the Tribute on the Nonesuch folk radio show on >> WVBR the week before the Tribute. Sally sang amazingly on Blue and Carey. >> >> 16. Sue Terwilliger, a wonderful guitarist, closed the show with a > beautiful >> version of River, and called up Molly, Colleen and a member of Ephemera to > do >> harmonies on the finale, Tea Leaf Prophecy. The audience joined in with > the >> refrain "study war no more." >> >> Alas, my favorite night of the year was over, but I loved every minute and > so >> did the sold out crowd. Thanks to Joe Gaylord for doing the heavy lifting > to >> get this Tribute off the ground year after year. The Joni Mitchell fans in >> Ithaca are forever grateful. >> >> >> Sue Tierney McNamara >> Email: sem8@cornell.edu > > ------------------------------ > > End of JMDL Digest V2014 #1860 > ****************************** > > ------- > 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 V2014 #1873 ****************************** ------- To post messages to the list,sendtojoni@smoe.org. Unsubscribe by clicking here: mailto:joni-digest-request@smoe.org?body=unsubscribe -------