From: owner-joni-digest@smoe.org (JMDL Digest) To: joni-digest@smoe.org Subject: JMDL Digest V2014 #419 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 Thursday, March 13 2014 Volume 2014 : Number 419 ========== TOPICS and authors in this Digest: -------- RE: Paprika Plains [c Karma ] Re: Paprika Plains [Anita ] Re: Paprika Plains [Catherine McKay ] Neil Young Pono (njc) [Betsy Blue ] Re: Paprika Plains, redux [Dave Blackburn ] RE: 5th Annual Joni Mitchell Tribute, Ithaca NY song list ["Susan E. McNa] Paprika Plains, redux [jlhommedieu@insight.rr.com] Communist dress [Betsy Blue ] RE: Paprika Plains ["Susan E. McNamara" ] 5th Annual Joni Mitchell Tribute, Ithaca NY song list ["Susan E. McNamara] Re: 5th Annual Joni Mitchell Tribute, Ithaca NY song list [Bob Muller ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2014 13:09:08 +0000 From: c Karma Subject: RE: Paprika Plains STANDING O!!!! Bic FLICKED!!!! Thank you Mike, Dave and Michael. This is a musicologically significant event restoring a great work for generations. CC "Who you gonna get to do the dirty work when all the slaves are free." -- JM > Subject: Paprika Plains > From: beatntrack@att.net > Date: Tue, 11 Mar 2014 16:47:22 -0700 > CC: ckarma@hotmail.com; guitarzan@hughes.net > To: joni@smoe.org > > It is done. A transcriber's odyssey has been completed. > > Beginning with my interview with Mike Gibbs last year and then a casual question as to whether he might still have his original score to Paprika Plains, he then seached his house for a couple of weeks and located some old photostats of his handwritten score from 1977 which he sent me. Zoomed way in they were just legible. They only included the parts that he himself wrote, not the piano and vocal parts leading up to the orchestral interlude or the recapitulation after it. So a melding of his score with a new transcription of the piano and vocal parts needed to be done. At this time, my friend and co-transcriber in Australia, Michael Dunn, happened to contact me regarding something else and I mentioned that I was working on PP since Mike Gibbs had made it feasible. Between us we were able to complete the work in three months, and then we sent it to Mike Gibbs for his approval. He proof read it and was very pleased with the work. > > The full score, in 11x17 format http://jonimitchell.com/music/transcription.cfm?id=506 > and a piano-vocal chart in 8.5x11 http://jonimitchell.com/music/transcription.cfm?id=507 > > is put up on the website today for all to peruse and study. We hope Joni researchers and historians will find this undertaking useful as well as musicians wanting to learn the piece. > > cheers, > Dave Blackburn (and Michael Dunn) ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2014 08:33:56 +0000 From: Anita Subject: Re: Paprika Plains Hear,Hear, Mark. A stupendous achievement, Dave and Michael. Well done! Anita On 12 Mar 2014, at 01:15, "Mark" wrote: > I'd call this a tremendous achievement! Bravo Professors Blackburn and Dunn! > > Mark in Seattle > > -----Original Message----- From: Dave Blackburn > Sent: Tuesday, March 11, 2014 4:47 PM > To: JMDL JMDL > Cc: Chris Coccaro ; Randy Remote > Subject: Paprika Plains > > It is done. A transcriber's odyssey has been completed. > > Beginning with my interview with Mike Gibbs last year and then a casual question as to whether he might still have his original score to Paprika Plains, he then seached his house for a couple of weeks and located some old photostats of his handwritten score from 1977 which he sent me. Zoomed way in they were just legible. They only included the parts that he himself wrote, not the piano and vocal parts leading up to the orchestral interlude or the recapitulation after it. So a melding of his score with a new transcription of the piano and vocal parts needed to be done. At this time, my friend and co-transcriber in Australia, Michael Dunn, happened to contact me regarding something else and I mentioned that I was working on PP since Mike Gibbs had made it feasible. Between us we were able to complete the work in three months, and then we sent it to Mike Gibbs for his approval. He proof read it and was very pleased with the work. > > The full score, in 11x17 format http://jonimitchell.com/music/transcription.cfm?id=506 > and a piano-vocal chart in 8.5x11 http://jonimitchell.com/music/transcription.cfm?id=507 > > is put up on the website today for all to peruse and study. We hope Joni researchers and historians will find this undertaking useful as well as musicians wanting to learn the piece. > > cheers, > Dave Blackburn (and Michael Dunn) ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2014 09:42:47 -0700 (PDT) From: Catherine McKay Subject: Re: Paprika Plains Amen to that. Awesome, incredible, mind-boggling stuff. People pay lots of money for music sheets and books that are wrong, and you guys are doing this real good for free! >________________________________ > From: Susan E. McNamara >To: Dave Blackburn ; JMDL JMDL >Cc: Chris Coccaro ; Randy Remote >Sent: Wednesday, March 12, 2014 10:01:56 AM >Subject: RE: Paprika Plains > > >As I said on Facebook, this is a mind-boggling accomplishment. Thank you so much Dave and Michael. Plus it is also brilliant that you were able to involve Mr. Gibbs. I'm so grateful that we now have this incredible piece of music archived FREE for all the inspired musicians, maybe not even born yet, who want to learn it. That may sound a bit over the top, but I am dead serious ... This is so important. Thank you, thank you! > >Susan Tierney McNamara >email: sem8@cornell.edu ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2014 12:35:10 -0700 From: Betsy Blue Subject: Neil Young Pono (njc) Neil is pretty funny. Public radio funny, but there's a lot of the DGAF attitude he shares with our Joan. Interesting history for aspiring sound geeks. Hear Neil Young Explain His Pono Music Player At SXSW : All Songs Considered : NPR http://www.npr.org/blogs/allsongs/2014/03/12/289435279/hear-neil-young-explain-his-pono-music-player-at-sxsw ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2014 18:40:39 -0700 From: Dave Blackburn Subject: Re: Paprika Plains, redux Yes I have it, Jim, but ironically the additional reverb they used on it made it harder to hear individual parts, so we mostly referred to the original flatter mix. On Mar 12, 2014, at 6:19 PM, jlhommedieu@insight.rr.com wrote: > Dave, > > Thanks for taking seriously this piece of music. I hope you hear the remix version that appears on "Songs Of A Prairie Girl". > > Jim ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2014 13:47:52 +0000 From: "Susan E. McNamara" Subject: RE: 5th Annual Joni Mitchell Tribute, Ithaca NY song list Thanks Anita and Bob, it was a fabulous night. Susan Tierney McNamara email: sem8@cornell.edu - -----Original Message----- From: Anita [mailto:lawntreader@googlemail.com] Sent: Tuesday, March 11, 2014 4:01 PM To: Susan E. McNamara Cc: joni@smoe.org Subject: Re: 5th Annual Joni Mitchell Tribute, Ithaca NY song list Sue, sounds quite a programme! May your gushing about the music of Joni never be arid nor run dry Anita On 11 Mar 2014, at 18:29, "Susan E. McNamara" wrote: > I was really honored to be a part, yet again, of the 5th Annual Joni > Mitchell Tribute Concert at the Community School of Music and Art in > Ithaca on Saturday night. It was a packed house, so I'm sure that the > School did very well with their scholarship fundraiser. Yeah!!! We > had many of the best musicians in Ithaca, including two of the Burns > Sisters, Jeannie and Terry and Terry's husband, singer/songwriter and > producer Ron Kristy. Also, Richie Stearns from Horseflies and Donna > the Buffalo was there, and some stalwarts of the Tribute, jazz pianist Molly MacMillan and our great MC, organizer and local musican, > Joe Gaylord! Everyone was excellent and the crowd (Joni lovers all) had an > excellent time. Thanks for letting me GUSH! > > Here is the song list ... > > Woodstock - Molly MacMillan, voice and piano California - Sally > Ramirez, voice, Eric Aceto, Violin, Molly MacMillan, piano Sex Kills > - Joe Gaylord, voice and guitar (in the correct tuning!) Carey - Sally > Ramirez, voice, Eric Aceto, violin, Molly MacMillan, piano The Wolf > That Lives In Lindsay - Molly MacMillan, piano, Eric Aceto, violin > (and he made the violin sound just like howling wolves!) > > Little Green - Alice Saltonstall voice, Molly MacMillan, piano Trouble > Child - Sue Tierney Mc, voice and guitar Urge for Going - Dana Paul, > voice and guitar Sweet Bird - Susan Tierney Mc, voice and guitar > Fiddle and the Drum - Alice Saltonstall, voice > > A Case of You - Nate and Kate (Nate sings and plays piano and Kate > sings) That Song About The Midway - Jeannie Burns, voice and guitar > (ala Bonnie > Raitt!) > Chelsea Morning - Nate and Kate > All I Want - Jeannie Burns, voice and guitar > > The Same Situation - Shauna Guidici, voice and piano Free Man In Paris > - Colleen Kattau and band River - Rich Stearns, voice and 4-string > tenor guitar Barangrill - Colleen Kattau and band Night In the City - > Shauna Guidici, voice and piano with brother Larry and Phil singing > rounds > > Edith and the Kingpin - Elisa Scisciolli, voice, and London McDaniel, > guitar Michael from Mountains - Maggie Whitehead, voice and piano Big > Yellow Taxi - Elisa Scisciolli, voice, and London McDaniel, guitar, > backup singers, Terry and Jeannie Burns Down To You - Maggie > Whitehead, voice and piano (she nailed it) Both Sides Now and Circle > Game - Terry Burns, voice and Ron Kristy, voice and piano > > Susan Tierney McNamara > email: sem8@cornell.edu ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2014 21:19:32 -0400 From: jlhommedieu@insight.rr.com Subject: Paprika Plains, redux Dave, Thanks for taking seriously this piece of music. I hope you hear the remix version that appears on "Songs Of A Prairie Girl". Jim ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2014 15:48:43 -0700 From: Betsy Blue Subject: Communist dress In a mid-2000s interview, Joni described the "shaggy armpit girls" in the 60s coffeehouses as wearing "stark, serious, almost communist" clothing while she dressed flamboyantly. Also, is she off her Miyake kick? Betsy > Date: Mon, 3 Mar 2014 18:49:37 -0800 > From: Dave Blackburn > Subject: Re: Joni's appearance lately > > Almost Mao-ist! > > On Mar 3, 2014, at 6:18 PM, Susan E. McNamara wrote: > > > The grey outfit she wore at Luminato was quite utilitarian! ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2014 14:01:56 +0000 From: "Susan E. McNamara" Subject: RE: Paprika Plains As I said on Facebook, this is a mind-boggling accomplishment. Thank you so much Dave and Michael. Plus it is also brilliant that you were able to involve Mr. Gibbs. I'm so grateful that we now have this incredible piece of music archived FREE for all the inspired musicians, maybe not even born yet, who want to learn it. That may sound a bit over the top, but I am dead serious ... This is so important. Thank you, thank you! Susan Tierney McNamara email: sem8@cornell.edu - -----Original Message----- From: owner-joni@smoe.org [mailto:owner-joni@smoe.org] On Behalf Of Dave Blackburn Sent: Tuesday, March 11, 2014 7:47 PM To: JMDL JMDL Cc: Chris Coccaro; Randy Remote Subject: Paprika Plains It is done. A transcriber's odyssey has been completed. Beginning with my interview with Mike Gibbs last year and then a casual question as to whether he might still have his original score to Paprika Plains, he then seached his house for a couple of weeks and located some old photostats of his handwritten score from 1977 which he sent me. Zoomed way in they were just legible. They only included the parts that he himself wrote, not the piano and vocal parts leading up to the orchestral interlude or the recapitulation after it. So a melding of his score with a new transcription of the piano and vocal parts needed to be done. At this time, my friend and co-transcriber in Australia, Michael Dunn, happened to contact me regarding something else and I mentioned that I was working on PP since Mike Gibbs had made it feasible. Between us we were able to complete the work in three months, and then we sent it to Mike Gibbs for his approval. He proof read it and was very pleased with the work. The full score, in 11x17 format http://jonimitchell.com/music/transcription.cfm?id=506 and a piano-vocal chart in 8.5x11 http://jonimitchell.com/music/transcription.cfm?id=507 is put up on the website today for all to peruse and study. We hope Joni researchers and historians will find this undertaking useful as well as musicians wanting to learn the piece. cheers, Dave Blackburn (and Michael Dunn) ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 11 Mar 2014 18:29:46 +0000 From: "Susan E. McNamara" Subject: 5th Annual Joni Mitchell Tribute, Ithaca NY song list I was really honored to be a part, yet again, of the 5th Annual Joni Mitchell Tribute Concert at the Community School of Music and Art in Ithaca on Saturday night. It was a packed house, so I'm sure that the School did very well with their scholarship fundraiser. Yeah!!! We had many of the best musicians in Ithaca, including two of the Burns Sisters, Jeannie and Terry and Terry's husband, singer/songwriter and producer Ron Kristy. Also, Richie Stearns from Horseflies and Donna the Buffalo was there, and some stalwarts of the Tribute, jazz pianist Molly MacMillan and our great MC, organizer and local musican, Joe Gaylord! Everyone was excellent and the crowd (Joni lovers all) had an excellent time. Thanks for letting me GUSH! Here is the song list ... Woodstock - Molly MacMillan, voice and piano California - Sally Ramirez, voice, Eric Aceto, Violin, Molly MacMillan, piano Sex Kills - Joe Gaylord, voice and guitar (in the correct tuning!) Carey - Sally Ramirez, voice, Eric Aceto, violin, Molly MacMillan, piano The Wolf That Lives In Lindsay - Molly MacMillan, piano, Eric Aceto, violin (and he made the violin sound just like howling wolves!) Little Green - Alice Saltonstall voice, Molly MacMillan, piano Trouble Child - Sue Tierney Mc, voice and guitar Urge for Going - Dana Paul, voice and guitar Sweet Bird - Susan Tierney Mc, voice and guitar Fiddle and the Drum - Alice Saltonstall, voice A Case of You - Nate and Kate (Nate sings and plays piano and Kate sings) That Song About The Midway - Jeannie Burns, voice and guitar (ala Bonnie Raitt!) Chelsea Morning - Nate and Kate All I Want - Jeannie Burns, voice and guitar The Same Situation - Shauna Guidici, voice and piano Free Man In Paris - Colleen Kattau and band River - Rich Stearns, voice and 4-string tenor guitar Barangrill - Colleen Kattau and band Night In the City - Shauna Guidici, voice and piano with brother Larry and Phil singing rounds Edith and the Kingpin - Elisa Scisciolli, voice, and London McDaniel, guitar Michael from Mountains - Maggie Whitehead, voice and piano Big Yellow Taxi - Elisa Scisciolli, voice, and London McDaniel, guitar, backup singers, Terry and Jeannie Burns Down To You - Maggie Whitehead, voice and piano (she nailed it) Both Sides Now and Circle Game - Terry Burns, voice and Ron Kristy, voice and piano Susan Tierney McNamara email: sem8@cornell.edu ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 11 Mar 2014 16:39:52 -0400 From: Bob Muller Subject: Re: 5th Annual Joni Mitchell Tribute, Ithaca NY song list Whop Hoo! Sounds like it was an awesome gig. Bob ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 13 Mar 2014 02:09:20 +0000 From: Jamie Zubairi Home Subject: Re: Where was C&S recorded? Wasn't it recorded at the A&M studios? For some reason is got that in my head. I've a feeling that The Kiva is the home studio, where NRH was recorded. The last hired studio album was CMIARS as it was Ashcombe Hall near Bath, where Peter Gabriel has his studio (Larry was producing his album). I'm just checking this out now. I'm going on memory On 13 Mar 2014 02:02, wrote: > Why is Joni's voice steely and strident on Court And Spark (the whole > album)? > > It doesn't sound like that on FTR (the album). > > Do we know when she started releasing tracks that she recorded at home? > > I know that Larry and Thomas Dolby had replaced Henry as engineers on DED, > but what about the other records? > > Jim ------------------------------ End of JMDL Digest V2014 #419 ***************************** ------- To post messages to the list,sendtojoni@smoe.org. Unsubscribe by clicking here: mailto:joni-digest-request@smoe.org?body=unsubscribe -------