From: owner-joni-digest@smoe.org (JMDL Digest) To: joni-digest@smoe.org Subject: JMDL Digest V2014 #963 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 Saturday, July 26 2014 Volume 2014 : Number 963 ========== TOPICS and authors in this Digest: -------- Re: Twisted ["Mark" ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 25 Jul 2014 21:58:09 -0700 From: "Mark" Subject: Re: Twisted I saw Jon & Annie at Seattle's Jazz Alley on the same tour, I think. They were phenomenal. Somehow they made up for the absence of Dave Lambert in their ear-catching close harmonies. They sang rapid fire lyrics in perfect synchronization and with spot-on pitch. It was one of the best live music performances I have been fortunate enough to witness. I also talked with the two of them briefly but I don't have Kakki's gift for engaging celebrities in conversation. Kakki has a charm all her own that is irresistible. This was shortly after they had performed at Joni's Jazz and I did mention that I had heard a tape of that concert and thought they were the best performers in the show. Annie piped up that she wanted a copy of that tape and Jon wanted one too. I told them I would pass the word along to whoever was in charge of that particular tape tree. Tape trees. Remember those? They signed the cover of a vinyl copy of 'Sing a Song of Basie' for me. Annie looked at the cover and said 'Oh my God!' She was wearing a particularly eye-catching tiara in the photo on this particular re-issue of the record. Jon Hendricks and Dave Lambert had originally started to make an LP of Count Basie numbers that would feature an entire choral group split up into and singing the parts of the various sections of the Count Basie Orchestra. However, it didn't seem to gel and they asked Annie Ross to coach the singers. Annie gave it a shot but finally they all concluded that you can't teach anybody how to swing. So the trio finally made 'Sing a Song of Basie' by overdubbing their own voices. It's a great album and was their first collaborative effort as a trio. For anyone who is interested I highly recommend the two CD collection 'Lambert, Hendricks, and Ross - The Hottest New Group in Jazz'. You get three of their albums in this set, 'The Hottest New Group in Jazz', 'Lambert, Hendricks, and Ross Sing Ellington' and 'High Flying with Lambert, Hendricks, and Ross'. This is highly entertaining, engaging music. Annie hit notes at the upper end of her register in short bursts like very high notes on a trumpet that you practically had to have dog's ears to hear. Jon Hendricks' lyrics are a lot of fun. 'Cottontail' is a wonderful example. I think this collection is the only format the Ellington album is currently available in and there are great interpretations of Duke's music on it. There are also some extra tracks that didn't appear on the three albums the set contains. 'Twisted' was on 'The Hottest New Group in Jazz' so you get that song plus one of Annie's other Wardell Gray vocalizations, 'Farmer's Market' which was included on 'High Flying with Lambert, Hendricks, and Ross'. Lambert, Hendricks, and Ross are one of the ways Joni has enriched my life. I may never have checked them out if it hadn't been for 'Twisted' and 'Centerpiece' and Joni's love of their music. Mark in Seattle - -----Original Message----- From: kbhla@fastmail.fm Sent: Friday, July 25, 2014 12:47 PM To: joni@smoe.org Subject: Twisted If it wasn't for Joni, I never would have known of the earlier version or LH&R. Annie Ross and Jon Hendricks did a show here in L.A. at the old Catalina Bar & Grill in 1999. It was a very small room and I had a front row table. They were fantastic and I spoke with both of them after the show. Annie Ross raved on and on about Joni, how much they loved her and how appreciative they were that she brought "Twisted" to new audiences. Jon Hendricks was also so enthusiastic to talk about Joni and wanted to know everything that was going on with her. I mentioned that the JMDL group had a whole bunch of live, rare and unrecorded Joni stuff and he immediately wrote down his address and asked me to please send him some of it! I passed his address on to our king of all archives with the message ;-) Kakki ------------------------------ End of JMDL Digest V2014 #963 ***************************** ------- To post messages to the list,sendtojoni@smoe.org. Unsubscribe by clicking here: mailto:joni-digest-request@smoe.org?body=unsubscribe -------