From: owner-joni-digest@smoe.org (JMDL Digest) To: joni-digest@smoe.org Subject: JMDL Digest V2014 #967 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 Sunday, July 27 2014 Volume 2014 : Number 967 ========== TOPICS and authors in this Digest: -------- Re: JMDL Digest V2014 #966 [Jimmy Stewart ] Re: JMDL Digest V2014 #966 [Jimmy Stewart ] Re: JMDL Digest V2014 #966 [Jimmy Stewart ] Re: JMDL Digest V2014 #966 [Jimmy Stewart ] Re: JMDL Digest V2014 #966 [Jimmy Stewart ] Re: JMDL Digest V2014 #945 [David Lahm ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sun, 27 Jul 2014 04:28:43 -0400 From: Jimmy Stewart Subject: Re: JMDL Digest V2014 #966 Posted my review ....gesendet von meinem iPhone > On Jul 27, 2014, at 3:00 AM, owner-joni-digest@smoe.org (JMDL Digest) wrote: > > > JMDL Digest Sunday, July 27 2014 Volume 2014 : Number 966 > > > > ========== > > TOPICS and authors in this Digest: > -------- > Joni Covers 193 - Stepping Stones or Sinking Sand [Bob Muller > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Date: Sat, 26 Jul 2014 07:50:31 -0700 > From: Bob Muller > Subject: Joni Covers 193 - Stepping Stones or Sinking Sand > > Howdy all! Here's another cd's worth of Joni covers, Volume 193. New stuff, most of these coming from 2013. The Swingle Singers recording is from a hard-to-find recording from 1987. The Swingles have also recorded Both Sides Now, River, and In France They Kiss On Main Street. > Tracy Wundrock turns in a lovely version of one of my favorites and one that is too rarely done. Big Yellow Taxi give us another that Joni never released. The Idea of North do a very playful and creative BYT while Michael & Jello takes the same song in a ska direction. Many more goodies in this batch. > > https://www.yousendit.com/download/ZUcyQk13TXY3bUQ1SE1UQw > > 1. The Idea of North - Big Yellow Taxi > 2. Leora Cashe - Michael From Mountain > 3. Axel Kuhn - Both Sides Now > 4. Tracy Wundrock - I Think I Understand > 5. The Swingle Singers - The Dry Cleaner From Des Moines > 6. Lynn Skinner - A Case of You/River > 7. Masami Endo - Night Ride Home > 8. Michael & Jello - Big Yellow Taxi > 9. Drue Michael - Both Sides Now > 10. Andy Walker - Edith And The Kingpin > 11. Big Yellow Taxi - Come To The Sunshine > 12. The Beth Custer Ensemble - Carey > 13. Ros Barnes - Coyote > 14. Ilene Barnes - Big Yellow Taxi > 15. Fairview H.S. Age of Guinevere & Janice Vlachos - Night In The City > 16. Cindy Rowe - Both Sides Now > 17. Henry Mancini - End Title (The Circle Game) > > 17 songs, 17 hits! Enjoy. > > Bob > > NP: Masami Endo, "Night Ride Home > > ------------------------------ > > End of JMDL Digest V2014 #966 > ***************************** > > ------- > To post messages to the list,sendtojoni@smoe.org. > Unsubscribe by clicking here: > mailto:joni-digest-request@smoe.org?body=unsubscribe > ------- ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 27 Jul 2014 04:28:43 -0400 From: Jimmy Stewart Subject: Re: JMDL Digest V2014 #966 Posted my review ....gesendet von meinem iPhone > On Jul 27, 2014, at 3:00 AM, owner-joni-digest@smoe.org (JMDL Digest) wrote: > > > JMDL Digest Sunday, July 27 2014 Volume 2014 : Number 966 > > > > ========== > > TOPICS and authors in this Digest: > -------- > Joni Covers 193 - Stepping Stones or Sinking Sand [Bob Muller > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Date: Sat, 26 Jul 2014 07:50:31 -0700 > From: Bob Muller > Subject: Joni Covers 193 - Stepping Stones or Sinking Sand > > Howdy all! Here's another cd's worth of Joni covers, Volume 193. New stuff, most of these coming from 2013. The Swingle Singers recording is from a hard-to-find recording from 1987. The Swingles have also recorded Both Sides Now, River, and In France They Kiss On Main Street. > Tracy Wundrock turns in a lovely version of one of my favorites and one that is too rarely done. Big Yellow Taxi give us another that Joni never released. The Idea of North do a very playful and creative BYT while Michael & Jello takes the same song in a ska direction. Many more goodies in this batch. > > https://www.yousendit.com/download/ZUcyQk13TXY3bUQ1SE1UQw > > 1. The Idea of North - Big Yellow Taxi > 2. Leora Cashe - Michael From Mountain > 3. Axel Kuhn - Both Sides Now > 4. Tracy Wundrock - I Think I Understand > 5. The Swingle Singers - The Dry Cleaner From Des Moines > 6. Lynn Skinner - A Case of You/River > 7. Masami Endo - Night Ride Home > 8. Michael & Jello - Big Yellow Taxi > 9. Drue Michael - Both Sides Now > 10. Andy Walker - Edith And The Kingpin > 11. Big Yellow Taxi - Come To The Sunshine > 12. The Beth Custer Ensemble - Carey > 13. Ros Barnes - Coyote > 14. Ilene Barnes - Big Yellow Taxi > 15. Fairview H.S. Age of Guinevere & Janice Vlachos - Night In The City > 16. Cindy Rowe - Both Sides Now > 17. Henry Mancini - End Title (The Circle Game) > > 17 songs, 17 hits! Enjoy. > > Bob > > NP: Masami Endo, "Night Ride Home > > ------------------------------ > > End of JMDL Digest V2014 #966 > ***************************** > > ------- > To post messages to the list,sendtojoni@smoe.org. > Unsubscribe by clicking here: > mailto:joni-digest-request@smoe.org?body=unsubscribe > ------- ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 27 Jul 2014 04:27:39 -0400 From: Jimmy Stewart Subject: Re: JMDL Digest V2014 #966 Posted my tee ....gesendet von meinem iPhone > On Jul 27, 2014, at 3:00 AM, owner-joni-digest@smoe.org (JMDL Digest) wrote: > > > JMDL Digest Sunday, July 27 2014 Volume 2014 : Number 966 > > > > ========== > > TOPICS and authors in this Digest: > -------- > Joni Covers 193 - Stepping Stones or Sinking Sand [Bob Muller > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Date: Sat, 26 Jul 2014 07:50:31 -0700 > From: Bob Muller > Subject: Joni Covers 193 - Stepping Stones or Sinking Sand > > Howdy all! Here's another cd's worth of Joni covers, Volume 193. New stuff, most of these coming from 2013. The Swingle Singers recording is from a hard-to-find recording from 1987. The Swingles have also recorded Both Sides Now, River, and In France They Kiss On Main Street. > Tracy Wundrock turns in a lovely version of one of my favorites and one that is too rarely done. Big Yellow Taxi give us another that Joni never released. The Idea of North do a very playful and creative BYT while Michael & Jello takes the same song in a ska direction. Many more goodies in this batch. > > https://www.yousendit.com/download/ZUcyQk13TXY3bUQ1SE1UQw > > 1. The Idea of North - Big Yellow Taxi > 2. Leora Cashe - Michael From Mountain > 3. Axel Kuhn - Both Sides Now > 4. Tracy Wundrock - I Think I Understand > 5. The Swingle Singers - The Dry Cleaner From Des Moines > 6. Lynn Skinner - A Case of You/River > 7. Masami Endo - Night Ride Home > 8. Michael & Jello - Big Yellow Taxi > 9. Drue Michael - Both Sides Now > 10. Andy Walker - Edith And The Kingpin > 11. Big Yellow Taxi - Come To The Sunshine > 12. The Beth Custer Ensemble - Carey > 13. Ros Barnes - Coyote > 14. Ilene Barnes - Big Yellow Taxi > 15. Fairview H.S. Age of Guinevere & Janice Vlachos - Night In The City > 16. Cindy Rowe - Both Sides Now > 17. Henry Mancini - End Title (The Circle Game) > > 17 songs, 17 hits! Enjoy. > > Bob > > NP: Masami Endo, "Night Ride Home > > ------------------------------ > > End of JMDL Digest V2014 #966 > ***************************** > > ------- > To post messages to the list,sendtojoni@smoe.org. > Unsubscribe by clicking here: > mailto:joni-digest-request@smoe.org?body=unsubscribe > ------- ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 27 Jul 2014 04:30:14 -0400 From: Jimmy Stewart Subject: Re: JMDL Digest V2014 #966 Posted my review ....gesendet von meinem iPhone > On Jul 27, 2014, at 3:00 AM, owner-joni-digest@smoe.org (JMDL Digest) wrote: > > > JMDL Digest Sunday, July 27 2014 Volume 2014 : Number 966 > > > > ========== > > TOPICS and authors in this Digest: > -------- > Joni Covers 193 - Stepping Stones or Sinking Sand [Bob Muller > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Date: Sat, 26 Jul 2014 07:50:31 -0700 > From: Bob Muller > Subject: Joni Covers 193 - Stepping Stones or Sinking Sand > > Howdy all! Here's another cd's worth of Joni covers, Volume 193. New stuff, most of these coming from 2013. The Swingle Singers recording is from a hard-to-find recording from 1987. The Swingles have also recorded Both Sides Now, River, and In France They Kiss On Main Street. > Tracy Wundrock turns in a lovely version of one of my favorites and one that is too rarely done. Big Yellow Taxi give us another that Joni never released. The Idea of North do a very playful and creative BYT while Michael & Jello takes the same song in a ska direction. Many more goodies in this batch. > > https://www.yousendit.com/download/ZUcyQk13TXY3bUQ1SE1UQw > > 1. The Idea of North - Big Yellow Taxi > 2. Leora Cashe - Michael From Mountain > 3. Axel Kuhn - Both Sides Now > 4. Tracy Wundrock - I Think I Understand > 5. The Swingle Singers - The Dry Cleaner From Des Moines > 6. Lynn Skinner - A Case of You/River > 7. Masami Endo - Night Ride Home > 8. Michael & Jello - Big Yellow Taxi > 9. Drue Michael - Both Sides Now > 10. Andy Walker - Edith And The Kingpin > 11. Big Yellow Taxi - Come To The Sunshine > 12. The Beth Custer Ensemble - Carey > 13. Ros Barnes - Coyote > 14. Ilene Barnes - Big Yellow Taxi > 15. Fairview H.S. Age of Guinevere & Janice Vlachos - Night In The City > 16. Cindy Rowe - Both Sides Now > 17. Henry Mancini - End Title (The Circle Game) > > 17 songs, 17 hits! Enjoy. > > Bob > > NP: Masami Endo, "Night Ride Home > > ------------------------------ > > End of JMDL Digest V2014 #966 > ***************************** > > ------- > To post messages to the list,sendtojoni@smoe.org. > Unsubscribe by clicking here: > mailto:joni-digest-request@smoe.org?body=unsubscribe > ------- ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 27 Jul 2014 04:27:39 -0400 From: Jimmy Stewart Subject: Re: JMDL Digest V2014 #966 Posted my tee ....gesendet von meinem iPhone > On Jul 27, 2014, at 3:00 AM, owner-joni-digest@smoe.org (JMDL Digest) wrote: > > > JMDL Digest Sunday, July 27 2014 Volume 2014 : Number 966 > > > > ========== > > TOPICS and authors in this Digest: > -------- > Joni Covers 193 - Stepping Stones or Sinking Sand [Bob Muller > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Date: Sat, 26 Jul 2014 07:50:31 -0700 > From: Bob Muller > Subject: Joni Covers 193 - Stepping Stones or Sinking Sand > > Howdy all! Here's another cd's worth of Joni covers, Volume 193. New stuff, most of these coming from 2013. The Swingle Singers recording is from a hard-to-find recording from 1987. The Swingles have also recorded Both Sides Now, River, and In France They Kiss On Main Street. > Tracy Wundrock turns in a lovely version of one of my favorites and one that is too rarely done. Big Yellow Taxi give us another that Joni never released. The Idea of North do a very playful and creative BYT while Michael & Jello takes the same song in a ska direction. Many more goodies in this batch. > > https://www.yousendit.com/download/ZUcyQk13TXY3bUQ1SE1UQw > > 1. The Idea of North - Big Yellow Taxi > 2. Leora Cashe - Michael From Mountain > 3. Axel Kuhn - Both Sides Now > 4. Tracy Wundrock - I Think I Understand > 5. The Swingle Singers - The Dry Cleaner From Des Moines > 6. Lynn Skinner - A Case of You/River > 7. Masami Endo - Night Ride Home > 8. Michael & Jello - Big Yellow Taxi > 9. Drue Michael - Both Sides Now > 10. Andy Walker - Edith And The Kingpin > 11. Big Yellow Taxi - Come To The Sunshine > 12. The Beth Custer Ensemble - Carey > 13. Ros Barnes - Coyote > 14. Ilene Barnes - Big Yellow Taxi > 15. Fairview H.S. Age of Guinevere & Janice Vlachos - Night In The City > 16. Cindy Rowe - Both Sides Now > 17. Henry Mancini - End Title (The Circle Game) > > 17 songs, 17 hits! Enjoy. > > Bob > > NP: Masami Endo, "Night Ride Home > > ------------------------------ > > End of JMDL Digest V2014 #966 > ***************************** > > ------- > To post messages to the list,sendtojoni@smoe.org. > Unsubscribe by clicking here: > mailto:joni-digest-request@smoe.org?body=unsubscribe > ------- ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 22 Jul 2014 12:49:01 -0400 From: David Lahm Subject: Re: JMDL Digest V2014 #945 I leave it to others to decide if this is njc or not. Myself, I don't find JM's "Twisted" particularly rewarding, contrasted to those of real jazz singers. But my real purpose is to give some details about "Moody's Mood for Love." Some time around 1950 (give or take a couple of years) James Moody, a saxophonist who had recorded with Dizzy Gillespie in the 40s, recorded the instrumental of that title. It was a jazz take on the standard "I'm in the mood for love," written about 10 years before by composer Jimmy McHugh and lyricist Dorothy Fields (1904-1974). She was my mother. Moody's version made almost no reference to McHugh's melody, thus the change of title was justified. There were many contrefacts (new melodies on established chord sequences) written during the bebop period: "Groovin' High" (Gillespie) is a contrefact of "Whispering;" "Bird of Paradise" (Parker") is a contrefact of "All the things you are;" "Four in One" (Monk) is a contrefact of "Just you, just me." Give Jon Hendricks his due, but for me, a greater writer of vocalese was the late Eddie Jefferson (d. 1979). I think his finest effort was the lyric he set to Coleman Hawkins' famous 1939 "Body and Soul;" some of you may have heard Manhattan Transfer's version. Like Joni Mitchell, Eddie was the best performer of his own works. He wrote the lyric to "Moody's Mood for Love" and the vocal was first recorded by King Pleasure in about 1952. That version is possibly what has inspired other jazz singers though the years. DAVID LAHM On Tue, Jul 22, 2014 at 10:19 AM, Laurie Antonioli < laurieantonioli@gmail.com> wrote: > Well...since some of us are jazz geeks here, here is the whole background > on "Twisted." Annie Ross, of Lambert, Hendricks & Ross essentially only > wrote 3 vocalese lyrics while with LHR. Vocalese is the art of putting > lyrics to a pre-existing improvised instrumental solo. Jon Hendricks, the > master of vocalese, wrote all the other lyrics. "Twisted" is part of this > trio of songs that also include "Jackie" and "Farmer's Market." All of > these songs are blues, though it's not usually apparent unless you're a > jazz musician - not down home blues, but bebop blues. Anyway...(are you > still with me?)...the tenor saxophonist that played these 3 songs that > Annie put lyrics to is the late Wardell Gray. His horn solo is what the > lyrics are "following" on "Twisted" - the "melody" is the "My analyst told > me.." and so on for 12 bars, 2 times and then its' a winding road - a horn > solo. All of LHR's music, for the most part, was in this style - the > vocalese art form. And finally, Annie Ross was one of Joni's idols or > influences. > > Annie is definitely one of my influences. "Twisted" is one of THE most > classic vocal jazz bebop songs in that genre. The other really famous one > that was done by a famous musician, George Benson, is "Moody's Mood For > Love" - he didn't write it - but he made it famous (outside the jazz > world.) I won't go into detail on that song but it's the same thing. > > Joni "covered" Twisted - and is, by the way, where I heard it first -- and > there was Bette Midler -- but, once I got into LHR, I was obsessed with > them. Annie still sings in NY once a week at the Metropolitan Room. I saw > her years ago. She, like Joni, was known for sky high vocals (Annie much > higher than Joni) but no longer hits those notes. She, however, is still > as soulful as Joni is in her later years (Annie must be in her 80's now.) > > And there you have it! > > Laurie > > > On Tue, Jul 22, 2014 at 12:00 AM, JMDL Digest > wrote: > > > > > JMDL Digest Tuesday, July 22 2014 Volume 2014 : Number > > 945 > > > > > > > > ========== > > > > TOPICS and authors in this Digest: > > -------- > > Re: covers [Betsy Blue < > > betsyblue82@gmail.com>] > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > Date: Mon, 21 Jul 2014 21:53:45 -0700 > > From: Betsy Blue > > Subject: Re: covers > > > > Bob reminded us that: > > Twisted is not a Joni song. I'd bet a lot of non-jazz aficianados are not > > familiar with the LHR version. > > > > Joni's Twisted is a great interpretation. (Better than Better Midler, > who > > basically re-did the song.) It was certainly my introduction to Lambert, > > Hendricks, and Ross. Even if jazz is not your thing, I would urge you to > > check out their stuff. It is mind blowing. > > > > Betsy, musical slut > > > > ------------------------------ > > > > End of JMDL Digest V2014 #945 > > ***************************** > > > > ------- > > 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 #967 ***************************** ------- To post messages to the list,sendtojoni@smoe.org. Unsubscribe by clicking here: mailto:joni-digest-request@smoe.org?body=unsubscribe -------