From: les@jmdl.com (onlyJMDL Digest) To: onlyjoni-digest@smoe.org Subject: onlyJMDL Digest V2004 #306 Reply-To: joni@smoe.org Sender: les@jmdl.com Errors-To: les@jmdl.com Precedence: bulk Archives: http://www.smoe.org/lists/onlyjoni Websites: http://www.jmdl.com http://www.jonimitchell.com Unsubscribe: mailto:onlyjoni-digest-request@smoe.org?body=unsubscribe onlyJMDL Digest Wednesday, October 27 2004 Volume 2004 : Number 306 ========== TOPICS and authors in this Digest: -------- who are we now and who we used to be ["dfrench" ] Who, What [Steven Blue ] Re: Today's Library Links: October 26 [Jerry Notaro ] Re: Joni in current issue of "Vanity Fair" [Jerry Notaro ] Giving DJRD its due [] Joni-Costello Vanity Fair text ["Michael O'Malley" ] Vanity Fair ["Ahmed Shoukry" ] Re: Joni on Miles Davis [] I would steal for Joni... [Catherine McKay ] Re: Joni on Miles Davis ["Mark or Travis" ] Re: Joni on Miles Davis ["Mark or Travis" ] Joni Mitchell's Birthday Tribute [Rdalindley@aol.com] Today's Library Links: October 27 [ljirvin@jmdl.com] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 25 Oct 2004 22:03:50 -1000 From: "dfrench" Subject: who are we now and who we used to be im 50ish.....i used to surf every day and hang at the beach....my first job was in a surfboard factory ...now im a design /build contractor in hawaii... ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 26 Oct 2004 05:09:16 -0700 (PDT) From: Steven Blue Subject: Who, What I am 47, a former career Army Officer, now a teacher part time with the State Department and keeping my health in tune in the former east Germany.................... Steven A. Blue Dorfstrasse 17 23923 Gross Neuleben Germany TEL: (011)-49-38821-67139 Yahoo! Mail Address AutoComplete - You start. We finish. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 26 Oct 2004 08:39:27 -0500 From: Jerry Notaro Subject: Re: Today's Library Links: October 26 And I must quote from the review for all of those who were not able to see this show: Here was an artist who actually made the joint's turgid acoustics work in her favor. Instead of blasting her music into the rafters, she let it float. She didn't so much raise the roof as make it evaporate, replaced by the incense of her fractured jazz chords and the smoke of her mahogany alto. Fabulous show, and great writing! > On October 26 the following article was published: > > > 1998: "Rock review, Joni Mitchell at United Center" - Chicago Tribune > (Review - Concert) > http://www.jmdl.com/articles/view.cfm?id=66 ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 26 Oct 2004 09:08:13 -0500 From: Jerry Notaro Subject: Re: Joni in current issue of "Vanity Fair" > Bad news / Good news: > > Bad news: Johnny Dep-Gel is on the cover. How could that ever be bad??!!!!!!!!???????? ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 26 Oct 2004 10:55:13 -0500 From: Jerry Notaro Subject: Medleyfyin' I9d like to make you all aware of our own David Lahm9s, and his wife, vocalist Judy Kreston, new cd release Medleyfyin9: A Unique Tribute to Richard Rodgers. I may be the Biggest Broadway Queen on the list (OK, except for maybe Roberto and Patrick) and I have actually seen David and Judy perform live (on my 50th birthday trip to NYC.) That particular show was a tribute to David9s mother, the great Dorothy Fields. For those of you who don9t know who she is, shame on you, and proceed to http://www.dorothyfields.co.uk/. I9m going to be much more personal here than I normally would be because many of you know David, and know his Joni Takes On Jazz cd9s. David is very laid back, both as a person, and as a performer. One of the great moments at Pazfest was David quietly playing at the Federation Club, and the normally blasi customers silently walking over to listen and find out who it was. That is David. Of course that doesn9t mean he doesn9t have strong opinions, or can be dictated to. Ask Judy, who says on the cd, 3And we decided, or I should say, David decided...2 when describing the concept of the cd. David not only arranges, accompanies, but is credited as Conceiver. Those who have seen Judy perform, or have met her, know she is the onstage personality, the consummate Cabaret performer. She is articulate, entertaining, and bigger than life. Though this tribute coincides with the 100th centenary of Richard Rodgers birth, for me it is also a perfect companion to last week9s PBS broadcast of the six hour Broadway Musical series. Rodgers played an important part of that series, as well he should have. As important as his songs were to moving the story, they always became huge popular hits on their own, and perfect staples of Cabaret Theatre. David and Judy are not only cornerstones of that particular sector, but quiet champions of the Broadway poorer sister as proprietors of one of New York premiere show places, Judy9s Chelsea. I haven9t been there since it became Helen9s, but it was one classy joint. Medleyfyin9 pairs Rodgers well known Broadway classics from both lyricists Hart and Hammerstein with other pop songs from Noel Coward to Billy Joel. They are: 1. With a Song in My Heart/I Hear Music 2. Love Me Tonight/Let's Take the Long Way Home 3. Unique Tribute 4. Tea for Two/The Blue Room/Two Sleepy People 5. I Cain't Say No/Love Isn't Born/Something's Got to Give 6. My Funny Valentine/Just the Way You Are 7. Why Can't I?/Hey, Love 8. Bridge Over Troubled Waters/You'll Never Walk Alone 9. Happy Talk/If Love Were All 10. Lovely to Look At/There Is Nothing Like a Dame 11. Sweetest Sounds/My Unknown Someone 12. Plant You Now, Dig You Later/Live Alone and Like It 13. Here's That Rainy Day/He Was Too Good to Me 14. It's Love/It's Got to Be Love 15. Cockeyed Optimist 16. Judy Says "Thank You" 17. Tomorrow The cd was wisely recorded live. I can9t imagine 3auteur2 David having it any other way. Judy and David are veterans of this genre, have lived this music for most, and in David9s case, all of his life. This tribute is unique, not only because of the unusual song pairings, but from the unique talents they bring to the project. Judy is in fine voice, her vibrato strong and clear. Live, Judy performs on every inch of the stage. On the recording, she lets the songs perform, simply and clearly. David9s arrangements and playing demonstrate why he is always in demand as an accompanist. Judy luckily has an in. And we, the lucky listeners, have a chance to experience classic singing, patter, and playing which will surely endure another hundred years. Jerry ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 26 Oct 2004 14:41:00 -0400 From: Subject: Giving DJRD its due DJRD is getting some respect. McGill's Faculty of Music is recognizing Joni with a symposium. The first panel discussion is entitled "Exploding the Song Cycle: Joni Mitchells Don Juans Reckless Daughter". http://www.mcgill.ca/music/events/jmitchell_symposium/program/ Those of us who love DJRD will raise a glass tomorrow night. (Yo, Mr. Lahm.) All the best, Jim L'Hommedieu ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 26 Oct 2004 18:50:24 +0000 From: "Michael O'Malley" Subject: Joni-Costello Vanity Fair text You'll find the full text of the Joni Vanity Fair interview at this link. A Costello fan transcribed it. Quite interesting to hear that Joni claims she doesn't know any songs on the paino, including her own! Is she being facetious? Sometimes I think maybe she is a kind of vessell or channeler; I think many great artists are. http://elviscostellofans.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=3179 Michael in Quebec, on his way to Montreal (Hopefully Joni will show up Wednesday night!) _________________________________________________________________ Don't just Search. Find! http://search.sympatico.msn.ca/default.aspx The new MSN Search! Check it out! ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 26 Oct 2004 13:10:36 -0600 From: "Les Irvin" Subject: RE: Giving DJRD its due > DJRD is getting some respect. McGill's Faculty of Music is > recognizing Joni with a symposium. The first panel > discussion is entitled "Exploding the Song Cycle: Joni > Mitchells Don Juans Reckless Daughter". > http://www.mcgill.ca/music/events/jmitchell_symposium/program/ Look at all these discussions! Sure would be nice to get transcripts of these... Les ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 26 Oct 2004 23:22:14 +0200 From: "Ahmed Shoukry" Subject: Vanity Fair Hi all, I was wondering if someone can send me the scan of the Vanity Fair interview, it sounds really interesting and I really like Costello (and Diana for that matter). thanks, Ahmed ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 26 Oct 2004 20:55:06 -0400 From: Subject: Re: Joni on Miles Davis Interesting. It reminds me of an article I read in downbeat yesterday. Drummer Bill Bruford wasn't talking about Jazz exclusively but about the difference between recorded performance and recordings as an end to themselves. Near the end he said he's only interested in what happens when two or more people play at the same time. He said when 2 people play, if things go well, a 3rd entity appears called "music". He doesn't hear that when people lay down tracks and hope that music can be added later by a producer. All the best, Jim Mr. Lahm said, >Jazz has given a lot to my life and I will speak up for its integrity the best I can. Play anything you want, but if it doesn't swing, don't call it jazz. Play it but don't call it jazz. Listening to a jazz rhythm section is like looking fascinated into a fire in a fireplace. Listening to most pop music (and all "fusion" music) is like staring, catatonic, at a light bulb.> ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 26 Oct 2004 21:31:11 -0400 (EDT) From: Catherine McKay Subject: I would steal for Joni... ...and I did. I took my daughter to the podiatrist today. She needed urgent surgery for an ingrown toenail. Laugh if you will, but if you've ever had that, you know how painful it can be and that it has to be dealt with. While we were waiting, Sarah picked up a magazine and started looking through it. It's Flare magazine, Canada's own snooty fashionista magazine that tries to appeal to the under-30 single female with a lot of money (or credit) to spend on overpriced fashionably uncomfortable shoes that cause ingrown toenails. It's the September issue and an article was about the x-number of people you would invite to dinner. It featured horribly drawn caricatures of a number of mostly, if not all, Canadian famous types including kd lang, Leonard Cohen, a number of people no one outside Canada is likely to have heard of... and Joni Mitchell. I shall transcribe it later on, when I get the time and the inclination and can scan the illustrations as well (unfortunately the main illustration, although very large, goes across two pages, so there will likely be a visible fold line, but Joni isn't on the fold). Les, Mr Webmaster, sir, if you're paying attention, let me know how best I can get this stuff to you. Bear in mind we are dealing with stolen goods, but after what the podi charged me to deal with the surgery, and that my insurance plan covers only a small portion of this, I can rationalize this ripoff in the name of Joni. ===== Catherine Toronto - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- We all live so close to that line, and so far from satisfaction ______________________________________________________________________ Post your free ad now! http://personals.yahoo.ca ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 26 Oct 2004 20:16:36 -0700 From: "Mark or Travis" Subject: Re: Joni on Miles Davis Dflahm@aol.com wrote: > Jazz has given a lot to my life and I will speak up for its integrity > the > best I can. Play anything you want, but if it doesn't swing, don't > call it jazz. Play it but don't call it jazz. In the liner notes to 'Sing a Song of Basie' it says that Dave Lambert and Jon Hendricks originally conceived of the record as a transcription of Count Basie's music to vocal parts for a large choir. They hired studio singers, people who sang on jingles and in the choruses of various television shows to perform on the record. At one point they asked Annie Ross to come in and coach the singers but she said it was hopeless because there was no way you could teach these people how to swing. They did fine backing Perry Como but they couldn't sing jazz. They couldn't swing. In the end they had to start all over from scratch, using just their three voices multi-tracked to emulate the various sections of the Basie band. The result is quite wonderful, by the way. I am eternally grateful to Joni for turning me on to LR&H. >Listening to a jazz rhythm section is like looking fascinated into a fire in >a fireplace. Listening to most pop music (and all "fusion" music) is like >staring, catatonic, at a light bulb. I recently managed to get hold of another recording called 'Sing Along With Basie' that features Lambert, Hendricks and Ross with Joe Williams and Count Basie and the entire Basie band (Sing a Song of Basie only featured the Basie rhythm section - LR&H sang all the other instrument's parts). After listening to that one a few times, I think I understand what David et al mean by swinging. I also think I have some understanding of what you mean by the difference between listening to a jazz rhythm section and listening to pop music. Mark ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 26 Oct 2004 21:00:26 -0700 From: "Mark or Travis" Subject: Re: Joni on Miles Davis jlamadoo@fuse.net wrote: > Interesting. It reminds me of an article I read in downbeat > yesterday. Drummer Bill Bruford wasn't talking about Jazz > exclusively but about the difference between recorded performance and > recordings as an end to themselves. > > Near the end he said he's only interested in what happens when two or > more people play at the same time. He said when 2 people play, if > things go well, a 3rd entity appears called "music". > > He doesn't hear that when people lay down tracks and hope that music > can be added later by a producer. > Don't you think it has something to do with pop music being mostly a backdrop for a vocal track? The instrumental music isn't supposed to stand out. The singer is. Whereas in jazz, even when there's a singer, the music shines. As Brubeck says, the interaction is the point. A good jazz singer can become another instrument in the ensemble, not just the star soloist. What I find so cool about LR&H is that they admired the music so much that they wanted to sing it the way the instruments played it. Listen to some of Billie Holiday's early recordings with Lester Young and some of Basie's other sidemen. She's another instrument in the ensemble and each part is interesting and intricate in and of itself. But it's the interaction that makes up the beautiful whole that really counts. I love the interplay between a good jazz vocalist and a good jazz ensemble. But on a pop record the whole point is to put across the vocal. The instrumental is only there to make the singer sound good. That's what I think, anyway. Thinking doesn't make things so. Mark ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 27 Oct 2004 01:49:38 EDT From: Rdalindley@aol.com Subject: Joni Mitchell's Birthday Tribute Due to sellout crowds, popular demand and Joni's Birthday Foiled Again has added one more show. An evening of song to celebrate Joni's life and amazing career. Sunday, November 7 @ 8:00 PM come early for a yummy dinner Big Yellow Taxi * A Case of You * Woodstock * Circle Game * Raised on Robbery Speakeasy Supper Club 1401 W Devon call 773-338-0600 reservations are STRONGLY recommended $12 cover charge BYOB "The tight, three-part harmonies of this amazing trio - which is one of the finest vocal collaborations in this city - make Mitchell's melodies soar, and the engaging texture of their individual performances are irresistible" - Gay Chicago Magazine 2003 After Dark Award Winners "Highly Recommended" - Chicago Sun-Times www.speakeasysupperclub.com Parking is available and there's a great wine store across the street. Foiled Again is Anne Sheridan Smith Allison Bazarko Rob Lindley with the fantastic Doug Peck on piano [demime 0.97c-p1 removed an attachment of type image/jpeg which had a name of ygpD027.jpg] ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 27 Oct 2004 02:33:10 -0400 From: ljirvin@jmdl.com Subject: Today's Library Links: October 27 On October 27 the following articles were published: 1994: "They Repaved Paradise" - New York Daily News http://www.jmdl.com/articles/view.cfm?id=218 1999: "Mitchell Completes Album Of Standards" - Billboard http://www.jmdl.com/articles/view.cfm?id=436 2002: "Graham Nash talks about the moment " - NPR Weekend Edition Sunday http://www.jmdl.com/articles/view.cfm?id=975 ------------------------------ End of onlyJMDL Digest V2004 #306 ********************************* ------- Post messages to the list by clicking here: mailto:joni@smoe.org Unsubscribe by clicking here: mailto:onlyjoni-digest-request@smoe.org?body=unsubscribe ------- Siquomb, isn't she? 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