From: les@jmdl.com (onlyJMDL Digest) To: onlyjoni-digest@smoe.org Subject: onlyJMDL Digest V2005 #69 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 Tuesday, March 8 2005 Volume 2005 : Number 069 ========== TOPICS and authors in this Digest: -------- Joni moment in a Crosby & Nash show ["Mauro Regis" ] Judy Collins [Jerry Notaro ] Re: Steely Dan [ROBMSTEEN@aol.com] Wigstock [Jerry Notaro ] Fez ["David Henderson" ] Re: Fez [Jerry Notaro ] David and Judy [Jerry Notaro ] Re: Steely Dan ["Mark or Travis" ] Not an import [Bob Muller ] Re: Not an import ["Mark or Travis" ] Bjork & Joni? ["Richard Flynn" ] WOMAN OF HEART AND MIND DVD [Matt Mc ] Oh...my...god... and the first-3-albums songbook (sjc) [Justalittlebreen@] Re: Steely Dan ["Kate Bennett" ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 7 Mar 2005 09:43:37 +0100 From: "Mauro Regis" Subject: Joni moment in a Crosby & Nash show In Trento, march 4th, Graham Nash introduced "Our House" with "This is fo Joni". Great show from Croz & Willie. Don't miss it, if you can. Mauro Regis ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 07 Mar 2005 07:58:55 -0500 From: Jerry Notaro Subject: Judy Collins Judy9s new cd, Portrait of an American Girl includes That Song About the Midway. Jerry ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 7 Mar 2005 08:14:31 EST From: ROBMSTEEN@aol.com Subject: Re: Steely Dan Quote: "Fagen & Becker were the best writers IMO during that rock jazz-influenced music of the late 70s early 80s. Joni was well into her jazz period then and she probably acknowledged them for the brilliant artists they were. There's such a sophistication in Steely Dan's music that's not unlike Joni's. Have their paths never crossed?" A hearty 'yeah' to that rationale. Their paths certainly appear to have crossed only through sessioneers and guests: Wayne Shorter; Larry Carlton; Victor Feldman (who played on Hissing and Countdown to Ecstasy, the uppermost of the seven SD albums in my top 50!); Pat Metheny went on tour with Joni and performed a gorgeous version of Sign In Stranger with Don Fagen. I've another couple of theories, though. 1) The fraternal Becker-Fagen dynamic would never allow a third party to do any more than twiddle the odd knob (a la Gary Katz); 2) for all their myriad virtues, Becker and Fagen don't seem to have a terribly high opinion of women. Intriguingly enough, my two favourite male musicians are reportedly working together, namely Fagen and Todd Rundgren, the prospects for which arouse unfulfillabable expectations and boggle the mind - Nyro-meets-Yes-meets-Brubeck-meets-Diner-meets-Altered-States? Maybe Joni should pop over to Hawaii for a margarita with Don and his partner Libby Titus, Levon Helm's ex, whose path one assumes Joni crossed at some juncture or other. With love from Cornwall! PS. I reckon Joni regards/regarded Laura Nyro (after whom I named my daughter) in much the same way as Rickie Lee regarded her - with not inconsiderable awe and a concomitant refusal to play the apprentice. Rob Steen 3 Langton Terrace Falmouth, Cornwall TR11 2NA 01326 316289 (h) 07813 668726 (mob) ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 07 Mar 2005 08:33:08 -0500 From: Jerry Notaro Subject: Wigstock Finally got to see Wigstock last night. Though I have never been, I have met (and partied) with a few of the luminaries in it. What a surprise to see John Kelly in the movie. He had on his Joni bangs wig and sang Wigstock is his highest falsetto. We had a mini Joni gathering a few years back to see Lady Bunny9s tribute to Dusty Springfield at The Fez. It was the last time I saw Kenny Grant. Jerry ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 7 Mar 2005 09:01:48 -0500 From: "David Henderson" Subject: Fez >Richard Goldman said: > n.p. Kiki & Herb "Those Were The Days" from Live at Carnegie Hall, > Kiki & Herb Will Die For You: The Farewell Concert >A favorite of mine. I saw them often at The Fez, a Joni haunt in NYC, now >sadly closed. The Mingus Big Band was there every week. >Jerry Are you sure Fez closed? They were open a couple of weeks ago ... ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 07 Mar 2005 09:35:15 -0500 From: Jerry Notaro Subject: Re: Fez As of March 19th. I should have said closing, but there has been little booked there because of the closing. Jerry >> Richard Goldman said: >> n.p. Kiki & Herb "Those Were The Days" from Live at Carnegie Hall, >> Kiki & Herb Will Die For You: The Farewell Concert > >> A favorite of mine. I saw them often at The Fez, a Joni haunt in NYC, now >> sadly closed. The Mingus Big Band was there every week. > >> Jerry > > Are you sure Fez closed? They were open a couple of weeks ago ... ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 07 Mar 2005 15:51:04 -0500 From: Jerry Notaro Subject: David and Judy Our very own David Lahm, who recorded Jazz Takes on Joni Mitchell, and More Jazz Takes on Joni Mitchell, and his wife Judy Kreston are performing every Saturday in March at Danny9s Skylight Room (342 West 46th Street, NYC - 212-265-8133 -http://www.dannysgrandseapalace.com/ ). The shows are at 9:30. Judy Kreston and David Lahm-" Remembering Cy: Celebrating the Music of Cy Coleman." Tim Ferguson, bass and Bobby Shankin, drums. Directed by Richard Hendrickson. I9ve eaten dinner there twice and the food is always excellent. Jerry ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 07 Mar 2005 15:22:51 -0800 From: "Mark or Travis" Subject: Re: Steely Dan ROBMSTEEN@aol.com wrote: 2) for all their myriad virtues, Becker and Fagen don't > seem to have a > terribly high opinion of women. The last sentence of Donald Fagen's comments on 'Cold Blue Steel & Sweet Fire' in the liner notes for the Starbucks compilation reads: "Also, I love it when white girls sing about this kind of stuff." Not sure if that fits in with the above comment but there's something about it that just kinda makes me go 'Euuuwwww!!!' Mark E. in Seattle ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 7 Mar 2005 16:49:30 -0800 (PST) From: Bob Muller Subject: Not an import Amazon has cleaned up the listing for "Songs Of A Prarie Girl" (due April 26). If you'll recall, it was listed as in import-only for $35.99, now it's listed at the more reasonable (but still outrageous) price of $18.99. Still no cover art or tracklisting that I've seen. http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B0007UMMHC/qid%3D1110242793/sr%3D11-1/ref%3Dsr%5F11%5F1/103-9500611-9187003 Bob - --------------------------------- Celebrate Yahoo!'s 10th Birthday! Yahoo! Netrospective: 100 Moments of the Web ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 07 Mar 2005 17:11:43 -0800 From: "Mark or Travis" Subject: Re: Not an import Bob Muller wrote: > Amazon has cleaned up the listing for "Songs Of A Prarie Girl" "Songs of a Prarie Girl"? Amazon needs to fire whoever was responsible for proof-reading this entry. They screwed it up the first time and now they can't even spell the word 'prairie' correctly. Mark E ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 7 Mar 2005 22:09:03 -0500 From: "Richard Flynn" Subject: Bjork & Joni? A Bjork Enthusiast on the JMDL Trading Hub is looking for the duet between Joni and Bjork of "What Is This Thing Called Love." This was performed at the "Stormy Weather" concert on April 16, 1998, but the duet was not included on the promo disk. It is rumored that it might be available on extremely rare "unofficial" recordings. If anyone here has a copy of this performance, would you be so kind as to contact me off-list? Thanks, Richard ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 7 Mar 2005 20:08:17 -0800 (PST) From: Matt Mc Subject: WOMAN OF HEART AND MIND DVD Hi, Friends, I just bought the WOMAN OF HEART AND MIND DVD. I remember seeing a clip of Joni on VH-1 Classic singing Big Yellow Taxi a while back. I was glad to see that the same clip is a bonus track. Was anyone else impressed with how graceful and just plain cool Joni looked playing those tunes, especially BYT? I just think it was such a cool vibe, with her hands gracefully hitting all the right notes on the neck. It's probably old hat to a lot of you, but it is new to me. I got into Joni when they showed this on PBS a few years back, and I watched some of it as a Neil and CSN(Y) fan. Boy howdy, I'm glad I payed attention that night. The delivery of Hejira on this DVD is just so amazing on that track. That arrangement would make the most annoying TV jingle sound like Heaven's Bells. Peace to all, Matt Mc In Sunny Mississippi PS: Does anyone know if Joni tuned down a 1/2 step or more at some point in her live shows to accomodate her changing voice. (I know she usually had alternate tunings, but wonder if she lowered them.) Just thought I might try to match her tunings from this DVD to see if I can sing. As a dude, it's hard to hit the early Joni notes without bodily injury. :-0 ================================================== "And I'll stand before you, and I'll bring a smile to your eyes." Neil Young "Motion Pictures" ================================================== __________________________________ Celebrate Yahoo!'s 10th Birthday! Yahoo! Netrospective: 100 Moments of the Web http://birthday.yahoo.com/netrospective/ ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 7 Mar 2005 23:44:03 EST From: Justalittlebreen@aol.com Subject: Oh...my...god... and the first-3-albums songbook (sjc) Hi all, After three xcruciating months of computer trouble, i now have a semi-functioning Mac G-3 and, as of this afternoon... D...S...L!!!! Still some bugs to work out, but I'm giving you all fair warning -- I'll probably be spending more time online now. Oh, also, I got a somewhat weather-beaten Joni songbook in the mail today, the one of the first three albums -- i had hoped it was the earlier version, that had about, what, 6 or 8 of the early NON-album songs, but no dice -- is there anyone who has that book (they were one of the raffle items at the '03 fest) who'd be willing to trade just those songs for some other sheet music. I don't have anything that unusual, but maybe -- anyway, there's always Ghirardelli's or See's chocolates. If you have the songs and are interested, please contact me off-list. I'm keeping AOL, for now, anyway, so I'll be at this address. D...S...L!!!! (I know, it's like I'm the first one to discover sex or something, but I'd just gotten used to 56K!) Best to all, Walt ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 7 Mar 2005 21:59:15 -0800 From: "Kate Bennett" Subject: Re: Steely Dan There's a semi related article about Crosby's son's band at: http://crosbycpr.com/content/features/features_text/Goldmine_99.html that is cpr, (it is not crosby's son's band).. cpr is one of my fav bands for years... yes peev is an amazing guitar player ------------------------------ End of onlyJMDL Digest V2005 #69 ******************************** ------- 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? (http://www.siquomb.com/siquomb.cfm)