From: owner-onlyjoni-digest@smoe.org (onlyJMDL Digest) To: onlyjoni-digest@smoe.org Subject: onlyJMDL Digest V2006 #109 Reply-To: joni@smoe.org Sender: owner-onlyjoni-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-onlyjoni-digest@smoe.org 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 Thursday, April 13 2006 Volume 2006 : Number 109 ========== TOPICS and authors in this Digest: -------- Ian Shaw UK jimdlers ["Jamie's Box of Paints" ] Passover [Nuriel Tobias ] FW: Don Alias obit from 4/5 NY Times ["Tortorici, Frank" ] Henry Lewy Dies ["Jim L'Hommedieu, Lama" ] images of Henry Lewy ["Michael O'Malley" ] Re: Ian Shaw UK jimdlers [Bob Muller ] Re: Kate playing for Cindy [Bruce Eggleston ] Re: Kate playing for Cindy - the power of Joni's music [Bruce Eggleston <] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 12 Apr 2006 15:16:40 +0100 From: "Jamie's Box of Paints" Subject: Ian Shaw UK jimdlers I was just wondering if anyone else was going to the Ian Shaw concert on Saturday at the Bloomsbury Theatre (in Bloomsbury)? I am going so if anyone else was let meet up and do something! I have heard the samples from the website and am quite excited about the project! Much Joni Jamie Zoob - -- I am a lonely Painter I live in a Box of Paints I'm frightened by the devil But I'm drawn to those ones that 'aint afraid... Jamie Zubairi can be found at http://uk.voicespro.com/jamie.zubairi1 and http://uk.castingcallpro.com/jamie.zubairi ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 12 Apr 2006 07:20:08 -0700 (PDT) From: Nuriel Tobias Subject: Passover Happy Passover everybody! This is the freedom time - so feel free!:) Love, Nuri - --------------------------------- Yahoo! Messenger with Voice. PC-to-Phone calls for ridiculously low rates. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 12 Apr 2006 10:35:19 -0400 From: "Tortorici, Frank" Subject: FW: Don Alias obit from 4/5 NY Times Re-send since it wasn't posted the first time... =20 Frank Tortorici Associate Director, Communications/Media Relations The Conference Board (212) 339-0231 =20 - -----Original Message----- From: Tortorici, Frank=20 Sent: Thursday, April 06, 2006 10:23 AM To: 'joni@smoe.org' Subject: Don Alias obit from 4/5 NY Times =20 Don Alias, 66, Percussionist and Sideman, Is Dead=20 Don Alias, a percussionist who had a long career as a sought-after sideman, working with an illustrious array of artists in jazz and pop including Nina Simone, Miles Davis and Joni Mitchell, died on March 28 at his home in Manhattan. He was 66. Skip to next paragraph =20 =20 Jack Vartoogian/FrontRowPhotos Don Alias in a tribute to Jaco Pastorius at the JVC Jazz Festival in 2005.=20 His death was announced by Melanie Futorian, his companion, who said the cause was under investigation.=20 Born Charles Donald Alias to Caribbean parents in New York, Mr. Alias liked to say that he learned percussion on the streets, picking up the techniques of Cuban and Puerto Rican hand drummers.=20 While in high school, he enlisted as a conga player with the Eartha Kitt Dance Foundation, which offered classes at a Y.M.C.A. Ms. Kitt herself took him along to the 1957 Newport Jazz Festival, where he performed with the Dizzy Gillespie Orchestra, his first professional experience. At the urging of his family, Mr. Alias (pronounced uh-LIE-ess) studied biology at Gannon College in Erie, Pa., and the Carnegie Institute for Biochemistry in Boston. Playing in Boston clubs by night, he met students from the Berklee School of Music, most notably the bassist Gene Perla. It was Mr. Perla who got Mr. Alias a job as a drummer with Ms. Simone, even though he had no experience with a full drum kit. He handled the challenge and eventually became Ms. Simone's musical director. In 1969, his work in her ensemble caught the attention of Miles Davis, who was then developing the hazy jazz-rock that would suffuse his album "Bitches Brew." Hired as an auxiliary percussionist for the album, Mr. Alias ended up playing a trap-set part, along with Jack DeJohnette, on the track "Miles Runs the Voodoo Down." His lean and loosely syncopated beat, inspired by New Orleans parade music, is one of the album's most distinctive rhythms.=20 Mr. Alias played the role of trap drummer again on a 1979 concert tour with Joni Mitchell, in a band that included the saxophonist Michael Brecker, the guitarist Pat Metheny and the bassist Jaco Pastorius. A live recording from the tour, "Shadows and Light," is often cited as a favorite among musicians.=20 Mr. Alias was the first-call percussionist for a host of other artists as well, including the singer Roberta Flack, the alto saxophonist David Sanborn (with whom he toured as recently as February) and the pianist Herbie Hancock. As a conga player, Mr. Alias could augment a rhythm section in a way that was urgent but never intrusive.=20 He also had a hand in forming two bands: Stone Alliance, an electric fusion project with Mr. Perla and the saxophonist Steve Grossman, and Kebekwa, a percussion ensemble based in Montreal. Kebekwa was short-lived, but several years ago Stone Alliance reunited after a two-decade hiatus. The group has three recent live albums on the Mambo Maniacs label.=20 In addition to Ms. Futorian, Mr. Alias is survived by his mother, Violet Richardson Alias; his son, Charles Donald Alias Jr.; his daughter, Kimberlee Marisa Alias; and four grandchildren.=20 =20 =20 =20 Frank Tortorici Associate Director, Communications/Media Relations The Conference Board (212) 339-0231 =20 [demime 0.97c-p1 removed an attachment of type image/jpeg which had a name of image001.jpg] ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 12 Apr 2006 08:14:12 -0700 From: "Lindsay Moon" Subject: Henry Lewy Did anyone notice on the joni.com website that Henry Lewy, Joni's longtime engineer, died on April 8th? Well, sorry, guys. I had been trying to keep up with digests and thought I was current and hadn't read anything. I was glad to go to the links and read about him and his philosophy on working with Joni and letting the artist shine through. His comments about present day music wanting nothing but hits and 'where is the artist?' sound familiar, hmm? Lindsay ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 12 Apr 2006 12:49:34 -0400 From: "Jim L'Hommedieu, Lama" Subject: Henry Lewy Dies Lindsay, Susan Lacy used two still photos of him in the PBS special on Joni. Joni was describing their work pattern and said, roughly, "I didn't know the names for things so I'd say, 'Put a little *Elvis* on it', meaning 'reverb'. Someone asked Henry, "Do you understand what she's saying?" "Every word." Jim L'Hommedieu >From: "Lindsay Moon" Subject: Henry Lewy Dies Did anyone notice on the joni.com website that Henry Lewy, Joni's longtime engineer, died on April 8th? I did a search on Google Images for him because I have no idea what he looked like and his life came right up.> ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 12 Apr 2006 23:04:40 +0000 From: "Michael O'Malley" Subject: images of Henry Lewy Linsay wrote: I did a search on Google Images for him because I have no idea what he looked like and his life came right up. As I recall, Henry Lewy appears briefly in a scene in the Joni DVD, Woman of Heart and Mind. Michael in Quebec _________________________________________________________________ Take advantage of powerful junk e-mail filters built on patented Microsoft. SmartScreen Technology. http://join.msn.com/?pgmarket=en-ca&page=byoa/prem&xAPID=1994&DI=1034&SU=http://hotmail.com/enca&HL=Market_MSNIS_Taglines Start enjoying all the benefits of MSN. Premium right now and get the first two months FREE*. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 12 Apr 2006 16:13:37 -0700 (PDT) From: Bob Muller Subject: Re: Ian Shaw UK jimdlers Jamie - Lieve had said she was going, is that still the case? What about Lucy, Les, Jacky? Wish *I* was going. Bob NP: Joni, "Conversation" - --- Jamie's Box of Paints wrote: > I was just wondering if anyone else was going > to the Ian Shaw concert on > Saturday at the Bloomsbury Theatre (in > Bloomsbury)? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 12 Apr 2006 23:31:05 -0600 From: Bruce Eggleston Subject: Re: Kate playing for Cindy Dear Kate, I have been collecting, casually, anti-war songs since "Where Have All the Flowers Gone" since Peter, Paul and Mary first released it around 1962. I am sure my collection only scrapes the surface, but I'd love to provide a list to you if you'd like. Of course "Tin Soldier" is near the top of that list, as are "Woodstock" and "California". We just might have to jump-start this revolution. Bonneville Bruce > From: "Kate Bennett" > Subject: njc, Kate playing for Cindy > >> Oh my God, Kate. You have my heart on this one. (I'm crying, sorry.)< > > I know. I've been crying on & off all day thinking of this. I know it is so > I won't cry when I actually perform. Hopefully. > >> Where Have All the Flowers Gone? Is that easy? Joan Baez played that at > Camp Casey.< > > BRILLIANT! This is one of the first songs I ever learned. It is one I keep > thinking I should be playing again & since JB played it at Camp Casey it is > a perfect choice. Thank YOU! ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 12 Apr 2006 23:19:37 -0600 From: Bruce Eggleston Subject: Re: Kate playing for Cindy - the power of Joni's music Dear Kate, Your post dredged up a morbid memory from 1973 and 1975. In 1973, I was living in Salt Lake with Bob, a Master Sargent in the Utah National Guard, a friend of my brother-in-law. While on duty he and two other soldiers were in a roll-over accident in an army truck, known as a 4x4. One of them, not Bob my room mate, was killed. At his funeral with full military guard, my good friend, Janine Gardner, played the guitar and sang several numbers. She played and sang a lovely version of "Both Side Now". I can still hear it today. The mourners were that point where the room was so tense, you could float lightning on the vibe. During the first chorus two of the honor guard fell flat on their faces in dead faint, including the fellow who was driving the 4x4. The terrible emotion of the loss of their friend and comrade, when coupled with Joni's universal words caused a psychic warp in the church. It was like being inside the bell tower when the Liberty Bell struck its last peal. The ethers opened just a crack to let that poor boy go home. I was sobbing like a baby with everyone else in the church at that moment. I was fully enraptured by Joni's music. The power of her music opened the heavens for me that day as well. Since then most of the crucial and monumental moments of my happy life have been in some way accompanied by Joni's music. Two years later almost to the day my family and I were at another funeral. This time the sorrow was for my sister and brother-in-law and their son, Tiger. As it happened Tiger, age seven and Justin, his little brother age five, were playing in a swimming pool in a Salt Lake motel, quite against my Sister's orders. Our dear beloved Justin drowned in that pool and his frightened brother could not save him. My good friend Janine was again asked to play at Justin's funeral. She broke into "Both Sides Now" and everyone in the church began to weep and wail. My heart opened again and I felt the holy spirit of that beautiful boy rise to a better place. Joni's music has the power to escort us to our makers. For those two moments I will always know in my heart that Joni's music is divine and she has the power to heal with it. Bonneville Bruce A post script to this: at the very moment that my dear sweet Justin lost his life I was on one of my many spirit quests in Canyonlands National Park. My friend and partner in crime, David Black, and I were in the heart of Chesler Park high as the Lord while sitting on an enormous mushroom shaped sandstone monument. We were meditating and Waiting for the Sun, in the Doors' voice. At that fatal moment a huge crow flew in from the north, circled around us very closely two times, then flew steadily back due north. I told David that someone dear to me had died, I thought it was my elderly Grandfather. Two days later when I arrived home I got the terrible news just as I pulled into our driveway. PPS. Not all my Joni epiphanies have been sad, but they have all been deep. The best one was "The Last Time I saw Richard" as the final convincing argument moments before I proposed marriage to my Beautiful Bride of 29 years nine months, two days and twelve hours (but who's counting). Bonneville Bruce np: "Both Sides Now" in my head > From: "Kate Bennett" > Subject: njc, Kate playing for Cindy > > Hi Patti, > > Cindy was here this weekend but I think she'll be in texas on mother's day > (& I'll be in California when I play)... nevertheless the people who have > asked me to play are tied deeply to her mission: > > from our local paper today-- "The hour long rally, organized by Veterans For > Peace, marked the second time Ms. Sheehan has visited the Arlington > memorial, which volunteers construct each Sunday by putting a cross in the > sand to represent a troop member killed in Iraq -- the number now reaches > 2,350. > > Veterans For Peace has erected the memorial every Sunday for the last 21/2 > years. The wooden crosses are pushed tightly together to fit along the > stretch of sand near Stearns Wharf. > > Stephen Sherrill, one of the organizers for Veterans For Peace, told the > crowd that 770 family members and friends from across the nation have come > to pay tribute to their loved ones. > > "This has stood as a potent antidote to political spin because of its > unusual reality," he said. "This is what the war lords in Washington are > doing to our young men and women. . . . We will do everything in our power > to stop them." > > Ms. Sheehan first drove to Santa Barbara from her Vacaville home on Mother's > Day in 2004, about a month after her son was killed in Baghdad's Sadr City." > > >> Oh my God, Kate. You have my heart on this one. (I'm crying, sorry.)< > > I know. I've been crying on & off all day thinking of this. I know it is so > I won't cry when I actually perform. Hopefully. > >> Where Have All the Flowers Gone? Is that easy? Joan Baez played that at > Camp Casey.< > > BRILLIANT! This is one of the first songs I ever learned. It is one I keep > thinking I should be playing again & since JB played it at Camp Casey it is > a perfect choice. Thank YOU! ------------------------------ End of onlyJMDL Digest V2006 #109 ********************************* ------- 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)