From: owner-onlyjoni-digest@smoe.org (onlyJMDL Digest) To: onlyjoni-digest@smoe.org Subject: onlyJMDL Digest V2011 #168 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 Friday, June 17 2011 Volume 2011 : Number 168 ========== TOPICS and authors in this Digest: -------- Banquet [Dave Blackburn ] Re: Banquet [Gerald Notaro ] Re: Banquet [Catherine McKay ] Re: Banquet [Catherine McKay ] Re: Banquet [Bob Muller ] Re: Banquet [Gerald Notaro ] Little Joni in Saskatoon [Michael quebec ] Re: Banquet [kjhsf@aol.com] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 16 Jun 2011 09:13:59 -0700 From: Dave Blackburn Subject: Banquet Dear pianists and minutiaphiles, My partner in crime, ace transcriber Michael Dunn, has helped grow the piano transcription database with a beautiful chart for Banquet. Now downloadable from thttp://jonimitchell.com/music/transcription.cfm?id=469 We are homing in on the goal of a complete set of transcriptions of Joni's piano literature; not too many left to go now. Feedback from users is always welcome... thanks Dave ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 16 Jun 2011 12:26:55 -0400 From: Gerald Notaro Subject: Re: Banquet That is wonderful, David. Now you need to come over and play it for me;-) I have always considered Banquet to be Joni at the height of her musical genius. Jerry On Thu, Jun 16, 2011 at 12:13 PM, Dave Blackburn wrote: > Dear pianists and minutiaphiles, > > My partner in crime, ace transcriber Michael Dunn, has helped grow the > piano transcription database with a beautiful chart for Banquet. Now > downloadable from thttp://jonimitchell.com/music/transcription.cfm?id=469 > > We are homing in on the goal of a complete set of transcriptions of Joni's > piano literature; not too many left to go now. > > Feedback from users is always welcome... > > thanks > Dave ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 16 Jun 2011 09:48:08 -0700 (PDT) From: Catherine McKay Subject: Re: Banquet You guys are amazing. I wish I could play the piano well enough to do this, or that I had the patience, because maybe that's what it needs. - ----- Original Message ---- > From: Dave Blackburn > To: "joni@smoe.org LIST" > Sent: Thu, June 16, 2011 12:13:59 PM > Subject: Banquet > > Dear pianists and minutiaphiles, > > My partner in crime, ace transcriber Michael Dunn, has helped grow the piano >transcription database with a beautiful chart for Banquet. Now downloadable >from thttp://jonimitchell.com/music/transcription.cfm?id=469 > > We are homing in on the goal of a complete set of transcriptions of Joni's >piano literature; not too many left to go now. > > Feedback from users is always welcome... > > thanks > Dave ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 16 Jun 2011 09:50:55 -0700 (PDT) From: Catherine McKay Subject: Re: Banquet Her piano stuff at this time (Blue, FTR, Court&Spark) was truly brilliant. - ----- Original Message ---- > From: Gerald Notaro > To: Dave Blackburn > Cc: "joni@smoe.org LIST" > Sent: Thu, June 16, 2011 12:26:55 PM > Subject: Re: Banquet > > That is wonderful, David. Now you need to come over and play it for me;-) > I have always considered Banquet to be Joni at the height of her musical > genius. > > Jerry > > > On Thu, Jun 16, 2011 at 12:13 PM, Dave Blackburn > wrote: > > > Dear pianists and minutiaphiles, > > > > My partner in crime, ace transcriber Michael Dunn, has helped grow the > > piano transcription database with a beautiful chart for Banquet. Now > > downloadable from thttp://jonimitchell.com/music/transcription.cfm?id=469 > > > > We are homing in on the goal of a complete set of transcriptions of Joni's > > piano literature; not too many left to go now. > > > > Feedback from users is always welcome... > > > > thanks > > Dave ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 16 Jun 2011 16:21:16 -0700 (PDT) From: Bob Muller Subject: Re: Banquet It's an amazing piece of music to be sure - what specifically inspires you to make that statement? When I think of it I always hear the "gli-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-ide" in my head. Bob NP: Prince, "Act Of God" ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 16 Jun 2011 21:29:03 -0400 From: Gerald Notaro Subject: Re: Banquet As Catherine points out, it's positioned in between Joni's strongest artistic output, in my opinion. This of course comes from my favorite album, FTR. The music is alive, fresh, daring, and unusually wedded to the perfect lyrics. Her statements are cogent social commentary without being whiny or curmudgeonly, as I find her later work. It immediately sounded like an instant classic upon first hearing, and remains so today. There is a current running through the words and music there that has sadly turned to a trickle over the years. Jerry On Thu, Jun 16, 2011 at 7:21 PM, Bob Muller wrote: > genius.> > > It's an amazing piece of music to be sure - what specifically inspires you > to > make that statement? > > When I think of it I always hear the > "gli-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-ide" in > my head. > > Bob > > NP: Prince, "Act Of God" ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 17 Jun 2011 04:46:48 +0000 From: Michael quebec Subject: Little Joni in Saskatoon So here I am, in Saskatoon, only to discover that there is hardly any trace of Joni Mitchell to be found here. Sigh.... surely she lives on in the hearts and minds of many of the locals, but I guess the 60's and 70's are now long gone, and with them the physical evidence of Joni's connection to this prairie town. I did find one nice thing today, however. I walked into the downtown branch of the public library, and typed Joni Mitchell into the collection catalogue data base to see what would come up. Happily, they have about 80 entries, ranging from the biographies, to songbooks to cd's and dvd's. It's all here, referenced away, just waiting for the taking.Many of the books were in a special section located on the 2nd floor, where the fine art books are housed. One book in particular caught my attention, because I had never heard of it, or it had passed me by. It's called Heavy Rotation: twenty writers on the albums that changed their lives, edited by Peter Terzian. As you can imagine, the essays vary in style and substance, but it was Colm Toibin's appreciation of Blue that caught my interest. On this Jlist, we are well familiar with stories about the discovery and impact of Joni's music, but it was especially gratifying to read the lines and thoughts penned by a great writer such as Colm Toibin, who shares his personal obsession with Joni's Blue, growing up as a young adolescent in Ireland in the 70's. I urge you to read this, if you haven't already done so; it's very touching, it runs for about 20 pages or so. The other gift the library gave me was found in the local history archives room. On a whim, I approached the librarian there (a stout, kind-faced woman with a twinkle in her eye, who could well be a contemporary of Joni's) and asked her if she had a Joni Mitchell file. Well, indeed she did: two big black binders stuffed with newspaper clippings and such, dating from the recent Alberta ballet all the way back to Joni's high school days at Aden Bowen Collegiate. This was a true treasure trove of yellowed newspapers and various photocopied bits and clippings, pasted together over the years by various staff members, not unlike the clipping books that Joni's mom had kept of her daughter's career. There was also a folder of original photos, including a home snapshot of Joni with a friend, crouching in front of a Christmas tree, undoubtedly taken in some home in Saskatoon in the mid-70's. At the Mendel Gallery there was nothing Joni-related to be seen, except for a few copies of the small Voices book, which is a souvenir of Joni's show there several years ago. No Joni Cafi, although some of the library articles discussed the discussions around a proposed JM cultural centre in the new art gallery. I don't know if that is going to happen. Fotnote : the Mendel is about to close : it will be integrated into a new, larger art gallery building that is slated for the downtown riverfront. So, these are my Saskatoon stories, thusfar. Thinking of you. Michael in Quebec, in sunny Saskatoon ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 17 Jun 2011 00:53:24 -0400 (EDT) From: kjhsf@aol.com Subject: Re: Banquet When I think to growing up in Ohio, and having to do all kinds of detective work to track down even bad transcriptions of Joni songs to play on the piano--I am eternally grateful for you, Dave. To have at our fingertips such amazing and accurate transcriptions is a true gift. MANY THANKS! Ken - -----Original Message----- From: Dave Blackburn To: joni@smoe.org LIST Sent: Thu, Jun 16, 2011 12:21 pm Subject: Banquet Dear pianists and minutiaphiles, My partner in crime, ace transcriber Michael Dunn, has helped grow the piano ranscription database with a beautiful chart for Banquet. Now downloadable from http://jonimitchell.com/music/transcription.cfm?id=469 We are homing in on the goal of a complete set of transcriptions of Joni's piano iterature; not too many left to go now. Feedback from users is always welcome... thanks ave ------------------------------ End of onlyJMDL Digest V2011 #168 ********************************* ------- Post messages to the list by clicking here: mailto:joni@smoe.org Unsubscribe by clicking here: mailto:onlyjoni-digest-request@smoe.org?body=unsubscribe