Always liked the Miles of Aisles album although I haven't listened to it in literally years - with Tom Scott and the LA Express -
Hey, Paul, isn't that Tom Scott playing sax in the 1st clip with Pastorius?
"There is no royal road to this heavy surf-fishing. With all the appliances for comfort experience can suggest, there is a certain amount of hard work to be done and exposure to be bourne as a part of the price of success." From "Striped Bass," Scribner's Magazine, 1881.
no that is Micheal Brecker, who unfortunately died in 07 I think.
The band she has here, including herself, might be one of the best ever assembled IMO. Lyle Mays is a long time Metheny pianist and the drummer, not a household name, has played with the who's who of Jazz players for years. Quite the band.
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"A beach is a place where a man can feel he's the only soul in the world that's real"
Hmmm....didn't realize Brecker had died - couldn't tell who it was the sax riff was pretty short -
Joni's worked with a lot of the contemporary jazz greats - never have had the chance to listen to the Mingus collaboration she did -
Doesn't Herbie Hancock have a CD of her material he released a few years back - saw him many times at Newport Jazz Fest, got some great photos of him back in the late '80's -
"There is no royal road to this heavy surf-fishing. With all the appliances for comfort experience can suggest, there is a certain amount of hard work to be done and exposure to be bourne as a part of the price of success." From "Striped Bass," Scribner's Magazine, 1881.
Sept. 2007 - River: The Joni Letters, but I have never heard anything off it. I will have to investigate.
2008 it won Album of the year and best contemp. jazz album at 50th grammys.
First Jazz album to win Best album in 43 years
Must be pretty good to win best album.
Very Interesting
Here you go
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"A beach is a place where a man can feel he's the only soul in the world that's real"
Yeah, I thought it had won a Grammy, but didn't want to appear to be talking out of my paper....uhhh....hat again...
"There is no royal road to this heavy surf-fishing. With all the appliances for comfort experience can suggest, there is a certain amount of hard work to be done and exposure to be bourne as a part of the price of success." From "Striped Bass," Scribner's Magazine, 1881.
PM, this is about the first time I've been caught totally off guard on the music boards! I had no clue Metheney and Jaco played with Joni Mitchell, this is really a trip, very, very cool.
Its sort of funny, Im pretty sure Joni is playing an open tuning (looks like a G), allowing her to play chords with one finger, yet behind her are some of the greastest musicians of all time. This was cool, thanks for sharing.
I saw an interview with Joni where she said she wrote the lyrics to "Big Yellow Taxi" (they paved paradise, put up a parking lot) in a recording studio bathroom after her producer told her that the album she was recording needed a single. She said it took her about ten minutes to write it.
There's a great American Masters bio of Joni on PBS that's been on a number of times -
Very well done, covers a lot of her later work with the contemporary jazz masters as well as her work with Mingus.
I would think it will be on again at some point this Spring
"There is no royal road to this heavy surf-fishing. With all the appliances for comfort experience can suggest, there is a certain amount of hard work to be done and exposure to be bourne as a part of the price of success." From "Striped Bass," Scribner's Magazine, 1881.
Joni, Metheny and Jaco doing Mingus! I think there was a Joni documentory that stated she was ready to quit when somebody talked her into getting together with Metheny and Jaco. Good thing for us.
Word of Mouth, definitely! Probably a top ten Ipod traveling album. I have been holding off on the tribute album though. First mission is to get an old double disk live big band recording that was done in Japan. Not in stores, have to dig around online at some trusted sources. Still a bit anxious about buying used vinyl unseen.
The Word Is Out might be even a little better. A who's who of bass and guitar. Worth the investment and if you want a copy let me know, it would be my pleasure. You have good taste in music.
"A beach is a place where a man can feel he's the only soul in the world that's real"
Looks great Paul (just took a look at Amazon). I am up for just about anything with Victor Wooton on it. I will have to post my Victor story sometime. Probably the most amazing thing I saw a musician do live. Bela Fleck show back a while here in Hartford.
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Interesting sound ... always thought of fusion as jazz /rock ,,,, jazz/folk ? ... Good stuff Paul .. Must admit wasn't a big fan at the time ,,, just kind of missed it,,, into other things .. She's great ,, and held up well ... Someone say Brecker ? as in Brecker Brothers ? sorry ,,, had too ..
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