Joni Mitchell

[markolas]

Originally Posted by LiamMcConville

I'm listening to Shine as we speak, and I don't hate it, I don't love it. Maybe its because this is the first Joni album I've listened to all the way through. But, I absolutely HATE the keyboard-generated-horns that are littered throughout each track. VERY annoying.

Oh, bless your heart! I don't think I'd recommend this as a first Joni album for anybody. You definitely need to hear Court & Spark and The Hissing of Summer Lawns.

I like the sound of the horns, but then again, I liked the VG8 on Taming the Tiger. It's just personal preference.

[markolas]

Originally Posted by David

Wayne Shorter is one of the gods of the modal/post-bop era. He has long been one of my favorites, particularly his sessions with Art Blakey. He recorded with the Jazz Messengers perhaps my favorite hard bop album ever: A Night in Tunisia. (The Jazz Messengers recorded two albums with that title & I love them both. Shorter appears on the 1960 album.) I had no idea that Shorter had worked so frequently with Joni Mitchell. I think that's great & awesome.

Shorter has been playing on Joni's albums since 1977. However, it doesn't appear as though he's on Shine. Looking at the CD notes, soprano and alto sax are played by Bob Sheppard. Weird. Anyway, I love Shorter - though I know him mostly just from his work w/ Joni, the 'Speak No Evil' album, and his tenure in Weather Report.

Oh, and I about had a stroke when I saw this. 'Shine' debuted at No. 14 on the Billboard album charts. It's her highest charting album since 'Hejira' in 1976.

[rbs3676]

Originally Posted by markolas

Oh, and I about had a stroke when I saw this. 'Shine' debuted at No. 14 on the Billboard album charts. It's her highest charting album since 'Hejira' in 1976.

I went to my corner Starbucks and got the CD the day it came out.
Congrats to Joni that some of us still care...

rbs