tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8326339.post116599876012399120..comments2023-10-21T07:14:37.880-07:00Comments on Jazz: The Music of Unemployment: Survey saysAndrew Durkinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11471871547839907538noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8326339.post-1166518506009643892006-12-19T00:55:00.000-08:002006-12-19T00:55:00.000-08:00I actually thought you meant Larry the trumpet pla...I actually thought you meant Larry the trumpet player... and I didn't think twice about it until you mentioned it. It's late.<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://kristiner.blogspot.com/2006/12/im-in.html" REL="nofollow">Here's mine</A>.Kris Tinerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01605676500619480309noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8326339.post-1166514482645080232006-12-18T23:48:00.000-08:002006-12-18T23:48:00.000-08:00I think Blue is an amazing album. It's one of thos...I think <I>Blue</I> is an amazing album. It's one of those recordings that just totally caught me on first listen, and still sounds fresh some fifteen years later. (I initially had it on cassette, and side two was cued up first for some reason, so the immediate knockout punch came from "California.")<BR/><BR/>I think JM's overall discography (as far as I know it, anyway) is less consistently good, but there are some nice things in there. Perhaps more importantly, she's got tons of what used to be called "artistic integrity." <BR/><BR/>(Incidentally, I'm reading a Zappa bio at the moment and came across an amusing anecdote describing an improvised performance JM did with Zappa/Mothers in 1970...)<BR/><BR/>Anyway, my half joking reference to "guilty pleasures" has less to do with Joni per se and more with the artistic movement she has come to represent: singer-songwriters. This is sort of a personal demon for me, cuz I went through a period in my youth / young adulthood in which a lot of what I was listening to / writing was in that vein (especially in terms of sensitive, bittersweet songs about relationships). It's been a long road from there to here, but suffice it to say that a lot of that stuff falls flat for me now. <BR/><BR/>And as for <I>People Time</I>: fuck yeah. The thing that gets me about that record is that Getz was <I>dying</I> -- you can hear him catching his breath as he plays -- and yet his playing is as imaginative and vibrant as ever. And Barron is just off the hook.<BR/><BR/>Finally, you probably knew this, but to clarify for other readers: looking back over my list, I realized I should probably point out that the Larry Williams I am referring to is not the <A HREF="http://www.laweeyum.com/" REL="nofollow">trumpet player from LA</A> but the <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_Williams" REL="nofollow">classic R&B musician from New Orleans</A>.Andrew Durkinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11471871547839907538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8326339.post-1166510922811474252006-12-18T22:48:00.000-08:002006-12-18T22:48:00.000-08:00Are you implying that you no longer like Joni Mitc...Are you implying that you no longer like Joni Mitchell, or that you no longer like <I>Blue</I>, or neither? Because, uh, I love that album (and I love it very recently). Also <I>People Time</I> was an early, early favorite of mine. Nice.<BR/><BR/>Wow, I don't want to do one of these, but I feel like I'm going to... the questions are too good...Kris Tinerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01605676500619480309noreply@blogger.com