first, i usually don't chime in on the birthday parade, but roberto, les r and maggie? that's a sweet trio of libras! warm thoughts to all of you...
>I'm going to have the toughest job >with Hejira which for me is an almost holy relic. I'll want to >like it, but >if it ain't right it ain't eva gonna get listened to again.. > those of us who saw the orchestra tour and/or scored tapes of shows from it are not worried about hejira. that song is sacred joni for me as well, but the orchestra version i love-loved live. it's based on that late eighties jam session she had with shorter, hancock and mcferrin on the song, in a latin dance rhythm. it works perfectly, as far as i'm concerned. you can assuage your fears about 'be cool' and 'for the roses' as well. the folks who are fond of 'judgement' seemed happy with its orchestral incarnation, too. i'm really excited about travelogue. it seems just brilliant to me that she's doing 'slouching toward bethlehem'. some other choices really excite me, as well. i'm also just really thrilled that she's putting another vocal version down of some of these songs. the only thing i'm dreading is songs i don't like much, particularly 'sex kills'. i like bsn very much, but i think she was singing the standards so much better a year later. i wish she had taken the orchestral versions of a lot of travelogue on tour before recording. i don't know if that would have been financially feasable, but i wish... that's why i'm glad she's sung the songs so much in other settings. at least there's a comfort level. patrick, rambling a bit... np - glass - dance #5
