Leslie wrote:
"On the last day of our New Orleans JoniFest Voyage I read about a
musician named Tony Green. This from the liner notes of his CD, "Gypsy
Jazz": "As a guitarist growing up in America in the late '60s and '70s
you'd expect Green to worship at the feet of Jimi Hendrix, Jimmy Page or
John McLaughlin. Far from it. Tony's idol is of all people the Belgian
gypsy jazz giant Django Reinhardt". You can add Steve and myself to the
list of people who idolize the guitar artistry of Django Reinhardt. On
the way to lunch and then the airport with Michael Paz, we made a quick
stop at Tower Records and I picked up Tony's CD.
The first paragraph of the liner notes reads: "It's not uncommon for
creative people to have more than one outlet for their muse. Musicians
as diverse as Felix Mendelssohn, George Gershwin, Tony Bennett and Joni
Mitchell could all paint for instance."
Gypsy Jazz by Tony Green, highly recommended."
Hi Leslie-
Tony is indeed a wonderful artist twice. His visual art is growing (much
like Joni's) more each year. He is the toast of New Orleans and in Europe
(as I understand). He has been on jukebox a couple of times but has not had
good performances because I whink our format was a little too rushed for
him. Being a live show we are always crazy and rushing around re micing
things etc. He is always all acoustic usually 2 gtrs and upright bass, and
it has been hard to get things just right for him. i love his stuff and have
been friends with him since we were both in college at USL in Lafayette when
I had a bush (as a opposed to a ponytail) and he had hair down to the middle
of his back and was playing all the latest riffs by Page, Hendrix, et al. I
wish I would have asked him to do something for Jonifest, but alas the show
as 6 hours long already and there still wasn't enough time. Thanks for
supporting New Orleans music.
Paz
NP-All of You (Alternate Take) by Cole Porter-Miles Davis/John Coltrane
Columbia Complete Recordings 1955(a VERY Good year)-1961
