Ya know,
Seeing New Orleans' own Branford Marsalis, and his big brother Wynton
Marsalis commenting on the early days of Jazz, (or Jass, as it was called
before it was recorded) turns this JMDLer's thoughts to another of Ellis
Marsalis'es sons: Jason Marsalis. Mister Jason Marsalis wrote out several
arrangements of songs by Joni. I believe he wrote a few "charts" (as we
hip, happenin', fledgling, self-depreciating, jazz fans say) exclusively for
a gig last Memorial Day weekend. It sure would be exciting to hear,
wouldn't it..... Marcel? Kakki? Les? Claud? Lori? Bob Murphy? Jerry?
Victor? Bern? Bob Muller? John? Pearl? Catgirl? Leslie? Steve?
Bryan? David? Everyone?
I have a pile of money set aside to donate to my favorite charity in
exchange for a box set recording of Jason Marsalis and his fine band
performing one or more Joni songs along with many other fantastic
performances..... But maybe I'll just buy that Grammy-nominated Britney
Spears instead....
Maybe I should turn away from this idea that New Orleans is Mecca. Maybe I
should start buying N'Sync and catch up on what I've been missing.
Hmmmmmmm,
Horschac's Mom
(On the old TV show, "Welcome Back Kotter", when Horschac cut class, he'd
forge a letter from his Mom. Unfortunately, Horschac wasn't too bright- he
always signed it "Horschac's Mom". Now a music trivia question- who wrote
the song "Welcome Back" that played over the credits?)
