Hello Gang-
I don't remember if I posted about this record when I got it last year
or not, but it is worth posting again anyway. I got a copy of "A Tribute to
Jaco Pastorius" called "Who Loves You?", that was put out on Concord Jazz.
It is a wonderful record with some of the most superb players out there,
including many Joni alumnus players. The list goes like this:
Don Alias, Michael Brecker, Peter Erskine, Victor Bailey, Randy Brecker,
Hiram Bullock, Steve Cardenas, Mark Egan, Bill Evans, Steve Gadd, Bob James,
Will Lee, Marcus Miller, John Patitucci, David Sanborn, Mike Stern + many
many more. The really obvious thing is NO Joni Mitchell. Jaco was big in the
Jazz camp, but it was Joni who brought him to an even wider audience (and
verse vica). Of course there are no girls on this record so maybe it was a
Dale Evans/Roy Rodgers thing (wink wink). Anyways for all you Jazzers out
there, hjere is your heads up about new product available that gets my stamp
I was also reading the new Jazz Times about Andy Summers and his new
Mingus project and of course you know who went there SO "five minutes ago"
and did a brilliant job at that.
In other news, I happened to be pushing the buttons on the car radio
this morning and stopped on a sports shos called The Game and it caught my
ear cause they were talking about the very first SuperBowl and the fact that
there is no footage of it (which I thought strange). Both announcers said
something about "you never know what you have untill its gone". Both guys
thanked Joni Mitchell and while one sited the fact that they put up a
parking lot, the other muttered something about a Big Yellow Taxi. I laughed
out loud cause once again it shows how prolific and wide she reaches, even
the jocks are hip to Joni!
Best,
Michael (who ran track and played soccer in High school but was NEVER
considered a jock cause I was a freak. Right Jack???)
NP-Blue-From The Alternate
