JONI'S JAZZ - A Joni Mitchell Tribute
Central Park Summerstage
Central Park, NYC NY
July 1st, 1999


A live concert celebrating the music of Joni Mitchell with a special focus on the albums Mingus, Court And Spark, The Hissing Of Summer Lawns and Hejira.

Vernon Reid - guitars, musical director
Jerome Harris - guitars, musical director
Matthew Garrison - bass
Ben Perowsky - drums
Minu Cinelu - percussion
Brian Sheret - keyboards
Leon Bernbaum - keyboards
Don Byron - bass clarinet
Graham Haynes - coronet
Doug Weiselman - woodwinds & guitar
Ravi Coltrane - soprano saxophone
Joy Askew - background vocals
Sheryl Marshall - background vocals
Christina Wheeler - background vocals

Guest artists included Eric Andersen, Dean Bowman, Erin Hamilton, Jon Hendricks & Annie Ross, Joe Jackson, John Kelly, Chaka Khan, P.M. Dawn, Toshi Reagon, Carl Hancock Rux, Duncan Sheik and Jane Siberry.

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Set 1 (94:49)

Danny Kapilian intro
Trouble Child - Toshi Reagon
The Jungle Line - Carl Hancock Rux and Dean Bowman
People's Parties - Jane Siberry
Same Situation - Ravi Coltrane
Edith and the Kingpin/Jericho - Christina Wheeler
Free Man in Paris Rap based on I's A-Muggin' - PM Dawn (and Mood Swings)
Don't Interrupt the Sorrow - Chaka Khan
Just Like this Train - Eric Andersen
Down to You (with part of A Case of You and Unchained Melody in the middle) - Joy Askew w/Joe Jackson at the piano
God Must Be a Boogieman - Erin Hamilton
Court and Spark - Duncan Sheik
Hissing of Summer Lawns - Chaka Khan
Raised on Robbery - Sheryl Marshall
Shadows and Light - John Kelly


INTERMISSION


Set 2 (86:33)

Danny Kapilian intro to Hejira
Coyote - Joy Askew
Amelia - John Kelly w/Don Byron and Doug Weiselman
Furry Sings the Blues - Eric Andersen
Strange Boy - Jane Siberry
Hejira - Chaka Khan
*missing: Song for Sharon - PM Dawn
Black Crow - Toshi Reagon
Blue Motel Room - Erin Hamilton w/Graham Haynes
Refuge of the Roads - Duncan Sheik

encores:
Twisted/Jumpin'at the Woodside - Jon Hendricks and Annie Ross
Help Me Improv - full band coaxing a reluctant Joni up to the stage


Total Time (181:23)
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Original Torrent Notes:
For Joni fans, this is not a night to miss.
Unfortunately, there is no easy way to break this for discs, so that's up to you now.
This copy is one of 2 tapes known to exist if you believe the tapers you meet at the shows.
A taper named Pete stood next to me taping the show, so we were quiet as mice, but when i asked for a copy a few weeks later at a John Zorn show he told me "oh, that's not the good tape," so I never got a copy from him. I was finally able to procure this from a trader that said it was sent from Italy. It came missing Song for Sharon, which would have been the first track on disc 3, so I assume it is out there someplace.
Also, this is one where the crowd is IN YOUR FACE for a lot of it, so it may just be Pete's tape.
I've looked high and low, but this is all I've ever come up with. Let us hope that by putting this up on dime, someone will provide the missing track or an upgrade.

This night reinterpreting Joni has to be one of the most important tapes I have to share. I really hope you like it as much as I do.

Thank You, Vernon Reid!


more information:

http://jmdl.com/events/event.cfm?id=69&year=1999
http://jonimitchell.com/chronology/details.cfm?id=1725
http://jmdl.com/library/view.cfm?id=440
http://jmdl.com/library/view.cfm?id=32
http://jmdl.com/library/view.cfm?id=33
http://jmdl.com/library/view.cfm?id=34
http://jmdl.com/library/view.cfm?id=35
http://www.solorb.com/dat-heads/digests/V5.100/D189#Msg12
http://www.smoe.org/lists/joni/v04.n460

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