Various Artists / Joni 75 - A Birthday Celebration
| Album: | Joni 75 - A Birthday Celebration | Collection: | General | |
| Artist: | Various Artists | Added: | Apr 2019 | |
| Label: | Decca Records | |||
A-File Activity
| Add Date: | 2019-04-09 | Pull Date: | 2019-06-11 |
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| Week Ending: | Jun 9 | Jun 2 | May 26 | May 19 | May 5 | Apr 28 | Apr 21 | Apr 14 |
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| Airplays: | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Oct 21, 2023: | Everything
Dreamland |
4. | May 30, 2019: | Drive Time
Help Me |
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| 2. | Mar 04, 2022: | Traditions
Both Sides Now |
5. | May 28, 2019: | Clean Copper Radio & Hot Topics
Big Yellow Taxi |
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| 3. | Jun 07, 2019: | Traditions
Court And Spark |
6. | May 24, 2019: | KZSU Time Traveler
Big Yellow Taxi |
Album Review
Tom McCarter
Reviewed 2019-04-03
Reviewed 2019-04-03
Reviewed: 2018-04-03
Genre: Jazz
FCCs: none
Review: This is a recording of a live concert tribute to Joni Mitchell, & contains several arresting, occasionally straight-up but mostly fascinating reinterpretations of Mitchell’s songs, performed by guest singers and an all-star house band. The best performances here take the song in a new direction and transmute it with sheer force of personality and there are several gems here
Track Review (favorites denoted by *):
**1/ Dreamland (6:07) – (applause) long pause> acapella vocal starts> uptempo percussion & song with chorus with African vibe> quick stop
*2/ Help Me (4:43) – drums/percussion starts> midtempo song with chorus> crescendo end
3/ Amelia (7:05) – piano starts> slow song> piano solo> slow song> fade
**4/ All I Want (3:46) – percussion/piano starts> uptempo jam & song> quick fade
*5/ Coyote (6:35) – synth/bass starts> uptempo song swells in volume & subsides several times> extended crescendo & fade
6/ River (3:29) – guitar starts> slow song> fade
7/ Both Sides Now (6:03) – piano starts> slow song with soaring vocals> crescendo & fade
*8/ Our House (3:30) – piano starts> midtempo song> audience sings chorus> fade
9/ A Case of You (4:46) - vocal starts> slow song builds in volume> crescendo end
*10/ Down To You (5:50) – piano starts> slow song builds to midtempo> instrumental break> midtempo song> fade
11/ Blue (3:34) – piano starts> slow song> slow fade
12/ Court And Spark (3:17) – piano starts> slow song swings uptempo> quick fade
**13/ Nothing Can Be Done (5:02) – synth/percussion starts> uptempo song> slow fade
*14/ The Magdalene Laundries (4:25) – trumpet/synth starts> slow song swells in volume> quick fade
*15/ Woodstock (4:39) – piano starts> slow song swells in volume with chorus> fade
***16/ Big Yellow Taxi (2:50) - guitar starts> uptempo song with chorus> crescendo end
Genre: Jazz
FCCs: none
Review: This is a recording of a live concert tribute to Joni Mitchell, & contains several arresting, occasionally straight-up but mostly fascinating reinterpretations of Mitchell’s songs, performed by guest singers and an all-star house band. The best performances here take the song in a new direction and transmute it with sheer force of personality and there are several gems here
Track Review (favorites denoted by *):
**1/ Dreamland (6:07) – (applause) long pause> acapella vocal starts> uptempo percussion & song with chorus with African vibe> quick stop
*2/ Help Me (4:43) – drums/percussion starts> midtempo song with chorus> crescendo end
3/ Amelia (7:05) – piano starts> slow song> piano solo> slow song> fade
**4/ All I Want (3:46) – percussion/piano starts> uptempo jam & song> quick fade
*5/ Coyote (6:35) – synth/bass starts> uptempo song swells in volume & subsides several times> extended crescendo & fade
6/ River (3:29) – guitar starts> slow song> fade
7/ Both Sides Now (6:03) – piano starts> slow song with soaring vocals> crescendo & fade
*8/ Our House (3:30) – piano starts> midtempo song> audience sings chorus> fade
9/ A Case of You (4:46) - vocal starts> slow song builds in volume> crescendo end
*10/ Down To You (5:50) – piano starts> slow song builds to midtempo> instrumental break> midtempo song> fade
11/ Blue (3:34) – piano starts> slow song> slow fade
12/ Court And Spark (3:17) – piano starts> slow song swings uptempo> quick fade
**13/ Nothing Can Be Done (5:02) – synth/percussion starts> uptempo song> slow fade
*14/ The Magdalene Laundries (4:25) – trumpet/synth starts> slow song swells in volume> quick fade
*15/ Woodstock (4:39) – piano starts> slow song swells in volume with chorus> fade
***16/ Big Yellow Taxi (2:50) - guitar starts> uptempo song with chorus> crescendo end
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