Wow! This is excellent news! I like Claire Martin as a singer and I think she has got this way of phrasing that unmistakably reminds one of the jazz phrasing of the great ladies of jazz a century ago. Claire Martin also covered Julia Fordham's "More Than I Can Bear" and it was a chilling musical portrait of a woman who imagined the other woman wearing her clothes in their room.
I said before in the list that my favorite Joni song of all time has always been "Blue Motel Room" and its exhilirating to know that the singers I respect (i.e. Karrin Allyson, Claire Martin) are covering this gem of a Joni song. Yes, Bob, definitely a new standard! Joseph in Siberian-wind-swept Manila > OK, so today I found out that yet another jazz vocalist has done a cover > of "Blue Motel Room" - Claire Martin, who also has done a most > excellent version of "Be Cool". So that makes 4 covers of BMR that were > released in 2002. Not that it's going to overtake McCartney's > "Yesterday" at any moment, but I wonder if it's slowly becoming a new > "standard"? It certainly deserves to be! > > And is it the most deserving song of Joni's to become her next standard? > In my opinion, these already are: > > Both Sides Now > Big Yellow Taxi > Woodstock > Chelsea Morning > > Wondering what y'all think? Note: those who gripe about NJC threads > maybe want to contribute to this one instead of complaining, or you > know, start a Joni thread one of your own! :~) > > Bob
