All I know of Howard is he is one of the revered gurus of the JMDL and writes beautiful piano arrangements and puts them on jmdl.com so people can sneakily go on the internet at work and print them off ( hint hint, any more due soon?!!! : )
I have loved all of the recent discussion on Down To You, it being one of my real joni favourites and a song which has the ability to make me cry just by the sheer beauty of its' sounds, and the emotions it invokes in me. I experienced a very unique moment at the weekend when something somebody said to me actually made me cry as it was so beautiful. It probably will sound out of context here but I'll give it a try. I was at a party and met an artist friend of my fathers who had painted a picture of - in basic terms - a scene of a lonely beach, no people just colours. I was looking at it and he looked at me right into my eyes and said, " It's somewhere between the sea and the sky, what you're looking for, isn't it?" I don't know why but it just really moved and inspired me and will stay with me forever. I know it's strictly not joni-related but most of her lyrics have similar effects on me, as they do for most of you. Ron - your post re. Down to You was incredible. best wishes sarah NP Paula Cole. You Make Me Feel Love >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >CC: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Joni songs on piano >Date: Wed, 29 Jan 2003 17:06:02 EST > > >"Sarah Cartwright" writes: > > >Totally agree on your praise for Howard's 'For Free' . I would recommend > >his rendition of 'Blue' aswell - that is really beautiful and is a real > >pleasure to play. > > >Who is Howard? Where can I hear his renditions? > >My favorite piano rendition of "My Old Man" is by Fred Hersch on his >wonderful live solo album, Let Yourself Go. Highly recommended. > >Speaking of recommendations, I guess the vestigial entrepreneur in me would >be disappointed if I didn't seize this opportunity to plug my own piano >renditions of Joni songs: Both Sides Now, For Free, and Michael From >Mountains, all available on my private release album Songs of My Youth, Vol. >1, which also includes songs by The Beatles, Dylan, Beethoven, and me. Some >folks on this list claim to enjoy it very much; anyone interested in copping >one please feel free to e-mail off-list. > >-Fred Simon ------------------------------------------------------------------------ It's fast, it's easy and it's free! Click here to download MSN Messenger
