Not all those guys were on all the cuts -- as I recall, several of the tracks came from the earlier, Craig Street version of the album that was largely scrapped for sounding too much like Craig Street's other stuff. I think those are the ones Kenny Wollesen and Tony Scherr played on. If you don't like the single, the rest of it's pretty similar and you probably won't like it. I thought it was a really lovely, hard-to-categorize album, with a bunch of jazz musicians mixing R&B, country and pop until you couldn't really say what to call it. And it sustains an atmosphere really well. I love her version of "Cold, Cold Heart," the phrasing brings out the resignation in the lyrics. I trust you have the Jenny Scheinman album Adam Levy just played on. That's gorgeous.
Don't forget that she mentioned Adam Levy too! He's done some great stuff with Trevor Dunn on "Debutantes and Centipedes" as well as Joey Baron. Are those musicians on her album? Is any of it any good? I certainly don't enjoy that slow, boring single she released.
Anybody trashing Norah Jones should probably be reminded that her sales are funding Blue Note reissues and ad budgets. Her 6 million copies are bringing me closer my dream of owning every Blue Note Grant Green ever played on, just because of how much $ Blue Note can sink into reissuing old catalog. sh http://www.skipheller.com (the new and improved website) on 2/25/03 11:17 AM, Parry Gettelman at parry@macconnect.com wrote:
Not all those guys were on all the cuts -- as I recall, several of the tracks came from the earlier, Craig Street version of the album that was largely scrapped for sounding too much like Craig Street's other stuff. I think those are the ones Kenny Wollesen and Tony Scherr played on. If you don't like the single, the rest of it's pretty similar and you probably won't like it. I thought it was a really lovely, hard-to-categorize album, with a bunch of jazz musicians mixing R&B, country and pop until you couldn't really say what to call it. And it sustains an atmosphere really well. I love her version of "Cold, Cold Heart," the phrasing brings out the resignation in the lyrics.
I trust you have the Jenny Scheinman album Adam Levy just played on. That's gorgeous.
Don't forget that she mentioned Adam Levy too! He's done some great stuff with Trevor Dunn on "Debutantes and Centipedes" as well as Joey Baron. Are those musicians on her album? Is any of it any good? I certainly don't enjoy that slow, boring single she released.
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Yeah, Skip: But Norah Jones success may do just the opposite of what you hope. More reissues, maybe -- they don't cost very much in 2003 dollars. But can't you see some Capitol-EMI honchos sitting around with a blance sheet and saying: "Who is this Lovano guy and that Moran. They didn't sell shit compared to that Norah broad. Get rid of those $%&^% instrumentalists and sign soem more divas fast." Similiar things have happened on other labels. Ken Waxman --- skip Heller <velaires@earthlink.net> wrote: > Anybody trashing Norah Jones should probably be
reminded that her sales are funding Blue Note reissues and ad budgets. Her 6 million copies are bringing me closer my dream of owning every Blue Note Grant Green ever played on, just because of how much $ Blue Note can sink into reissuing old catalog. sh http://www.skipheller.com (the new and improved website)
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Hopefully not, although I expect a lot of A&R folks at other labels got memos today saying "Find out if any more sitar players have shapely daughters," or maybe just ordering Britney and Christina and Shakira to go back to brunette and sample some accordions. Ken Waxman writes:
But can't you see some Capitol-EMI honchos sitting around with a blance sheet and saying:
"Who is this Lovano guy and that Moran. They didn't sell shit compared to that Norah broad. Get rid of those $%&^% instrumentalists and sign soem more divas fast."
The ENI guys tend to look at the whole label and the bottom line credit/debit total, and, if the imprint is making money, leave it pretty much alone. They don't want to go to the trouble and expense of restrucuring a company unless that company is losing money but can be saved. The very worst that can happen is the label being told to cut back on signing instrumental artists and focus more on vocalists. But I'm pretty sure that the lost cost/decent profits/sheer amount of titles advantages that are Blue Note means that the label is run by Blue Note with relatively little intereference fr EMI, just cuz they can make money without having to spend a ton. sh http://www.skipheller.com (the new and improved website) on 2/25/03 1:14 PM, Ken Waxman at mingusaum@yahoo.ca wrote:
Yeah, Skip:
But Norah Jones success may do just the opposite of what you hope. More reissues, maybe -- they don't cost very much in 2003 dollars.
But can't you see some Capitol-EMI honchos sitting around with a blance sheet and saying:
"Who is this Lovano guy and that Moran. They didn't sell shit compared to that Norah broad. Get rid of those $%&^% instrumentalists and sign soem more divas fast."
Similiar things have happened on other labels.
Ken Waxman
--- skip Heller <velaires@earthlink.net> wrote: > Anybody trashing Norah Jones should probably be
reminded that her sales are funding Blue Note reissues and ad budgets. Her 6 million copies are bringing me closer my dream of owning every Blue Note Grant Green ever played on, just because of how much $ Blue Note can sink into reissuing old catalog. sh http://www.skipheller.com (the new and improved website)
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Two weeks after she won the Grammies, Blue Note shut down the Blue Note bulletin board. Coincidence? Doesn't make me feel confident about oodles more reissues. [But note to Skip: I've heard that Grant Green's "Goin' West" may be out later this year.] ALankin Ken Waxman wrote:
Yeah, Skip:
But Norah Jones success may do just the opposite of what you hope. More reissues, maybe -- they don't cost very much in 2003 dollars.
But can't you see some Capitol-EMI honchos sitting around with a blance sheet and saying:
"Who is this Lovano guy and that Moran. They didn't sell shit compared to that Norah broad. Get rid of those $%&^% instrumentalists and sign soem more divas fast."
Similiar things have happened on other labels.
Ken Waxman
--- skip Heller <velaires@earthlink.net> wrote: > Anybody trashing Norah Jones should probably be
reminded that her sales are funding Blue Note reissues and ad budgets. Her 6 million copies are bringing me closer my dream of owning every Blue Note Grant Green ever played on, just because of how much $ Blue Note can sink into reissuing old catalog. sh
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Actually, it was more or less a coincidence, at least at the beginning. The person who administered that board quit, and when the time came for the label to evaluate its next move, they probably had a good look at the board and noticed just how little of it had anything to do with their own product, which -- let's not fool ourselves -- was always in theory the thing that that board was meant to promote. They handled the "re-evaluation" in a heavy-handed way, but it didn't honestly have any direct connection to the fortunes of Ms. Jones. And already, many of those disgruntled board users are already finding a new home at Jazzcorner's Speakeasy, which has the benefit of not being beholden to any corporate agenda or identity. Steve Smith ssmith36@sprynet.com -----Original Message----- From: zorn-list-bounces@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:zorn-list-bounces@mailman.xmission.com]On Behalf Of Alan Lankin Sent: Sunday, March 16, 2003 4:22 PM To: Ken Waxman Cc: skip Heller; zorn-list@mailman.xmission.com Subject: Re: the Norah Jones album Two weeks after she won the Grammies, Blue Note shut down the Blue Note bulletin board. Coincidence?
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