August 03, 2003

Jazz it up

Today's musical selection is difficult. I'm in a jazz mood, so do I play Joni Mitchell's Court and Spark, or do I go for Les McCann's Live at Montreux? If you go by the Amazon reviews, it's a simple choice: Mitchell's album is universally praised, while McCann's is pretty much panned. One of the McCann reviewers gripes about the recording quality, to which I say, "Yo! Idiot! It's recorded live! What the hell do you expect?" I like "Compared to What" because of the piano work; the lyrics are dated, but so am I.

(Kudos to Billmon for reminding me of the McCann album through his quotation of some of the lyrics.)

Posted by Linkmeister at August 3, 2003 09:58 AM
Comments

Joni Mitchell is a class act...
Too bad she dropped out of the music scene last year (I believe).
Didn't agree with the "music machine"..
She wanted to be a "Free Man in Paris"....

Posted by: toxiclabrat at August 4, 2003 01:36 AM