16 March 2008
Jonas Simonson {repeat: first aired on 11.11.07}
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Jonas Simonson is an uncommonly fine, distinctive, imaginative and powerful player of various flutes. As one admirer observed, ‘he began with classical training, but converted to Swedish Folk Music and hasn’t been the same since (neither has Swedish Folk Music).’ He has recorded often, but Crane Dance is the first Jonas Simonson album as such. It is beautiful, not merely ‘pretty’. Some of its solo and ensemble pieces are ‘traditional’, or overtly refer to Nordic musical traditions. Others are novel.
Jonas Simonson site: www.simonson.nu
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Details of each track are presented in the following order:
BROADCAST TIME
TRACK NUMBER AND TITLE
COMPOSER
PUBLISHING AND COPYRIGHT DETAILS
RECORDING COMPANY AND CD NUMBER
( distributor/ source details, in brackets like this, in lower-case)
ARTIST AND CD TITLE
Duration of track
Description of track, in lower-case.
Where relevant, further info links to information, gigs/events/related programs
’THE WEEKEND PLANET’ SUN 16.3.08
2205
THEME:
(details below, as per the original CD.. This cut is also on these compilations Ketama - ’Nuevos Medios Coleccion’ - Nuevos Medios NM 15 820
{ in Australia via MGM www.thegroovemerchants.com
worldwide, via: www.flamenco-world.com/noticias/nuevos.htm }
and ’Jarabi - the best of Toumani Diabate’ (Hannibal 334352 )
CD CUT 1, ’JARABI’
TRAD, ARR TOUMANI DIABATE
HAMILCAR MUSIC LTD
HANNIBAL HNCD 1323
( in Australia, some releases through Stomp Enquiries to: ben@stomp.com.au
worldwide: www.rykodisc.com )
KETAMA, TOUMANI DIABATE, DANNY THOMPSON - ’SONGHAI’
THIRTY SECONDS (EXCERPT)
(retains a stately-Manding air, whilst also embracing flamenco elements. Toumani Diabate’s kora, Danny Thompson’s beautiful double bass and Ketama’s flamenco guitars )
2207
CD CUT 17, ’CRANE DANCE’
JONAS SIMONSON
PUB NOT SPEC
NORDIC TRADITION NTCD08
( no Australian distributor.
www.nordictradition.com
CDs available worldwide via www.cdroots.com )
JONAS SIMONSON - ’CRANE DANCE’
5: 12
( Jonas plays mutiple, so-called ’willow flutes’ {which are really overtone whistles/’flutes’ - essentially, tubes. Their player applies his/her mouth to one end and one hand to the other, which is variously closed, open, part-open, or tapped] } and one alto flute, with Sten Källman’s various percussion. A deal of the Swedish flutist’s album refers directly to the cranes which annually fly in to his part of the world from warmer places in north Africa and Spain.
LIKE TO KNOW MORE ABOUT THE SO-CALLED ’WILLOW FLUTE’?
This is a good place to start: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willow_flute )
SEGUE
2212
CD CUT 3, ’THE CRANES’
PATTY LARKIN
MUSIC OF WINDSWEPT/ LAMARTINE MUSIC (ASCAP)
VANGUARD 79727-2
( in Australia through Shock. www.shock.com.au
worldwide: www.vanguardrecords.com )
PATTY LARKIN - ’RED=LUCK’
2: 48
(spare, haunting song. the migrating cranes bring on premonition of the lover’s intent to depart. Patty’s voice and ac guitar w Mike Rivard’s ac bass and the slide guitar of her Australian guest, Jeff Lang)
SEGUE
2215
CD CUT 5, ’GRUSPOLSKA’
TRAD SWEDISH, ARR JONAS SIMONSON
(RESP) PUBLIC DOMAIN/ NOT SPEC
NORDIC TRADITION NTCD08
( no Australian distributor.
www.nordictradition.com
CDs available worldwide via www.cdroots.com )
JONAS SIMONSON - ’CRANE DANCE’
5: 15
(Gracious and graceful, quasi-baroque treatment of a Swedish polska {which is NOT a polka}. Jonas plays flute, with Mats Edén’s fiddle and Mattias Perez on 12-string ac guitar )
2222
CD CUT 3, ’MY LAND’
S PIGRAM/ ARR , D, G, P, S PIGRAM; P MAMID
CONTROL
PMCD 001
(Available at better CD Shops
or via: www.pigrammusic.com)
Pigram Brothers, ’Jiir’
6:05
(AUSTRALIAN PERF & COMP...Tropical calypso acoustic groove in the voice of an eagle, celebrating life around Broome, with intro on Madagascan tube zither, the valiha)
SEGUE
2228
CD CUT 14, TRÄDGRÄNS’ (TREE LINE)
JONAS SIMONSON
PUB NOT SPEC
NORDIC TRADITION NTCD08
( no Australian distributor.
www.nordictradition.com
CDs available worldwide via www.cdroots.com )
JONAS SIMONSON - ’CRANE DANCE’
2: 40
(Jonas as a decorous, one-man Swedish wind consort, playing flute, alto flute and bass clarinet)
SEGUE
2231
CD CUT 8, ’WAALITCH’ {EAGLE}
RICHARD WALLEY
P AND C SUNSET MSUIC AUSTRALIA
SUNSET MUSIC SMACD09
(This may or may not be available, still, via www.newworldmusic.com.au )
RICHARD WALLEY - ’KOOYAR’
4’ 02
(AUSTRAL COMP AND PERF: Dramatic, virtuosic didgeridoo solo which portrays the flight and cry of the eagle)
SEGUE
2235
CD CUT 6, ’CRANE SONG II’
JONAS SIMONSON
PUB NOT SPEC
NORDIC TRADITION NTCD08
( no Australian distributor.
www.nordictradition.com
CDs available worldwide via www.cdroots.com )
JONAS SIMONSON - ’CRANE DANCE’
1: 15
(Spare, Swedish, and with the call of a {feathered} crane in mind:. Solo, on a double willow flute.
LIKE TO KNOW MORE ABOUT THE SO-CALLED ’WILLOW FLUTE’?
This is a good place to start: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willow_flute )
2237
CD CUT 5, ’URGE FOR GOING’
JONI MITCHELL
SIQUOMB MUSIC (BMI)
ROUNDER CD 0248
( in Australia through Shock www.shock.com.au
worldwide: www.rounder.com )
TONY RICE - ’NATIVE AMERICAN’
5: 48
(Rice in 1988. His deep male voice and v deft flat-picked ac guitar, plus spare piano and ac bass, only. Song was popularised by Tom Rush in 1968 - and his is the only version Rice had heard.
YOU’D LIKE TO SEE THIS SONG’S LYRIC?
It’s here: http://jonimitchell.com/musician/song.cfm?id=UrgeForGoing )
SEGUE
2243
CD CUT 4, ’CRANE HALLING’
JONAS SIMONSON
PUB NOT SPEC
NORDIC TRADITION NTCD08
( no Australian distributor.
www.nordictradition.com
CDs available worldwide via www.cdroots.com )
JONAS SIMONSON - ’CRANE DANCE’
6: 10
( Jonas on a low whistle {häjredalspipa}, atop his own and Sten Källman’s atmospheric-mesmeric percussion. A deal of the Swedish flutist’s album refers directly to the cranes which annually fly in to his part of the world from warmer places in north Africa and Spain)
2251
CD CUT 5, ’SWEET BIRD’
JONI MITCHELL, ARR LARRY KLEIN AND HERBIE HANCOCK
CRAZY COW MUSIC
VERVE 1744826
(Through Universal
www.vervemusicgroup.com/verve/default.asp )
HERBIE HANCOCK - ’RIVER: THE JONI LETTERS’
7: 50 {excerpt - almost complete}
( Spacious instrumental elaboration on a song, from Joni’s 1975 LP, ’The Hissing of Summer Lawns.’ . Herbie’s piano, Dave Holland’s ac bass, Vinnie Colaiuta’s brushes, Lionel Louke’s discreet elec. guitar and Wayne Shorter’s quietly jaw-dropping, quietly-surprising and very ’vocal’ tenor sax .
YOU’D LIKE TO SEE THIS SONG’S LYRIC?
It’s here: http://jonimitchell.com/musician/song.cfm?id=SweetBird )
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2305
CD CUT 12, ’THE KING OF ROME’
DAVID SUDBURY
PUB NOT SPEC
TOPIC TSCD 449
( In Australia, through The Planet Company/ MGM
email: info@theplanetcompany.com
website: www.theplanetcompany.com
worldwide: www.topicrec ords.co.uk )
JUNE TABOR - ’AQABA’
3: 44
(English female voice to fore w discreet electronics - beautifully poignant-cum-triumphant song of the workingman pigeon-fancier’s triumph in 1913. True story! It’s author says this:
’In a glass case in Derby Museum there’s a pigeon called ’The King of Rome’. In 1913 it flew from Italy back to its home loft in the West End of Derby. The Old West End used to be the rough side of town and Charlie Hudson, the man who bred The King lived there. I wrote the song because it’s about the kind of place I came from and the people I knew there.’
YOU’D LIKE TO SEE THE SONG’S WORDS, IN FULL?
Go to: www.mysongbook.de/msb/songs/k/kingrome.html )
2311
CD CUT 1, ’CRANE SONG I’
JONAS SIMONSON
PUB NOT SPEC
NORDIC TRADITION NTCD08
( no Australian distributor.
www.nordictradition.com
CDs available worldwide via www.cdroots.com )
JONAS SIMONSON - ’CRANE DANCE’
1: 40
(Spare, Swedish, and with the call of a {feathered} crane in mind:. Solo, on a double willow flute. ’Willow flutes’ are really overtone whistles/’flutes’ - essentially, tubes. Their player applies his/her mouth to one end and one hand to the other, which is variously closed, open, part-open, or tapped.
LIKE TO KNOW MORE ABOUT THE SO-CALLED ’WILLOW FLUTE’?
This is a good place to start: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willow_flute )
SEGUE
2313
CD CUT 9, ’SONG TO A SEAGULL’
JONI MITCHELL
SIQUOMB PUBLISHING COMPANY
REPRISE 7599-27441-2
( through Warner Music)
JONI MITCHELL - ’SONG TO A SEAGULL’
3: 48
( Her quavering, then-high voice and her own striking ac guitar accompaniment, in a non-standard, open tuning. From 1968 - her first album.
YOU’D LIKE TO SEE THE SONG’S WORDS, IN FULL?
Go to: http://jonimitchell.com/musician/song.cfm?id=SongToASeagull )
SEGUE
2317
CD CUT 16, ’SÄVARE’
TRAD SWEDISH (FROM SÄVARE, IN SOUTH), ARR JONAS SIMONSON
(RESP) PUBLIC DOMAIN/ NOT SPEC
NORDIC TRADITION NTCD08
( no Australian distributor.
www.nordictradition.com
CDs available worldwide via www.cdroots.com )
JONAS SIMONSON - ’CRANE DANCE’
3: 25
(Gracious and gracefully-lively Swedish polska {which is NOT a polka}. Jonas plays flute, with Mats Edén’s fiddle and Mattias Perez on 12-string ac guitar )
SEGUE
2320
CD CUT 10, ’THE JUNGLE LINE’
JONI MITCHELL, ARR LARRY KLEIN AND HERBIE HANCOCK
CRAZY COW MUSIC
VERVE 1744826
(Through Universal
www.vervemusicgroup.com/verve/default.asp )
HERBIE HANCOCK - ’RIVER: THE JONI LETTERS’
4: 59
(Leonard Cohen recites {not sings} very effectively, with dark piano accompaniment/response from Herbie. Nothing else. Joni’s original was on her 1975 album, ’The Hissing of Summer Lawns’.
YOU’D LIKE TO SEE THE SONG’S WORDS, IN FULL?
Go to: http://jonimitchell.com/musician/song.cfm?id=TheJungleLine )
2327
CD CUT 4, ’PELICANS’
JONATHAN PEASE
(PRESUMABLY) APRA
BUGLE RECORDS BUG007
( in Australia through Shock www.shock.com.au
Worldwide: www.buglerecords.com )
THE CATHOLICS -’VILLAGE’
7: 03
(AUSTRAL COMP AND PERF: sweetly African-esque, spiral-dancing piece which features James Greening’s trombone and Sandy Evans’ soprano sax. . Composed by its elec. guitarist. Ac bassist Lloyd Swanton is the septet’s leader, Bruce Reid plays slide resophonic ac guitar and elec. pedal/lap steel guitars, Hamish Stewart is the drummer. The .percussionist is Fabian Hevia.
YOU’D LIKE TO KNOW WHEN AND WHERE THE CATHOLICS PERFORM?
Imminent gigs are always posted here: www.buglerecords.com/dates.html )
SEGUE
2334
CD CUT 2, ’FLIGHT OF THE PELICAN’
LAL WATERSON/OLIVER KNIGHT
TOPIC RECORDS MUSIC
TOPIC TSCD 478
( In Australia, through The Planet Company/ MGM
email: info@theplanetcompany.com
website: www.theplanetcompany.com
worldwide: www.topicrec ords.co.uk )
LAL WATERSON AND OLIVER KNIGHT - ’ONCE IN A BLUE MOON’
3: 43
(Oliver’s electric guitar with echoes and effects, and Lal’s husky deep female voice ... haunting and darkly poetic. The ’old crow’ refers to the Prime Ministership of she who is now Baroness Thatcher.
YOU’D LIKE TO KNOW ABOUT LAL WATERSON (1943 - 1998)?
An obituary for this singular English singer and songwriter is here:
www.mustrad.org.uk/news08.htm
SEGUE
2338
CD CUT 7, ’SOLITUDE’
EDGAR DE LANGE- DUKE ELLINGTON - IRVING MILLS
PUB NOT SPEC
VERVE 1744826
(Through Universal
www.vervemusicgroup.com/verve/default.asp )
HERBIE HANCOCK - ’RIVER: THE JONI LETTERS’
5: 39
( Not a Joni Mitchell song, but one she loves. Elegantly-brooding jazz trio: Herbie’s piano, Dave Holland’s bass, Vinnie Colaiuta’s brushes and cymbals )
SEGUE
2344
CD CUT 10, ’HARIDJI-HALLING’
JONAS SIMONSON
(RESP) PUBLIC DOMAIN/ NOT SPEC
NORDIC TRADITION NTCD08
( no Australian distributor.
www.nordictradition.com
CDs available worldwide via www.cdroots.com )
JONAS SIMONSON - ’CRANE DANCE’
8: 09
(Recognisably ’Scandinavian’, but definitely influenced by Indian music. More than probably a salute by its Swedish composer and alto flutist to Hariprasad Chaurasia - the Hindustani classical master of the bansuri {north Indian bamboo flute}. From quiet-open beginnings, this becomes a polska-style {NOT polka} dance. Jonas plays alto flute, with Mats Edén’s fiddle and Mattias Perez on 12-string ac guitar. Very beautiful - not merely ’pretty’. )
2355
CD CUT 5, ’THE PELICAN’
JOHN RENBOURN
PUB NOT SPEC
SHANACHIE 97009
( possibly still available in Australia through Fuse Music
www.fusemusic.com.au
Worldwide: www.shanachie.com )
JOHN RENBOURN - ’THE BLACK BALLOON’
4: 10 (excerpt)
(from 1979. Sweetly-spiralling fingerstyle acoustic guitar, eventually joined by a ditto electric one - both played by Renbourn)
Presenter
Doug Spencer
Producer
Doug Spencer
