Rachel Z TRIO


Moon At The Window

(2002)



1. Big Yellow Taxi 4'25
(Joni Mitchell)
2. Carey 5'48
(Joni Mitchell)
3. Ladies Man 5'06
(Joni Mitchell)
4. Chinese Cafe 7'23
(Joni Mitchell)
5. Free Man In Paris 5'31
(Joni Mitchell)
6. From Both Sides Now 5'10
(Joni Mitchell)
7. Moon At The Window 6'40
(Joni Mitchell)
8. Help Me 4'10
(Joni Mitchell)
9. River 4'53
(Joni Mitchell)
10. Circle Game 5'16
(Joni Mitchell)
11. All I Want 5'11
(Joni Mitchell)
12. Lakota 10'04
(Larry Klein / Joni Mitchell)

Total Time: 69:37


  • Rachel Z – Piano
  • Patricia Des Lauriers - Bass
  • Bobbie Rae - Drums

    Produced by Rachel Z
    Executive Producer: Michael Varney
    Co-Produced by Bobbie Rae and Guy St Onge
    Arrangements: The TRIO
    "Circle Game": Patricia Des Lauriers
    Engineer: Claude Champagne
    Assistant Engineer and Chanting on "Lakota" - Hugo Trepanier
    Mastering by: Todd Gerard at
    GERARD SOUND LABS, NYC
    Spiritual Support Team: Bobbie Rae, Guy St Onge, Ray Williams, Patricia
    Photography: Samuel Elijah
    Photography Coordination: Cheryl Lamaire
    Computer Wizardry: Fabian De Jesus and Joey Kilrain
    Stylist, Hair, Makeup: Randolph Blake
    Miss Z's Wardrobe: Bobbie Rae

    ... lifes illusions I recall ... I really don't know life at all

    Rachel Z Special Thanks To:

    Bobbie - for everything ... one of the most seriously gifted musicians I have ever met .....
    Mom and Dad - my best friends and inspiration.
    ... Yoda - my Buddy and my "growing up path lighter".
    Michael Varney (musical believer!)
    Fabian De Jesus (awesome friend)
    Bob Williams (soulful business inspiration)
    Joey - WEB Designer extroardinaire, Greg Chapman for believing in PEACEBOX, Wayne, Carolena, Electric Mermaid, La Frae Olivia Sci, Miriam, Pino, Fabiola, Sara, Alex, Cristina and Sophia Daniele, Mitch and Rodney, Neil, Mike Mainieri, Todd Barkin, Greg and Diane Petan, Louise Montello and Musician's Wellness Org, Lynn Harrison and Regina McCarthy, Regina Carter, UnMis King the king of design, Amplify GEAR Eris Johnson and James Steeber at YAMAHA ARTIST SERVICES.
    Jerry Kovarsky at KORG keyboards.
    Derrick Wollford at PEARL Drums, USA
    Paul Fredrick at PEARL Drums, Canada

    Bobbie Rae Thanks:

    Dad (yoda) Williams, Mom, Jackie, Jacqueline, Ray Williams, Jack, Patty, The Rent, Williams and Nicolazzo families, Dr Michael Carvin, Mom, Robin, Mark Gabriel, Big Steve, John Robinson, Amplify-John, Fabian, Adam, Dave, Elvin Jones, Derrick and Paul Fredricks at PEARL, Marco at VIC FIRTH, Dick Marcus and Josh Touchston at MAPEX, Buddha, Malcolm X, Dr Martin Luther King, Confuscius,
    All at BAD BUNNY MUSIC and BLACK SWAN MANAGEMENT,
    Everyone who has seen me play, everyone who has motivated me by intolerance, every devoted passionate artist!

    Patricia:

    Thanks To Rachel for the music and Guy St Onge for the beauty of life.

    Recorded at SILENCE STUDIOS, St. Calixe, Quebec, Canada


    One of the most talented female performers in modern jazz, the versatile pianist Rachel Z has happy ants in her pants, doing everything in her career from bebop to pure jazz-pop and now this colorful tribute to the songwriting artistry of Joni Mitchell.
    Bassist Patricia Des Lauriers and drummer Bobbie Rae complement her lively, artful, and mostly percussive interpretations of such familiar classics as "Big Yellow Taxi" and more obscure but no less melodic and infectious gems like "Carey".
    There's a smooth, poppy sheen to those tracks, but the pianist goes a little more experimental on "Ladies Man", mixing hardcore swinging with slower, swaying passages — challenging the girls to keep up. Perfectly in line with Z's own deep spirituality is the esoteric mysticism she brings to "Chinese Cafe" and "River". In line with its theme of escape from responsibilities, "Free Man In Paris" is given a jumpy funk treatment with a thick, hopping drum groove. The most fun part of this experience is trying to guess what her approach will be from tune to tune, and she's certainly full of surprises when it comes to arrangements and ambience. But that overall unpredictability is Z's glorious trademark, so in essence, each recording can't help but feature the unexpected.

    - Jonathan Widran