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
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