{"id":13,"date":"2014-06-16T07:09:52","date_gmt":"2014-06-16T07:09:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.laurieantonioli.com\/shop\/?post_type=product&#038;p=13"},"modified":"2021-02-07T04:56:11","modified_gmt":"2021-02-07T04:56:11","slug":"songs-of-shadow-songs-of-light","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"http:\/\/www.laurieantonioli.com\/shop\/product\/songs-of-shadow-songs-of-light\/","title":{"rendered":"Songs of Shadow, Songs of Light"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><object width=\"853\" height=\"480\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/T6QNK_RRxoQ?hl=en_US&amp;version=3\"><\/param><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"><\/param><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\"><\/param><embed src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/T6QNK_RRxoQ?hl=en_US&amp;version=3\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"853\" height=\"480\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n<p>Laurie Antonioli\u00a0\u2013 Vocals<br \/>\nMatt Clark \u2013 Piano, Fender Rhodes, Hammond B-3<br \/>\nJohn Shifflett \u2013 Bass<br \/>\nJason Lewis \u2013 Drums<br \/>\nSheldon Brown \u2013 Soprano and Tenor Saxophones, Bass Clarinet, Clarinet<br \/>\nDave Mac Nab \u2013Acoustic and Electric Guitars<\/p>\n<p>Produced by\u00a0Laurie Antonioli<br \/>\nRecording Engineer \u2013 Dan Feiszli<br \/>\nMixing Engineer \u2013 Jay Newland<br \/>\nMastering Engineer \u2013 Mark Wilder<br \/>\nRecorded at Fantasy Studios, Berkeley, California<\/p>\n<p>Cover art by <a href=\"http:\/\/amytrachtenberg.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Amy Trachtenberg<\/a><\/p>\n<p>All Songs Written by Joni Mitchell<\/p>\n<p>Lyrics can be found at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.jonimitchell.com\/\">www.jonimitchell.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Track List<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" 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src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https:\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/162044835&amp;color=ff5500&amp;inverse=false&amp;auto_play=false&amp;show_user=false&amp;show_playcount=false\" width=\"100%\" height=\"20\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/162056099&amp;color=ff5500&amp;inverse=false&amp;auto_play=false&amp;show_user=false&amp;show_playcount=false\" width=\"100%\" height=\"20\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/162042566&amp;color=ff5500&amp;inverse=false&amp;auto_play=false&amp;show_user=false&amp;show_playcount=false\" width=\"100%\" height=\"20\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" 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src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/162059078&amp;color=ff5500&amp;inverse=false&amp;auto_play=false&amp;show_user=false&amp;show_playcount=false\" width=\"100%\" height=\"20\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Liner Notes<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Many feel that Joni Mitchell is one of the most important artists of the twentieth century, and I agree. She was a seminal influence for me, along with Miles Davis, Betty Carter, Neil Young, John Coltrane, the Bulgarian Women\u2019s Choir and many others.<\/p>\n<p>Joni was my inspiration when I was in high school, but when I was eighteen, I left my guitar and singer-songwriter music behind. For forty years I\u2019ve been a jazz singer, though my roots have always seeped through the cracks, with Joni at the heart of it all.<\/p>\n<p>Now I\u2019m coming full circle. Returning to this music happened by surprise one day, when Matt Clark, the pianist in my band, started playing \u201cBoho Dance\u201d and I sang along. Then I asked, \u201cDo you know this song? What about that one?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It turned out that Matt is not only a \u201cJoniphile,\u201d but he has a photographic memory and knows every song from every album Joni recorded. It was so much fun that we just kept going\u2014I didn\u2019t want it to end. So after all this time, there we were, revisiting the music that got me started\u2014the lyrics, the melodies, and the harmonies that still feel so fresh and provocative.<\/p>\n<p>We think of our group as a band with a singer as the lead instrument rather than as a vocalist accompanied by a band, and we always work collaboratively. Dave Mac Nab, Matt Clark, and Sheldon Brown all contributed arrangements, and this allows each song to inhabit a unique space. As the leader, I listen and make adjustments in tempos, textures, and feel so that I can sing comfortably and still be in sync with the instrumentalists.<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019ve been together for about eight years, and it\u2019s easy to communicate without too much discussion. This keeps things lively and allows for great surprises and unexpected turns. With our configuration of instruments, the possibilities are endless, especially given Sheldon Brown\u2019s arsenal of reed instruments.<\/p>\n<p>Because we work collaboratively, it was important to me to record live. We took over two studios, a control room, and a hallway at the iconic Fantasy Studios so that all six of us could play at once and have complete isolation for each instrument. We recorded thirteen songs over three days and kept them all.<\/p>\n<p><b>People\u2019s Parties<\/b> is a short, perfect opener for the recording. I knew that Theo Bleckmann could conjure the choir of voices at the end to complete the story, and I love his pristine sound.<\/p>\n<p><b>Rainy Night House<\/b> features some great soloing by Dave Mac Nab and Sheldon Brown.<\/p>\n<p>In <b>Barangrill<\/b> not only is the bass clarinet involved, but Sheldon overdubbed five clarinet parts for the <i>soli<\/i> sections between verses. You\u2019ll hear the bass clarinet\u2014an important instrument for the band\u2014appear in other songs in the album as well.<\/p>\n<p><b>Eastern Rain<\/b> is a song that Joni never released on an album. It\u2019s a somewhat simple folk song with an Eastern European riff between sections. Sheldon transformed the song with a 7\/8 Balkan feel, and we found some mystery through the layers of sound.<\/p>\n<p>I found my personal story in <b>Cold Blue Steel and Sweet Fire<\/b>, and sixteen years into sobriety could sing it with a visceral memory of all that it describes.<\/p>\n<p><b>Both Sides Now<\/b> is Joni\u2019s most recorded song and one I wasn\u2019t sure about doing because of that. Each day, at the end of the session, Matt and I did one or two takes to see if we could get something. We didn\u2019t rehearse or even talk about it, other than to agree we wanted to find a different approach to it. The song evolved into a haunting jazz ballad.<\/p>\n<p><b>Hissing of Summer Lawns<\/b> is a dark tale. The middle section was designed to create chaos\u2014the inner struggle of the housewife trapped in her home overlooking the sounds and sights of a \u201cperfect\u201d life. Beauty and chaos, dark and light, and all the various shades in between are acknowledged in Joni\u2019s music.<\/p>\n<p><b>Woman of Heart and Mind<\/b> is something a younger woman would sing to declare her place in life, and I had to find that woman in myself again. The story is another brilliant case of Joni\u2019s dichotomies and conflict, irony and resolution.<\/p>\n<p><b>This Flight Tonight<\/b> is a Matt Clark arrangement and was a challenge to sing at this tempo. Joni\u2019s songs are wordy\u2014fine words that they are\u2014but not easy to articulate, even for someone who\u2019s used to fast bebop songs. It\u2019s a great up-tempo ride and features Jason Lewis on drums.<\/p>\n<p>If you listen to \u201cAmerica the Beautiful\u201d from my <i>American Dreams<\/i> album and <b>River<\/b> on this one, you\u2019ll catch the distinctive sound of Dave Mac Nab\u2019s arrangements.<\/p>\n<p><b>I Don\u2019t Know Where I Stand<\/b> is a beautiful composition in melody and lyrics. Matt wrote an entirely new solo section to play between the second and third verse\u2014he and Sheldon mutually improvise in gorgeous interplay.<\/p>\n<p>After years of being an ex-pat, I found that <b>California<\/b> was an easy song to sing. In fact, my last record, <i>American Dreams<\/i>, was an homage to coming home to California. I\u2019m all too familiar with those cities that are \u201cold and cold and settled in their ways.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><b>Marcie<\/b>, though tragic, is infused with a middle section in a 10\/8-meter of instrumental relief and strength. Something Marcie needed so.<\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s much that\u2019s been said about Joni. Countless books, essays, articles, interviews, photos, expos\u00e9s, and movies have been made about her genius. I\u2019d simply like to say, Thank you, Joni. It is an honor to perform your music. I have deep gratitude for all you\u2019ve given us.<\/p>\n<p>Respectfully,<\/p>\n<p>Laurie Antonioli<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><strong>PLEASE NOTE, INTERNATIONAL SALES ARE $26.\u00a0<\/strong> Antonioli explores the rich layers of Joni Mitchell\u2019s music,\u00a0unearthing fresh emotional insights and submerged musical ideas while turning each song into her own revelatory tale.\u00a0She leaves no doubt about her ability to put a personal stamp on Mitchell\u2019s most soul-baring songs.<\/p>\n<p>This CD is autographed by Laurie Antonioli, and price is inclusive of shipping.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":14,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0},"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[13],"product_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-13","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_cat-cd","8":"first","9":"instock","10":"sale","11":"shipping-taxable","12":"purchasable","13":"product-type-simple"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.laurieantonioli.com\/shop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/13","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.laurieantonioli.com\/shop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.laurieantonioli.com\/shop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.laurieantonioli.com\/shop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.laurieantonioli.com\/shop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.laurieantonioli.com\/shop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_brand","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.laurieantonioli.com\/shop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_brand?post=13"},{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.laurieantonioli.com\/shop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=13"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.laurieantonioli.com\/shop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=13"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}