tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4638619958588096610.post4398739299761759722..comments2023-11-22T09:11:01.567+00:00Comments on George Szirtes: Sunday Night is.. Bert Jansch and BlackwatersideGeorge Shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08889600788146987089noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4638619958588096610.post-41383629387613249002009-03-02T10:09:00.000+00:002009-03-02T10:09:00.000+00:00Fancy you playing at Bunjie's, Colin! I didn't kno...Fancy you playing at Bunjie's, Colin! I didn't know there was an Edinburgh branch. Jansch is Scottish isn't he, so might he have started there. I only went to the London version twice. I should have gone more often.<BR/><BR/>I came across the Joni Mitchell version by chance and was very impressed. I had always thought of her voice as slightly sharp and frail, but she has a bit of belly here too and the phrasing is lovely.<BR/><BR/>Gorgeous tune. I love the original Mingus version, of course, but you don't get it quite straight enough on YouTube. Not that I've found anyway. Nice versions all including one with Gery Mulligan, another by John McLaughlin, but not the original poignant straightforward thing.George Shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08889600788146987089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4638619958588096610.post-81063164135298870852009-03-02T08:37:00.000+00:002009-03-02T08:37:00.000+00:00Excellent George. I've always thought of the tune ...Excellent George. I've always thought of the tune as being particularly poignant, and Joni does it justice.<BR/><BR/>I'm wondering if the London Bunjie's is related to the Edinburgh Bunjie's of 1961/1962. I played there a couple of times.Colin Willhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15627539650929533832noreply@blogger.com