Tierney Sutton: "After Blue" - The Joni Mitchell Project

After nine
CDs over 20 years with her longstanding Tierney Sutton Band, the vocalist
decided to leave her comfort zone and leap off the cliff by tackling an homage
to the revered pop singer-songwriter Joni Mitchell. With After Blue, her most
daring and revealing project to date, Sutton puts her own unique stamp on
familiar Mitchell tunes going back to 1969’s “Both Sides Now” and 1970’s “Big
Yellow Taxi” and including more recent numbers like 1979’s “The Dry Cleaner
from Des Moines” and 1982’s jivey “Be Cool,” along with Joni’s haunting take on
the standard “Don’t Go to Strangers” from her 2000 orchestral album, Both Sides
Now. A project she's considered for a long time, Tierney says, "Thank you
Joni Mitchell for your inspiration, your excellence. All I can hope for here is
to scratch the surface of your deep legacy.” 

About Jazz Ernest Barteldes 10 2013