TORI AMOS ON LETTERMAN TONIGHT DEC 10th

Performing "Pink and Glitter" with Big Band, Jon Evans on upright bass .
Arrangement par moi.

Questions about the Hammond organ.

From Matt Laz

Why did you use different models of Hammonds in ATTS? whats the difference between them?

JPS

The folks at Hammond Organ Co. were incredibly research oriented:

http://www.nycfarmboy.com/hammonds6/hammonds6.html

http://www.captain-foldback.com/Hammond_sub/a100.htm

http://www.hammond-organ.com/Museum/solovox.htm

they were incredible prolific... See More

http://www.dairiki.org/HammondWiki/HammondPatents

I've used all of these with Tori.

Each has a different basis of sound production and as result different sound , The s6 can produce chords but based on many concepts of the monophonic solovox.

see:

http://www.johnphilipshenale.com/2009/05/tori-amos-under-pink-wrong-band.html

TORI AMOS "Star Of Wonder" notes

When i first heard Tori's interpretion of a handful of christmas songs and her elaboration's and original comps , i was in tears!!!
Tori had dug into original text and melody, she created her own harmonic structures and she stamped them her own!!!!

Our thoughts when arranging these beauties on MG>

The influence of historical lyrics and melody, coupled with Instruments from the East, Europe and Africa , are all about the origins of the "christ" philosophies ,, be it from
Pagan (mythrisism), Christianity, Judaism, Hinduism (Krishna), Islam (Muhammad),
Buddhism (Bodhisattva) or Animism .

These "Christ's" were humanities first steps in the realization that humans may be individually worth a damn and maybe able to transcend the chaos of a finale demise by wolf, automobile or even natural causes.

Star of Wonder is a great synthesis of these concepts
The intro uses the Turkish cumbus and strings into Matt's and Jon's superb medieval/mideasten groove
The Cumbus is not only a great instrument but so connected with the Turkish freedom movement and modernism of the 20th century . read
http://www.rootsworld.com/turkey/cumbus.html

Tori summons the perfect fusion of her wurly and melody , for a call and answer from the strings in eastern style.
Leading to the West in the symphonic interpretation of the Choruses and the Out Choruses bring both together.

I kept thinking, Sergei Prokofiev's, Alexander Nevsky, with out the conflict,
and the russian orthodox replaced by the middle east.
Ya that might seem a stretch but it made sense to me. LOL
SO THERE U HAVE IT
oh and for further listening
my favs
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Nevsky_%28Prokofiev%29
fav examples of call and response in Middle Eastern music
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warda_Al-Jazairia