Word has it that Paul will appear on the Today Show on NBC tomorrow morning (September 27) to discuss the work the Children’s Health Fund is doing in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. Paul co-founded the CHF in the 1980s with Dr. Irwin Redlener. He should be on between 8 and 9 a.m.
Paul Simon’s “I Do It For Your Love” is, in this Web site’s opinion, the centrepiece of Herbie Hancock’s new release, “Possibilities.” The album, basically a jazz-pop duets affair, is hit and miss (with more scores than snores, though), featuring good performances from Annie Lennox and John Mayer. But Paul’s song, originally recorded in the mid-seventies on “Still Crazy After All These Years,” stands out. Hancock’s piano playing captures the essence of the song - as do the shifting tempos and Paul’s tender vocal. As Simon ages, the line between upper register and falsetto expands - beautifully on this track.
The good people working for Herbie are offering a nice behind-the-scenes video of the recording session online (I imagine it will make it to paulsimon.com soon enough). Catch it here, and enjoy.
Paul Simon has been the news lately, spending time in the gulf coast region and lending a hand to the Hurricane Katrina relief effort. He also performed a beautiful version of “Take Me To The Mardi Gras” with a New Orleans jazz band last Friday as part of “Shelter From The Storm,” a network television benefit show (akin to the post-9/11 “America: A Tribute To Heroes”). Looking forward, Paul and Art are scheduled to be part of a benefit show at MSG (on September 20) and Paul will support Wynton Marsalis’s effort this Saturday night at Lincoln Center (check your PBS listings).
In 1987, Paul and a New York physician named Irwin Redlener launched the Children’s Health Fund, using mobile medical units to provide health care to New York’s homeless children. After Hurricane Andrew struck in 1992, the CHF sent some units to provide relief. They found that the units were perfect for the kind of medical care needed in the wake of a natural disaster - when infrastructue destruction makes equipment inaccessible. Paul, Dr. Redlener and the CHF are hoping to purchase ten more units, at US $300,000 each. You can do your part - if you’ve been holding off on supporting Katrina relief, consider the CHF. Visit the organization online at www.childrenshealthfund.org.
Without further ado, I give you Paul Simon peforming “Take Me To The Mardi Gras” from “Shelter From The Storm”:
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