UPDATED-OPEN: Carol Jiani Q & A Session

[Videoskooter]

Miss Jiani, such an honour to have you on board!

I'm a big fan of you and your records and I'm also a great admirer of Joe La Greca and Denis Lepage. How was it working with those people? They sure created an unique and very rhytmic sound.

[markydefad]

Dear Carol,

Your records were very popular at Trocadero Transfer in San Francisco; I'm thinking you may have made an appearance there in the 1981-82 era...if so, any memories? Bobby Viteritti might have been the dj the night you performed; Dick Collier was the club owner....ring any bells???? ;););)


I see the Moby Dick Remix of "Hit 'n" Run" lover was credited to Bill Motley/ Craig Morey/ Mike Lewis/ Trip Ringwald (the latter 2 also dj-ed at Trocadero)....any memories of them???? I listened to this last night---they seemed to wanna add that Roni Griffith "Best Part Of Breakin' Up" sound thing (what was it?) to your record. Did you like their remix?

[nrgbeat]

Ms Jiani,

I've heard you were the actual vocalist on Suzy Q's "Get On Up and Do It Again". Can you confirm if you did the vocals on that record and did you record other songs under the Suzy Q moniker?

[Carol-Jiani]

Hello everybody
This is Carol Jiani saying thank you for the support

Lots Of Diva Love
Carol Jiani

[Carol-Jiani]

[quote=Carol-Jiani;108233]Hello everybody
This is Carol Jiani saying thank you for the support, l am looking forward to many more classics bringing back the good old days, thanks guys for being there.


Lots and Lots of Diva Love
Carol Jiani

[Bernie]

Carol,

Thank you so much for making it despite your hectic schedule. As others have said, it is an honor to have you here and everyone is thrilled to have you.

As you see above the questions for you have already begun. To answer a particular post/question simply click on the far right button within the post labeled "quote" and you can respond to that individual question.

As the day progresses we will have more people joining us as it is now just before 9am New York time, but things should be in full swing in Europe.

[Carol-Jiani]

Originally Posted by Bernie

I'll begin with the first question for Carol Jiani...

Carol, your real name is Uchenna Ikejiani. Could you tell us how the name Carol Jiani came about and was it Joe La Greca's idea?

MY CHRISTIAN NAME IS CAROL WE TOOK THE IKE OUT OF IKEJIANI AS IN IKE AND TINA TURNER PEOPLE COULD'NT PRONOUNCE UCHENNA MY AFRICAN NAME SO MR GLENN LARUSSO FROM SALAOUL CAME UP WITH THE IDEA THEY ARE ALL MY REAL NAMES.

THANKS

[Carol-Jiani]

Originally Posted by needlefingers

Hi Carol,

I'm sure a lot of us (myself included) are somewhat unaware of what the music scene in Africa was during the heyday's of disco, as compared to the rest of the world.

I would like to know if your music/songs made it back to your homeland, Nigeria.

MY ALBUM MADE IT TO NIGERIA BUT I NEVER PERFORMED IN NIGERIA I PLAN TO VISIT SOON

[Carol-Jiani]

Originally Posted by nrgbeat

Ms Jiani,

I've heard you were the actual vocalist on Suzy Q's "Get On Up and Do It Again". Can you confirm if you did the vocals on that record and did you record other songs under the Suzy Q moniker?

YES I RECORDED THE VOCALS FOR SUZI Q
TRACK "GET ON UP AND DO IT AGAIN"
THAT WAS THE ONLY SONG I RECORDED FOR SUZI Q

[Carol-Jiani]

Originally Posted by markydefad

Dear Carol,

Your records were very popular at Trocadero Transfer in San Francisco; I'm thinking you may have made an appearance there in the 1981-82 era...if so, any memories? Bobby Viteritti might have been the dj the night you performed; Dick Collier was the club owner....ring any bells???? ;););)


I see the Moby Dick Remix of "Hit 'n" Run" lover was credited to Bill Motley/ Craig Morey/ Mike Lewis/ Trip Ringwald (the latter 2 also dj-ed at Trocadero)....any memories of them???? I listened to this last night---they seemed to wanna add that Roni Griffith "Best Part Of Breakin' Up" sound thing (what was it?) to your record. Did you like their remix?

THANKS PLEASE DONT LAUGH I AM HONEST I WAS COMPLETELY UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF WINE ON THE NIGHT I REMEMBER HAVING SO MUCH FUN THOSE WERE THE GOOD OLD DAYS WE NEED TO BRING THAT ERA BACK MUSIC IS THE ANSWERE LOVED THE MOBY DICK MIX I COULD DO MY DIVA THING ON STAGE WITH THAT MIX