Joni Mitchell

(1943–)

Fort Macleod, AB, Canada

Alberta-born singer-songwriter known for 'Both Sides, Now' and 'Big Yellow Taxi' who increasingly drew on jazz musicians from the mid-1970s. Met Jaco Pastorius on Hejira (1976), collaborated with Charles Mingus on Mingus (1979), and performed with Jaco, Pat Metheny, Michael Brecker, and Lyle Mays on Shadows and Light (1980). Maintained a 20-year collaboration with Wayne Shorter.

Joni Mitchell's leader album

Hejira

Joni Mitchell · 1976

Just before joining Weather Report in 1976, Jaco PastoriusJaco Pastoriusジャコ・パストリアス appeared on Joni MitchellJoni Mitchellジョニ・ミッチェル's Hejira. His fretless bass harmonics brought a jazz harmonic sensibility into the folk/pop singer-songwriter's music. The encounter set Mitchell on a path toward collaborations with Charles Mingus and Wayne Shorter, becoming the turning point toward her jazz period.

— Jaco Pastorius and Joni Mitchell — Bass Player Magazine

Jaco Pastorius

Joni Mitchell's albums