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Don Juan's Reckless Daughter (Album) by Joni Mitchell
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Roberta Joan "Joni" Mitchell Is A Canadian-American Singer And Songwriter. Drawing From Folk Pop Rock Classical And Jazz Mitchell's Songs Often Reflect On Social And Philosophical Ideals As Well As Her Feelings About Romance Womanhood Disillusionment And Joy. She Has Received Many Accolades Including Ten Grammy Awards And Induction Into The Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame In 1997. Rolling Stone Called Her "one Of The Greatest Songwriters Ever" And AllMusic Has Stated "When The Dust Settles Joni Mitchell May Stand As The Most Important And Influential Female Recording Artist Of The Late 20th Century". Mitchell Began Singing In Small Nightclubs In Saskatoon Saskatchewan And Throughout Western Canada Before Moving On To The Nightclubs Of Toronto Ontario. She Moved To The United States And Began Touring In 1965. Some Of Her Original Songs "Urge For Going" "Chelsea Morning" "Both Sides Now" "The Circle Game" Were Recorded By Other Folk Singers Allowing Her To Sign With Reprise Records And Record Her Debut Album Song To A Seagull In 1968. Settling In Southern California Mitchell Helped Define An Era And A Generation With Popular Songs Like "Big Yellow Taxi" And "Woodstock". Her 1971 Album Blue Is Often Cited As One Of The Best Albums Of All Time It Was Rated The 30th Best Album Ever Made In Rolling Stone's 2003 List Of The "500 Greatest Albums Of All Time" Rising To Number 3 In The 2020 Edition. In 2000 The New York Times Chose Blue As One Of The 25 Albums That Represented "turning Points And Pinnacles In 20th-Century Popular Music". NPR Ranked Blue Number 1 On A 2017 List Of Greatest Albums Made By Women. Mitchell Switched Labels And Began Exploring More Jazz-Influenced Melodic Ideas By Way Of Lush Pop Textures On 1974's Court And Spark Which Featured The Radio Hits "Help Me" And "Free Man In Paris" And Became Her Best-Selling Album. Mitchell's Vocal Range Began To Shift From Mezzo-Soprano To More Of A Wide-Ranging Contralto Around 1975. Her Distinctive Piano And Open-Tuned Guitar Compositions Also Grew More Harmonically And Rhythmically Complex As She Melded Jazz With Rock And Roll R&B Classical Music And Non-Western Beats. In The Late 1970s She Began Working With Noted Jazz Musicians Including Jaco Pastorius Wayne Shorter Herbie Hancock And Pat Metheny As Well As Charles Mingus Who Asked Her To Collaborate On His Final Recordings. She Later Turned To Pop And Electronic Music And Engaged In Political Protest. She Was Awarded A Lifetime Achievement Award At The 44th Annual Grammy Awards In 2002 And Became A Kennedy Center Honoree In 2021. Mitchell Produced Or Co-Produced Most Of Her Albums. A Critic Of The Music Industry She Quit Touring And Released Her 17th And Last Album Of Original Songs In 2007. Mitchell Has Designed Most Of Her Own Album Covers Describing Herself As A "painter Derailed By Circumstance".
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Roberta Joan "Joni" Mitchell Is A Canadian-American Singer And Songwriter. Drawing From Folk Pop Rock Classical And Jazz Mitchell's Songs Often Reflect On Social And Philosophical Ideals As Well As Her Feelings About Romance Womanhood Disillusionment And Joy. She Has Received Many Accolades Including Ten Grammy Awards And Induction Into The Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame In 1997. Rolling Stone Called Her "one Of The Greatest Songwriters Ever" And AllMusic Has Stated "When The Dust Settles Joni Mitchell May Stand As The Most Important And Influential Female Recording Artist Of The Late 20th Century". Mitchell Began Singing In Small Nightclubs In Saskatoon Saskatchewan And Throughout Western Canada Before Moving On To The Nightclubs Of Toronto Ontario. She Moved To The United States And Began Touring In 1965. Some Of Her Original Songs "Urge For Going" "Chelsea Morning" "Both Sides Now" "The Circle Game" Were Recorded By Other Folk Singers Allowing Her To Sign With Reprise Records And Record Her Debut Album Song To A Seagull In 1968. Settling In Southern California Mitchell Helped Define An Era And A Generation With Popular Songs Like "Big Yellow Taxi" And "Woodstock". Her 1971 Album Blue Is Often Cited As One Of The Best Albums Of All Time It Was Rated The 30th Best Album Ever Made In Rolling Stone's 2003 List Of The "500 Greatest Albums Of All Time" Rising To Number 3 In The 2020 Edition. In 2000 The New York Times Chose Blue As One Of The 25 Albums That Represented "turning Points And Pinnacles In 20th-Century Popular Music". NPR Ranked Blue Number 1 On A 2017 List Of Greatest Albums Made By Women. Mitchell Switched Labels And Began Exploring More Jazz-Influenced Melodic Ideas By Way Of Lush Pop Textures On 1974's Court And Spark Which Featured The Radio Hits "Help Me" And "Free Man In Paris" And Became Her Best-Selling Album. Mitchell's Vocal Range Began To Shift From Mezzo-Soprano To More Of A Wide-Ranging Contralto Around 1975. Her Distinctive Piano And Open-Tuned Guitar Compositions Also Grew More Harmonically And Rhythmically Complex As She Melded Jazz With Rock And Roll R&B Classical Music And Non-Western Beats. In The Late 1970s She Began Working With Noted Jazz Musicians Including Jaco Pastorius Wayne Shorter Herbie Hancock And Pat Metheny As Well As Charles Mingus Who Asked Her To Collaborate On His Final Recordings. She Later Turned To Pop And Electronic Music And Engaged In Political Protest. She Was Awarded A Lifetime Achievement Award At The 44th Annual Grammy Awards In 2002 And Became A Kennedy Center Honoree In 2021. Mitchell Produced Or Co-Produced Most Of Her Albums. A Critic Of The Music Industry She Quit Touring And Released Her 17th And Last Album Of Original Songs In 2007. Mitchell Has Designed Most Of Her Own Album Covers Describing Herself As A "painter Derailed By Circumstance".
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Don Juan's Reckless Daughter Was Released In December 1977 To Mixed Reviews But Managed To Peak At #25 On The Billboard Charts And Attained Gold Record Status Within Three Months.
Much Of The Album Is Experimental But Especially So Are "Overture " Played With Six Simultaneous Guitars Some In Different Tunings From Others With Vocal Echo Effects "The Tenth World " An Extended-Length Instrumental Of Latin Percussion And "Dreamland " Which Features Only Percussion And Voices Including Chaka Khan .
Most Experimental Of All Is "Paprika Plains " A 16-Minute Song Played On Improvised Piano And Arranged With A Full Orchestra It Takes Up All Of Side 2. In It Mitchell Narrates A First-Person Description Of A Late-Night Gathering In A Bar Frequented By Indigenous Peoples Of Canada Touching On Themes Of Hopelessness And Alcoholism. At One Point In The Narrative The Narrator Leaves The Setting To Watch The Rain And Enters Into A Dreamstate And The Lyrics – Printed In The Liner Notes But Not Sung – Become A Mixture Of References To Innocent Childhood Memories A Nuclear Explosion And An Expressionless Tribe Gazing Upon The Dreamer. The Narrator Returns Inside After The Rain Passes. In Speaking To Anthony Fawcett About Working On "Paprika Plains " Mitchell Said "The Improvisational The Spontaneous Aspect Of This Creative Process – Still As A Poet – Is To Set Words To The Music Which Is A Hammer And Chisel Process. Sometimes It Flows But A Lot Of Times It's Blocked By Concept. And If You're Writing Free Consciousness – Which I Do Once In A While Just To Remind Myself That I Can You Know Because I'm Fitting Little Pieces Of This Puzzle Together – The End Result Must Flow As If It Was Spoken For The First Time."
Don Juan's Reckless Daughter Attracted Contributions From Prominent Jazz Musicians Including Four Current Members Of Weather Report – Jaco Pastorius Wayne Shorter Manolo Badrena And Alex Acuña All Of Whom Would Later Become Frequent Collaborators With Mitchell.
The Album Jacket Is A Photomontage And Includes Three Photographs Of Mitchell. In The Foreground She Is In Blackface As Her "reputed Alter Ego A Black Hipster Named Art Nouveau."
Joni Mitchell – Vocals Guitars Piano On "Paprika Plains"
Jaco Pastorius – Bass Bongos On "The Tenth World" Cowbells On "Dreamland"
John Guerin – Drums
Wayne Shorter – Soprano Saxophone On "Jericho" And "Paprika Plains"
Alejandro Acuña – Congas Cowbell Backing Vocals On "The Tenth World" Shakers On "Dreamland" Ankle Bells On "Don Juan's Reckless Daughter"
Don Alias – Bongos On "Jericho" Congas Claves Backing Vocals On "The Tenth World" Snare Drum Sandpaper Blocks On "Dreamland" Shakers On "Don Juan's Reckless Daughter"
Manolo Badrena – Congas Coffee Cans Lead Vocal On "The Tenth World" Congas On "Dreamland" Credited "in Spirit" On "Don Juan's Reckless Daughter"
Airto Moreira – Surdo On "The Tenth World" And "Dreamland"
Larry Carlton – Electric Guitar On "Otis And Marlena"
Michel Colombier – Piano On "Otis And Marlena"
Chaka Khan – Backing Vocals On "The Tenth World" And "Dreamland"
Glenn Frey J.D. Souther – Backing Vocals On "Off Night Backstreet"
Michael Gibbs – Orchestral Arrangements And Conductor On "Paprika Plains" And "Off Night Backstreet"
Bobbye Hall – Credited "in Spirit" On "Don Juan's Reckless Daughter"
El Bwyd – The Split-Tongued Spirit On "Don Juan's Reckless Daughter"
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Don Juan's Reckless Daughter Is A 1977 Double Album By Canadian Singer-Songwriter Joni Mitchell. It Is Unusual For Its Experimental Style Expanding Even Further On The Jazz Fusion Sound Of Mitchell's Hejira From The Year Before. Mitchell Has Stated That Close To Completing Her Contract With Asylum Records She Allowed This Album To Be Looser Than Anything She'd Done Previously.Don Juan's Reckless Daughter Was Released In December 1977 To Mixed Reviews But Managed To Peak At #25 On The Billboard Charts And Attained Gold Record Status Within Three Months.
Much Of The Album Is Experimental But Especially So Are "Overture " Played With Six Simultaneous Guitars Some In Different Tunings From Others With Vocal Echo Effects "The Tenth World " An Extended-Length Instrumental Of Latin Percussion And "Dreamland " Which Features Only Percussion And Voices Including Chaka Khan .
Most Experimental Of All Is "Paprika Plains " A 16-Minute Song Played On Improvised Piano And Arranged With A Full Orchestra It Takes Up All Of Side 2. In It Mitchell Narrates A First-Person Description Of A Late-Night Gathering In A Bar Frequented By Indigenous Peoples Of Canada Touching On Themes Of Hopelessness And Alcoholism. At One Point In The Narrative The Narrator Leaves The Setting To Watch The Rain And Enters Into A Dreamstate And The Lyrics – Printed In The Liner Notes But Not Sung – Become A Mixture Of References To Innocent Childhood Memories A Nuclear Explosion And An Expressionless Tribe Gazing Upon The Dreamer. The Narrator Returns Inside After The Rain Passes. In Speaking To Anthony Fawcett About Working On "Paprika Plains " Mitchell Said "The Improvisational The Spontaneous Aspect Of This Creative Process – Still As A Poet – Is To Set Words To The Music Which Is A Hammer And Chisel Process. Sometimes It Flows But A Lot Of Times It's Blocked By Concept. And If You're Writing Free Consciousness – Which I Do Once In A While Just To Remind Myself That I Can You Know Because I'm Fitting Little Pieces Of This Puzzle Together – The End Result Must Flow As If It Was Spoken For The First Time."
Don Juan's Reckless Daughter Attracted Contributions From Prominent Jazz Musicians Including Four Current Members Of Weather Report – Jaco Pastorius Wayne Shorter Manolo Badrena And Alex Acuña All Of Whom Would Later Become Frequent Collaborators With Mitchell.
The Album Jacket Is A Photomontage And Includes Three Photographs Of Mitchell. In The Foreground She Is In Blackface As Her "reputed Alter Ego A Black Hipster Named Art Nouveau."
Joni Mitchell – Vocals Guitars Piano On "Paprika Plains"
Jaco Pastorius – Bass Bongos On "The Tenth World" Cowbells On "Dreamland"
John Guerin – Drums
Wayne Shorter – Soprano Saxophone On "Jericho" And "Paprika Plains"
Alejandro Acuña – Congas Cowbell Backing Vocals On "The Tenth World" Shakers On "Dreamland" Ankle Bells On "Don Juan's Reckless Daughter"
Don Alias – Bongos On "Jericho" Congas Claves Backing Vocals On "The Tenth World" Snare Drum Sandpaper Blocks On "Dreamland" Shakers On "Don Juan's Reckless Daughter"
Manolo Badrena – Congas Coffee Cans Lead Vocal On "The Tenth World" Congas On "Dreamland" Credited "in Spirit" On "Don Juan's Reckless Daughter"
Airto Moreira – Surdo On "The Tenth World" And "Dreamland"
Larry Carlton – Electric Guitar On "Otis And Marlena"
Michel Colombier – Piano On "Otis And Marlena"
Chaka Khan – Backing Vocals On "The Tenth World" And "Dreamland"
Glenn Frey J.D. Souther – Backing Vocals On "Off Night Backstreet"
Michael Gibbs – Orchestral Arrangements And Conductor On "Paprika Plains" And "Off Night Backstreet"
Bobbye Hall – Credited "in Spirit" On "Don Juan's Reckless Daughter"
El Bwyd – The Split-Tongued Spirit On "Don Juan's Reckless Daughter"