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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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Published: 01 Jan 2018, 14:24
In The Months Prior To The Passing Of Legendary Jazz Bassist Charles Mingus Joni Mitchell Had Been Personally Summoned By The Bop Pioneer To Collaborate On A Musical Version Of T.S. Eliot's Four Quartets. The Project Would Entail Mitchell To Condense The Text For Mingus To Score Instrumentally. He Planned On Utilizing A Full Orchestra As Well As The More Traditional Guitar And Bass. They Would Accompany Mitchell's Vocals And The Narration Of Selected Portions Of The Text. After A Few Weeks Of Consideration Mitchell's Reaction Was That "'d Rather Condense The Bible." Mingus Then Bestowed Mitchell With Six Melodies -- "Joni I" Through "Joni VI" -- Penned Specifically For Her. Mitchell Spent A Few Weeks With Mingus -- Who Was Totally Immobilized From Amyotropic Lateral Sclerosis Aka Lou Gehrig's Disease -- During The Spring Of 1978. Their Partnership Advanced The Half-Dozen Tunes. More Importantly It Shook Mitchell From A Three-Month Long Writer's Block/drought -- Yielding Two Of Her Best Late-'70s Compositions "God Must Be A Boogie Man" And The Revisitation And Completion Of A Track She'd Been Wood-Shedding Now Titled "The Wolf That Lives In Lindsey." Incidentally The Former Piece Was Inspired By The Opening Chapters Of Mingus' Autobiography Beneath The Underdog. Initial Recordings During Mitchell's Stay With Mingus In New York City Produced Several Interesting Experimental Sessions With The Likes Of Stanley Clarke Bass Jan Hammer Keyboards John McLaughlin Guitar Gerry Mulligan Baritone Sax And Tony Williams Drums . A Few Of These Recordings -- While Rumored To Have Been Lost Destroyed Or Made Otherwise Unavailable -- Were Leaked Into The Trading Community In The Late '90s. Arguably Mitchell Could Not Have Chosen Any Finer Musicians Than The Sextet She Ultimately Incorporated Into This Work. The Luminaries Include Herbie Hancock Electric Piano Wayne Shorter Soprano Sax Jaco Pastorious Bass/horn Arrangements Peter Erskine Drums Don Alias Congas And Emil Richards Percussion . Sprinkled Amongst These Soulfully Jazzy Pieces Are Five "raps " Or Aural Snapshots Of The Time Mitchell And Mingus Spent Together. Sadly Charles Mingus Passed Before He Was Able To Listen To This Timeless And Ageless Paean To His Remarkable Contributions To Bop And Free Jazz.