THE ASYLUM YEARS (1976-1980) delves into Joni Mitchell’s jazz-inflected sound on the late 1970’s studio albums – Hejira (1976), Don Juan’s Reckless Daughter (1977) and Mingus (1979) – and the live album Shadows and Light (1980). Famed bassist & composer—and longtime Mitchell collaborator—Jaco Pastorius appears prominently on each of the four albums in this set, alongside other noted jazz luminaries like Charles Mingus and Herbie Hancock.
THE ASYLUM YEARS (1976-1980) is newly remastered and presented with premium packaging featuring abstract cover artwork from Mitchell’s private fine arts collection.
TRACKLIST:
Hejira
- “Coyote”
- “Amelia”
- “Furry Sings The Blues”
- “A Strange Boy”
- “Hejira
- “Song For Sharon”
- “Black Crow”
- “Blue Motel Room”
- “Refuge Of The Road”
Don Juan’s Reckless Daughter
- “Overture – Cotton Avenue”
- “Talk To Me”
- “Jericho”
- “Paprika Plains”
- “Otis And Marlena”
- “The Tenth World”
- “Dreamland”
- “Don Juan’s Reckless Daughter”
- “Off Night Backstreet”
- “The Silky Veils Of Ardor”
Mingus
- “Happy Birthday 1975”
- “God Must Be A Boogie Man”
- “Funeral” (Rap)
- “A Chair In The Sky”
- “The Wolf That Lives In Lindsey”
- “I’s A Muggin” (Rap)
- “Sweet Sucker Dance”
- “Coin In The Pocket” (Rap)
- “The Dry Cleaner From Des Moines”
- “Lucky” (Rap)
- “Goodbye Pork Pie Hat”
Shadows And Light
Disc One
- Introduction
- “In France They Kiss On Main Street”
- “Edith And The Kingpin”
- “Coyote”
- “Goodbye Pork Pie Hat”
- “The Dry Cleaner From Des Moines”
- “Amelia”
- Pat’s Solo
- “Hejira”
Disc Two
- “Black Crow”
- Don’s Solo
- “Dreamland”
- “Free Man In Paris”
- Band Introduction
- “Furry Sings The Blues”
- “Why Do Fools Fall In Love”
- “Shadows And Light”
- “God Must Be A Boogie Man”
- “Woodstock”
