Joni Mitchell

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

Jaco Pastorius · 1976

Tales from the Hudson

Michael Brecker · 1996

Word of Mouth

Jaco Pastorius · 1981

The New Standard

Herbie Hancock · 1996

In 1976, a still largely unknown Jaco Pastorius played bass on Joni Mitchell's folk album Hejira — the same year he released his own debut and joined Weather Report. His avant-garde fretless playing found its way onto one of the era's defining singer-songwriter records.

— Statement stmt-michael-brecker-on-joni-mitchell

The band with Joni Mitchell, Shadows and Light Band, was really extraordinary. It consisted of Jaco, Pat Metheny, myself, Don Alias and Lyle Mays and Joni, of course.

Brecker looking back on Joni Mitchell's Shadows and Light band.