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Hejira is the eighth studio album by Canadian singer-songwriter Joni Mitchell, released in 1976 on Asylum Records. Its material was written during a period of frequent travel in late 1975 and early 1976, and reflects Mitchell's experiences on the road during that time.
Hejira contains Mitchell's starkest and most sensitive examinations of the apparent incompatibility of love and work, belonging and freedom. Hejira lets Mitchell's duelling ideologies and impulses coexist at the same scale within each song, avoiding extremes of crisis or revelation, an idea reflected in the artwork.
Although Tom Scott, who helped her realize her affinity for jazz with “Court and Spark,” is still around, along with other musicians such as Larry Carlton and John Guerin, the instrumentation is spare and the arrangements restrained.
Jun 3, 2019 · On Hejira, Joni's guitar and the fretless bass of Jaco Pastorius form a kind of sprawling background rhythm, which Joni sings over. This was the first time Joni worked with the legendary Pastorius. They formed a deep musical connection, and were very close friends until Jaco's terrible death in 1987.
The album features careful orchestration: check the brief featured clarinet part - just a few seconds! - by Abe Most on Hejira; and Chuck Findley and Tom Scott on winds - respectively, on trumpet and saxophone - on Refuge Of The Roads. But the most impressive instrumental work is by Larry Carlton.
View credits, reviews, tracks and shop for the 1989 CD release of "Hejira" on Discogs.
View credits, reviews, tracks and shop for the 1976 Vinyl release of "Hejira" on Discogs.
