Joni Mitchell on Nonesuch

She’s not a jazz singer, but Joni Mitchell (pictured) did record with Jaco Pastorius and she was asked by Charles Mingus to collaborate on the project that eventually became Mingus, her 1979 Asylum release. Mitchell is in fact pals with many famous jazz musicians and, earlier this year, brought some of them into Sir George Martin’s AirStudios in Lonodon to record Travelogue, a double-disc set to be released by Nonesuch on Nov. 19.

Travelogue is Mitchell’s first release since 2000’s Both Sides Now and features the singer with a 70-piece orchestra, a 13-voice choir and a band that includes Herbie Hancock, Wayne Shorter, Brian Blade, Billy Preston and others. Larry Klein, Mitchell’s longtime producer and ex-husband, produced Travelogue, which contains a number of Mitchell’s hits and a few lesser-known tunes from the singer’s catalog.

Track list:

Otis and Marlena

Amelia

You Dream Flat Tires

Love

Woodstock

Slouching Towards Bethlemhem

Judgement of the Moon and Stars

The Sire of Sorrow

For the Roses

Trouble Child

God Must Be a Boogie Man

Be Cool

Just Like This Train

Sex Kills

Refuge of the Roads

Hejira

Chinese Café/Unchained Melody

Cherokee Louise

The Dawntreader

The Last Time I Saw Richard

Borderline

The Circle Game

Originally Published November 4, 2002