joni deserves way more cred then she gets for her jazz work.

@EduardoRefkalefsky

3 жыл бұрын

An incredible credit was she inspired Led's Going to California. Jimmy Page cryed the first time he saw her singing

@DJBuglip

Жыл бұрын

Its my favorite of all her stuff. Man just so so good.

@ijemand5672

Жыл бұрын

more credit than she gets*

@nicholasghoulson9949

Жыл бұрын

@@ijemand5672 love the profile pic man

@ijemand5672

Жыл бұрын

@@nicholasghoulson9949 you have anime as your pfp. I'm not gonna listen to you

Charles asked Joni to do these lyrics; he knew true artistry when he heard it. I wish he could have lived long enough to hear this performance! RIP, Charles!

Joni Mitchell - electric guitar, vocals Pat Metheny - lead guitar Jaco Pastorius - fretless bass (Fender Jazz) Don Alias - drums, percussion Lyle Mays - electric piano (Rhodes), synthesizer (Oberheim FVS-1) Michael Brecker - saxophones I believe that's the definition of a supergroup.

@lowellthomasjr.468

9 жыл бұрын

"Purt near, if not PLUMB !" as they say in The Ozarks ! lol

@mushmorant9253

7 жыл бұрын

The personnel list on the "Mingus" album version of the song is even more impressive.

@jackinthewoodsii8653

3 жыл бұрын

Greatest line up ever, saw them live at Fairmont Park 1983

@kevintucker3306

3 жыл бұрын

Can't go wrong with that set!

@EduardoRefkalefsky

3 жыл бұрын

In the Mingus album we had Jaco and Alias, plus Wayne Shorter & Herbie Hancock.

Holy mother of God... it is amazing that more people haven't viewed this. Incredible band. Joni is just amazing. Wow. I have to go lie down.

@jaehlee-ne9bl

6 жыл бұрын

Dennis Hasting

pound for pound, this has to be one of the greatest bands ever assembled.

I'm not sure I've ever heard a better bass tone than what Jaco has on this song. Just this deep, thick growl. Wow.

@atbglenn

5 жыл бұрын

Yeah, that growl he got was signature sound. Simply amazing.

@pretorious700

14 күн бұрын

It's his signature tone. He only had one, but it was genius.

3:28 love Joni walking away from the mic like a boss, just to come back to deliver that fucking stellar note. the swagger of it all...

This has got to be one of the most expressive and intelligent performances I have ever heard.

That's a song, Charles Mingus has written for Lester Young, for one of the greatest saxophone players the world has known. The 27.08 was the 100 birthday anniversary of this great jazz-musician. Joni Mitchell mastered this song, it's really difficult. I admire her for her talent!

@bossanovaboy

Жыл бұрын

Well said

@billycm8370

Жыл бұрын

I am quite sure that Joni wrote the words,, and that Charles Mingus asked her to write words to his music before he died which occurred before the album was released!!

@Tannerislegend

8 ай бұрын

@@billycm8370you want to really have your mind blown, see this performance of this song, by Austin Peralta…the night he died. With added lyrics kzread.info/dash/bejne/q2eEpdyGfLatldY.htmlsi=CRXWFDc4S6r_w90V

I miss Michael Brecker so much it hurts.

I was thinking...she may be the most respected female musician by other musicians ever...to be able to have the utmost respect from musicians as diverse as Metheny,Pastorius,plus other jazz giants,then the whole folk music creme a la creme, and then guys like Prince...there is definitely something very intelectually artistic about this woman,something that makes her collegues,regardless of musical style,admire her imensely.

My God this is Jazz! Feel like I've walked into a dream.

My goodness! WOW! I was too preoccupied with other things musical earlier in life to explore the depth of what Joni was doing. I can't believe what a fool I was! I mean, I always liked the things I heard her do and suspected based on her unusual guitar tuning harmonies and free vocal styling that she had a jazz heart, but I didn't even suspect something like this! The good news is that I've got a lot of wood shedding to do on her vast body of work! Thanks for the post and blessings everyone!

1:54 -- those fantastic bass harmonics. But listen to how Jaco is never just doing a groove. He's reflecting all the articulations around him, including the singer's jagged line, getting 'inside' the music like no other bass guitarist before and since.

@peterchattelin6721

9 ай бұрын

Incredible beautiful!! Jaco was such an Unique player.

@faberrenno

8 ай бұрын

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@pretorious700

13 күн бұрын

He's doing a groove, but it's not just repetition.

Tonight, these crowds are happy and loud, children are dancing in the street, love that part.. beautiful song

@WarWarriorx

2 ай бұрын

10 years old comment, that part gives me life

Jaco is here fully connected to the ultimum continuum. Way over and beyond the highest level of Art.

Remember lester young. Hero. Thanks Joni and Charles..

I heard her sing this twice at the Bread and Roses concerts. Once with a similar band and once with Hancock. Both times were just exceptional. She really was in complete blossom in this period and seemed to be enjoying her work and fame. A delight to see. She just transfixed an audience. Great artist.

I was a one-year old when this video came out. 14 years later I find myself enjoying jazz, this music makes my 15 year old mind feel as if it’s traversed ages. Truly art

@mrstacyj9496

2 жыл бұрын

cool, man

@hxhdfjifzirstc894

2 жыл бұрын

Don't ever stop listening to jazz. This is where the talent and the masterpieces are. If you like this, check out as much Charles Mingus as you can find. Duke Ellington is my favorite. And John Coltrane, Dave Brubeck, Thelonious Monk, Miles Davis, George Benson, Michel Petrucciani, Art Tatum, Dizzy Gillespie... the list goes on and on. You get to discover it all for the first time. It's like Christmas that lasts for years and years. Enjoy it. PS get yourself one decent pair of speakers and buy used CDs for a few bucks each. They sound a lot better than youtube. Like three times as good.

@watermelone_man

Жыл бұрын

Ay, a fellow 15 year old! I thought I was the only one in my generation who understood music...

This got to be the most perfect bass tone of all time

5:05 ( little dancers) Jacos slide into that note- just crazy good

I can't think of a more talented group of musicians to appear together. Outstanding and never to be seen again☹

Pat Metheny, Don Alias, Michael Brecker, Lyle Mays and the incomparable Jaco. Can't beat it.

She makes absolutely no mistakes with any of her singing!!!! The Queen of jazz voice indeed!

@Frapzoid

9 ай бұрын

The best female Jazz singer of all time? Really?

@waynefoote3781

9 ай бұрын

@@Frapzoid she is but Ella Sarah etc etc even teens Marie....plus joni is also pop and folk music really.

Doesn't get any better than this.

Phrasing,phrasing,phrasing!...Joni and Jaco;what a dance!!!

Totally amazing Joni adding vocals to Jazz Mingus Music...what a cast!

@waynefoote3781

9 ай бұрын

That was unbelievable but best jazz singer? Teena Marie had jazz elements in her music....Ella Fitzgerald....Sarah Vaughn. etc etc

I will NEVER get tired of Joni! What a great layout, and Brecker was amazing. What a great number!

Yes, Jaco's amazing. I read an interview where he said he was a big Frank Sinatra fan and that when he played bass he was "really just singing". That explains some of it for me. But it doesn't explain the incredible creativity behinds his harmonic chord at 2:26 nor the fast pedalling afterwards that defines the character of the verse. But isn't just the Jaco show because Joni and he have a sensitive combination going on, and Michael Brecker's solo is outstanding.

Pure magic, musical perfection and such a shame so many of these Gifted artists have passed to join Mingus in the sounds of history. Thanks for posting! Share this vid and enlighten the musicians of this era...

ridiculously beautiful. Thank you Joni and band.

Joni is phenomenal on this number!!

That's about as good as it gets for me. Joni and the band's ideas, execution and musical chemistry are so beautiful.

The talent on that stage...there is not even a word for level of taste and musicianship! Joni just floors me...her pitch is so flawless and her performance is so felt! Mike Brecker is just the finest soloist I have ever heard. I sure miss him. I am so glad this concert was posted. I don't think it gets any finer. What a gift This is :)

...jaco's unique feeling of music! .....jaco's unique feeling of music! .....jaco's unique feeling of music! .....jaco's unique feeling of music! .....jaco's unique feeling of music!

Une pure merveille! Je connais le disque depuis 20 ans, et decouvrir la vidéo est un moment extatique! Une si sublime chanteuse, interprétant si merveilleusement une si sublime chanson, soutenue par un groupe "impossible"... Heaven, I'm in Heaven...

Jaco....truly one of a kind

Holy shit, my favorite Mingus tune, sang by my favorite singer/songwriter, backed by the most ridiculous line up ever! Jaco knew what the hell he was doing on that tremolo section! WOW I am blown away!

RIP Lester Young and Charles Mingus. This is great!

Jazzlegend Charles Mingus wrote this beautiful tune... And also sweet Joni Mitchell gives her unique approach to Goodbye Pork Pie Hat. And what a wonderful backinggroup she's got on this post.

Love how some of the greatest musicians of the 20th century were in Joni Mitchell's band! and vice versa :).

I had the extreme pleasure of seeing this tour in Illinois. What a phenomenal band, what a great way to enjoy Joni. Jaco was just STUPID good that night.

Had to really listen to the lyrics to fully grasp this version of this song. Pressed replay and said WOW this is amazing!

Hermosa Joni Hermosa Jaco💞

I’m blown away. A masterpiece

Lyle Mays! Great playing. Great.

Fabulous 🕊️❤️

Heaven! These musicians have just come from Heaven!

Some nights I can listen to version after version of this song. And of course this one makes the cut.

Great job by Joni, hilarious glazed facial expressions in the audience; obviously not what they were expecting! You've seen both sides now.

Oh Joni, wonderful as always.

"Love is never Easy Street."

the LADY was such a gift to us fans and her band was pretty great, as well. Thanks, Joni and boys ! LOL

one of the great mingus compositions. and one of the great interpretations.

THIS IS A FREAKIN MASTERPIECE!!!!!!

@hxhdfjifzirstc894

Жыл бұрын

Yes, a masterpiece is an actual thing, not just an empty word... most music ain't one, but this just is.

I was all in as soon as I saw Jaco Pastorious on bass. Her voice is something else. Fantasy

I could listen to this forever. Free man in Paris in between. These people were so lucky

Music cannot be a contest. Nobody is better or worse. It's art, not science. Everyone is entitled to like or dislike. For those who like this kind of jazz, there will be little doubt that this song in this setting is as beautiful as it is unique. Wonderful perfomance of a bunch highly skilled musicians!

This is so much better than the recording. Thanks for the post. Really liked it.

Joni sings amazingly in this song...

Lester Young crossed back into the music six decades ago today on the Ides of March in 1959 he was 49. RIP A soulful tribute to Prez, Ming, Jaco, Michael Brecker, Don Alias & Lyle Mays

WONDERFUL!!!!

Incredible rendition. I love this version better than the studio one. Every musician at their best !

@janezblond5335

2 жыл бұрын

Agree! Also Coyote from this concert is better tha studio version. Jaco especially

@jean-lucbersou758

Жыл бұрын

You mean METHENY doen't play a note !!!!!

Goosebumps. RIP Mingus. RIP Young.

Absolutely wonderful 😊

What a great combo group and beautiful song, thank you Mingus! Rip.

This...IS MUSIC!!!!

Joni never stop. Thank you for your endless gift.

Joni's million dollar note at 3:58- whoa!

PRINCE LOVED JONI

Just incredible!

A true masterful moment in music history captured in all its glory blazing and heartfelt now cyrstlized in our hearts forevermore

This is my favorite song sung by Joni. It is also the first song I ever read on sheet music, for piano, when I began to study music, a bit, beginning at age 26 in1980. I love you Joni. I must say, I truly admire Mingus, too.

I grew up listen to this album.. pure brilliance

Oh My God! HEAVEN!

Such art by all. Joni is a treasure and the band is as well.

Jaco makes hes astoning, unique sound of eternity on this track... So damn beautiful!

This was some of the tastiest Joni ever. We adore you Joni. Brilliant, innovative and kept the boys on their toes.

This whole concert is exceptional. The young audience are enthralled. The look on that woman at 4:36 ...

When I think I wanted to sing this song 40 years ago..... Still know the lyrics though! Missing Jaco Pastorius . Thanks She is still with us

a great take on a great tune

Jaco,s old jazz and Joni vocals , what a great version. What a great band.

Jaco's bass is amazing - so cool that drives the song and pat just sits back and bobs his head.

Poor Jaco ,,Poor Poor, Jaco ,,,Poor Joni Poor Poor Joni Thank You Pat Metheny God Bless You guys what a tune.god bless

The best ever.

I don't even think anything i say matters...this video says it all. that voice...she had trained it so much in just the few years since, "Court and Spark," and "Hejira."

Now that the festive season is over we can reflect on the disappointment and the hope for the next.

There is no way I am ever going to hear all this GOLD on YT, but I am trying.

This is just awesome.... in every way...!

bellissimo brano !!!! grandi artisti!!!

Brecker 80/81 with Metheny was a great Lp

Music is the best! Love this. Thank you.

Ms. Mitchell is a friggin' Jazz Diva!! I had no idea. Just marvelous.

I love you so much joni

This is a side of Joni I hadn't seen. Not surprised though. Love it.

Want to know how to accompany? Watch this video. This is so ridiculously off-the-charts expertly done it beggars belief

Merci pour cette petite merveille....

Jaco’s bass makes the magic complete! Incredible beautiful and tastfull playing by the maestro.

Love the way Joni subtly changes the tempo of the song as she goes along. It speeds up a little then settles back into the slow groove. Her sense of time is impeccable.

This is one of a kind stuff; this is greatness...