Album Info
| Artist: | Joni Mitchell |
| Album: | Mingus |
| Released: | UK, Europe & US, 2024 |
Tracklist:
| A1 | Happy Birthday 1975 (Rap) | 0:57 |
| A2 | God Must Be A Boogie Man | 4:33 |
| A3 | Funeral (Rap) | 1:07 |
| A4 | A Chair In The Sky | 6:40 |
| A5 | The Wolf That Lives In Lindsey | 6:33 |
| B1 | I's A Muggin' (Rap) | 0:07 |
| B2 | Sweet Sucker Dance | 8:06 |
| B3 | Coin In The Pocket (Rap) | 0:11 |
| B4 | The Dry Cleaner From Des Moines | 3:22 |
| B5 | Lucky (Rap) | 0:03 |
| B6 | Goodbye Pork Pie Hat | 5:41 |
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Description
When Jaco Pastorius snaps into that cheeky walking figure on The Dry Cleaner from Des Moines, you can hear the whole band lean forward. Mingus finds Joni Mitchell writing lyrics to Charles Mingus’s late compositions, recorded with Wayne Shorter, Herbie Hancock, Peter Erskine and Don Alias in a loose, conversational setting. A Chair in the Sky lingers with Wayne’s soprano tracing air around Joni’s phrasing, while God Must Be a Boogie Man winks at Mingus’s autobiography without losing the swing.
This LP pressing gives the music more space, and the low end sits deeper, so Jaco’s harmonics and Erskine’s kick feel properly anchored. Herbie’s piano has air around it, and the horn lines on Dry Cleaner punch cleanly without crowding the vocal.
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File it near the more melodic side of Weather Report, only the narrative voice is unmistakably Joni—earthy, wry, and tender toward Mingus’s restless spirit. It’s a late-70s crossover that actually converses with jazz history rather than borrowing its clothes, and the interludes keep you in the room with the project’s beating heart.
If you’re upgrading, this cut rewards careful listening; it’s one of those albums that quietly deepens a collection rather than shouting for attention.
Available online now or in our Melbourne shop, an easy pick for any Joni Mitchell fan.
