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Mitchell spent most of 1973 in the recording studio creating Court and Spark. Mitchell and engineer Henry Lewy called in a number of top L.A. musicians to perform on the album including members of the Crusaders , Tom Scott's L.A. Express , cameos from Robbie Robertson , David Crosby and Graham Nash and even a twist of comedy from ...
Perhaps the most important break for Mitchell, with the development of Court And Spark, was her embrace of jazz musicians: in this instance, Tom Scott and LA Express. The change came about, at least partly, because of struggles in the demoing process.
5 de mar. de 2024 · Joni Mitchell ’s Court and Spark turned 50 years old this year. Videos by American Songwriter. Her most daring work became her most commercially successful. After a yearlong hiatus, Court...
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18 de jan. de 2021 · If compared with her critically acclaimed magnum opus Blue from 1971, Court and Spark is diametrically opposite. Mitchell once again delves into her favoured themes of love and freedom, but there is a slight difference in the treatment this time.
17 de jan. de 2024 · ‘Down To You’ is Court And Spark’s cornerstone and one of the great songs of the 1970s. There’s a Buddhist view of transience comparing new lovers with new fashions, both being an ever-changing succession of veils that cover a core of loneliness.
15 de jan. de 2024 · Side two opens with “Car On a Hill” and Tom Scott’s saxophone. Scott is credited with all woodwinds on Court and Spark . A member of The Blues Brothers, he later led L.A. Express, a jazz fusion ensemble that later served as Mitchell’s backing band, most famously for her double live LP Miles of Aisles also released in 1974.
Court and Spark, Joni Mitchell’s sixth studio, has been her most commercially successful album, leading Rolling Stone magazine to call her the “Queen of Rock” in 1974. Two songs on the album...
