Joni Mitchell - Mingus
Asylum Records  (1999)
Jazz

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CD    11 tracks  (37:17) 
   01   Happy Birthday 1975 (Rap)             00:57
   02   God Must Be a Boogie Man             04:35
   03   Funeral (Rap)             01:07
   04   A Chair in the Sky             06:42
   05   The Wolf That Lives in Lindsey             06:33
   06   I's a Muggin' (Rap)             00:07
   07   Sweet Sucker Dance             08:04
   08   Coin in the Pocket (Rap)             00:11
   09   The Dry Cleaner From Des Moines             03:22
   10   Lucky (Rap)             00:03
   11   Goodbye Pork Pie Hat             05:36
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Cat. Number 7559-60557-2
UPC (Barcode) 075596055727
Packaging Jewel Case
Recording Date 1979
Spars DDD
Sound Stereo
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Personnel

Musicians

Prior to recording the album, Mitchell had several "experimental sessions" with New York musicians who had worked with Mingus. These musicians included:

Eddie Gómez - bass
John Guerin - drums
Phil Woods - alto saxophone
Gerry Mulligan - baritone saxophone
Dannie Richmond - narration
Tony Williams - drums
John McLaughlin - guitar
Jan Hammer - mini Moog
Stanley Clarke - bass

The recordings of the "experimental sessions", rumored to have been lost, destroyed, or made otherwise unavailable have become available as bootleg tapes.

The personnel on the actual album were:

Joni Mitchell - guitar, vocals
Jaco Pastorius - bass; horn arrangement on "The Dry Cleaner from Des Moines"
Wayne Shorter - soprano saxophone
Herbie Hancock - electric piano
Peter Erskine - drums
Don Alias - congas
Emil Richards - percussion ("wolves")