Mingus

Mingus is the tenth studio album by Canadian musician Joni Mitchell. It was released on June 13, 1979, and was her last studio album for Asylum Records. The album is a collaboration between Mitchell and jazz musician Charles Mingus. It was recorded in the months before and after Mingus' death in January 1979 and is wholly dedicated to him. The album is one of Mitchell's most experimental and jazz-centric works. Mingus wrote six new compositions for Mitchell to write lyrics for, three of which were included on the album. Two other tracks written exclusively by Mitchell are included, alongside a new version of Mingus' standard "Goodbye Pork Pie Hat", featuring lyrics written by Mitchell. There are also spoken word tracks dispersed throughout the album. Mingus had earlier in his career been known as a virtuoso bassist, but by the time of these recording sessions was in the final states of Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and not able to perform. Mitchell sings and plays guitar, and is backed on the album by bassist Jaco Pastorius, Wayne Shorter on saxophone, Herbie Hancock on electric piano, Peter Erskine on drums, and Emil Richards and Don Alias on percussion. From Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mingus_...) under Creative Commons Attribution CC-BY-SA 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...)