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Hejira: Celebrating Joni Mitchell at Hare & Hounds

Where

Hare & Hounds
106 High St
Birmingham
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Hejira: Celebrating Joni Mitchell at Hare & Hounds

When

Tue, December 12, 2023
19:30

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โ€˜Hejiraโ€™ is a 7-piece band set up to celebrate and honour the masterpiece works of Joni Mitchell, mostly from the late โ€˜70s. Having released the albums โ€˜The Hissing of Summer Lawnsโ€™, โ€˜Hejiraโ€™, โ€˜Don Juanโ€™s Reckless Daughterโ€™ and โ€˜Mingusโ€™ (regarded as her โ€˜jazz periodโ€™), Joni then toured briefly with a band formed from the crรจme de la crรจme of contemporaneous jazz musicians (Metheny, Mays, Brecker, Pastorius and Alias). The tour was recorded, producing the outstanding live album, โ€˜Shadows And Lightโ€™; it is from this album that the band Hejira is drawing the body of its repertoire...

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