Birmingham ยป Calendar ยป Hejira: Celebrating Joni Mitchell at Hare & Hounds
Hejira: Celebrating Joni Mitchell at Hare & Hounds
When
Tue, December 12, 2023
19:30
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Musicians
Hattie Whitehead
vocalsPete Oxley
guitarRick Finlay
drumsOllie Weston
saxophoneChris Eldred
keyboardsDave Jones
bassMarc Cecil
percussionAbout
โHejiraโ is a 7-piece band set up to celebrate and honour the masterpiece works of Joni Mitchell, mostly from the late โ70s. Having released the albums โThe Hissing of Summer Lawnsโ, โHejiraโ, โDon Juanโs Reckless Daughterโ and โMingusโ (regarded as her โjazz 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, โShadows And Lightโ; it is from this album that the band Hejira is drawing the body of its repertoire...