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Hejira - Celebrating Joni Mitchell at Exeter Phoenix
Courtesy of Ina Wieczorek | Posted on March 23, 2024
Where
Exeter Phoenix
Exeter Phoenix, Bradninch Place, Gandy Street, Exeter, Ex4 3ls
Exeter
Map
01392 667080
When
Mon, May 6, 2024
20:00
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Musicians
Hattie Whitehead
vocalsPete Oxley
guitarDave Jones
bassRick Finlay
drumsOllie Weston
saxophoneChris Eldred
keyboardsMarc Cecil
percussionHejira
band / ensemble / orchestraAbout
‘Hejira’ is a 7-piece band set up to celebrate and honour the masterpiece works of Joni Mitchell, mostly from the late ‘70s. Having released the albums ‘The Hissing of Summer Lawns’, ‘Hejira’, ‘Don Juan’s Reckless Daughter’ and ‘Mingus’ (regarded as her ‘jazz period’), Joni then toured briefly with a band formed from the crème de la crème of contemporaneous jazz musicians (Metheny, Mays, Brecker, Pastorius and Alias). The tour was recorded, producing the outstanding live album, ‘Shadows And Light’; it is from this album that the band Hejira is drawing the body of its repertoire...