Joni Mitchell - Goodbye Pork Pie Hat

[@Musicdudeyoutub]

Joni Mitchell - electric guitar, vocals Pat Metheny - lead guitar Jaco Pastorius - fretless bass (Fender Jazz) Don Alias - drums, percussion Lyle Mays - electric piano (Rhodes), synthesizer (Oberheim FVS-1) Michael Brecker - saxophones I believe that's the definition of a supergroup.

[@lowellthomasjr.468]

"Purt near, if not PLUMB !" as they say in The Ozarks ! lol

[@mushmorant9253]

The personnel list on the "Mingus" album version of the song is even more impressive.

[@jackinthewoodsii8653]

Greatest line up ever, saw them live at Fairmont Park 1983

[@kevintucker3306]

Can't go wrong with that set!

[@EduardoRefkalefsky]

In the Mingus album we had Jaco and Alias, plus Wayne Shorter & Herbie Hancock.

[@TheMaxVernon]

joni deserves way more cred then she gets for her jazz work.

[@EduardoRefkalefsky]

An incredible credit was she inspired Led's Going to California. Jimmy Page cryed the first time he saw her singing

[@Chuck-Bob]

Its my favorite of all her stuff. Man just so so good.

[@ijemand5672]

more credit than she gets*

[@nicholasghoulson9949]

@@ijemand5672 love the profile pic man

[@ijemand5672]

@@nicholasghoulson9949 you have anime as your pfp. I'm not gonna listen to you

[@rmac1042]

Charles asked Joni to do these lyrics; he knew true artistry when he heard it. I wish he could have lived long enough to hear this performance! RIP, Charles!

[@mwyatt222]

pound for pound, this has to be one of the greatest bands ever assembled.

[@ficheye00]

Holy mother of God... it is amazing that more people haven't viewed this. Incredible band. Joni is just amazing. Wow. I have to go lie down.

[@jaehlee-ne9bl]

Dennis Hasting

[@Kolef88]

This has got to be one of the most expressive and intelligent performances I have ever heard.

[@JulkaRewizor]

That's a song, Charles Mingus has written for Lester Young, for one of the greatest saxophone players the world has known. The 27.08 was the 100 birthday anniversary of this great jazz-musician. Joni Mitchell mastered this song, it's really difficult. I admire her for her talent!

[@bossanovaboy]

Well said

[@billycm8370]

I am quite sure that Joni wrote the words,, and that Charles Mingus asked her to write words to his music before he died which occurred before the album was released!!

[@Tannerislegend]

@@billycm8370you want to really have your mind blown, see this performance of this song, by Austin Peralta…the night he died. With added lyrics kzbin.info/www/bejne/r2SzdK2Dgbh6m9Usi=CRXWFDc4S6r_w90V

[@Ffwee]

I'm not sure I've ever heard a better bass tone than what Jaco has on this song. Just this deep, thick growl. Wow.

[@atbglenn]

Yeah, that growl he got was signature sound. Simply amazing.

[@pretorious700]

It's his signature tone. He only had one, but it was genius.

[@JsRf13]

3:28 love Joni walking away from the mic like a boss, just to come back to deliver that fucking stellar note. the swagger of it all...

[@MatGurman]

I miss Michael Brecker so much it hurts.

[@MrBassflute]

Joni’s lyrics here display transcendent genius at the highest level, especially setting lyrics to that wonderful saxophone solo and incorporating it in the song here. Whenever I think of Joni, and this band, I just think of that profoundly beautiful phrase ‘love is never easy’…absolute perfection. It does not get any better.

[@joelmartin5887]

My God this is Jazz! Feel like I've walked into a dream.

[@dixxjamm]

I was thinking...she may be the most respected female musician by other musicians ever...to be able to have the utmost respect from musicians as diverse as Metheny,Pastorius,plus other jazz giants,then the whole folk music creme a la creme, and then guys like Prince...there is definitely something very intelectually artistic about this woman,something that makes her collegues,regardless of musical style,admire her imensely.

[@mcneilcurtissa]

Tonight, these crowds are happy and loud, children are dancing in the street, love that part.. beautiful song

[@WarWarriorx]

10 years old comment, that part gives me life

[@the1realanalogman]

My goodness! WOW! I was too preoccupied with other things musical earlier in life to explore the depth of what Joni was doing. I can't believe what a fool I was! I mean, I always liked the things I heard her do and suspected based on her unusual guitar tuning harmonies and free vocal styling that she had a jazz heart, but I didn't even suspect something like this! The good news is that I've got a lot of wood shedding to do on her vast body of work! Thanks for the post and blessings everyone!

[@waynefoote3781]

Totally amazing Joni adding vocals to Jazz Mingus Music...what a cast!

[@waynefoote3781]

That was unbelievable but best jazz singer? Teena Marie had jazz elements in her music....Ella Fitzgerald....Sarah Vaughn. etc etc

[@drwinkle101]

1:54 -- those fantastic bass harmonics. But listen to how Jaco is never just doing a groove. He's reflecting all the articulations around him, including the singer's jagged line, getting 'inside' the music like no other bass guitarist before and since.

[@peterchattelin6721]

Incredible beautiful!! Jaco was such an Unique player.

[@faberrenno]

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[@pretorious700]

He's doing a groove, but it's not just repetition.

[@blakerogers6126]

I was a one-year old when this video came out. 14 years later I find myself enjoying jazz, this music makes my 15 year old mind feel as if it’s traversed ages. Truly art

[@mrstacyj9496]

cool, man

[@hxhdfjifzirstc894]

Don't ever stop listening to jazz. This is where the talent and the masterpieces are. If you like this, check out as much Charles Mingus as you can find. Duke Ellington is my favorite. And John Coltrane, Dave Brubeck, Thelonious Monk, Miles Davis, George Benson, Michel Petrucciani, Art Tatum, Dizzy Gillespie... the list goes on and on. You get to discover it all for the first time. It's like Christmas that lasts for years and years. Enjoy it. PS get yourself one decent pair of speakers and buy used CDs for a few bucks each. They sound a lot better than youtube. Like three times as good.

[@watermelone_man]

Ay, a fellow 15 year old! I thought I was the only one in my generation who understood music...

[@davidmayhew4818]

I heard her sing this twice at the Bread and Roses concerts. Once with a similar band and once with Hancock. Both times were just exceptional. She really was in complete blossom in this period and seemed to be enjoying her work and fame. A delight to see. She just transfixed an audience. Great artist.

[@MatGurman]

The talent on that stage...there is not even a word for level of taste and musicianship! Joni just floors me...her pitch is so flawless and her performance is so felt! Mike Brecker is just the finest soloist I have ever heard. I sure miss him. I am so glad this concert was posted. I don't think it gets any finer. What a gift This is :)

[@vangauguinavatarzen]

Une pure merveille! Je connais le disque depuis 20 ans, et decouvrir la vidéo est un moment extatique! Une si sublime chanteuse, interprétant si merveilleusement une si sublime chanson, soutenue par un groupe "impossible"... Heaven, I'm in Heaven...

[@steviethebassman]

Pure magic, musical perfection and such a shame so many of these Gifted artists have passed to join Mingus in the sounds of history. Thanks for posting! Share this vid and enlighten the musicians of this era...

[@pleximanic]

Jaco is here fully connected to the ultimum continuum. Way over and beyond the highest level of Art.

[@waynefoote3781]

She makes absolutely no mistakes with any of her singing!!!! The Queen of jazz voice indeed!

[@Frapzoid]

The best female Jazz singer of all time? Really?

[@waynefoote3781]

@@Frapzoid she is but Ella Sarah etc etc even teens Marie....plus joni is also pop and folk music really.

[@fluidjazz]

I can't think of a more talented group of musicians to appear together. Outstanding and never to be seen again☹

[@AlKidd]

Joni is phenomenal on this number!!

[@guitargoalie27]

Holy shit, my favorite Mingus tune, sang by my favorite singer/songwriter, backed by the most ridiculous line up ever! Jaco knew what the hell he was doing on that tremolo section! WOW I am blown away!

[@martinaxman2033]

I will NEVER get tired of Joni! What a great layout, and Brecker was amazing. What a great number!

[@throckmortensnivel2850]

Just to clarify for some. Charlie Mingus wrote the music as a instrumental memorial for Lester Young. These words were written by Joni Mitchell. This song shows up on the album "Mingus".

[@AlmostEthical]

Yes, Jaco's amazing. I read an interview where he said he was a big Frank Sinatra fan and that when he played bass he was "really just singing". That explains some of it for me. But it doesn't explain the incredible creativity behinds his harmonic chord at 2:26 nor the fast pedalling afterwards that defines the character of the verse. But isn't just the Jaco show because Joni and he have a sensitive combination going on, and Michael Brecker's solo is outstanding.

[@judivinar2486]

ridiculously beautiful. Thank you Joni and band.

[@AlmostEthical]

That's about as good as it gets for me. Joni and the band's ideas, execution and musical chemistry are so beautiful.

[@SimulacronX]

This got to be the most perfect bass tone of all time

[@azduros]

I had the extreme pleasure of seeing this tour in Illinois. What a phenomenal band, what a great way to enjoy Joni. Jaco was just STUPID good that night.

[@ReneeNme]

Doesn't get any better than this.

[@christopherlopez9684]

I’m blown away. A masterpiece

[@ShaKimono]

A true masterful moment in music history captured in all its glory blazing and heartfelt now cyrstlized in our hearts forevermore

[@godot93]

Phrasing,phrasing,phrasing!...Joni and Jaco;what a dance!!!

[@SticcyStaton]

Had to really listen to the lyrics to fully grasp this version of this song. Pressed replay and said WOW this is amazing!

[@Rasmarker]

Jazzlegend Charles Mingus wrote this beautiful tune... And also sweet Joni Mitchell gives her unique approach to Goodbye Pork Pie Hat. And what a wonderful backinggroup she's got on this post.

[@eottoe2001]

This is so much better than the recording. Thanks for the post. Really liked it.

[@kz1000ps]

This is fucking brilliant. I suppose I understand if you don't like the whole 1970s NY jazz sound, but I do and I think everyone here is in top form. Michael Brecker's solo breathes fire, and when Joni joins in at 3:58 on that sustained note--oh baby!

[@darrinwest6734]

Yeah, that part!

[@mariemartien3887]

When I think I wanted to sing this song 40 years ago..... Still know the lyrics though! Missing Jaco Pastorius . Thanks She is still with us

[@bangcolt]

Pat Metheny, Don Alias, Michael Brecker, Lyle Mays and the incomparable Jaco. Can't beat it.

[@lilredscout]

This was some of the tastiest Joni ever. We adore you Joni. Brilliant, innovative and kept the boys on their toes.

[@phyllispetras2181]

There is no way I am ever going to hear all this GOLD on YT, but I am trying.

[@alancassett137]

5:05 ( little dancers) Jacos slide into that note- just crazy good

[@TheoReijmers]

Music cannot be a contest. Nobody is better or worse. It's art, not science. Everyone is entitled to like or dislike. For those who like this kind of jazz, there will be little doubt that this song in this setting is as beautiful as it is unique. Wonderful perfomance of a bunch highly skilled musicians!

[@raskinblog]

Love how some of the greatest musicians of the 20th century were in Joni Mitchell's band! and vice versa :).

[@加壽生福留]

best　song　素敵な歌声ありがとうございました

[@eugenesedita]

Oh Joni, wonderful as always.

[@peterchattelin6721]

Jaco’s bass makes the magic complete! Incredible beautiful and tastfull playing by the maestro.

[@nancieredekop1846]

Great job by Joni, hilarious glazed facial expressions in the audience; obviously not what they were expecting! You've seen both sides now.

[@maxroachtribute]

one of the great mingus compositions. and one of the great interpretations.

[@roberttemple2521]

This is my favorite song sung by Joni. It is also the first song I ever read on sheet music, for piano, when I began to study music, a bit, beginning at age 26 in1980. I love you Joni. I must say, I truly admire Mingus, too.

[@ZoeTheCat]

I could listen to this forever. Free man in Paris in between. These people were so lucky

[@jibcraip]

Incredible rendition. I love this version better than the studio one. Every musician at their best !

[@janezblond5335]

Agree! Also Coyote from this concert is better tha studio version. Jaco especially

[@jean-lucbersou758]

You mean METHENY doen't play a note !!!!!

[@joemomma3988]

I was all in as soon as I saw Jaco Pastorious on bass. Her voice is something else. Fantasy

[@NYCBG]

THIS IS A FREAKIN MASTERPIECE!!!!!!

[@hxhdfjifzirstc894]

Yes, a masterpiece is an actual thing, not just an empty word... most music ain't one, but this just is.

[@lowellthomasjr.468]

the LADY was such a gift to us fans and her band was pretty great, as well. Thanks, Joni and boys ! LOL

[@TheErod1944Channel]

Ms. Mitchell is a friggin' Jazz Diva!! I had no idea. Just marvelous.

[@woiowoiow190]

What a great combo group and beautiful song, thank you Mingus! Rip.

[@arose400]

what a treat to see jaco and pat. nice surprise! Thanks for posting

[@YewtBoot]

When Charlie speaks of Lester You know someone great has gone The sweetest swinging music man Had a Porkie Pig hat on A bright star In a dark age When the bandstands had a thousand ways Of refusing a black man admission Black musician In those days they put him in an Underdog position They put him in Cellars and chitlins' When Lester took him a wife Arm and arm went black and white And some saw red And drove them from their hotel bed Love is never easy It's short of the hope we have for happiness Bright and sweet Love is never easy street Now we are black and white Embracing out in the lunatic New York night It's very unlikely we'll be driven out of town Or be hung in a tree That's unlikely Tonight these crowds Are happy and loud Children are up dancing in the streets In the sticky middle of the night Summer serenade Of taxi horns and fun arcades Where right or wrong Under neon Every feeling goes on! For you and me The sidewalk is a history book It's a circus Dangerous clowns Balancing dreadful and wonderful perceptions They have been handed Day by day Generations on down We came up from the subway On the music midnight makes To Charlie's bass and Lester's saxophone In taxi horns and brakes Now Charlie's down in Mexico With the healers So the sidewalk leads us with music To two little dancers They'e dancing outside this crowded black bar Don and me we look up and There's a sign up on the awning It says "Pork Pie Hat Bar" And there were two brand new little musicians dancing barefoot Tonight ~ Joni Mitchell lyrics; Charles Mingus music

[@timothydaniels504]

Love the way Joni subtly changes the tempo of the song as she goes along. It speeds up a little then settles back into the slow groove. Her sense of time is impeccable.

[@tmdaexhibits]

Joni never stop. Thank you for your endless gift.

[@janezblond5335]

Heaven! These musicians have just come from Heaven!

[@tobythetaaco8509]

RIP Lester Young and Charles Mingus. This is great!

[@Docbill57]

Great piece to listen to on the 100th birthday of Charles Mingus 4/22/2022. Stellar performance by Joni Mitchell. Bravo!

[@musicloveranthony]

I don't even think anything i say matters...this video says it all. that voice...she had trained it so much in just the few years since, "Court and Spark," and "Hejira."

[@mavis0309]

superunknown373 Your videos are always the Best. RIP Jaco Pastorius, Michael Brecker, Don Alias , Michael we miss you the most...

[@agamemnonpadar5706]

I only knew the recording, so I am very happy to see the video. Thank you for the upload

[@byronrhoades6338]

Such art by all. Joni is a treasure and the band is as well.

[@MartinCleaver]

Absolutely incredible concert. Stunning singing by Joni Mitchell. Even more stunning in view of the lack of technical back-up (earbuds).

[@rubenseam]

Wonderful melody! Gorgeous lyrics! Outstanding performance!

[@martinkasdan6713]

My name is Marty. I am a big fan of Joni Mitchell, Pat Metheny, Jaco Pastorius and Charles Mingus.

[@76alembic]

Jaco,s old jazz and Joni vocals , what a great version. What a great band.

[@sosogelovani]

...jaco's unique feeling of music! .....jaco's unique feeling of music! .....jaco's unique feeling of music! .....jaco's unique feeling of music! .....jaco's unique feeling of music!

[@rkellermusic]

I grew up listen to this album.. pure brilliance

[@Rasmarker]

Jaco makes hes astoning, unique sound of eternity on this track... So damn beautiful!

[@spoonyeti]

Merci pour cette petite merveille....

[@schralpthepow]

Music is the best! Love this. Thank you.

[@bradleyjacked]

a great take on a great tune

[@patrickgroll2046]

Want to know how to accompany? Watch this video. This is so ridiculously off-the-charts expertly done it beggars belief

[@shahzadzafar71]

This whole concert is exceptional. The young audience are enthralled. The look on that woman at 4:36 ...

[@jamesgilmore5352]

Some nights I can listen to version after version of this song. And of course this one makes the cut.

[@luispacheco2230]

50 something yrs ago, Ms J. MITCHELL introduced me to the hidden NIRVANA. I 💙💙💙💙 you mama.

[@oldladymaz]

This is a side of Joni I hadn't seen. Not surprised though. Love it.

[@richpelto248]

Absolutely wonderful 😊

[@xxdrzombiexx]

The audience is quiet because the awesomeness of this has put them in a coma. For the few that can't grasp it - this is what awesome music is like. You young guitarists would be advised to learn this tune.

[@chummyjoll]

Jaco's bass is amazing - so cool that drives the song and pat just sits back and bobs his head.

[@dwftube]

Jeez, look at that line up - shows how good Joni was that she could pull in a backing band of that calibre.

[@martindowney8737]

Now that the festive season is over we can reflect on the disappointment and the hope for the next.

[@Rudreax]

Wha a goddess, and such an unbelievably talented set of people to back her up.

[@lumumba54nene]

Miss Joni Mitchell, this song it is so meaningful l for us, Latin and black see that you have a heart for us, Miss,Joni the discrimination still there but i know one day will disappears. Thanks ,Joni for your respect., it is a beautiful song!

[@CDA129]

This is one of a kind stuff; this is greatness...

[@katmandew2152]

Remember lester young. Hero. Thanks Joni and Charles..

[@dafnae42]

bellissimo brano !!!! grandi artisti!!!

[@janezblond5335]

Joni Mitchel je najboljša pevka te zvrsti vseh časov (David Crosby).

[@joeburdette1879]

Jaco....truly one of a kind