JONI MITCHELL - Amelia + Pat Metheny Solo

[@petercaras3696]

Back in the day I criss crossed the US and Canada in my tractor trailer and her music was playing all the time on my stereo. I'm 71 and alive today thanks to Joni keeping me awake and always wanting more. Love you gal!

[@inavejin1894]

I hear ya...she kept me going too, just made 69!

[@kidkong637]

Romantic!

[@barbararenton8009]

Yes, Peter, and her music has been apart of my life, too, all of my 65 years, too!

[@roberthurley6860]

Yes indeed Peter. Joni has kept a lot of us on our feet.

[@GreenFacePowerRanger]

i would do anything to have been alive to see this¬ !!

[@tonyjones7373]

I'm an old worn out farmer . Hard as nails they say . So ? Why must I weep on hearing this ? Damn your eyes , the you two ....... And , all my blessings .............

[@gabrieleschulze7627]

Love to you and happy New Year !

[@tonyjones7373]

@@gabrieleschulze7627 And to you Gabriel and many of them !

[@lilylove2021]

How funny that Gabriel spoke to you. We had a charmed youth post war but now the memories have faded, allies become enemies.... 💕🙏🙏🙏💪

[@1952FMS]

Real as it gets.

[@johnscott6960]

I'm a musician myself and there are dozens, perhaps hundreds of musicians that I admire and respect. There are very few that leave me literally awestruck by how unfathomably brilliant they are. Joni is one of them. This is an amazing performance of an incredible song! It never fails to move me to tears. Astonishing...

[@garysparks4372]

0:57 0:58

[@Arturo-sm1tb]

My eyes well up every time I think of Joni and all she had to overcome, and the fact she is still with us and vital.... She is the GOAT.

[@ronaldjaybelin520]

Perhaps more so than you imagine..I imagined this storyline as well as wrote its’ entirety

[@ronaldjaybelin520]

So happy to have it rendered so fantastically famously

[@oysterboy9]

funny - i honestly thought you were saying all of those things about Pat Metheny, because I'm writing this as i watch his solo. I'm living this life to find treasures like this.

[@prydonian460]

I first saw Joni Mitchell perform with no prewarning of the monstrous talent she possessed. It was at a small club in Philly and I only went in as an afterthought having never heard of Joni. To this day it was one of the most moving experiences of my life and since then Joni has continued to amaze with everything she has done. She is the most under appreciated talent of our age . Simply Perfection.

[@TheSupergimp]

She's always been the love of my life. I envy you seeing her. Hejira was my way in, a brilliant schoolmaster setting a class of punks the song as homework. With my first holiday paycheck I bought the album :) Better lyrics than Dylan, better voice than anyone.

[@johntatum1951]

Yep...simply perfection and genius creativity...to boot.

[@markoblazney6360]

well said+

[@Dreadtower]

prydonian460 There is a well known retrospective of Joni’s career which argues, " ... when the final count is in she will most likely go down as the most important post-war female artist in popular music." Hence I don’t subscribe to her being under-rated 😉

[@ambroulard]

prydonian460 She's the most well known under appreciated artist I've encountered......

[@sethmacdeth]

jesus, when those synths come in with that guitar solo its something other worldly. one of the finest solos I've ever heard.

[@georgeleddy483]

I cry every time I hear this song. My favorite musicians from when we had real songs about real things sung by real people.

[@giorgioturolla9495]

😅lpo000000o⁹kkmmm😅😅😅😅😅😅 mm kkkklloooo8ii88

[@Shellyann7100]

I Cry too .......❤

[@JeffJansen53]

These are ten of my favorite minutes of recorded music of all time.

[@alexachterberg9722]

Pat's solo is burned in my subconscious since 35 years ago, it marked my music taste for life (not to mention Joni's delicious voice that led me to meet Pat); grateful to watch him live twice later at Buenos Aires

[@BOOSKIE61]

Me too...

[@ChromaticHarp]

How is it that Pat has More hair nowadays than he he did back then?

[@svensvensson6705]

@@ChromaticHarp I don't get it why a lot of the artists from the 80s never have given up their 80s hair style.

[@boonyboony100]

Yes right - it's as if she's just standing there singing, not realising that she's one of the greatest musical geniuses of the 20th century

[@blackbrookstudio1932]

Taken together, Amelia, Pat's Solo and then into Hejira from this concert is one of my favorite musical moments of any kind since I first heard it when the album of this concert was released. Truly sublime perfection. The whole concert was amazing. What a collection of artists.

[@peterchattelin6721]

What a line up !!!! Pat his solo give me chills and tears This was Joni her dream team and one off the best line-up ever on a stage.

[@Lughnerson]

G.Damn! That woman writes, outplays and sings better than most anyone. Legendary.

[@oliversoffge9441]

Yes she is!

[@tonygallo1104]

And totally understands “all the Music”

[@GabrielCsaba]

1989 or 1990, sitting on the floor of a Buenos Aires apartment, listening to one of those music-only Sunday afternoon radio shows of the pre-online era, I had never heard a note by Joni. I had only read about her, read what other musicians said of her. Musicians I was a fan of, saying how they were nuts about this woman with the weird male nickname, describing her music as angular and addictive and impossible to cover properly unless you could tune your guitar like you were insane. I didn't even know what nonstandard tuning was. I didn't have a proper grasp of English yet, let alone guitar - I had, in short, no idea of life, the universe, or anything. And this version of Amelia came up on the radio. And I KNEW. I just knew. I was 100% sure that this song, this impossible syncopated sort-of-picking, these chords I couldn't even begin to comprehend, this haunting, impossibly sexy, utterly non-girlish voice..., this was "that Johnny woman" all my favorite rockers were gushing about. I fell in love instantly. And then... then it took me over a whole decade and the advent of Napster just to make sure. Joni is pure gold, always will be.

[@josedebayres321]

Very well described... saludos desde esa misma Argentina (bueno, a no ser por aquellos programas radiales sin cortes:)

[@wladekwloszcz3803]

Cheers Gabriel, from Poland, my own feelings you've described.

[@joaomartinsmartins1975]

Gabriel Csaba é , desde sempre a minha segunda paixão (a seguir à minha mulher). Ouço-a desde miúdo e continuo a ter pó ela uma enorme paixão musical, como se estivéssemos noutro mundo...

[@mr_watchaddict3146]

You built that like Metheny builds his solos!... Cant ignore the HHGTTG reference either 😉👍

[@justgivemethetruth]

>> woman with the weird male nickname What was her weird male nickname?

[@larrybush1664]

This is one of Pat's best solos IMHO. Lyle's supporting synth underneath make it even more magical. Those two were a terrific team from Day One.

[@jazzfusioner9840]

Truth...

[@cccustard]

The most beautiful guitar solo ever.

[@fiddlestix3025]

This is the most beautiful dream….. Joni’s song, her voice, the stirring poetry…and then Pat Metheney’s solo…what a beautiful dream….

[@brianbogle5050]

This is my favorite piece of music ever. And I was there. I lived just north of Santa Barbara. I had just graduated high school. It was a magical moment in time.

[@garysparks4372]

You can really apreciate her art work…. All the artwork. No drummed,no bass. Just the legend left..and broken dreams. Bless her heart ❤️.

[@francescoaverna]

I could listen Amelia every single day, without getting tired. I'm 68 calculate, how many times I had listen to it. I simply go nuts the way she plays her guitar. Unique! ❤❤❤

[@danw5785]

Wow what great take by Metheny. True to the composer and yet very personal. She let her collaborators shine, thru her genius. A generational artist.

[@corporeidad]

Tal cual!

[@domenicocito7707]

And wath about Lile?

[@throckmortensnivel2850]

This song, this whole concert, was one for the books. Incredible lineup of musicians, incredible songs, incredible performances by those musicians. All done without multitracks, without pitch correct, without all the devices used in studios today. Joni MItchell at the peak of her powers. Check out "Free Man In Paris", also from this concert.

[@patrickwilsonwelsh]

I saw her play several Hejira tunes in Santa Barbara in 1979, backed by Metheny, Pastorious, Michael Brecker, and Lyle Mays. The concert was recorded and later became “Shadow and Light.” It was entrancing, stupefying really. ❤

[@el1414]

a friend in high school won radio station tickets to the Court And Spark concert, and invited me; hooked forever. All the albums, cds collected. This album however is a favorite, played too much if that's possible.

[@1952FMS]

Wow

[@alanparsonsfan]

How did this stage not melt, from the incandescent TALENT gathered upon it, all at once?

[@timgainnes5534]

just stumbled on this video. three genius musicians. pat is still going strong saw him last night in Seattle - what a show.

[@randyduncan4004]

6 geniuses in that band.

[@terenceoneill3075]

I think that Metheny's solo, especially at the start, is just out of place. It's a jazz thing to solo and go off, but I like it to happen in the context of the melody of the song. He slows it down later and gets all groovy with it, but as for me I pass on this kind of soloing.

[@mapbyblues5919]

There was a time where the whole world was in love with Joni, listening this song reminds me i still am. How is one able to create such beauty? Love you forever Joni!

[@bobgordon236]

A true musical Goddess.

[@paulhoughton5164]

This is my all time favourite Joni song. It touches me every time I hear it. “Like icarus ascending. On beautiful foolish arms “ ………has there ever been a more beautiful and evocative line in a song? And then that solo from Pat. It’s just a perfect interpretation and extension of the song and lyrics. Breaks my heart in the best way every time I hear it.

[@robertmanno5749]

Adore everything about Joni Mitchell since I first heard her in 1967.

[@karilamervo5343]

My dear God, how beautiful this is...after some 30 years

[@GuidoSpain480]

This is immortal moments of music. I am so happy that this is available for us to listen after so many years.The lineup in this concert made history.

[@aleaallee]

Why haven't I heard of her before? I'm 25 and just discovered her, she's amazing, I love her singing and playing.

[@sabunassar]

I discovered Joni at 27. That was 25 years ago now & she still amazes me.

[@paulsandor3522]

Been a fan of rock (metal, punk, alt, classic, indie) my whole life. Discovered Hejira during the pandemic. Been a Joni fanatic ever since.

[@jayme3040]

Better late than never! So happy you have discovered Joni, now you have some catching up to do :)

[@monacaravetta]

I’m excited for you and the wonderful rabbit hole you will go down. Enjoy!!!

[@theslo777ery]

Hopefully you kept on digging into her music. She'll change your life for the better the deeper you go.

[@parijatacharbonneau4090]

No matter how many time I hear this, it touches me in the deepest places. Tears for such beauty, there is no words to express how precious this is …

[@nickglover9007]

I love this Joni Mitchell song about the lovely spirit of Amelia Earhart. The guitar solo at end is so beautiful and apt. Unforgettable rapture.

[@dhb9403]

The most beautiful song ever written. Performed by a true wonder. Thank you, Joni Mitchell!

[@corradospadoni3915]

No one can fly higher than her, the whole sky in her voice and her talents, touching the ghost of Amelia

[@joeyhunt7820]

Amen its true to be a black man growing up in Saginaw Mi in the 1960s and a kid would listen to WSAM radio station and first time hearing Joni Mitchell at about 8,9 years old riding my Huffy 3 speed bike radio attached feeling wonderful and been a fan of hers and alive at 61 years old playing Joni Mitchell music. Now that is a blessing from God people. Joni Mitchell you're the best of the best 👌

[@forestghost7]

you too huh 😊. thanks to me Mum, Joni's first 2 albums were my bedtime music (and Donovan's double album as well). they inspired me to beg for a guitar at 9 and I ain't quit playing yet ... luv you Joni!! ❤

[@hansemannluchter643]

You seriously believe we give a flying F about the colour of your skin? How is that even remotely relevant??

[@mikeschrammel1790]

This is a masterpiece. Compositionally, musically brilliant Joni is such a gifted lyricist and guitarist we will never see repeated.This goes down as one of her greatest achievements from the superb"hejia' studio album that is in my all time top ten albums. H et selection of accompanying musicians is exemplary. Jacob Pastorius and Pat Metheny whose contributions is so tastefully considered that it is just a match made in heaven.

[@Blinknone]

Probably my favorite song of Joni's. What a talent and what a gift to humanity.

[@snowfiresunwind]

One of the most beautiful songs written - and to be followed by Pat's solo accompanied by Lyle is just the icing on the cake!

[@GeorgeWoking]

Named my beloved daughter after this song. Hope she sees this in a few years and love this song as much as I do. Xx

[@matingarastudios]

We named our beloved daughter after this song when she was born in 1986. Needless to say she more than adores this song and Joni. Now, Amelia is a mother. And we are grandparents. Bless.

[@Kinsale1333]

This whole recording of the Shadows and Light tour is such precious footage. Joni with a collection of jazz immortals, even Jaco before the shadows closed around him. The film, I think, captures some of the greatest moments of pop music. I wish the footage that was NOT used in the final film version was available too. I’d pay a pretty penny for that. A magical moment in time I feel grateful to own.

[@taf44tt8io]

" before the shadows closed around him" touching words about one of the most beautiful and brilliant soul of our time. His Music is still among us :)

[@ailishbethd4033]

Just so beautiful. Joni's singing and playing plus Pat Metheny's beautiful solo. Just sublime❤

[@garysparks4372]

And a tribute to greatness,talking about the hero’s among us. Like she didn’t come back… never found, probley went down in a cloudburst. Over and so ‘done’ not Ever seen or heard from. We love her brave face, unafraid of eternity. So well told… It opens your feelings up.

[@dajmasta94]

Possibly my favorite song of hers. So much feeling in this song, I love how it takes its time and slowly builds and swells in tiny moments. The lyrics are so vivid and the melody/chords are so soothing, it could just go on forever.

[@rendelmetos100]

She's ours, and Canadas National Treasure! Thank You Joni!

[@andrewforrest108]

Right up there with her brilliant best, and my absolute favourite from Hejira. A timeless, bitter-sweet masterpiece.

[@justincoleman2740]

I always weep when I watch this. Beautiful.

[@garyhoffman1751]

Writes sings and her guitar playing impeccable just sheer beauty Vocally gifted like Ella Fitzgerald makes it sound so easy in brilliance.

[@inglepropnoosegarm7801]

Shadows and Light is a stunningly great album and essential to hear before you die if you are a true connoisseur of the finest music.

[@kaihansen9423]

Still so moving, so deep, so true, so heavenly-musically. - Such a great Album: Joni - the best. Pat is great. Don Alias, wow. Paco, miss you. Lyle Mays, miss you too.

[@lromacastro]

This record is absurdly brilliant: the musicians, Joni´s voice, the setlist... Since long ago I´m in love with Joni´s music. I have 114 Joni´s tracks in my smartphone: superlative, mesmerizing, heart-touching!

[@FernandaGomezVasquez]

Todas y cada una de sus canciones

[@planetmusic11]

Shadows and Lights is one of the most important live album in music history

[@jimhogg9145]

And Miles of Aisles is another . .

[@Carriedawayncaffinated]

THERE'S ONLY ONE JONI MITCHELL..THE BEST..THE ORIGINAL GENIUS ..ONE OF A KIND ...ONLY ONE IN THE WORLD I LOVE HER FOREVER...KEEP CHARGING WILD WONDERFUL WOMAN...MY LIFE HAS BEEN SO MUCH MORE MEANINGFUL WITH YOUR MUSIC AND ART IN IT !!!..THANK YOU BEAUTIFUL ANGEL❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@wsjohnston3956]

Music for the soul by a once-in-a-lifetime talent.

[@dariusrahul1159]

(trad. al español al final) Why are we Argentines so addicted and in love with her despite not understanding exactly her lyrics, but do we have the ability to capture the emotion that her voice transmits? Witch, Angel, a Higher Self? It will be that she activates our well-trained tango and sentimental gene? ¿Porqué los argentinos somos tan adictos y enamorados de Joni a pesar de no entender exactamente sus letras, pero tenemos la capacidad de captar la emoción que transmite su voz? Bruja, Ángel, un Ser Superior? ¿Será que Joni activa nuestro bien entrenado gen tanguero y sentimental?

[@bandicoot5412]

She brings the vibe back, there it is now.

[@markkukowski3710]

Always heard her popular songs when I was young and thought, "What weird but amazing chords!" I'm actually a drummer but I've never heard such beautiful different chords blended together like this. Heard this song on Rick Beato: What have I been missing my whole life? What an incredible artist - Can see the pictures she paints perfectly in my mind!

[@joseantoniomartin3155]

Beato says jump and all of you who buy go jumping.

[@michaelalderete9622]

Yeah, those tunings and chords. And the way she strums and picks. All that talent!

[@karenlipshin1585]

All kinds of 50th anniversary of Joni's lp 'Blue' now, books and lps coming up....new generation will be turned on to Joni's SUBLIME talent...

[@karenlipshin1585]

@@joseantoniomartin3155 yep. That's the way you discover music you've missed.

[@victorwilburn8588]

Yep, the Beato video was the one that finally got me to pick up some of her albums. I was aware of her all my life, of course, but never really got into her until then. My brother tried to get me interested as a teen by giving me "Blue", but it didn't take at the time. I guess I wasn't ready. Now I can't get enough.

[@thomasromano9321]

A terrific ensemble of brilliant musicians headed by Joni.

[@charlesmonroe3124]

I've loved her music forever

[@ronaldpetrin5823]

Impeccable taste of melody poetry and music. Tribute "to the ghosts of aviation...some find their paradise, others come to harm...spent their whole life in clouds and altitudes looking down"...from " pillows of wanderslust". So fitting to those in aviation. Everyone of them I've met...I've admired.

[@silvanusslaughter]

Divine. Joni, Pat, all of them.

[@karenkennedy2873]

Thank goddess for Joni . She’s been my constant for54 years!

[@pretorious700]

This song always chokes me up. It's evocative and beautifully melancholy.

[@alvinfrazierTV]

Joni is amazing....

[@matthewsteele6666]

Excellent song and Pat's solo and background chords were hauntingly beautiful and beautifully haunting

[@giangisainato5638]

When the wonder comes out! One of the best and inspired guitar solo of the improvised music.

[@hoffer54]

Oh to have a Tardis! This would be one of my first destinations! Best wishes to you MS. Mitchell, hope your are doing well!! All of this group are pure genius! Tears in my eyes!

[@perspellman]

A most wonderful song and such an amazing story, told by one of my favorite songwriters, singers and guitarists. Pat Metheny and Lyle Mays are great too.

[@journeyon1983]

I've never seen his style of playing guitar before. It's one-of-a-kind. Brilliant sounds from those talented fingers.

[@cherriflyfish]

Loveliest most heart felt voice ever.

[@johnmalenchek6597]

Heart wrenching vocals. All hail Joni!

[@paulhoughton5164]

Whenever I hear this, no matter what version I am transported and travel with you Joni . I have such a strong mental image to accompany the experience and it’s the same every time. Such poetry and such music is timeless. Thanks so much Joni . For this and everything else you have ever done.

[@Casio61]

One of my favourite albums. A unique line up and a unique vibe. Brilliant.

[@tinnavio9257]

Dios mío!!! Qué sentimiento!! Que Artista! Qué mujer de luz creando caminos y sentimientos!! Irrepetibles e inimitables!! Tin Navio se quita el sombrero.

[@quesomquefaz]

dude.. this is a super band.. joni, pat, jaco..

[@cccustard]

Surely one of the most beautiful guitar solos ever, part of one of the most beautiful songs ever written . Sympathetic keyboards from Lyle too.

[@jazzfusioner9840]

Truth...Lyle is a wonderful gift...

[@cccustard]

@@jazzfusioner9840 But mainly thanks to Joni for writing what seemed like an endless book of magical songs. My name is Carey and I wish it had been me getting out my cane.

[@jazzfusioner9840]

@@cccustard one of the great musical confluences, ever, with this extraordinary team of musicians/songwriters expanding their horizons....as they would being the finest examples of musicians...In great music Dirt Cobbler

[@yelassinacoulibaly]

The music of Faso is an inexhaustible source of sweetness. It allows us to plunge deep inside ourselves and at the same time resonate with our fellow man, Yé Lassina Coulibaly ❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@mahumucamisa7145]

Lyle Mays entrance was so smooth and impactful

[@34hedgehog]

Yes, he had a feel and an intuition for music like few others. he and pat were very lucky to find each other.

[@singsonggirl9267]

She is Sublime.

[@jefblak]

Love Joni - But actually makes me long for Mays and Metheny - Managed to see those guys 7-8 times in Minneapolis , nothing like it !

[@haroldwalton932]

just wonderful

[@BCTGuitarPlayer]

Pat...my all time favorite modern jazz guitarist👍

[@heatherstub]

Thank you so much for uploading this! I've been searching for this since I first heard it back in 1982, and it's a real gem! Pat just takes us aloft on the strings of his guitar, and I feel so safe and comfortable. (I love flying, but I am so terrified of air turbulence! We hit rough air back in 1971 and took a 6,000 foot tumble through wind sheer on our way to Chicago on June 21. Our pilot was a WWII fighter pilot, and thank God he had the training and experience he did! Our landing gear was broken, and he put that DC8 down with a four point landing that couldn't have been any better. I believe God with piloting that airplane with him, because we were the last plane to land before the airport was closed. There were two storms that merged right over us at the airport, and we had flown through one of them. We then had to get on another airplane right after the airport was reopened to fly to Moline, Illinois. I'm glad we did that, because I didn't want to get on another airplane after that experience. Pat's music helps me through those rough experiences and gives me so many reasons to celebrate life and give thanks to God for all I encounter. I've been listening to him since 1978 or so, but I really fell in love with his music in May of 1982 when I heard an interview with him for the first time. I really hope I get to meet him, because he still inspires me.

[@Hmbldzy99]

God, if this doesn't reduce you to a puddle I don't know what will. Brilliant performance by a brilliant artist.

[@michaeladamonis2620]

it doesn't.

[@dondouglas3673]

What can be added to Joni Mitchell's outsized talent? ... that elegance that her music has and her lyrics even to vanish on stage when Pat begins her solo covered by the unique and alien sound of Lyle Mays. It's a "decisive Moment" in the purest Henri Cartier-Bresson style.

[@micheleroma627]

Revolutionary solo, everything changed forever, sound of a fallen angel and the power of Youth. thank you forever and ever Pat

[@LAOMUSICARTS]

My favorite Pat's solo ever!

[@arthurmcmillan6250]

Outstanding interpretation at the end from Metheny evoking a strange sadness and a welling in mine eyes...

[@sadokyalaoui154]

Pat metheny amazing !

[@snowfiresunwind]

Definitely - and so young here.

[@RosablueHandMade]

What a testimony to Joni's monumental gifts that she was able to birth these moments and allow such disparate mammoth talents - Pat, Jaco, Wayne - to manifest at their most beautiful and yet still encompassed by her lyricism and her strength. I have not flown a plane in the last 20 years that I have not heard that solo and looked out the window at the "geometric farms". Irreplaceable.

[@robertd8351]

So long ago it seems and I just discover that video. Joni sings and Metheny plays. I had heard them before of course but never saw that solo live. And I never realized it was about that Amelia, all these years. I am a happy idiot. Thanks for posting this!

[@stefanblue660]

Hauntingly beautiful !

[@ChrisHambly]

Beautiful performance by both 😍

[@planetmusic11]

One of the best musicians list to play together : Joni Pat Jaco Don Lyle Michael and The Persuasions

[@garsm2290]

....Joni later played with Wayne Shorter - the great musicians saw the music in her 'simple' songs ...and she appreciated where they took them ...

[@valeriemcknight5608]

Awesome collaboration....wish I could have been there.

[@hansemannluchter643]

Thank God for Joni Mitchell!!

[@larrygerndt]

Stunningly beautiful composition and performance by Joni, but when Pat begins his solo that follows, and Lyle strikes his first chord-- tears. Reduced to a puddle, as one commenter put it.

[@rolfwenigmann717]

Music for forgotten heroes, beautiful.

[@johnsells6023]

As a career pilot with two daughters and one lovely granddaughter this song is priceless.Added a musician and student of song this song is life and hope

[@SuperJayfive]

Joni's a painter and that tune paints a lot of pictures !!

[@railwayhouseshopkalkbay9414]

Ones purest stuff is revealed at this not to young...not too old age. Pats Solo here is etched into my DNA,...more than any other rendering of playing that Ive heard anywhere.

[@haroldoftherocks6586]

I'm a metal head who does not listen to Joni. So, why do I absolutely LOVE this song? It's not because of Metheny, although he doesn't hurt. This song is absolutely beautiful, but I don't like beautiful music. I sure do love this song though. PLEASE don't tell my friends! If they ever heard me admit it, they'd sit me down, pack me a bong hit, and tell me not to worry as it's just a false alarm.

[@thedelta72]

Ha ha. Nice one. I used to be into Hardcore music in the 90's but loved Burt Bacharach for some reason. Hated Steely Dan, couldn't stand those "jazzy" melodies... Over time, I dunno.. Something grabs you and watch out. Now when I play Joni Mitchell at home I can tell my kids don't really like it. Something about the melodies and chords. I guess Coltrane was someone who opened Jazz for me, because you could approach his later music as "extreme music" in a way, a bit like noise music (Ascension and everything after that), but then you'll work your way backwards and get to his ballads album and eventually maybe dig it. Check out Sonny Sharrock "Ask The Ages" for something that is super heavy but also very jazz, swinging even, with melodies that suck in your head, but still, really heavy in its way. Then again, as a metal head you might love John Zorn and Naked City...

[@gordonanderson3111]

I saw Jaco 4 times with the great jazz rock group Weather Report, and you will not meet a bass player, in any style of music even metal heads, that is not influenced by him. & Yes, a boing hit was essential.

[@CharlieboyofBeech]

Check out the whole of Hejira, from which this song comes. It was OK with Joni, liked Ladies of the Canyon, etc; but hering Hejira for the first time completely blew me away. I can still remember the room, the people, the faces and Jacko Pastorius playing bass like a lead guitar. Just stunning and, for me, life changing. Refuge of the Roads tops the album but Amelia runs it a close second. Been a Joni fan ever since but only discovered blue in the last few years. Two stunning albums when she was at the zenith of her powers. No-one sings or plays like her...