''Travelogue'' is a 2002 double album by Canadian singer-songwriter

Joni Mitchell Roberta Joan "Joni" Mitchell ( Anderson; born November 7, 1943) is a Canadian-American musician, producer, and painter. Among the most influential singer-songwriters to emerge from the 1960s folk music circuit, Mitchell became known for her sta ...

featuring orchestral re-recordings of songs from throughout her career. It is her 18th studio album and is the follow-up to 2000's ''

Both Sides Now "Both Sides, Now" is a song by Canadian singer-songwriter Joni Mitchell. First recorded by Judy Collins, it appeared on the US singles chart during the fall of 1968. The next year it was included on Mitchell's album ''Clouds'', and became one of ...

'' which had a similar format. Upon release Mitchell announced that it would be her last album, but later recorded one further studio album.

Vince Mendoza Vince Mendoza (born November 17, 1961) is an American composer, music arranger and conductor, and six-time Grammy Award winner. He debuted as a solo artist in 1989, and is known for his work conducting the Metropole Orkest and WDR Big Band Kö ...

composed the orchestral arrangements. He won a 2004 Grammy award for

Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s) The Grammy Award The Grammy Awards (stylized as GRAMMY), or simply known as the Grammys, are awards presented by the Recording Academy of the United States to recognize "outstanding" achievements in the music industry. They are regarded by ...

for his arrangement of "

Woodstock Woodstock Music and Art Fair, commonly referred to as Woodstock, was a music festival held during August 15–18, 1969, on Max Yasgur's dairy farm in Bethel, New York, United States, southwest of the town of Woodstock, New York, Woodstock. ...

". As of 2007, the two-disc set had sold 72,000 copies in the US.

Track listing

All tracks composed by Joni Mitchell; except where indicated

Disc 1

# "Otis and Marlena" – 3:54 # "Amelia" – 6:48 # "You Dream Flat Tires" – 3:48 # "Love" (

1 Corinthians 13 1 Corinthians 13 is the thirteenth chapter of the First Epistle to the Corinthians in the New Testament of the Christian Bible. It is authored by Paul the Apostle and Sosthenes in Ephesus. This chapter covers the subject of Love. In the original ...

) – 5:40 # "

" – 5:56 # " Slouching Toward Bethlehem" (Lyrics based on a poem by

W. B. Yeats William Butler Yeats (13 June 186528 January 1939) was an Irish poet, dramatist, writer and one of the foremost figures of 20th-century literature. He was a driving force behind the Irish Literary Revival and became a pillar of the Irish liter ...

) - 7:11 # "Judgement of the Moon and Stars (Ludwig's Tune)" – 5:22 # "The Sire of Sorrow (Job's Sad Song)" – 7:09 # "For the Roses" – 7:28 # "Trouble Child" – 5:02 # "God Must Be a Boogie Man" – 3:56

Disc 2

# "Be Cool" – 5:09 # "Just Like This Train" – 5:04 # "Sex Kills" – 3:57 # "Refuge of the Roads" – 7:56 # "Hejira" – 6:47 # "Chinese Café /

Unchained Melody "Unchained Melody" is a 1955 song with music by Alex North and lyrics by Hy Zaret. North wrote the music as a theme for the prison film '' Unchained'' (1955), hence the song title. Todd Duncan sang the vocals for the film soundtrack.Robert Rodri ...

" (Mitchell /

Alex North Alex North (born Isadore Soifer, December 4, 1910 – September 8, 1991) was an American composer best known for his many film scores, including ''A Streetcar Named Desire'' (one of the first jazz-based film scores), ''Viva Zapata!'', ''Spa ...

Hy Zaret Hy Zaret (born Hyman Harry Zaritsky, August 21, 1907 – July 2, 2007) was an American Tin Pan Alley lyricist and composer who wrote the lyrics of the 1955 hit "Unchained Melody," one of the most recorded songs of the 20th century. Persona ...

) - 5:41 # "Cherokee Louise" – 6:00 # "The Dawntreader" – 5:38 # "

The Last Time I Saw Richard "The Last Time I Saw Richard" is a song by Joni Mitchell from her 1971 album ''Blue''. It is the last track on the album. Contrary to rumours regarding the song being about Mitchell's first husband Chuck Mitchell, she has said it was inspired by ...

" – 4:58 # "Borderline" – 6:23 # " The Circle Game" – 6:50

Personnel

*Joni Mitchell – vocals, art direction, photography, painting *

Larry Klein Larry Klein (born March 17, 1956) is an American musician, songwriter, and record producer. He is based in Los Angeles. He began his career as a bassist, playing with jazz artists Willie Bobo, Freddie Hubbard, Carmen McRae, Joe Henderson, Bobby ...

– bass, musical direction *

Herbie Hancock Herbert Jeffrey Hancock (born April 12, 1940) is an American jazz pianist, keyboardist, bandleader, and composer. Hancock started his career with trumpeter Donald Byrd's group. He shortly thereafter joined the Miles Davis Quintet, where he help ...

, John Lenehan – piano *

Billy Preston William Everett Preston (September 2, 1946 – June 6, 2006) was an American keyboardist, singer and songwriter whose work encompassed R&B, rock, soul, funk, and gospel. Preston was a top session keyboardist in the 1960s, during which he ba ...

–

Hammond B3 organ The Hammond organ is an electric organ invented by Laurens Hammond and John M. Hanert and first manufactured in 1935. Multiple models have been produced, most of which use sliding #Drawbars, drawbars to vary sounds. Until 1975, Hammond organs ...

Chuck Berghofer Charles Curtis Berghofer (born June 14, 1937), professionally known as Chuck Berghofer, is an American jazz double bassist and electric bassist, who has worked as a studio musician and in the film industry for more than 60 years, including workin ...

– acoustic double bass * Paulinho da Costa – percussion *

Brian Blade Brian Blade (born July 25, 1970) is an American jazz drummer, composer, session musician, and singer-songwriter. Early life Blade was born and raised in Shreveport, Louisiana. The first music he experienced was gospel and songs of praise at ...

– drums *

Wayne Shorter Wayne Shorter (born August 25, 1933) is an American jazz saxophonist and composer. Shorter came to prominence in the late 1950s as a member of, and eventually primary composer for, Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers. In the 1960s, he joined Miles Davi ...

, Phil Todd –

soprano saxophone The soprano saxophone is a higher-register variety of the saxophone, a woodwind instrument invented in the 1840s. The soprano is the third-smallest member of the saxophone family, which consists (from smallest to largest) of the soprillo, sop ...

Plas Johnson Plas John Johnson Jr. (born July 21, 1931) is an American soul-jazz and hard bop tenor saxophonist, probably most widely known as the tenor saxophone soloist on Henry Mancini’s "The Pink Panther Theme". He also performs on alto and baritone sax ...

–

tenor saxophone The tenor saxophone is a medium-sized member of the saxophone family, a group of instruments invented by Adolphe Sax in the 1840s. The tenor and the alto are the two most commonly used saxophones. The tenor is pitched in the key of B (while th ...

Kenny Wheeler Kenneth Vincent John Wheeler, OC (14 January 1930 – 18 September 2014) was a Canadian composer and trumpet and flugelhorn player, based in the U.K. from the 1950s onwards. Most of his performances were rooted in jazz, but he was also active ...

–

flugelhorn The flugelhorn (), also spelled fluegelhorn, flugel horn, or flügelhorn, is a brass instrument that resembles the trumpet and cornet but has a wider, more conical bore. Like trumpets and cornets, most flugelhorns are pitched in B, though some ...

Gavyn Wright Gavyn Wright is a British violinist and orchestra leader with the London Session Orchestra and Penguin Cafe Orchestra. He is best known for his orchestral arrangements on pop productions (including Elton John, Simply Red, Bush, Mecano, Oasis, ...

– orchestra leader *

– conductor, arrangement *Kris Johnson - background vocals *Chris Laurence, David Ayre, Leon Bosch, Mary Scully, Patrick Lannigan, Simon Benson - bass *Dave Stewart - bass trombone *Gavin McNaughton, Julie Andrews, Robin O'Neill - bassoon *Anthony Pleeth, David Bucknall, David Daniels, Frank Schaefer, Helen Liebmann, Jonathan Tunnell, Martin Loveday, Paul Kegg, Robin Firman, Stephen Orton, Tony Lewis - cello *Andrew Busher, David Porter-Thomas, Donald Greig, Gerard O'Beirne, Graham Godfrey, Jeremy Birchall, Jeremy Rose, John Bowley, John Kingsley-Smith, Jonathan Arnold, Jonathan Rathbone, Lindsay Benson, Matthew Brook, Metro Voices, Michael Dore, Michael Pearn, Robert Evans, Robert Johnston, Robert Kearley, Simon Grant, Stephen Charlesworth - choir *Jenny O'Grady - choir conductor *David Fuest, Heather Nicholl, Nicholas Bucknall - clarinet *Richard Skinner - contrabassoon *Isobel Griffiths - orchestra contractor *Sue Bohling - cornet *Andrew Findon, Anna Noakes, Helen Keen - flute *Helen Tunstall, Hugh Webb, Skaila Kanga - harp *David Pyatt, John Pigneguy, Michael Thompson, Philip Eastop, Richard Berry, Richard Bissill, Richard Watkins, Simon Rayner - horn *Jacob Heringman - lute *Chris Cowie, John Anderson, Sue Bohling - oboe *Chris Baron,

Frank Ricotti Frank Ricotti (born 31 January 1949) is an English jazz vibraphonist and percussionist. Early life and education Ricotti was born in London, England. His father was a drummer. Bill Ashton, founder of the National Youth Jazz Orchestra (NY ...

, Glyn Matthews, Steve Henderson, William Lockhart - percussion *Mike Hext, Pete Beachill, Peter Davies, Richard Edwards, Roger Harvey - trombone *Andy Crowley, Derek Watkins, John Barclay, Kenny Wheeler, Paul Archibald, Simon Gardner, Stuart Brooks - trumpet *Andy Crowley - c-trumpet *Owen Slade - tuba *Bob Smissem, Bruce White, Catherine Bradshaw, Donald McVay, Garfield Jackson, Gustav Clarkson, Justin Ward, Peter Lale, Philip Dukes, Rachel Bolt, Tim Grant, Zoe Lake - viola *Antonia Fuchs, Ben Cruft, Boguslaw Kostecki, Cathy Thompson, Chris Tombling, David Emanuel, David Woodcock, Dermot Crehan, Douglas Mackie, Elizabeth Edwards, Everton Nelson, Helen Hathorn, Jackie Shave, Jim McLeod, Jonathan Evans-Jones, Jonathan Rees, Jonathan Strange, Julian Leaper, Katherine Shave, Mark Berrow, Michael McMenemy, Patrick Kiernan, Paul Willey, Perry Montague-Mason, Peter Hanson, Rebecca Hirsch, Rita Manning, Simon Fischer, Warren Zielinski - violin ;Technical *Geoff Foster, Helix Hadar - recording *Allen Sides - mixing *Cindi Peters, Dana Pilson - production coordination

References

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