Joni Mitchell

vocal, producer, guitar, mix, arranger, keyboard, acoustic guitar, piano, guitars, percussion, performer, electric guitar, body percussion, organ, electric piano, oboe, Moog

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Top collaborators

Artist name Roles Recordings
Larry Klein producer, vocal, bass, drum machine, guitar, keyboard, organ, percussion (You’re So Square) Baby, I Don’t Care, A Bird That Whistles, A Case of You, Amelia, Answer Me, My Love, At Last, Be Cool, Borderline, Both Sides Now, Cherokee Louise, Chinese Café / Unchained Melody, Come in From the Cold, Comes Love, Cool Water, Dancin' Clown, Dog Eat Dog, Don’t Go to Strangers, Don’t Worry 'Bout Me, Ethiopia, Fiction, For the Roses, God Must Be a Boogie Man, Good Friends, Hejira, How Do You Stop, I Wish I Were in Love Again, Impossible Dreamer, Judgement of the Moon and Stars, Just Like This Train, Ladies’ Man, Lakota, Last Chance Lost, Love, Lucky Girl, Man to Man, Moon at the Window, My Secret Place, Night Ride Home, Not to Blame, Nothing Can Be Done, Number One, Otis and Marlena, Passion Play (When All the Slaves Are Free), Ray's Dad's Cadillac, Refuge of the Roads, Sex Kills, Shiny Toys, Slouching Towards Bethlehem, Snakes and Ladders, Solid Love, Sometimes I'm Happy, Stormy Weather, Sunny Sunday, Tax Free, The Beat of Black Wings, The Circle Game, The Dawntreader, The Last Time I Saw Richard, The Magdalene Laundries, The Only Joy in Town, The Reoccurring Dream, The Sire of Sorrow, The Sire of Sorrow (Job's Sad Song), The Tea Leaf Prophecy (Lay Down Your Arms), The Three Great Stimulants, The Windfall (Everything for Nothing), Trouble Child, Turbulent Indigo, Two Grey Rooms, Underneath the Streetlight, Wild Things Run Fast, Woodstock, You Dream Flat Tires, You’re My Thrill, You’ve Changed, Yvette in English
Henry Lewy engineer, mix, recording, sound A Chair in the Sky, A Strange Boy, Amelia, Banquet, Barangrill, Black Crow, Blonde in the Bleachers, Blue Motel Room, Car on a Hill, Coin in the Pocket (rap), Cold Blue Steel and Sweet Fire, Court and Spark, Coyote, Don Juan's Reckless Daughter, Don't Interrupt the Sorrow, Down to You, Dreamland, Edith and the Kingpin, Electricity, For the Roses, Free Man in Paris, Funeral (rap), Furry Sings the Blues, God Must Be a Boogie Man, Goodbye Pork Pie Hat, Happy Birthday 1975 (rap), Harry's House / Centerpiece, Hejira, Help Me, I's a Muggin' (rap), In France They Kiss on Main Street, Jericho, Judgement of the Moon and Stars (Ludwig's Tune), Just Like This Train, Lesson in Survival, Let the Wind Carry Me, Lucky (rap), Off Night Backstreet, Otis and Marlena, Overture / Cotton Avenue, Paprika Plains, People’s Parties, Raised on Robbery, Refuge of the Roads, Same Situation, See You Sometime, Shades of Scarlett Conquering, Shadows and Light, Smokin' (Empty, Try Another), Song for Sharon, Sweet Bird, Sweet Sucker Dance, Talk to Me, The Boho Dance, The Dry Cleaner From Des Moines, The Hissing of Summer Lawns, The Jungle Line, The Silky Veils of Ardor, The Tenth World, The Wolf That Lives in Lindsey, Trouble Child, Twisted, Two Grey Rooms, Woman of Heart and Mind, You Turn Me on I'm a Radio
John Guerin arranger, vocal, Moog, drums, percussion, snare drum Be Cool, Blue Motel Room, Car on a Hill, Chinese Café / Unchained Melody, Court and Spark, Don't Interrupt the Sorrow, Down to You, Edith and the Kingpin, Free Man in Paris, Furry Sings the Blues, Harry's House / Centerpiece, Help Me, In France They Kiss on Main Street, Jericho, Just Like This Train, Man to Man, Moon at the Window, Off Night Backstreet, Otis and Marlena, Overture / Cotton Avenue, Paprika Plains, People’s Parties, Raised on Robbery, Refuge of the Roads, Same Situation, Shades of Scarlett Conquering, Song for Sharon, The Boho Dance, The Hissing of Summer Lawns, Trouble Child, Twisted
Steve Katz mix, recording A Chair in the Sky, A Strange Boy, Amelia, Black Crow, Blue Motel Room, Coin in the Pocket (rap), Coyote, Don Juan's Reckless Daughter, Dreamland, Funeral (rap), Furry Sings the Blues, God Must Be a Boogie Man, Goodbye Pork Pie Hat, Happy Birthday 1975 (rap), Hejira, I's a Muggin' (rap), Jericho, Lucky (rap), Off Night Backstreet, Otis and Marlena, Overture / Cotton Avenue, Paprika Plains, Refuge of the Roads, Song for Sharon, Sweet Sucker Dance, Talk to Me, The Dry Cleaner From Des Moines, The Silky Veils of Ardor, The Tenth World, The Wolf That Lives in Lindsey
Wayne Shorter (US jazz saxophonist and composer) saxophone, soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone A Bird That Whistles, A Case of You, Answer Me, My Love, Be Cool, Both Sides Now, Cherokee Louise, Don’t Worry 'Bout Me, Impossible Dreamer, Jericho, Love, Lucky Girl, Moon at the Window, Not to Blame, Paprika Plains, Ray's Dad's Cadillac, Sunny Sunday, The Sire of Sorrow (Job's Sad Song), Turbulent Indigo, You’ve Changed, Yvette in English

Collaborators on this artist's recordings

Artist name Roles Recordings
Larry Klein producer, vocal, bass, drum machine, guitar, keyboard, organ, percussion (You’re So Square) Baby, I Don’t Care, A Bird That Whistles, A Case of You, Amelia, Answer Me, My Love, At Last, Be Cool, Borderline, Both Sides Now, Cherokee Louise, Chinese Café / Unchained Melody, Come in From the Cold, Comes Love, Cool Water, Dancin' Clown, Dog Eat Dog, Don’t Go to Strangers, Don’t Worry 'Bout Me, Ethiopia, Fiction, For the Roses, God Must Be a Boogie Man, Good Friends, Hejira, How Do You Stop, I Wish I Were in Love Again, Impossible Dreamer, Judgement of the Moon and Stars, Just Like This Train, Ladies’ Man, Lakota, Last Chance Lost, Love, Lucky Girl, Man to Man, Moon at the Window, My Secret Place, Night Ride Home, Not to Blame, Nothing Can Be Done, Number One, Otis and Marlena, Passion Play (When All the Slaves Are Free), Ray's Dad's Cadillac, Refuge of the Roads, Sex Kills, Shiny Toys, Slouching Towards Bethlehem, Snakes and Ladders, Solid Love, Sometimes I'm Happy, Stormy Weather, Sunny Sunday, Tax Free, The Beat of Black Wings, The Circle Game, The Dawntreader, The Last Time I Saw Richard, The Magdalene Laundries, The Only Joy in Town, The Reoccurring Dream, The Sire of Sorrow, The Sire of Sorrow (Job's Sad Song), The Tea Leaf Prophecy (Lay Down Your Arms), The Three Great Stimulants, The Windfall (Everything for Nothing), Trouble Child, Turbulent Indigo, Two Grey Rooms, Underneath the Streetlight, Wild Things Run Fast, Woodstock, You Dream Flat Tires, You’re My Thrill, You’ve Changed, Yvette in English
Henry Lewy engineer, mix, recording, sound A Chair in the Sky, A Strange Boy, Amelia, Banquet, Barangrill, Black Crow, Blonde in the Bleachers, Blue Motel Room, Car on a Hill, Coin in the Pocket (rap), Cold Blue Steel and Sweet Fire, Court and Spark, Coyote, Don Juan's Reckless Daughter, Don't Interrupt the Sorrow, Down to You, Dreamland, Edith and the Kingpin, Electricity, For the Roses, Free Man in Paris, Funeral (rap), Furry Sings the Blues, God Must Be a Boogie Man, Goodbye Pork Pie Hat, Happy Birthday 1975 (rap), Harry's House / Centerpiece, Hejira, Help Me, I's a Muggin' (rap), In France They Kiss on Main Street, Jericho, Judgement of the Moon and Stars (Ludwig's Tune), Just Like This Train, Lesson in Survival, Let the Wind Carry Me, Lucky (rap), Off Night Backstreet, Otis and Marlena, Overture / Cotton Avenue, Paprika Plains, People’s Parties, Raised on Robbery, Refuge of the Roads, Same Situation, See You Sometime, Shades of Scarlett Conquering, Shadows and Light, Smokin' (Empty, Try Another), Song for Sharon, Sweet Bird, Sweet Sucker Dance, Talk to Me, The Boho Dance, The Dry Cleaner From Des Moines, The Hissing of Summer Lawns, The Jungle Line, The Silky Veils of Ardor, The Tenth World, The Wolf That Lives in Lindsey, Trouble Child, Twisted, Two Grey Rooms, Woman of Heart and Mind, You Turn Me on I'm a Radio
John Guerin arranger, vocal, Moog, drums, percussion, snare drum Be Cool, Blue Motel Room, Car on a Hill, Chinese Café / Unchained Melody, Court and Spark, Don't Interrupt the Sorrow, Down to You, Edith and the Kingpin, Free Man in Paris, Furry Sings the Blues, Harry's House / Centerpiece, Help Me, In France They Kiss on Main Street, Jericho, Just Like This Train, Man to Man, Moon at the Window, Off Night Backstreet, Otis and Marlena, Overture / Cotton Avenue, Paprika Plains, People’s Parties, Raised on Robbery, Refuge of the Roads, Same Situation, Shades of Scarlett Conquering, Song for Sharon, The Boho Dance, The Hissing of Summer Lawns, Trouble Child, Twisted
Steve Katz mix, recording A Chair in the Sky, A Strange Boy, Amelia, Black Crow, Blue Motel Room, Coin in the Pocket (rap), Coyote, Don Juan's Reckless Daughter, Dreamland, Funeral (rap), Furry Sings the Blues, God Must Be a Boogie Man, Goodbye Pork Pie Hat, Happy Birthday 1975 (rap), Hejira, I's a Muggin' (rap), Jericho, Lucky (rap), Off Night Backstreet, Otis and Marlena, Overture / Cotton Avenue, Paprika Plains, Refuge of the Roads, Song for Sharon, Sweet Sucker Dance, Talk to Me, The Dry Cleaner From Des Moines, The Silky Veils of Ardor, The Tenth World, The Wolf That Lives in Lindsey
Wayne Shorter (US jazz saxophonist and composer) saxophone, soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone A Bird That Whistles, A Case of You, Answer Me, My Love, Be Cool, Both Sides Now, Cherokee Louise, Don’t Worry 'Bout Me, Impossible Dreamer, Jericho, Love, Lucky Girl, Moon at the Window, Not to Blame, Paprika Plains, Ray's Dad's Cadillac, Sunny Sunday, The Sire of Sorrow (Job's Sad Song), Turbulent Indigo, You’ve Changed, Yvette in English
Mike Shipley engineer, mix, producer Cherokee Louise, Come in From the Cold, Dog Eat Dog, Ethiopia, Fiction, Good Friends, Impossible Dreamer, Lucky Girl, Nothing Can Be Done, Passion Play (When All the Slaves Are Free), Ray's Dad's Cadillac, Shiny Toys, Slouching Towards Bethlehem, Smokin' (Empty, Try Another), Tax Free, The Only Joy in Town, The Three Great Stimulants, The Windfall (Everything for Nothing), Two Grey Rooms
Larry Carlton acoustic guitar, electric guitar, guitar A Strange Boy, Amelia, Black Crow, Blue Motel Room, Court and Spark, Coyote, Don't Interrupt the Sorrow, Down to You, Edith and the Kingpin, Free Man in Paris, Help Me, Just Like This Train, Ladies’ Man, Otis and Marlena, People’s Parties, Same Situation, Shades of Scarlett Conquering, Sweet Bird, Twisted
Jaco Pastorius instrument arranger, bass, bongos, cowbell, horn Black Crow, Coyote, Don Juan's Reckless Daughter, Dreamland, Hejira, Jericho, Off Night Backstreet, Overture / Cotton Avenue, Paprika Plains, Refuge of the Roads, Talk to Me, The Dry Cleaner From Des Moines, The Tenth World
Vinnie Colaiuta (drummer) drums, snare drum (You’re So Square) Baby, I Don’t Care, Cherokee Louise, Come in From the Cold, Ladies’ Man, Love, Slouching Towards Bethlehem, Solid Love, The Windfall (Everything for Nothing), Two Grey Rooms, Underneath the Streetlight, Wild Things Run Fast, You Dream Flat Tires
Michael Landau electric guitar, guitar (You’re So Square) Baby, I Don’t Care, Cool Water, How Do You Stop, Lakota, Sex Kills, Snakes and Ladders, Solid Love, The Reoccurring Dream, The Tea Leaf Prophecy (Lay Down Your Arms), Two Grey Rooms, Underneath the Streetlight, You Dream Flat Tires
James Taylor (singer-songwriter and guitarist) vocal, guitar A Case of You, All I Want, California, Dog Eat Dog, In France They Kiss on Main Street, Man to Man, Shiny Toys, Tax Free, The Hissing of Summer Lawns
Dan Marnien engineer, mix Cherokee Louise, Come in From the Cold, Night Ride Home, Nothing Can Be Done, Passion Play (When All the Slaves Are Free), Ray's Dad's Cadillac, Slouching Towards Bethlehem, The Only Joy in Town, The Windfall (Everything for Nothing), Two Grey Rooms
Alex Acuña vocal, Batá drum, ankle rattlers, congas, cowbell, percussion, shakers Come in From the Cold, Don Juan's Reckless Daughter, Dreamland, Impossible Dreamer, Night Ride Home, Nothing Can Be Done, Passion Play (When All the Slaves Are Free), Slouching Towards Bethlehem, The Only Joy in Town, The Tenth World
Ellis Sorkin engineer Don't Interrupt the Sorrow, Edith and the Kingpin, Harry's House / Centerpiece, In France They Kiss on Main Street, Shades of Scarlett Conquering, Shadows and Light, Sweet Bird, The Boho Dance, The Hissing of Summer Lawns, The Jungle Line
Max Bennett bass Furry Sings the Blues, Harry's House / Centerpiece, In France They Kiss on Main Street, Shades of Scarlett Conquering, Song for Sharon, The Boho Dance, The Hissing of Summer Lawns, Trouble Child
Thomas Dolby producer, vocal, keyboard Dancin' Clown, Dog Eat Dog, Fiction, Good Friends, Impossible Dreamer, Lucky Girl, Shiny Toys, Tax Free
Manu Katché drums, percussion, snare drum, talking drum Cool Water, Dancin' Clown, Lakota, My Secret Place, Number One, The Beat of Black Wings, The Reoccurring Dream, The Tea Leaf Prophecy (Lay Down Your Arms)
Victor Feldman (jazz musician) congas, electric piano, keyboard, percussion, vibraphone Amelia, Don't Interrupt the Sorrow, In France They Kiss on Main Street, Man to Man, Shades of Scarlett Conquering, The Hissing of Summer Lawns
Steve Lukather electric guitar, guitar Chinese Café / Unchained Melody, Love, Man to Man, Smokin' (Empty, Try Another), Wild Things Run Fast
Larry Williams (keyboard,sax,flute) flute, saxophone, synthesizer, tenor saxophone (You’re So Square) Baby, I Don’t Care, Chinese Café / Unchained Melody, Ladies’ Man, Shiny Toys, Wild Things Run Fast
Chuck Findley flugelhorn, horn, trumpet Edith and the Kingpin, Harry's House / Centerpiece, Refuge of the Roads, The Boho Dance, The Hissing of Summer Lawns
Tom Scott (saxophonist) arranger, instrument arranger, horn, strings, trumpet Down to You, Refuge of the Roads, Same Situation, Trouble Child, Twisted
Don Alias vocal, bongos, claves, congas, shakers, snare drum Don Juan's Reckless Daughter, Dreamland, Jericho, The Tenth World
Bill Dillon guitar, organ, pedal steel guitar Night Ride Home, Nothing Can Be Done, Passion Play (When All the Slaves Are Free), Yvette in English
Don Henley vocal Dog Eat Dog, Lakota, Shiny Toys, Tax Free
Russell Ferrante synthesizer Be Cool, Man to Man, Moon at the Window
Herbie Hancock (US jazz pianist, keyboardist, bandleader and composer) piano I Wish I Were in Love Again, Sometimes I'm Happy
Carlos Vega drums How Do You Stop, Not to Blame, Turbulent Indigo
Wilton Felder bass, chimes Court and Spark, Don't Interrupt the Sorrow, Edith and the Kingpin
Bobbye Hall percussion A Strange Boy, Coyote, Hejira
Russ Kunkel drums A Case of You, California, Carey
Robben Ford dobro, electric guitar, guitar Don't Interrupt the Sorrow, Harry's House / Centerpiece, In France They Kiss on Main Street
Graham Nash vocal, harmonica Free Man in Paris, In France They Kiss on Main Street, You Turn Me on I'm a Radio
Stephen Stills performer, bass, guitar Blonde in the Bleachers, Carey, Night in the City
Bud Shank bass flute, flute, saxophone Edith and the Kingpin, The Boho Dance, The Hissing of Summer Lawns
David Crosby vocal Down to You, Free Man in Paris, In France They Kiss on Main Street
Joe Sample Clavinet, electric piano, keyboard Down to You, Edith and the Kingpin, Harry's House / Centerpiece
Michael McDonald (R&B & soul singer) vocal Good Friends, Tax Free
Manolo Badrena vocal, congas Dreamland, The Tenth World
Lionel Richie vocal Ladies’ Man, You Dream Flat Tires
Jim Hughart bass Free Man in Paris, People’s Parties
Skip Cottrell recording, vocal Be Cool, Smokin' (Empty, Try Another)
Sneaky Pete Kleinow pedal steel guitar California, This Flight Tonight
Greg Leisz pedal steel guitar Borderline, Not to Blame
Mark Isham trumpet Comes Love, Don’t Go to Strangers
Frank Laico recording Off Night Backstreet, Paprika Plains
Charles Valentino vocal Ladies’ Man, Yvette in English
Chaka Khan vocal Dreamland, The Tenth World
Benjamin Orr vocal Number One, The Beat of Black Wings
Airto Moreira (percussionist) surdo Dreamland, The Tenth World
Seal (R&B/Soul Singer) vocal How Do You Stop
Steuart Smith electric guitar How Do You Stop, The Sire of Sorrow (Job's Sad Song)
Jim Horn baritone saxophone For Free
松居和 performer Shiny Toys
José Feliciano electric guitar Free Man in Paris
Julie Last mix Night Ride Home
Karen Peris vocal Cherokee Louise
Kenny Rankin vocal Be Cool
Kim Hutchcroft baritone saxophone (You’re So Square) Baby, I Don’t Care
Kris Kello vocal Yvette in English
Cheech & Chong vocal Twisted
Chris Douridas producer Just Like This Train
Chuck Domanico bass Blue Motel Room
Abe Most clarinet Hejira
Lisa Coleman (US pianist/keyboardist & composer) vocal The Tea Leaf Prophecy (Lay Down Your Arms)
Dale Oehler instrument arranger Shades of Scarlett Conquering
David Baerwald vocal Nothing Can Be Done
Michael Gibbs conductor Paprika Plains
Dennis Budimir electric guitar Trouble Child
Amy Holland vocal Tax Free
Michel Colombier piano Otis and Marlena
Milt Holland percussion Big Yellow Taxi
Neil Young (Canadian singer, songwriter & musician) harmonica Furry Sings the Blues
Paul A. Rothchild producer Tin Angel
Peter Gabriel vocal My Secret Place
Richard Cottrell engineer Two Grey Rooms
Robbie Robertson electric guitar Raised on Robbery
Robert de la Garza vocal Be Cool
Rod Steiger vocal Tax Free
Billy Idol vocal Dancin' Clown
Gary Grant flugelhorn, trumpet Shiny Toys
Glenn Frey (US musician/singer/songwriter, member of the Eagles) vocal Off Night Backstreet
Bob Carlson (technical) producer Just Like This Train
Brenda Russell vocal Ray's Dad's Cadillac
Howard Kinney vocal Ladies’ Man
Steve Lindsey (USA producer) organ Number One
J.D. Souther vocal Off Night Backstreet
Steve Stevens guitar Dancin' Clown
Susan Webb vocal Down to You
The Lookout Mountain Downstairs Choir vocal The Circle Game
The Saskatunes vocal Big Yellow Taxi
Theo Mondle engineer Just Like This Train
Tom Petty vocal Dancin' Clown
James Burton (guitarist) electric guitar Cold Blue Steel and Sweet Fire
James Galway (flautist) flute Goodbye Blue Sky
Jeff “Skunk” Baxter electric guitar In France They Kiss on Main Street
Wayne Perkins electric guitar Car on a Hill
Jeremy Lubbock conductor, instrument arranger Two Grey Rooms
Wendy Melvoin vocal The Tea Leaf Prophecy (Lay Down Your Arms)
Willie Nelson vocal Cool Water
Jerry Hey instrument arranger, flugelhorn, horn, trumpet Shiny Toys
Zyg Winard vocal Shiny Toys
Jim Keltner drums Sunny Sunday

Work on other artists' recordings

Artist name Roles Recordings
Aesis Alien arranger A Case of You, All I Want, Big Yellow Taxi, Blue, Both Sides Now, Cactus Tree, Carey, Circle Game, Cold Blue Steel and Sweet Fire, Jericho, Love or Money, People’s Parties, Rainy Night House, Real Good for Free, The Last Time I Saw Richard, Woman of Heart and Mind, Woodstock, You Turn Me on I’m a Radio
James Taylor vocal Long Ago and Far Away, Love Has Brought Me Around, You’ve Got a Friend
Herbie Hancock vocal River (live)
Isabeella Beumer performer, vocal, guitar Coyote, Furry Sings the Blues, Shadows and Light
Vladan Jarić vocal Summertime, The Man I Love
Seal vocal If I Could
The Band vocal I Shall Be Released
Brian Blade Fellowship vocal Steadfast
The Color Pharmacy performer The Magdalene Laundries
Bring Philip vocal Tea Leaf Prophecy
Jambus performer Summertime
Dan Fogelberg vocal Nexus
Joan Baez vocal Dida
Helmut Zapf vocal Helpless
Shawn Colvin body percussion, percussion Object of My Affection