“Court and Spark” by Joni Mitchell

"Court and Spark" is the title track of Joni Mitchell's sixth album, released by Asylum in January 1974, the record where her folk rock started soaking up jazz. She wrote it alone and produced it with Henry Lewy, who also engineered, and the players around her are a tight little crew: John Guerin on drums and percussion, Larry Carlton on electric guitar and Wilton Felder on chimes, with Mitchell singing on top.

The album it names went on to become the most successful of her career, reaching number two in America and number one in Canada, topping the Pazz & Jop critics' poll for 1974 and entering the Grammy Hall of Fame in 2004.

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