Hejira play Joni Mitchell

Sun, 21 Sep, 2025 at 07:30 pm UTC+01:00

Portsmouth Guildhall | Portsmouth

Hejira: Celebrating Joni Mitchell
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Hejira play Joni Mitchell
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Since their formation just over a year ago, the band has been a tremendous success, with sold out shows, standing ovations, a total of nearly 90k views on their YouTube channel and more than 700 enthusiastic comments and audience reviews.
‘Hejira’ is a 7-piece band set up to celebrate and honour the masterpiece works of Joni Mitchell, mostly from the late ’70s. Having released the albums ‘The Hissing of Summer Lawns’, ‘Hejira’, ‘Don Juan’s Reckless Daughter’ and ‘Mingus’ (regarded as her ‘jazz period’), Joni then toured briefly with a band formed from the creme de la creme of contemporaneous jazz musicians (Metheny, Mays, Brecker, Pastorius and Alias). The tour was recorded, producing the outstanding live album, ‘Shadows And Light’; it is from this album that the band Hejira is drawing the body of its repertoire. Comprising highly experienced jazz musicians, this band is fronted by the brilliant Hattie Whitehead who not only has – in her own way – assimilated the poise, power and beauty of Joni’s vocals, but also plays guitar with Joni’s stylistic mannerisms. Expect an evening of the ‘great’ songs from Mitchell’s back catalogue, such as ‘Amelia’, ‘Woodstock’, ‘A Case Of You’, ‘Song For Sharon’, ‘Edith And The Kingpin’ etc.!
Hattie Whitehead~ vocals & guitar
Ollie Weston~ tenor & soprano saxophones
Chris Eldred~ keyboards
Pete Oxley~ guitar
Dave Jones ~ bass
Rick Finlay~ drums
Marc Cecil~ percussion
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