Hejira

Mitchell moved on to the visionary jazz-fusion experiments of “The Hissing of Summer Lawns” and the landmark “Hejira,” a sprawling bookend to “Blue” that has become, in recent years, her most influential record.

Even compared with Hejira from the year before, this double album is a leap ahead in terms of abstraction and improvisation.

The person who wrote and sang “Blue,” “Court and Spark” and “Hejira” doesn’t need protection from readers who, decades after those albums appeared, remember Mitchell’s songs.

Her classic ’70s albums like “Blue,” “Court and Spark,” or “Hejira” created a fan base besotted by Mitchell.

Neither Mitchell's "Hejira" and "Blue" won album of the year when they were eligible, nor did Hancock's classic '60s albums "Maiden Voyage" or "Speak Like a Child" win any Grammys.