Editing Court and Spark (section)

==Background==
Mitchell did not release a new album in 1973, the first year she had not done so in her professional career. Her previous offering, ''[[For the Roses]]'', was released in November 1972 to critical and commercial success, and Mitchell decided to spend the whole of the next year writing and recording a new album that revealed her growing interest in new sounds—particularly [[jazz]]. During 1973 her stage appearances were fewer than in previous years. She performed in April in a benefit concert at the [[Sir George Williams University]] Auditorium and then appeared live again in August, twice at The Corral Club, accompanied by [[Neil Young]].

Mitchell spent most of 1973 in the recording studio creating ''Court and Spark''. Mitchell and engineer [[Henry Lewy]] called in a number of top L.A. musicians to perform on the album including members of the [[The Crusaders (jazz fusion group)|Crusaders]], Tom Scott's [[L.A. Express]], cameos from [[Robbie Robertson]], [[David Crosby]] and [[Graham Nash]] and even a twist of comedy from [[Cheech & Chong]].