Personnel
Don Juan's Reckless Daughter is notable for being a pop record that attracted contributions from many prominent jazz musicians, including members of Weather Report, Jaco Pastorius, and Wayne Shorter (who would later become frequent collaborators of Mitchell's).
The complete list of musicians is as follows:
- Joni Mitchell - guitar and vocals, piano on "Paprika Plains", backing vocals on "Paprika Plains"
- Alejandro Acuña - congas/cowbell and backing vocals on "The Tenth World", shakers on "Dreamland", ankle bells on "Don Juan's Reckless Daughter"
- Airto - surdo on "The Tenth World" and "Dreamland"
- Don Alias - bongos on "Jericho", congos/clave and backing vocals on "The Tenth World", snaredrum and sandpaper blocks on "Dreamland", shaker on "Don Juan's Reckless Daughter"
- Manolo Badrena - congas/coffee cans and lead vocal on "The Tenth World", congas on "Dreamland", credited "in spirit" on "Don Juan's Reckless Daughter"
- El Buryd - the split-tongued spirit on "Don Juan's Reckless Daughter"
- Larry Carlton - electric guitar on "Otis And Marlena"
- Michel Colombier - piano on "Otis And Marlena"
- Glenn Frey - backing vocals on "Off Night Backstreet"
- Michael Gibbs - conductor of orchestra on "Paprika Plains" and "Off Night Backstreet"
- John Guerin - drums
- Bobbye Hall - credited in spirit on "Don Juan's Reckless Daughter"
- Chaka Khan - backing vocals on "The Tenth World" and "Dreamland"
- Jaco Pastorius - bass, bongos on "The Tenth World", cowbells on "Dreamland"
- Wayne Shorter - soprano saxophone on "Jericho" on "Paprika Plains"
- J.D. Souther - backing vocals on "Off Night Backstreet"
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