Kap'n, with your excellent musical tastes, take a few more listens to Children & All that Jazz
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gfrzO5n_yoE and Dida (duet w/Joni Mitchell). Although Joan is a folkie, this is her most commercial album with lots of great jazz players. Joe Sample, who we lost last week, is one. Here's the whole list:
Larry Carlton – Electric guitar, Acoustic guitar, Arranger, Producer
Dean Parks – Electric guitar, Acoustic guitar
Wilton Felder – Bass
Reinie Press – Bass
Max Bennett – Bass
Jim Gordon – Drums
John Guerin – Drums
Larry Knechtel – Piano
Joe Sample – Electric piano, Hammond organ
Hampton Hawes – Piano
David Paich – Piano, Electric harpsichord
Red Rhodes – Pedal steel guitar
Malcolm Cecil – Synthesisers
Tom Scott – Flute, Saxophone, Arranger
Jim Horn – Saxophone
Joni Mitchell – vocal improvisation
Rick Lo Tempio – Electric guitar
Ollie Mitchell – Trumpet
Buck Monari – Trumpet