Larry Klein



Larry Klein (born 1956) is a music producer, songwriter and bass guitar player, commonly known for being the frequent musical collaborator, and ex-husband, of Joni Mitchell.

He began his musical career while still in his teens, as a session musician, playing bass guitar on a string of albums, most notably several by jazz trumpeter Freddie Hubbard.

Klein met Mitchell when he was hired as a bassist and sound engineer for her 1982 album Wild Things Run Fast. The two quickly became romantically attached, and were married in November 1982. He helped produce that album, as well as her next four, occasionally contributing his own musical compositions to which Mitchell would add lyrics. It was during the recording of Turbulent Indigo, in 1994, that their marriage broke apart. He has continued to be involved, in various capacities, in the production of her albums.

Since his work with Mitchell, Klein has tended to produce albums by female singer–songwriters, although he was the co-producer (with Herbie Hancock) on Hancock's Grammy-winning River: The Joni Letters.

In 2006, Klein married Brazilian vocalist Luciana Souza.

In 2010 Klein was nominated for Producer of the Year for the 52nd Annual Grammy Awards for production on several albums.

Albums produced or co-produced

 * 1982 Wild Things Run Fast, Joni Mitchell
 * 1986 Dog Eat Dog, Joni Mitchell
 * 1986 The Lace, Benjamin Orr
 * 1988 Chalk Mark in a Rain Storm, Joni Mitchell
 * 1989 The Innocence Mission, The Innocence Mission
 * 1989 Love Among the Cannibals, Starship ("It's Not Enough" and "I Didn't Mean to Stay All Night")
 * 1990 Bedtime Stories, David Baerwald
 * 1991 Umbrella, The Innocence Mission
 * 1991 Night Ride Home, Joni Mitchell
 * 1992 Fat City, Shawn Colvin
 * 1994 Turbulent Indigo, Joni Mitchell
 * 1997 Dear Dark Heart, Holly Cole
 * 1997 Shine, Mary Black
 * 1999 Bird York, Bird York
 * 1999 Night in a Strange Town, Lynn Miles
 * 2000 Both Sides Now, Joni Mitchell
 * 2001 Concrete Love, Julia Fordham
 * 2002 Travelogue, Joni Mitchell
 * 2003 The Velvet Hour, Bird York
 * 2004 Careless Love, Madeleine Peyroux
 * 2005 Tough on Crime, Rebecca Pidgeon
 * 2006 Dreaming Through the Noise, Vienna Teng
 * 2006 Half the Perfect World, Madeleine Peyroux
 * 2006 Oceana, Till Brönner
 * 2007 The New Bossa Nova, Luciana Souza
 * 2007 River: The Joni Letters, Herbie Hancock (co-produced with Hancock)
 * 2008 Behind the Velvet Curtain, Rebecca Pidgeon
 * 2008 Circus Money, Walter Becker
 * 2008 Our Bright Future, Tracy Chapman
 * 2008 RIO, Till Brönner
 * 2009 Bare Bones, Madeleine Peyroux
 * 2009 My One and Only Thrill, Melody Gardot
 * 2009 Last Kiss, Zachary Richard ("Acadian Driftwood")
 * 2009 Tide, Luciana Souza
 * 2009 Synthesis, Raul Midón
 * 2010 ''The Imagine Project, Herbie Hancock
 * 2011 ''Bleu Venise, Daphné
 * 2012 ''Desfado, Ana Moura
 * 2012 "Something To Believe In, Anna Bergendahl
 * 2013 "I'm Leaving You, Florence K.