Joni Mitchell - Joni’s Jazz [2025] (4 x CDs)

JONI MITCHELL

Joni Mitchell - Joni’s Jazz [2025] (4 x CDs)

If you’ve ever thought Joni Mitchell’s jazz years were just a side trip, Joni’s Jazz will make you rethink that entirely. Released by Rhino, this 4-CD box set was curated by Joni herself, and it’s designed to show that jazz wasn’t a detour, it was part of her DNA from the beginning.

Across 61 tracks, you’ll hear how jazz threads through her entire catalog, from the poetic phrasing on Song to a Seagull [1968] to the full-blown improvisation of Don Juan’s Reckless Daughter and the orchestral sweep of Both Sides Now. It’s not chronological like her Archives series, it’s thematic. Joni wanted you to hear the connections, the tonal shifts, the emotional through-lines.

There’s a mix of studio cuts, live performances, and collaborations with heavyweights like Herbie Hancock, Wayne Shorter, Charles Mingus, and Jaco Pastorius. You’ll get “Paprika Plains,” “The Dry Cleaner from Des Moines,” and “Harry’s House/Centerpiece” alongside standards like “Stormy Weather” and “Goodbye Porkpie Hat.” Even her 2022 Newport Folk Festival appearance makes the cut, showing how her phrasing and timing still carry that jazz sensibility decades later.

Now, if you’re looking for unreleased rarities, this isn’t that kind of box. There are two demos from 1980 and a killer 1998 take on Marvin Gaye’s “Trouble Man” with Kyle Eastwood’s band, but the real value here is in the curation. Joni’s sequencing is deliberate, “Blue” opens CD1, and it echoes later in “Come In From The Cold.” It’s all about emotional resonance and musical lineage.

So, if you’ve ever loved her for her lyrics, her phrasing, or her fearless genre-hopping, Joni’s Jazz reframes it all. It’s not a side chapter, it’s the spine. (B)

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Track lists

CD1

01 Joni Mitchell - Blue 3:06

02 Kyle Eastwood, Joni Mitchell - Trouble Man (feat. Joni Mitchell) 3:42

03 Joni Mitchell - Moon at the Window 3:25

04 Joni Mitchell - Be Cool 3:36

05 Joni Mitchell - Harlem in Havana 4:26

06 Joni Mitchell - Cherokee Louise 4:32

07 Joni Mitchell - Come in From the Cold 7:31

08 Joni Mitchell - In France They Kiss on Main Street 3:20

09 Joni Mitchell - Nothing Can Be Done 4:53

10 Joni Mitchell - Sex Kills 3:57

11 Joni Mitchell - Edith and The Kingpin 3:37

12 Joni Mitchell - Cold Blue Steel and Sweet Fire 4:17

13 Joni Mitchell - The Jungle Line 4:26

14 Joni Mitchell - Shades of Scarlett Conquering 5:00

15 Joni Mitchell - Yvette in English 5:17

16 Joni Mitchell - Marcie 4:36

17 Joni Mitchell - A Bird That Whistles 2:37

CD2

01 Joni Mitchell - Love 3:49

02 Joni Mitchell - Comes Love 4:29

03 Herbie Hancock, Joni Mitchell - The Man I Love (feat. Joni Mitchell) 5:57

04 Joni Mitchell - At Last 4:27

05 Joni Mitchell - You're My Thrill 3:53

06 Joni Mitchell - Sometimes I'm Happy 3:58

07 Joni Mitchell - Stay in Touch 2:59

08 Joni Mitchell - The Crazy Cries of Love 3:55

09 Joni Mitchell - Face Lift 4:43

10 Joni Mitchell - Sweet Sucker Dance (Early Alternate Version) 7:02

11 Joni Mitchell - You Dream Flat Tires 2:53

12 Joni Mitchell - Answer Me, My Love 3:23

13 Joni Mitchell - Love Puts on a New Face 3:47

14 Joni Mitchell - Both Sides Now 5:42

CD3

01 Joni Mitchell - Harry's House/Centerpiece 6:51

02 Joni Mitchell - Sunny Sunday 2:37

03 Joni Mitchell - Hana 3:43

04 Joni Mitchell - Last Chance Lost 3:15

05 Joni Mitchell - Smokin' (Empty, Try Another) 1:43

06 Joni Mitchell - Hejira (Live at the Santa Barbara County Bowl, September 9, 1979) 7:35

07 Joni Mitchell - Refuge of the Roads 7:57

08 Joni Mitchell - Paprika Plains 16:22

09 Joni Mitchell - Blue Motel Room 5:04

10 Joni Mitchell - Black Crow 4:23

11 Joni Mitchell - Off Night Backstreet 3:21

12 Joni Mitchell - Just Like This Train 4:25

13 Joni Mitchell - No Apologies 4:20

14 Joni Mitchell - Not to Blame 4:19

15 Joni Mitchell - The Magdalene Laundries 4:02

CD4

01 Joni Mitchell - The Sire of Sorrow (Job's Sad Song) 7:06

02 Joni Mitchell - God Must Be a Boogie Man 4:36

03 Joni Mitchell - A Chair in the Sky 6:40

04 Joni Mitchell - Goodbye Pork Pie Hat (Live at the Santa Barbara County Bowl, September 9, 1979) 6:02

05 Herbie Hancock, Joni Mitchell - The Tea Leaf Prophecy (Lay Down Your Arms) [feat. Joni Mitchell] 6:33

06 Joni Mitchell - Shine 7:27

07 Joni Mitchell - If I Had A Heart 4:03

08 Joni Mitchell - Impossible Dreamer 4:31

09 Joni Mitchell - One Week Last Summer 4:58

10 Joni Mitchell - Summertime (Live at the Newport Folk Festival, Newport, RI, 7/24/2022) 5:41

11 Joni Mitchell - Stormy Weather 3:06

12 Joni Mitchell - Two Grey Rooms (Demo) 3:56

13 Joni Mitchell - The Dry Cleaner From Des Moines 3:23

14 Joni Mitchell - Twisted 2:22

15 Joni Mitchell - If 5:31

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