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When Joni Mitchell was finally coerced by her label into releasing a greatest hits compilation (1996's Hits), she did so only under the condition that she could also release a companion album of her favorite tracks that didn't receive such wide acclaim. That album, Misses, was released on the same day and, in addition to acting as a sort of alternate-universe representation of Mitchell's best work, it also gave the world a chance to get a glimpse at how she views her own creative output. This is, after all, the same person who—whenever possible—took the opportunity to call out the craven lack of imagination of the folks that run the music business ("You Turn Me On, I'm A Radio," "Free Man in Paris," "Shiny Toys"), so it's unsurprising that she and those very same suits don't see eye to eye on how best to curate and contextualize her work.
Thus it is that Joni's Jazz, a four-disc compilation of "recordings chosen by Mitchell that reflect jazz's profound influence on her music" is not just a collection of material that's occasionally "jazzy," but also the career-encompassing "Joni box set" fans have been waiting years for. While the recent run of Joni Mitchell Archives releases have been illuminating in their extensive documentation of her creative evolution, they have been, by definition, comprehensive and chronological in nature. The selective and nearly narrative approach of Joni's Jazz is something else altogether, representing the way that Mitchell herself—rather than her critics or her colleagues—wants to define her music. (It also, unlike any of the previous Archives sets, includes multiple tracks from her early '80s run on Geffen Records, which are available to download, but not to stream.) That the set starts off with "Blue" and includes a handful of other tracks like "Marcie" that hew much more closely to her folk-singer origins gives the listener plenty of indication that Mitchell's version of "jazz" has much less to do with fitting into the bebop lineage than it does with making highly individualized music that's informed by the improvisational freedom and instrumental adventurousness of the genre.
To be sure, there are plenty of jazz chops to be found here. Mitchell's most frequent partners-in-jazz Wayne Shorter, Herbie Hancock, Jaco Pastorius, and, yes, Charles Mingus are present throughout, as well as a raft of other talented players like Brian Blade, Kenny Wheeler, Larry Klein, and Mark Isham who may not be household names, but each introduced unique vectors of the jazz tradition to Mitchell's work.
There is even a substantial clutch of jazz standards that are sung by Mitchell: "Twisted," "Stormy Weather," "You're My Thrill," "The Man I Love," and a live version of "Summertime" from the 2023 Newport Folk Festival. Many of these hail from 1999's Both Sides Now, the most explicitly jazz-y album in Mitchell's discography. But even though she's in smoky-club-singer mode, the iconoclastic musical structures and instrumental approaches she used kept Both Sides from becoming the sort of dreaded "see, I can sing jazz, too" project many artists feel obligated to make. That weirdness is what makes Mitchell's relationship to jazz—and this compilation—so interesting. (The set could have been called Weird Joni, but that would have been likely to sell far fewer copies.) Only Joni Mitchell would compile a career-spanning box set that sequences her sprawling, album-side-length epic "Paprika Plains" right next to the Great American Songbook-style "Blue Motel Room," because only Joni Mitchell would see both of those songs as equally representing "Joni's Jazz." © Jason Ferguson/Qobuz
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Joni Mitchell, Lead Vocals, Writer, MainArtist
© 2025 Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company. ℗ 1971 Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company.
George Thatcher, Bass Trombone - Gayle Levant, Harp - Warren Luening, Trumpet - MIKE SHIPLEY, Mixer - Marvin Gaye, Composer, Writer - Joel Peskin, Woodwind - Joni Mitchell, Vocals, FeaturedArtist - Vince Mendoza, Arranger - Larry Hall, Trumpet - Dan Higgins, Woodwind - Steve Kujala, Woodwind - LARRY KLEIN, Producer - Andy Martin, Trombone - Jim Cox, Hammond Organ - Wayne Bergeron, Trumpet - Gary Foster, Woodwind - Peter Erskine, Drums - George Graham, Trumpet - David Duke, French Horn - Rick Todd, French Horn - Phillip Yao, French Horn - Kyle Eastwood, Bass, MainArtist - John Steinmetz, Bassoon - Mike O'Donovan, Bassoon - Don Waldrop, Tuba
© 2025 Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company. ℗ 1998 Sony Music Entertainment, Under License From The Commercial Music Group, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
JOHN GUERIN, Drums - Patrick Milligan, Producer - Joni Mitchell, Composer, Lyricist, Producer, Arranger, Guitar, Vocals, Writer, MainArtist - Michael Frondelli, Engineer
© 2025 Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company. ℗ 1998 Reprise Records
JOHN GUERIN, Drums - Patrick Milligan, Producer - Joni Mitchell, Composer, Producer, Guitar, Vocals, Writer, MainArtist - Michael Frondelli, Engineer
© 2025 Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company. ℗ 2025 Rhino Entertainment Company.
Joni Mitchell, Producer, Arranger, Bass Guitar, Keyboards, Backing Vocals, Writer, MainArtist, MixingEngineer - LARRY KLEIN, Bass Guitar - TONY PHILLIPS, Engineer - Wayne Shorter, Saxophone - Femi Jiya, Engineer, Spoken Voice - Brian Blade, Drums - DAN MARNIEN, Engineer, MixingEngineer
© 2025 Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company. ℗ 1998 Reprise Records
David Crosby, Background Vocals - Bernie Grundman, MasteringEngineer - Victor Feldman, Electric Piano - JOHN GUERIN, Drums - Henry Lewy, Engineer, MixingEngineer - JAMES TAYLOR, Background Vocals - Joni Mitchell, Producer, Acoustic Guitar, Vocals, Writer, MainArtist, MixingEngineer - JEFF BAXTER, Electric Guitar - Graham nash, Background Vocals - Max Bennett, Bass - Robben Ford, Electric Guitar - Ellis Sorkin, AssistantEngineer
© 2025 Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company. ℗ 1975, 2022 Rhino Entertainment Company
Bernie Grundman, MasteringEngineer - Joni Mitchell, Producer, Guitar, Keyboards, Percussion, Vocals, Writer, MainArtist - Michael Landau, Electric Guitar - LARRY KLEIN, Producer, Bass Guitar, Percussion - Julie Last, AssistantEngineer - DAN MARNIEN, Audio Recording Engineer, MixingEngineer - Paul Lundin, AssistantEngineer - Paula Schaper, AssistantEngineer, AssistantProducer - Marsha Burns, AssistantProducer
© 2025 Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company. ℗ 1994 Reprise Records
WILTON FELDER, Bass - Bernie Grundman, MasteringEngineer - Chuck Findley, Horn - JOHN GUERIN, Drums - Henry Lewy, Engineer, MixingEngineer - Joni Mitchell, Producer, Acoustic Guitar, Vocals, Writer, MainArtist, MixingEngineer - JOE SAMPLE, Electric Piano - Bud Shank, Flute, Saxophone - LARRY CARLTON, Electric Guitar - Ellis Sorkin, AssistantEngineer
© 2025 Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company. ℗ 1975, 2022 Rhino Entertainment Company
WILTON FELDER, Bass - Tom Scott, Reeds, Woodwinds - Russ Kunkel, Drums - James Burton, Electric Guitar - Henry Lewy, Sound Engineer, Production - Joni Mitchell, Guitar, Piano, Vocals, Writer, MainArtist - Bobbye Hall, Percussion - Bobby Notkoff, Strings
© 2025 Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company. ℗ 1972, 2022 Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company.
Bernie Grundman, MasteringEngineer - Henry Lewy, Engineer, MixingEngineer - Joni Mitchell, Producer, Acoustic Guitar, Vocals, Writer, Synthesizer, MainArtist, MixingEngineer - Ellis Sorkin, AssistantEngineer - The Warrior Drums of Burundi, Drums
© 2025 Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company. ℗ 1975, 2022 Rhino Entertainment Company
Bernie Grundman, MasteringEngineer - Victor Feldman, Electric Piano, Vibraphone - JOHN GUERIN, Drums - Henry Lewy, Engineer, MixingEngineer - Joni Mitchell, Producer, Piano, Vocals, Writer, MainArtist, MixingEngineer - Max Bennett, Bass - Dale Oehler, Strings Arranger - LARRY CARLTON, Electric Guitar - Ellis Sorkin, AssistantEngineer
© 2025 Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company. ℗ 1975, 2022 Rhino Entertainment Company
David Crosby, Writer - Bernie Grundman, MasteringEngineer - Joni Mitchell, Producer, Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals, Writer, MainArtist - LARRY KLEIN, Producer, Bass Guitar, Keyboards, Percussion - Julie Last, AssistantEngineer - Wayne Shorter, Soprano Saxophone - Bill Dillon, Organ - DAN MARNIEN, Audio Recording Engineer, MixingEngineer - Paul Lundin, AssistantEngineer - Paula Schaper, AssistantEngineer, AssistantProducer - Charles Valentino, Backing Vocals - Kris Kello, Backing Vocals - Marsha Burns, AssistantProducer
© 2025 Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company. ℗ 1994 Reprise Records
Joni Mitchell, Lead Vocals, Writer, MainArtist
© 2025 Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company. ℗ 1968 Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company.
DISC 2
Gavyn Wright, Violin, Concertmaster - Iain Dixon, Bass Clarinet - Phil Todd, Clarinet, Flute - Dave Arch, Piano - Bernie Grundman, MasteringEngineer - Everton Nelson, Violin - Matthew Scrivener, Violin - Andy Crowley, Trumpet - Richard Edwards, Trombone - Chris Laurence, Bass - Richard Henry, Bass Trombone - Richard Watkins, Horn - Frank Ricotti, Percussion - Joni Mitchell, Lead Vocals, MainArtist - Vince Mendoza, Conductor - Dermot Crehan, Violin - mary Scully, Bass - Anthony Pleeth, Cello - Dave Stewart, Bass Trombone - Geoff Foster, Audio Recording Engineer - Owen Slade, Tuba - Perry Montague-Mason, Violin - Peter Lale, Viola - ALLEN SIDES, MixingEngineer, AdditionalEngineer - CHARLES TOBIAS, Writer - Lew Brown, Writer - Mike Thompson, Horn - LARRY KLEIN, Director - Steve Sidwell, Trumpet - Andy Findon, Flute - Gerard Presencer, Trumpet - BEN GEORGIADES, AssistantEngineer - Neil Sidwell, Trombone - Nigel Black, Horn - Chris Tombling, Violin - Patrick Kiernan, Violin - Frank Schaefer, Cello - Julian Leaper, Violin - Roger Garland, Violin - Cathy Thompson, Violin - Dave Woodcock, Violin - Rachel Bolt, Viola - Bruce White, Viola - Tony Lewis, Cello - Martin Loveday, Cello - JOHN ANDERSON, Oboe - John Barclay, Trumpet - Warren Zielinski, Violin - Maciej Rakowski, Violin - Jim McLeod, Violin - Derek Watkins, Trumpet - Don McVay, Viola - Paul Kegg, Cello - Dave Daniels, Cello - Jackie Shave, Violin - Rita Manning, Violin - Ivo Van Der Werff, Viola - Skaila Kanga, Harp - Chuck Berghofer, Bass - Simon Fischer, Violin - Rebecca Hirsch, Violin - Mike McMenemy, Violin - Katie Wilkinson, Viola - Ben Cruft, Violin - Kathy Shave, Violin - John Pigneguy, Horn - Nick Bucknall, Clarinet - Anthony Pike, Clarinet, Bass - Peter Davies, Trombone - Julie Andrews, Bassoon - Richard Skinner, Bassoon - Gavin McNaughton, Bassoon - Sue Bohling, Oboe - Bill Benham, Viola - Jonathan Strange, Violin - Jamie Talbot, Clarinet, Flute, Alto Saxophone - Paul Gardham, Horn - Peter Erskine, Drums - Mark Isham, Solo Trumpet - Antonia Fuchs, Violin - Boguslav Kotecki, Violin - Catherine Bradshaw, Viola - Godfrey Salmon, Violin - Helen Liebmann, Cello - Helenn Keen, Flute - Hugh Seenan, Horn - Mike Brittain, Bass - Peter Oxet, Violin - Phil Eastop, Horn - Stan Sulzman, Clarinet, Flute - Vaughn Armon, Violin - Wilf Gibson, Violin - SAMMY STEPT, Writer - John Tyree, Assistant Mixing Engineer - Peter Beachil, Trombone
© 2025 Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company. ℗ 2000 Reprise Records, courtesy of Reprise Records
Gavyn Wright, Violin, Concertmaster - Iain Dixon, Bass Clarinet - Phil Todd, Clarinet, Flute - Dave Arch, Piano - Bernie Grundman, MasteringEngineer - Everton Nelson, Violin - Matthew Scrivener, Violin - Andy Crowley, Trumpet - Richard Edwards, Trombone - Chris Laurence, Bass - Richard Henry, Bass Trombone - Richard Watkins, Horn - Frank Ricotti, Percussion - Joni Mitchell, Producer, Vocals, MainArtist - Vince Mendoza, Conductor - Harry Warren, Writer - Mack Gordon, Writer - Dermot Crehan, Violin - mary Scully, Bass - Anthony Pleeth, Cello - Dave Stewart, Bass Trombone - Geoff Foster, Audio Recording Engineer - Owen Slade, Tuba - Perry Montague-Mason, Violin - Peter Lale, Viola - ALLEN SIDES, MixingEngineer, AdditionalEngineer - Mike Thompson, Horn - LARRY KLEIN, Producer, Director - Steve Sidwell, Trumpet - Andy Findon, Flute - Gerard Presencer, Trumpet - BEN GEORGIADES, AssistantEngineer - Neil Sidwell, Trombone - Nigel Black, Horn - Chris Tombling, Violin - Patrick Kiernan, Violin - Frank Schaefer, Cello - Julian Leaper, Violin - Roger Garland, Violin - Cathy Thompson, Violin - Dave Woodcock, Violin - Rachel Bolt, Viola - Bruce White, Viola - Tony Lewis, Cello - Martin Loveday, Cello - JOHN ANDERSON, Oboe - John Barclay, Trumpet - Warren Zielinski, Violin - Maciej Rakowski, Violin - Jim McLeod, Violin - Derek Watkins, Trumpet - Don McVay, Viola - Paul Kegg, Cello - Dave Daniels, Cello - Jackie Shave, Violin - Rita Manning, Violin - Ivo Van Der Werff, Viola - Skaila Kanga, Harp - Chuck Berghofer, Bass - Simon Fischer, Violin - Rebecca Hirsch, Violin - Mike McMenemy, Violin - Katie Wilkinson, Viola - Ben Cruft, Violin - Kathy Shave, Violin - John Pigneguy, Horn - Nick Bucknall, Clarinet - Anthony Pike, Clarinet, Bass - Peter Davies, Trombone - Julie Andrews, Bassoon - Richard Skinner, Bassoon - Gavin McNaughton, Bassoon - Sue Bohling, Oboe - Bill Benham, Viola - Jonathan Strange, Violin - Jamie Talbot, Clarinet, Flute, Alto Saxophone - Paul Gardham, Horn - Peter Erskine, Drums - Antonia Fuchs, Violin - Boguslav Kotecki, Violin - Catherine Bradshaw, Viola - Godfrey Salmon, Violin - Helen Liebmann, Cello - Helenn Keen, Flute - Hugh Seenan, Horn - Mike Brittain, Bass - Peter Oxet, Violin - Phil Eastop, Horn - Stan Sulzman, Clarinet, Flute - Vaughn Armon, Violin - Wilf Gibson, Violin - John Tyree, Assistant Mixing Engineer - Peter Beachil, Trombone
© 2025 Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company. ℗ 2000 Reprise Records
Gavyn Wright, Violin, Concertmaster - Iain Dixon, Clarinet - Phil Todd, Clarinet, Flute - Dave Arch, Piano - Bernie Grundman, MasteringEngineer - Everton Nelson, Violin - Matthew Scrivener, Violin - Andy Crowley, Trumpet - Richard Edwards, Trombone - Chris Laurence, Bass - Richard Henry, Trombone - Richard Watkins, Horn - Frank Ricotti, Percussion - Joni Mitchell, Producer, Vocals, MainArtist - Vince Mendoza, Conductor - Dermot Crehan, Violin - mary Scully, Bass - Anthony Pleeth, Cello - Dave Stewart, Trombone - Geoff Foster, Audio Recording Engineer - Owen Slade, Tuba - Perry Montague-Mason, Violin - Peter Lale, Viola - ALLEN SIDES, MixingEngineer, AdditionalEngineer - Mike Thompson, Horn - LARRY KLEIN, Producer, Director - Steve Sidwell, Trumpet - Andy Findon, Flute - Gerard Presencer, Trumpet - BEN GEORGIADES, AssistantEngineer - Neil Sidwell, Trombone - Nigel Black, Horn - Chris Tombling, Violin - Patrick Kiernan, Violin - Frank Schaefer, Cello - Julian Leaper, Violin - Roger Garland, Violin - Cathy Thompson, Violin - Dave Woodcock, Violin - Rachel Bolt, Viola - Bruce White, Viola - Tony Lewis, Cello - Martin Loveday, Cello - JOHN ANDERSON, Oboe - John Barclay, Trumpet - Warren Zielinski, Violin - Maciej Rakowski, Violin - Jim McLeod, Violin - Derek Watkins, Trumpet - Don McVay, Viola - Paul Kegg, Cello - Dave Daniels, Cello - Jackie Shave, Violin - Rita Manning, Violin - Ivo Van Der Werff, Viola - Skaila Kanga, Harp - Chuck Berghofer, Bass - Simon Fischer, Violin - Rebecca Hirsch, Violin - Mike McMenemy, Violin - Katie Wilkinson, Viola - Ben Cruft, Violin - Kathy Shave, Violin - John Pigneguy, Horn - Nick Bucknall, Clarinet - Anthony Pike, Clarinet, Bass - Peter Davies, Trombone - Julie Andrews, Bassoon - Richard Skinner, Bassoon - Gavin McNaughton, Bassoon - Sue Bohling, Oboe - Bill Benham, Viola - Jonathan Strange, Violin - Jamie Talbot, Clarinet, Flute, Alto Saxophone - Paul Gardham, Horn - Jay Gorney, Writer - Peter Erskine, Drums - Antonia Fuchs, Violin - Boguslav Kotecki, Violin - Catherine Bradshaw, Viola - Godfrey Salmon, Violin - Helen Liebmann, Cello - Helenn Keen, Flute - Hugh Seenan, Horn - Mike Brittain, Bass - Peter Oxet, Violin - Phil Eastop, Horn - Sidney Clare, Writer - Stan Sulzman, Clarinet, Flute - Vaughn Armon, Violin - Wilf Gibson, Violin - John Tyree, Assistant Mixing Engineer - Peter Beachil, Trombone
© 2025 Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company. ℗ 2000 Reprise Records
Gavyn Wright, Violin, Concertmaster - Iain Dixon, Clarinet - Phil Todd, Clarinet, Flute - Dave Arch, Piano - Bernie Grundman, MasteringEngineer - Everton Nelson, Violin - Matthew Scrivener, Violin - Andy Crowley, Trumpet - Richard Edwards, Trombone - Chris Laurence, Bass - Richard Henry, Trombone - Richard Watkins, Horn - Vincent Youmans, Writer - Irving Caesar, Writer - Frank Ricotti, Percussion - Joni Mitchell, Producer, Vocals, MainArtist - Vince Mendoza, Conductor - HERBIE HANCOCK, Solo Piano - Dermot Crehan, Violin - mary Scully, Bass - Anthony Pleeth, Cello - Dave Stewart, Trombone - Geoff Foster, Audio Recording Engineer - Owen Slade, Tuba - Perry Montague-Mason, Violin - Peter Lale, Viola - ALLEN SIDES, MixingEngineer, AdditionalEngineer - Mike Thompson, Horn - LARRY KLEIN, Producer, Director - Steve Sidwell, Trumpet - Andy Findon, Flute - Gerard Presencer, Trumpet - BEN GEORGIADES, AssistantEngineer - Neil Sidwell, Trombone - Nigel Black, Horn - Clifford Grey, Writer - Chris Tombling, Violin - Patrick Kiernan, Violin - Frank Schaefer, Cello - Julian Leaper, Violin - Roger Garland, Violin - Cathy Thompson, Violin - Dave Woodcock, Violin - Rachel Bolt, Viola - Bruce White, Viola - Tony Lewis, Cello - Martin Loveday, Cello - JOHN ANDERSON, Oboe - John Barclay, Trumpet - Warren Zielinski, Violin - Maciej Rakowski, Violin - Jim McLeod, Violin - Derek Watkins, Trumpet - Don McVay, Viola - Paul Kegg, Cello - Dave Daniels, Cello - Jackie Shave, Violin - Rita Manning, Violin - Ivo Van Der Werff, Viola - Skaila Kanga, Harp - Chuck Berghofer, Bass - Simon Fischer, Violin - Rebecca Hirsch, Violin - Mike McMenemy, Violin - Katie Wilkinson, Viola - Ben Cruft, Violin - Kathy Shave, Violin - John Pigneguy, Horn - Nick Bucknall, Clarinet - Anthony Pike, Clarinet, Bass - Peter Davies, Trombone - Julie Andrews, Bassoon - Richard Skinner, Bassoon - Gavin McNaughton, Bassoon - Sue Bohling, Oboe - Bill Benham, Viola - Jonathan Strange, Violin - Jamie Talbot, Clarinet, Flute, Alto Saxophone - Paul Gardham, Horn - Peter Erskine, Drums - Antonia Fuchs, Violin - Boguslav Kotecki, Violin - Catherine Bradshaw, Viola - Godfrey Salmon, Violin - Helen Liebmann, Cello - Helenn Keen, Flute - Hugh Seenan, Horn - Mike Brittain, Bass - Peter Oxet, Violin - Phil Eastop, Horn - Stan Sulzman, Clarinet, Flute - Vaughn Armon, Violin - Wilf Gibson, Violin - John Tyree, Assistant Mixing Engineer - Peter Beachil, Trombone
© 2025 Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company. ℗ 2000 Reprise Records
Joni Mitchell, Producer, Arranger, Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals, Writer, MainArtist, MixingEngineer - Mark Isham, Trumpet - DAN MARNIEN, Engineer, MixingEngineer
© 2025 Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company. ℗ 1998 Reprise Records
Joni Mitchell, Producer, Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals, Backing Vocals, Writer, MainArtist, MixingEngineer - Don Freed, Writer - Greg Leisz, Pedal Steel Guitar - LARRY KLEIN, Bass Guitar - TONY PHILLIPS, Engineer - Wayne Shorter, Saxophone - Brian Blade, Drums - DAN MARNIEN, Engineer, MixingEngineer
© 2025 Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company. ℗ 1998 Reprise Records
Joni Mitchell, Producer, Arranger, Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals, Writer, MainArtist, MixingEngineer - Greg Leisz, Pedal Steel Guitar - Wayne Shorter, Saxophone - DAN MARNIEN, Engineer, MixingEngineer
© 2025 Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company. ℗ 1998 Reprise Records
Jeremy Lubbock, Electric Piano - Patrick Milligan, Archival Producer - Henry Lewy, Mixer, Recorded by - Joni Mitchell, Lead Vocals, Writer, MainArtist - Charles Mingus, Writer - Gerry Mulligan, Baritone Saxophone - Don Alias, Drums - JERRY SOLOMON, Mixer, Recorded by
© 2025 Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company. ℗ 2024 Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company.
Gavyn Wright, Violin, Concertmaster - Iain Dixon, Bass Clarinet - Phil Todd, Clarinet, Flute - Dave Arch, Piano - Bernie Grundman, MasteringEngineer - Everton Nelson, Violin - Matthew Scrivener, Violin - Andy Crowley, Trumpet - Richard Edwards, Trombone - Chris Laurence, Bass - Richard Henry, Bass Trombone - Richard Watkins, Horn - Frank Ricotti, Percussion - Joni Mitchell, Producer, Vocals, MainArtist - Vince Mendoza, Conductor - Carl Sigman, Writer - Dermot Crehan, Violin - mary Scully, Bass - Anthony Pleeth, Cello - Dave Stewart, Bass Trombone - Geoff Foster, Audio Recording Engineer - Owen Slade, Tuba - Perry Montague-Mason, Violin - Peter Lale, Viola - ALLEN SIDES, MixingEngineer, AdditionalEngineer - Mike Thompson, Horn - LARRY KLEIN, Producer, Director - Steve Sidwell, Trumpet - Andy Findon, Flute - Gerard Presencer, Trumpet - BEN GEORGIADES, AssistantEngineer - Neil Sidwell, Trombone - Nigel Black, Horn - Chris Tombling, Violin - Patrick Kiernan, Violin - Frank Schaefer, Cello - Julian Leaper, Violin - Roger Garland, Violin - Cathy Thompson, Violin - Dave Woodcock, Violin - Rachel Bolt, Viola - Bruce White, Viola - Tony Lewis, Cello - Martin Loveday, Cello - JOHN ANDERSON, Oboe - John Barclay, Trumpet - Warren Zielinski, Violin - Maciej Rakowski, Violin - Jim McLeod, Violin - Derek Watkins, Trumpet - Don McVay, Viola - Paul Kegg, Cello - Dave Daniels, Cello - Jackie Shave, Violin - Rita Manning, Violin - Ivo Van Der Werff, Viola - Skaila Kanga, Harp - Chuck Berghofer, Bass - Simon Fischer, Violin - Rebecca Hirsch, Violin - Mike McMenemy, Violin - Katie Wilkinson, Viola - Ben Cruft, Violin - Kathy Shave, Violin - John Pigneguy, Horn - Nick Bucknall, Clarinet - Anthony Pike, Clarinet, Bass - Peter Davies, Trombone - Julie Andrews, Bassoon - Richard Skinner, Bassoon - Gavin McNaughton, Bassoon - Sue Bohling, Oboe - Bill Benham, Viola - Jonathan Strange, Violin - Jamie Talbot, Clarinet, Flute, Alto Saxophone - Paul Gardham, Horn - Wayne Shorter, Soprano Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone - Gerhard Winkler, Writer - Fred Rauch, Writer - Peter Erskine, Drums - Antonia Fuchs, Violin - Boguslav Kotecki, Violin - Catherine Bradshaw, Viola - Godfrey Salmon, Violin - Helen Liebmann, Cello - Helenn Keen, Flute - Hugh Seenan, Horn - Mike Brittain, Bass - Peter Oxet, Violin - Phil Eastop, Horn - Stan Sulzman, Clarinet, Flute - Vaughn Armon, Violin - Wilf Gibson, Violin - John Tyree, Assistant Mixing Engineer - Peter Beachil, Trombone
© 2025 Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company. ℗ 2000 Reprise Records
Joni Mitchell, Producer, Arranger, Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals, Writer, MainArtist, MixingEngineer - Greg Leisz, Pedal Steel Guitar - LARRY KLEIN, Bass Guitar - TONY PHILLIPS, Engineer - Wayne Shorter, Saxophone - Femi Jiya, Engineer - DAN MARNIEN, Engineer, MixingEngineer
© 2025 Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company. ℗ 1998 Reprise Records
Gavyn Wright, Violin, Concertmaster - Iain Dixon, Bass Clarinet - Phil Todd, Clarinet, Flute - Dave Arch, Piano - Bernie Grundman, MasteringEngineer - Everton Nelson, Violin - Matthew Scrivener, Violin - Andy Crowley, Trumpet - Richard Edwards, Trombone - Chris Laurence, Bass - Richard Henry, Bass Trombone - Richard Watkins, Horn - Frank Ricotti, Percussion - Joni Mitchell, Producer, Vocals, Writer, MainArtist - Vince Mendoza, Conductor - Dermot Crehan, Violin - mary Scully, Bass - Anthony Pleeth, Cello - Dave Stewart, Bass Trombone - Geoff Foster, Audio Recording Engineer - Owen Slade, Tuba - Perry Montague-Mason, Violin - Peter Lale, Viola - ALLEN SIDES, MixingEngineer, AdditionalEngineer - Mike Thompson, Horn - LARRY KLEIN, Producer, Director - Steve Sidwell, Trumpet - Andy Findon, Flute - Gerard Presencer, Trumpet - BEN GEORGIADES, AssistantEngineer - Neil Sidwell, Trombone - Nigel Black, Horn - Chris Tombling, Violin - Patrick Kiernan, Violin - Frank Schaefer, Cello - Julian Leaper, Violin - Roger Garland, Violin - Cathy Thompson, Violin - Dave Woodcock, Violin - Rachel Bolt, Viola - Bruce White, Viola - Tony Lewis, Cello - Martin Loveday, Cello - JOHN ANDERSON, Oboe - John Barclay, Trumpet - Warren Zielinski, Violin - Maciej Rakowski, Violin - Jim McLeod, Violin - Derek Watkins, Trumpet - Don McVay, Viola - Paul Kegg, Cello - Dave Daniels, Cello - Jackie Shave, Violin - Rita Manning, Violin - Ivo Van Der Werff, Viola - Skaila Kanga, Harp - Chuck Berghofer, Bass - Simon Fischer, Violin - Rebecca Hirsch, Violin - Mike McMenemy, Violin - Katie Wilkinson, Viola - Ben Cruft, Violin - Kathy Shave, Violin - John Pigneguy, Horn - Nick Bucknall, Clarinet - Anthony Pike, Clarinet, Bass - Peter Davies, Trombone - Julie Andrews, Bassoon - Richard Skinner, Bassoon - Gavin McNaughton, Bassoon - Sue Bohling, Oboe - Bill Benham, Viola - Jonathan Strange, Violin - Jamie Talbot, Clarinet, Flute, Alto Saxophone - Paul Gardham, Horn - Wayne Shorter, Soprano Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone - Peter Erskine, Drums - Antonia Fuchs, Violin - Boguslav Kotecki, Violin - Catherine Bradshaw, Viola - Godfrey Salmon, Violin - Helen Liebmann, Cello - Helenn Keen, Flute - Hugh Seenan, Horn - Mike Brittain, Bass - Peter Oxet, Violin - Phil Eastop, Horn - Stan Sulzman, Clarinet, Flute - Vaughn Armon, Violin - Wilf Gibson, Violin - John Tyree, Assistant Mixing Engineer - Peter Beachil, Trombone
© 2025 Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company. ℗ 2000 Reprise Records
DISC 3
Bernie Grundman, MasteringEngineer - Chuck Findley, Trumpet - JOHN GUERIN, Drums - Henry Lewy, Engineer, MixingEngineer - Joni Mitchell, Producer, Vocals, Writer, MainArtist, MixingEngineer - JOE SAMPLE, Keyboards - Jon Hendricks, Writer - Max Bennett, Bass - Harry Edison, Writer - Robben Ford, Guitar - Ellis Sorkin, AssistantEngineer
© 2025 Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company. ℗ 1975, 2022 Rhino Entertainment Company
Jim Keltner, Drums - Bernie Grundman, MasteringEngineer - Joni Mitchell, Producer, Guitar, Vocals, Writer, MainArtist - LARRY KLEIN, Producer, Bass Guitar - Julie Last, AssistantEngineer - Wayne Shorter, Soprano Saxophone - DAN MARNIEN, Audio Recording Engineer, MixingEngineer - Paul Lundin, AssistantEngineer - Paula Schaper, AssistantEngineer, AssistantProducer - Marsha Burns, AssistantProducer
© 2025 Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company. ℗ 1994 Reprise Records
JAMES TAYLOR, Guitar - Joni Mitchell, Composer, Producer, Keyboards, Lead Vocals, Writer, MainArtist - Brian Blade, Drums - DAN MARNIEN, Engineer
© 2025 Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company. ℗ 2007 Joni Mitchell, Courtesy Of Joni Mitchell
Bernie Grundman, MasteringEngineer - Joni Mitchell, Producer, Guitar, Percussion, Vocals, Writer, MainArtist - LARRY KLEIN, Producer, Bass Guitar, Keyboards - Julie Last, AssistantEngineer - DAN MARNIEN, Audio Recording Engineer, MixingEngineer - Paul Lundin, AssistantEngineer - Paula Schaper, AssistantEngineer, AssistantProducer - Marsha Burns, AssistantProducer
© 2025 Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company. ℗ 1994 Reprise Records
The Persuasions, Additional Vocals - Michael Brecker, Saxophone - Lyle Mays, Keyboards - Joni Mitchell, Guitar, Vocals, Writer, MainArtist - Pat Metheny, Guitar - Don Alias, Drums - JACO PASTORIUS, Bass Guitar
© 2025 Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company. ℗ 1980 Elektra Records
Steve Katz, Audio Recording Engineer, AssistantProducer - Bernie Grundman, MasteringEngineer - Chuck Findley, Horn - Tom Scott, Horn - JOHN GUERIN, Drums - Henry Lewy, Audio Recording Engineer, MixingEngineer - Joni Mitchell, Producer, Guitar, Vocals, Writer, MainArtist - JACO PASTORIUS, Bass Guitar
© 2025 Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company. ℗ 2002 Nonesuch Records
Steve Katz, Audio Recording Engineer, MixingEngineer - Bernie Grundman, MasteringEngineer - JOHN GUERIN, Drums - Henry Lewy, Audio Recording Engineer, MixingEngineer - Joni Mitchell, Producer, Piano, Vocals, Writer, MainArtist - Wayne Shorter, Soprano Saxophone - Frank Laico, Orchestral Engineer - Michael Gibbs, Conductor - JACO PASTORIUS, Bass Guitar - Robert Ash, AssistantEngineer
© 2025 Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company. ℗ 1977 Asylum Records
Steve Katz, RecordingEngineer, AssistantProducer - Bernie Grundman, MasteringEngineer - JOHN GUERIN, Drums - Henry Lewy, Producer, MixingEngineer, RecordingEngineer - Joni Mitchell, Producer, Guitar, Vocals, Writer, MainArtist, MixingEngineer - Chuck Domanico, Bass Guitar - LARRY CARLTON, Guitar
© 2025 Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company. ℗ 1976 Asylum Records
Steve Katz, RecordingEngineer, AssistantProducer - Bernie Grundman, MasteringEngineer - JOHN GUERIN, Drums - Henry Lewy, Producer, MixingEngineer, RecordingEngineer - Joni Mitchell, Producer, Guitar, Vocals, Writer, MainArtist, MixingEngineer - LARRY CARLTON, Lead Guitar - JACO PASTORIUS, Bass Guitar
© 2025 Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company. ℗ 1976 Asylum Records
J. D. SOUTHER, Vocals - Steve Katz, Audio Recording Engineer, MixingEngineer - Bernie Grundman, MasteringEngineer - JOHN GUERIN, Drums - Henry Lewy, Audio Recording Engineer, MixingEngineer - Joni Mitchell, Producer, Vocals, Writer, MainArtist - Glenn Frey, Vocals - Frank Laico, Orchestral Engineer - Michael Gibbs, Conductor - JACO PASTORIUS, Bass Guitar - Robert Ash, AssistantEngineer
© 2025 Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company. ℗ 1977 Asylum Records
Tom Scott, Reeds, Woodwinds - JOHN GUERIN, Drums, Percussion - Henry Lewy, Engineer - Joni Mitchell, Producer, Piano, Vocals, Writer, MainArtist - JOE SAMPLE, Electric Piano - Max Bennett, Bass Guitar - LARRY CARLTON, Electric Guitar - Ellis Sorkin, Engineer
© 2025 Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company. ℗ 1974, 2022 Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company.
Joni Mitchell, Producer, Arranger, Guitar, Bass Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals, Writer, MainArtist, MixingEngineer - Greg Leisz, Pedal Steel Guitar - TONY PHILLIPS, Engineer - Brian Blade, Drums - DAN MARNIEN, Engineer, MixingEngineer
© 2025 Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company. ℗ 1998 Reprise Records
Bernie Grundman, MasteringEngineer - Carlos Vega, Drums - Joni Mitchell, Producer, Keyboards, Piano, Vocals, Writer, MainArtist - Greg Leisz, Pedal Steel Guitar - LARRY KLEIN, Producer, Bass Guitar - Julie Last, AssistantEngineer - Wayne Shorter, Soprano Saxophone - DAN MARNIEN, Audio Recording Engineer, MixingEngineer - Paul Lundin, AssistantEngineer - Paula Schaper, AssistantEngineer, AssistantProducer - Marsha Burns, AssistantProducer
© 2025 Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company. ℗ 1994 Reprise Records
Bernie Grundman, MasteringEngineer - Joni Mitchell, Producer, Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals, Writer, MainArtist - LARRY KLEIN, Producer, Bass Guitar - Julie Last, AssistantEngineer - DAN MARNIEN, Audio Recording Engineer, MixingEngineer - Paul Lundin, AssistantEngineer - Paula Schaper, AssistantEngineer, AssistantProducer - Marsha Burns, AssistantProducer
© 2025 Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company. ℗ 1994 Reprise Records
DISC 4
Stuart Smith, Electric Guitar - Bernie Grundman, MasteringEngineer - Joni Mitchell, Producer, Guitar, Keyboards, Percussion, Vocals, Writer, MainArtist - LARRY KLEIN, Producer, Bass Guitar, Percussion - Julie Last, AssistantEngineer - Wayne Shorter, Soprano Saxophone - DAN MARNIEN, Audio Recording Engineer, MixingEngineer - Paul Lundin, AssistantEngineer - Paula Schaper, AssistantEngineer, AssistantProducer - Marsha Burns, AssistantProducer
© 2025 Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company. ℗ 1994 Reprise Records
Steve Katz, Audio Recording Engineer, MixingEngineer - Bernie Grundman, MasteringEngineer - Henry Lewy, Audio Recording Engineer, MixingEngineer - Joni Mitchell, Composer, Producer, Guitar, Lead Vocals, Writer, MainArtist, MixingEngineer - HERBIE HANCOCK, Piano - Emil Richards, Percussion - Wayne Shorter, Soprano Saxophone - Don Alias, Congas Drums - JACO PASTORIUS, Bass Guitar - JERRY SOLOMON, AdditionalEngineer - Peter Erkskine, Drums
© 2025 Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company. ℗ 1979 Asylum Records
Steve Katz, Audio Recording Engineer, MixingEngineer - Bernie Grundman, MasteringEngineer - Henry Lewy, Audio Recording Engineer, MixingEngineer - Joni Mitchell, Producer, Guitar, Vocals, Writer, MainArtist, MixingEngineer - HERBIE HANCOCK, Piano - Emil Richards, Percussion - Charles Mingus, Composer - Wayne Shorter, Soprano Saxophone - Don Alias, Congas Drums - JACO PASTORIUS, Bass Guitar - JERRY SOLOMON, AdditionalEngineer - Peter Erkskine, Drums
© 2025 Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company. ℗ 1979 Asylum Records
The Persuasions, Additional Vocals - Michael Brecker, Saxophone - Lyle Mays, Keyboards - Joni Mitchell, Guitar, Vocals, Writer, MainArtist - Charles Mingus, Composer - Pat Metheny, Guitar - Don Alias, Drums - JACO PASTORIUS, Bass Guitar
© 2025 Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company. ℗ 1980 Elektra Records
Album Review: Joni's Jazz - Joni Mitchell
When Joni Mitchell was finally coerced by her label into releasing a greatest hits compilation (1996's Hits), she did so only under the condition that she could also release a companion album of her favorite tracks that didn't receive such wide acclaim. That album, Misses, was released on the same day and, in addition to acting as a sort of alternate-universe representation of Mitchell's best work, it also gave the world a chance to get a glimpse at how she views her own creative output. This is, after all, the same person who—whenever possible—took the opportunity to call out the craven lack of imagination of the folks that run the music business ("You Turn Me On, I'm A Radio," "Free Man in Paris," "Shiny Toys"), so it's unsurprising that she and those very same suits don't see eye to eye on how best to curate and contextualize her work.
Thus it is that Joni's Jazz, a four-disc compilation of "recordings chosen by Mitchell that reflect jazz's profound influence on her music" is not just a collection of material that's occasionally "jazzy," but also the career-encompassing "Joni box set" fans have been waiting years for. While the recent run of Joni Mitchell Archives releases have been illuminating in their extensive documentation of her creative evolution, they have been, by definition, comprehensive and chronological in nature. The selective and nearly narrative approach of Joni's Jazz is something else altogether, representing the way that Mitchell herself—rather than her critics or her colleagues—wants to define her music. (It also, unlike any of the previous Archives sets, includes multiple tracks from her early '80s run on Geffen Records, which are available to download, but not to stream.) That the set starts off with "Blue" and includes a handful of other tracks like "Marcie" that hew much more closely to her folk-singer origins gives the listener plenty of indication that Mitchell's version of "jazz" has much less to do with fitting into the bebop lineage than it does with making highly individualized music that's informed by the improvisational freedom and instrumental adventurousness of the genre.
To be sure, there are plenty of jazz chops to be found here. Mitchell's most frequent partners-in-jazz Wayne Shorter, Herbie Hancock, Jaco Pastorius, and, yes, Charles Mingus are present throughout, as well as a raft of other talented players like Brian Blade, Kenny Wheeler, Larry Klein, and Mark Isham who may not be household names, but each introduced unique vectors of the jazz tradition to Mitchell's work.
There is even a substantial clutch of jazz standards that are sung by Mitchell: "Twisted," "Stormy Weather," "You're My Thrill," "The Man I Love," and a live version of "Summertime" from the 2023 Newport Folk Festival. Many of these hail from 1999's Both Sides Now, the most explicitly jazz-y album in Mitchell's discography. But even though she's in smoky-club-singer mode, the iconoclastic musical structures and instrumental approaches she used kept Both Sides from becoming the sort of dreaded "see, I can sing jazz, too" project many artists feel obligated to make. That weirdness is what makes Mitchell's relationship to jazz—and this compilation—so interesting. (The set could have been called Weird Joni, but that would have been likely to sell far fewer copies.) Only Joni Mitchell would compile a career-spanning box set that sequences her sprawling, album-side-length epic "Paprika Plains" right next to the Great American Songbook-style "Blue Motel Room," because only Joni Mitchell would see both of those songs as equally representing "Joni's Jazz." © Jason Ferguson/Qobuz
About the album
- 4 disc(s) - 61 track(s)
- Total length: 04:48:56
- Main artists: Joni Mitchell
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Rhino
- Genre: Jazz
© 2025 Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company. ℗ 2025 Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company.
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