Joni's Jazz
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| Released | September 5, 2025 | |||
| Genre | Jazz[1] | |||
| Label | Rhino | |||
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Joni's Jazz is a box set by Canadian musician Joni Mitchell. It was released on September 5, 2025, through Rhino Entertainment.[1] The collection contains 61 tracks with an emphasis on Mitchell's material in the jazz genre, including her collaborations with Wayne Shorter (to whom the set is dedicated), Jaco Pastorius, Herbie Hancock, and Charles Mingus. The set spans Mitchell's debut album Song to a Seagull (1968) to her 2022 live performance at the Newport Folk Festival.[2] A previously unreleased demo of "Be Cool" was released alongside the announcement of the collection on June 25, 2025.[3]
Track listing
[edit]All tracks are written by Joni Mitchell, except where noted.
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Original release | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Blue" | Blue, 1971 | ||
| 2. | "Trouble Man" (with Kyle Eastwood) | Marvin Gaye | From There to Here by Kyle Eastwood, 1998 | |
| 3. | "Moon at the Window" (demo) | previously unreleased | 3:26 | |
| 4. | "Be Cool" (demo) | previously unreleased | 3:36 | |
| 5. | "Harlem in Havana" | Taming the Tiger, 1998 | ||
| 6. | "Cherokee Louise" | Night Ride Home, 1991 | ||
| 7. | "Come in from the Cold" | Night Ride Home | ||
| 8. | "In France They Kiss on Main Street" | The Hissing of Summer Lawns, 1975 | ||
| 9. | "Nothing Can Be Done" |
| Night Ride Home | |
| 10. | "Sex Kills" | Turbulent Indigo, 1994 | ||
| 11. | "Edith and the Kingpin" | The Hissing of Summer Lawns | ||
| 12. | "Cold Blue Steel and Sweet Fire" | For the Roses, 1972 | ||
| 13. | "The Jungle Line" | The Hissing of Summer Lawns | ||
| 14. | "Shades of Scarlett Conquering" | The Hissing of Summer Lawns | ||
| 15. | "Yvette in English" |
| Turbulent Indigo | |
| 16. | "Marcie" | Song to a Seagull, 1968 | ||
| 17. | "A Bird That Whistles" | Chalk Mark in a Rain Storm, 1988 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Original release | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Love" | Wild Things Run Fast, 1982 | ||
| 2. | "Comes Love" | Both Sides Now, 2000 | ||
| 3. | "The Man I Love" (with Herbie Hancock) | Gershwin's World by Herbie Hancock, 1998 | ||
| 4. | "At Last" | Both Sides Now | ||
| 5. | "You're My Thrill" | Both Sides Now | ||
| 6. | "Sometimes I'm Happy" | Both Sides Now | ||
| 7. | "Stay in Touch" | Taming the Tiger | ||
| 8. | "The Crazy Cries of Love" | Taming the Tiger | ||
| 9. | "Face Lift" | Taming the Tiger | ||
| 10. | "Sweet Sucker Dance" (early alternate version) |
| Joni Mitchell Archives – Vol. 4: The Asylum Years (1976–1980), 2024 | |
| 11. | "You Dream Flat Tires" | Travelogue, 2002 | ||
| 12. | "Answer Me, My Love" | Both Sides Now | ||
| 13. | "Love Puts on a New Face" | Taming the Tiger | ||
| 14. | "Both Sides Now" | Both Sides Now |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Original release | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Harry's House/Centerpiece" |
| The Hissing of Summer Lawns | |
| 2. | "Sunny Sunday" | Turbulent Indigo | ||
| 3. | "Hana" | Shine | ||
| 4. | "Last Chance Lost" | Turbulent Indigo | ||
| 5. | "Smokin' (Empty, Try Another)" | Dog Eat Dog, 1985 | ||
| 6. | "Hejira" (live at the Santa Barbara County Bowl, September 9, 1979) | Shadows and Light, 1980 | ||
| 7. | "Refuge of the Roads" | Hejira, 1976 | ||
| 8. | "Paprika Plains" | Don Juan's Reckless Daughter, 1977 | ||
| 9. | "Blue Motel Room" | Hejira | ||
| 10. | "Black Crow" | Hejira | ||
| 11. | "Off Night Backstreet" | Don Juan's Reckless Daughter | ||
| 12. | "Just Like This Train" | Court and Spark, 1974 | ||
| 13. | "No Apologies" | Taming the Tiger | ||
| 14. | "Not to Blame" | Turbulent Indigo | ||
| 15. | "The Magdalene Laundries" | Turbulent Indigo |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Original release | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "The Sire of Sorrow (Job's Sad Song)" | Turbulent Indigo | ||
| 2. | "God Must Be a Boogie Man" | Mingus | ||
| 3. | "A Chair in the Sky" |
| Mingus | |
| 4. | "Goodbye Pork Pie Hat" (live at the Santa Barbara County Bowl, September 9, 1979) |
| Shadows and Light | |
| 5. | "The Tea Leaf Prophecy (Lay Down Your Arms)" (with Herbie Hancock) |
| River: The Joni Letters by Herbie Hancock, 2007 | |
| 6. | "Shine" | Shine | ||
| 7. | "If I Had a Heart" | Shine | ||
| 8. | "Impossible Dreamer" | Dog Eat Dog | ||
| 9. | "One Week Last Summer" | Shine | ||
| 10. | "Summertime" (live at Newport Folk Festival, July 24, 2022) |
| Joni Mitchell at Newport, 2023 | |
| 11. | "Stormy Weather" | Both Sides Now | ||
| 12. | "Two Grey Rooms" (demo) | Wild Things Run Fast reissue, 2003 | ||
| 13. | "The Dry Cleaner from Des Moines" |
| Mingus | |
| 14. | "Twisted" | Court and Spark | ||
| 15. | "If" | Mitchell, lyrics adapted from "If—" by Rudyard Kipling | Shine |
Charts
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References
[edit]- 1 2 Green, Walden (June 25, 2025). "Joni Mitchell Announces New Jazz Compilation, Shares "Be Cool" Demo". Pitchfork. Retrieved July 25, 2025.
- ↑ Friedlander, Matt (June 25, 2025). "Joni Mitchell to Release Career-Spanning Box Set Focusing on Her Jazz-Influenced Songs, 'Joni's Jazz'". American Songwriter. Retrieved June 25, 2025.
- ↑ Breihan, Tom (June 25, 2025). "Hear Joni Mitchell's Previously Unreleased "Be Cool" Demo From New Joni's Jazz Box Set". Stereogum. Retrieved July 25, 2025.
- ↑ "Lista prodaje 36. tjedan 2025" [Sales list Week 36 2025] (in Croatian). HDU. September 7, 2025. Archived from the original on September 18, 2025. Retrieved September 18, 2025.
- ↑ "Billboard Japan Top Albums Sales – October 1, 2025". Billboard Japan (in Japanese). Retrieved October 2, 2025.
- ↑ "Official Scottish Albums Chart on 12/9/2025 – Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved September 13, 2025.
- ↑ "Official Albums Sales Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved September 17, 2025.
- ↑ "Official Jazz & Blues Albums Chart on 12/9/2025 – Top 30". Official Charts Company. Retrieved September 16, 2025.
- ↑ "Joni Mitchell Chart History (Top Current Album Sales)". Billboard. Archived from the original. Retrieved September 16, 2025. [dead link]
- ↑ "Joni Mitchell Chart History (Top Jazz Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved September 16, 2025.
- ↑ "Offizielle Deutsche Charts Top 20 Jazz-Charts – Oktober 2025" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved October 7, 2025.