Joni Mitchell Unveils Jazz-Spanning Archive With Rare 1980 Demo

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00:00Joni Mitchell unveils Jazz Spanning Archive with rare 1980 demo.

00:05While most artists' jazz periods feel like detours, Joni Mitchell's surprise announcement

00:10of Joni's jazz proves her entire catalog speaks this musical language fluently.

00:15The personally curated 61-track compilation, arriving September 5th, 2025, through Rhino

00:21Records, challenges decades of categorization by revealing jazz as Mitchell's creative

00:26throughline rather than experimental phase.

00:29Her understanding of Mitchell's evolution gets completely decontextualized here.

00:33This isn't just a Greatest Hits compilation, it's musical archaeology, showcasing her from

00:38the 1968 debut to her Newport Folk Festival return.

00:42The collection interweaves studio classics, live recordings, and alternate takes to highlight

00:47how jazz influenced her early folk work.

00:50The Crown Jewels are two unreleased 1980 demos, Be Cool and Moon at the Window.

00:56Be Cool, available as a single, echoes a soulful steely Dan, with Mitchell's voice elevating

01:02sophisticated chords to pure jazz artistry.

01:05This track justifies the entire project, capturing her unfiltered creativity.

01:10Mitchell's decade-long curation transforms potential nostalgia into essential documentation.

01:16By dedicating the set to Wayne Shorter, who passed in 2023, she acknowledges the collaborative

01:21spirit that shaped her adventurous work.

01:24This compilation reframes five decades of genre blending genius for listeners who thought

01:28they knew her story.

01:30Mitchell's boundary blurring predates genre-fluid trends, mirroring soulful experimentation that

01:36elevates New Orleans Jazz Fest from predictability into adventurous culinary delight.