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'Joni’s Jazz' is here.
A truly personal collection curated by Joni Mitchell that celebrates the genre’s profound impact on her work. Available on 8LP, 4CD and digitally, the set features 61 tracks and showcases Mitchell’s collaborations with jazz luminaries like Wayne Shorter, Herbie Hancock, Jaco Pastorius, Charles Mingus, and more.
Box sets also include rare photos, original artwork, and a limited-edition Gift With Purchase Joni Mitchell Archives fine art print (while supplies last). Get your copy today: jm.lnk.to/JonisJazz
Happy birthday to Joni’s lifelong friend, Neil Young 💙
They met in 1964 at the Fourth Dimension club in Winnipeg, Canada. That same night, Young performed “Sugar Mountain,” which inspired “The Circle Game.”
Photo courtesy of United Artists
This just in. “NEWS” is now available to purchase in stores and online. Order yours at store.jonimitchell.com or shop in person at your local bookstore.
📸: Book Soup
“NEWS” is my protest song – a song not for the ears but for the eyes.”
See for yourself. NEWS is now back in stock at store.jonimitchell.com
November marks the 50th anniversary of ‘Hejira.’
For the cover, Joni asked Norman Seeff to capture a photo that was “haunted, like an Ingmar Bergman figure.”
Calling out to the Golden State today ✨
In October 1970, Joni performed “California” on the Johnny Cash Show, eight months before the release of ‘Blue.’
Joni 🤝Janet 🤝 Q-Tip
In 1997, Janet Jackson and Q-Tip sampled “Big Yellow Taxi” on “Got ‘Til It’s Gone.”
“I owe Joni Mitchell a huge debt.”
Annie Lennox on what Joni’s music means to her for ABC News, October 2007.
Elliot Roberts accepted an invitation to the Cafe Au Go Go on October 26, 1967 to watch a young Joni Mitchell open for Ian & Sylvia and Howard Hesseman. It was the beginning of a partnership. He soon became her manager, and a few months later, she would sign her first record contract with Reprise Records.
Performance of “Little Green” live at Cafe Au Go Go as featured in ‘Village Voices,’ broadcast in 1991.
“Mitchell's words are honed by a life dedicated to the notion that songs, like all great art, can illuminate deeper truths.” John Milward, Rolling Stone, 1994.
Diving deep into ‘Turbulent Indigo,’ on its 32nd anniversary today. Chalk full of twists and turns, this album would earn Joni the Grammy Award for Best Pop Album in 1996.
