A new compilation of Joni Mitchell’s jazz music has been announced. Spanning her 1968 debut, Song to a Seagull, through her performance at the 2022 Newport Folk Festival, Joni’s Jazz traces Mitchell’s longstanding love affair with the titular genre. The 61-track release features rare and unreleased live recordings, demos, and alternate takes. Check out the full tracklist and listen to a demo of “Be Cool,” from 1982’s Wild Things Run Fast, below.
Mitchell is dedicating Joni’s Jazz to Wayne Shorter. “It was a joy to play with him,” she said of the late jazz great. “He will be missed, but he will remain alive for me in this music.” The project features Mitchell’s collaborations with Shorter, as well as those with jazz legends Jaco Pastorius, Herbie Hancock, and Charles Mingus.
Joni’s Jazz will be out September 5, via Rhino, in 8xLP and 4xCD box set formats. The physical editions are accompanied by liner notes, photographs, and some of Mitchell’s original artwork. It’s also being released digitally.
Read the Sunday Review of Mitchell’s 1976 album, Hejira, and revisit Andy Cush’s article “Joni Mitchell Is Still Singing ‘Both Sides Now.’”
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Joni’s Jazz:
01 Blue (2025 Remaster)
02 Trouble Man (With Kyle Eastwood)
03 Moon at the Window (Demo)
04 Be Cool (Demo)
05 Harlem in Havana (2025 Remaster)
06 Cherokee Louise
07 Come in From the Cold
08 In France They Kiss on Main Street (2025 Remaster)
09 Nothing Can Be Done
10 Sex Kills (2025 Remaster)
11 Edith and the Kingpin (2025 Remaster)
12 Cold Blue Steel and Sweet Fire (2025 Remaster)
13 The Jungle Line (2025 Remaster)
14 Shades of Scarlett Conquering (2025 Remaster)
15 Yvette in English (2025 Remaster)
16 Marcie (2025 Remaster)
17 A Bird That Whistles
01 Love
02 Comes Love (2025 Remaster)
03 The Man I Love (With Herbie Hancock)
04 At Last (2025 Remaster)
05 You’re My Thrill (2025 Remaster)
06 Sometimes I’m Happy (2025 Remaster)
07 Stay in Touch (2025 Remaster)
08 The Crazy Cries of Love (2025 Remaster)
09 Face Lift (2025 Remaster)
10 Sweet Sucker Dance (Early Alternate Version) (2025 Remaster)
11 You Dream Flat Tires
12 Answer Me, My Love (2025 Remaster)
13 Love Puts on a New Face (2025 Remaster)
14 Both Sides Now (2025 Remaster)
01 Harry’s House/Centerpiece (2025 Remaster)
02 Sunny Sunday (2025 Remaster)
03 Hana
04 Last Chance Lost (2025 Remaster)
05 Smokin’ (Empty, Try Another)
06 Hejira (Live at the Santa Barbara County Bowl, September 9, 1979) (2025 Remaster)
07 Refuge of the Roads (2025 Remaster)
08 Paprika Plains (2025 Remaster)
09 Blue Motel Room (2025 Remaster)
10 Black Crow (2025 Remaster)
11 Off Night Backstreet (2025 Remaster)
12 Just Like This Train (2025 Remaster)
13 No Apologies (2025 Remaster)
14 Not to Blame (2025 Remaster)
15 The Magdalene Laundries (2025 Remaster)
