Joni's Jazz

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Joni's Jazz
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ReleasedSeptember 5, 2025
Genre Jazz [1]
Label Rhino
Joni Mitchell chronology
Joni Mitchell Archives – Vol. 4: The Asylum Years (1976–1980)
(2024)
Joni's Jazz
(2025)
Singles from Joni's Jazz
  1. "Be Cool (demo)"
    Released: June 25, 2025
  2. "Moon at the Window (demo)"
    Released: July 25, 2025

Joni's Jazz is an upcoming box set by Canadian musician Joni Mitchell. It is set to be released on September 5, 2025, through Rhino Entertainment. [1] The collection will contain 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 will span 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

All tracks are written by Joni Mitchell, except where noted.

Disc one
No.TitleWriter(s)Original releaseLength
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 unreleased3:26
4."Be Cool" (demo) previously unreleased3:36
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 
Disc two
No.TitleWriter(s)Original releaseLength
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 
Disc three
No.TitleWriter(s)Original releaseLength
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 
Disc four
No.TitleWriter(s)Original releaseLength
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"
  • Mitchell
  • Mingus
Mingus 
4."Goodbye Pork Pie Hat" (live at the Santa Barbara County Bowl, September 9, 1979)
  • Mitchell
  • Mingus
Shadows and Light 
5."The Tea Leaf Prophecy (Lay Down Your Arms)" (with Herbie Hancock)
  • Mitchell
  • Klein
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"
  • Mitchell
  • Mingus
Mingus 
14."Twisted"Court and Spark 
15."If"Mitchell, lyrics adapted from "If—" by Rudyard Kipling Shine 

References

  1. 1 2 Green, Walden (June 25, 2025). "Joni Mitchell Announces New Jazz Compilation, Shares "Be Cool" Demo". Pitchfork. Retrieved July 25, 2025.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.