Performance

Jazz interpretations of Joni Mitchell's music

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At Iridium in New York City, a live jazz set reframes Joni Mitchell’s songbook through improvisation and small‑group arrangement. Her writing has long traveled between folk, pop, and jazz, and these interpretations bring out the harmonic density that often sits beneath the lyric surface. Mitchell’s turn toward jazz in the late 1970s helped legitimize cross‑genre songwriting in American music, a shift still felt in the city’s clubs. One takeaway is how well her melodies withstand reharmonization without losing their narrative edge.