The Joni Project brings a jazz framing to the songbook associated with Joni Mitchell, performed live at Iridium in Manhattan. The group treats familiar material as source text, opening it to reharmonization, shifting meters, and improvisation while keeping the narrative center of the lyrics in view. In New York, where cabaret rooms and jazz clubs have long been places for reinterpretation, this kind of repertoire work reads as cultural maintenance as much as performance. The critical question is how far the band can stretch these songs before their plainspoken intimacy changes character.