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Herbie Hancock: River: The Joni Letters

Read "River: The Joni Letters" reviewed by John Kelman

by John Kelman
October 11, 2007

While it might be easy, on the surface, to view pianist Herbie Hancock's River: The Joni Letters as a continuation of Possibilities (Hear, 2005), nothing could be further from the truth. Possibilities was an unapologetically pop record; River is unequivocally jazz--although such broad classifications shouldn't matter. River is, quite simply, a superb disc that takes Joni Mitchell's extant jazz proclivities and gives them an even greater interpretive boost. The majority of River is culled from Mitchell's “classic" songwriting ...

Late Night Thoughts on Jazz

Jazz Music's Singer/Songwriter Movement

by Marshall Bowden
December 15, 2002

This article was first published on All About Jazz in December 2002. I doubt that ten years ago anyone would have suspected that the singer-songwriter movement that infected popular music in the 1970s would come back in the late '90s and first decade of the new century in jazz music. But take a look at recent recordings by some of the music's most innovative singers and that is exactly what has happened. It should come as no surprise ...

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Joni Mitchell: Both Sides Now

by David Adler
April 1, 2000

Joni Mitchell's love of jazz has never been a secret, but this program of mostly old standards is a departure for the folk-rock icon. In characteristically creative fashion, Mitchell orders the songs so that they tell the story of a typical romantic relationship, from the first-blush sentiments of “At Last" to the anguish of “Answer Me, My Love," to the zen-like perseverance of her own classic “Both Sides Now." In so doing, she makes a statement that is truly universal, ...