Should We Think of Joni Mitchell as a Jazz Singer? A New Box Says Yes

Should We Think of Joni Mitchell as a Jazz Singer? A New Box Says Yes

Thanks to A Complete Unknown and the forthcoming Bruce Springsteen biopic Deliver Me from Nowhere, the concept of musicians intentionally throwing their audiences for a loop is back in the national conversation. But as Joni Mitchell would be the first to tell you, no one made a fan base engage in more collective head-scratching and exasperation than she did nearly 50 years ago. Recruiting serious jazz players instead of the usual.A. studio cat…