Improbable Intersection: When Joni Mitchell Met Charles Mingus

While Mitchell’s associations with jazz had been criticised in themainstream rock press by writers who found her experimental,category-defying streak somewhat conceited, it was Mingus himself whoinstigated the project. Dying from ALS, Mingus was fixed on the idea of afinal project, an epitaph of sorts, but he knew he needed a guidinglight to see it through to fruition. – Jazz Journal