Jazz pianist David Lahm and his all-star guests, such as Randy Brecker and Lew Tabackin, uses Jazz music to reimagine the songs of Joni Mitchell, one of the century s greatest musical talents, on this imaginative CD. The individualistic, esoteric nature of Joni Mitchell s repertoire bears a natural affinity to Jazz. Now pianist David Lahm pays tribute to her in the idiom that has permeated her repertoire: Jazz. This recording represents a new kind of recognition for one of Pop and Folk-Rock s most endearing song sculptors. Features 19 all-star Jazz musicians including Randy Brecker, Lew Tabackin, Thomas Chapin, and Kenny Washington, David Lahm: Jazz Takes on Joni Mitchell proves that Joni Mitchell"s works are Jazz compositions that have a place in the repertoire of that most vital and uncompromising genre of music, mainstream American jazz.