River: The Joni Letters (with Bonus Tracks) - Amazon.com Exclusive

Super CD I will be using it in my Arts and Humanities class this fall.

Herbie Hancock is a genius. The sound engineer who did this CD is a genius. Together, they created something that sounds like they are in my listening room. They are simply there! The music is perfect, chords like nowhere else.

This is a very fine CD with Joni Mitchell songs rendered by various artists, including Joni and Herbie. I've had it about a month and listen to it about once a day, average. Buy it, it's worth every penny!

A terrific CD, although the early songs didn't quite hook me the first time I listened to this CD. Once I got to "Sweet Bird", however, I was loving it. While the first few songs are good, the second half of the CD is definitely better than the first.

This CD was a wonderful surprise to me. I was expecting more of a pop feel and was pleasantly surprised by how improvisational it was. Norah Jones' gorgeous take on "Court and Spark" is beautifully realized and extremely haunting. I enjoyed Tina Turner's version of "Edith," as well. There's much here to absorb...especially for jazz fans. Others would find this material difficult to penetrate. It's so nice that it won the Grammy. It's a deep and rather dark musical journey, but well worth it. Lovely.