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Joni Mitchell presenta una antología que explora su virtuosa relación con el jazz
Joni Mitchell publicará en septiembre la antología Joni’s Jazz, una colección de 61 temas que explora a fondo su relación con el jazz y que estará disponible en cuatro CD o en ocho LP, abarcando casi toda su discografía y mostrando la amplitud de su inmersión en este género musical.
La pregunta sobre qué es el jazz ha sido motivo de debate durante décadas, pero ahora se vislumbra una respuesta a través de la mirada de Joni Mitchell. La artista canadiense, reconocida por su capacidad para desafiar etiquetas y expectativas, aborda este interrogante con una recopilación que recorre su trayectoria y revela cómo el jazz ha influido y transformado su obra. Joni’s Jazz, que forma parte de la serie Archives, representa su primera compilación temática y se presenta como un testimonio de su evolución musical.
La selección de canciones, que se ofrecerá tanto en formato físico como digital, abarca casi todos los álbumes fundamentales de Joni Mitchell, con la excepción de Clouds y Ladies of the Canyon. Esta decisión curatorial permite apreciar la manera en que ella incorporó elementos del jazz en distintas etapas de su carrera, desde sus inicios hasta sus trabajos más recientes. En las notas de la edición Archives Volume 4 (1976-1980), publicadas el año pasado, Mitchell anticipó su entusiasmo por este proyecto al afirmar: “La gente me pregunta por mi disco favorito, será Joni’s Jazz.”
La aproximación de Mitchell al jazz no se limita a una etapa específica, sino que atraviesa toda su obra. Aunque pocos considerarían su álbum debut de 1968, Song to a Seagull, como un disco de jazz, la inclusión de una e sus canciones, “Marcie”, en Joni’s Jazz demuestra su intención de desafiar las categorías convencionales. Entre las canciones tempranas seleccionadas figuran “Both Sides Now” —probablemente en la versión regrabada en 2000, arreglada y dirigida por Vince Mendoza—, “Blue” del álbum homónimo de 1971 y la intensa “Cold Blue Steel and Sweet Fire” de For the Roses (1972). A partir de Court and Spark, editado un par de años después, las influencias jazzísticas presentes desde siempre adquirieron mayor protagonismo. Temas como “Just Like This Train” y la versión de “Twisted” de Annie Ross y Wardell Gray, ambos de Court and Spark, ilustran este giro estilístico.
El llamado “periodo jazzero” de Mitchell, que siguió a la fusión pop-rock-jazz de Court and Spark, abarcó álbumes como Hejira, Don Juan’s Reckless Daughter, Mingus y el disco en vivo Shadows and Light. Estas obras, consideradas el núcleo de Joni’s Jazz, se caracterizan por la colaboración con músicos de renombre como Jaco Pastorius, Airto Moreira, Larry Carlton, Wayne Shorter, Charles Mingus, Gerry Mulligan, Herbie Hancock y Pat Metheny. La presencia de estos músicos no solo enriqueció el sonido sino que también consolidó su reputación como una de las figuras más innovadoras en la intersección entre el jazz y la música popular.
Joni’s Jazz también ofrece la oportunidad de redescubrir el periodo menos valorado de la artista durante su paso por Geffen Records, en el que adoptó técnicas de producción contemporáneas. Los álbumes Wild Things Run Fast, Dog Eat Dog, Chalk Mark in a Rain Storm y Night Ride Home, aún no abordados en profundidad en la serie Archives, encuentran aquí un nuevo contexto. La recopilación incluye varias canciones de esta etapa, permitiendo una reevaluación de su relevancia dentro del conjunto de la obra de Joni Mitchell.
Joni’s Jazz recoge temas de todos los álbumes publicados hasta Shine en 2007, su último trabajo de estudio. Entre ellos destaca Both Sides Now, un disco compuesto mayoritariamente por versiones en un estilo orquestal exuberante. En la antología se incluyen estándares como “Comes Love,” “You’re My Thrill,” “At Last,” “Sometimes I’m Happy,” “Answer Me, My Love,” “Love Puts on a New Face” y “Stormy Weather”, que reflejan la versatilidad interpretativa de Mitchell y su capacidad para reinventar clásicos del repertorio jazzístico.
La recopilación no se limita a la producción propia de Mitchell, sino que incorpora colaboraciones y versiones realizadas por otros artistas. Entre ellas se encuentran la interpretación de Kyle Eastwood de “Trouble Man” de Marvin Gaye, la versión de Herbie Hancock de “The Man I Love” de los Gershwin y la propia “The Tea Leaf Prophecy (Lay Down Your Arms)” de Mitchell incluida en River: The Joni Letters, el álbum de Hancock galardonado con el Grammy. El corte más reciente de Joni’s Jazz corresponde a una interpretación en directo de “Summertime”, grabada durante en el Newport Folk Festival de 2022. Además, la antología presenta dos maquetas inéditas de 1980: “Moon at the Window” y “Be Cool”, ambas publicadas originalmente en Wild Things Run Fast en 1982.
El lanzamiento de Joni’s Jazz estará a cargo de Rhino y se ofrecerá en CD, LP y formato digital. La edición en CD se presenta en un formato tipo libro, similar al de la caja Love Has Many Faces de 2014, mientras que los LP se alojan en un estuche especial. Ambas versiones comparten la misma fotografía de portada tomada en 2022, en la que aparecen Mitchell, Hancock y el fallecido Wayne Shorter, a quien se dedica este proyecto.
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DOJ silent on whether NYC politician who allegedly assaulted ICE officer will face charges
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As the New York City mayoral results roll in, the Department of Justice is remaining silent on whether it will press charges against city comptroller and former Democratic mayoral candidate Brad Lander, who allegedly assaulted a federal immigration officer inside a courthouse.
A spokesperson for the DOJ replied to Fox News Digital’s inquiry in an emailed statement, simply saying, «Unfortunately, we are not able to provide any additional information.»
Video footage taken of Lander’s arrest, which was on June 17, shows a chaotic scene in which Lander is hanging onto Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents as they escorted a defendant out of immigration court at 26 Federal Plaza. He repeatedly asked officials if they had a judicial warrant.
«I will let go when you show me the judicial warrant!» Lander said in the video. «Where is it?! Where is the warrant?!»
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New York City Comptroller Brad Lander was arrested by DHS agents on June 17, 2025. (Brad Lander/X)
The video shows federal officials eventually separate Lander from the immigrant whom the officials were targeting, and they proceed to handcuff Lander. He can be heard repeatedly insisting they do not have the authority to arrest him. One agent seemed to say that he was obstructing an arrest, to which he replied, «I’m not obstructing. I’m standing right here in the hallway. I asked to see the judicial warrant.»
Hours later, Lander walked out of the federal courthouse where he was being held alongside New York Gov. Kathy Hochul. During a news conference outside the courthouse, Hochul said that charges against Lander had been dropped, though the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York said it was «continuing to investigate» Lander’s actions.
«The safety and security of official proceedings, government officials, law enforcement officers, and all members of the public who participate in them is a core focus of our Office,» said Nick Biase, chief of public affairs for the U.S. Attorney’s Office. «The Department of Justice will prosecute violations of federal law.»
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New York City Comptroller and mayoral candidate Brad Lander, the latest politician to be swept up in President Donald Trump’s immigration raids, is arrested at an immigration court, in New York City, June 17, 2025 in this screen grab from a video obtained from social media. (New York City Comptroller’s Office/via REUTERS)
At the time of the incident, Lander was running for the Democratic nomination for New York City mayor, a race in which he ended up placing third. Though he was hailed as a hero by progressives, some accused him of purposely getting himself arrested for political clout.
Joe Borelli, a former New York City councilman and GOP political operative, told Fox News Digital that he believes Lander’s arrest was a «staged event.»
«Election day is a week from today, and early voting has begun. Make no mistake, the purpose was to get the headlines that he’s getting,» said Borelli. «It’s instant name recognition and establishing even stronger liberal bona fides.»
Speaking with Fox News after the incident, DHS Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin accused Democrat politicians, including Lander, Sen. Alex Padilla, D-Calif., and Newark Mayor Ras Baraka, of being purposely disruptive to «get their 15 minutes of fame… off the backs of our ICE law enforcement officers.»
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Then New York City mayoral candidate Brad Lander and the now-Democratic mayoral nominee Zorhan Mamdani appeared on «The Late Show» on the eve of the Democratic rank-choice primary. (Screenshot/CBS)
«We won’t stand for it in this administration,» said McLaughlin. «If you lay hands on an officer or impede their enforcement action, you will be arrested as just as we saw here.»
Weeks later, as New York City released its ranked choice election results, representatives for the Department of Justice declined to say whether the agency was still investigating the incident or whether it was considering charges against Lander.
The DOJ has similarly declined to comment on whether it will file charges against Padilla, who was temporarily detained after interrupting a press conference held by Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem in Los Angeles on June 12.
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Sen. Alex Padilla is pushed out of the room as Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem holds a news conference regarding the recent protests in Los Angeles on Thursday, June 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Etienne Laurent)
Padilla was pushed out of the room by the Secret Service and briefly arrested after trying to ask the secretary a question in the middle of her remarks.
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A DOJ spokesperson replied via email to Fox News Digital’s inquiry about Padilla, saying, «No comment here.»
Fox News Digital’s Alexandra Koch contributed to this report.
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‘Siberian Jesus’ sentenced to Russian prison after harming followers in bizarre cult
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A Siberian cult leader who claims to be the reincarnation of Jesus Christ was sentenced to 12 years in a Russian prison camp after his conviction for physically and financially harming his followers.
Sergei Torop, a former traffic policeman known to his followers as «Vissarion,» meaning «he who gives new life,» and two aides used psychological pressure to extract money from his followers and cause serious harm to their mental and physical health, Reuters reported.
Torop, 64, set up the Church of the Last Testament in a remote part of Siberia’s Krasnoyarsk region in 1991, the year the Soviet Union broke up.
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Vissarion, who has proclaimed himself a new Christ, conducts a service during the Holiday of Good Fruit feast in the village of Obitel Rassveta, southeast of Russia’s Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk. (Reuters/Ilya Naymushin)
He was one of three men convicted Monday in the Siberian city of Novosibirsk. Torop and Vladimir Vedernikov were sentenced to 12 years, and Vadim Redkin was sentenced to 11 years in a maximum-security prison camp.
All three men were arrested in 2020 in a helicopter raid that involved the FSB security service, the successor agency to the Soviet KGB.
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Members of the religious sect led by Vissarion, who has proclaimed himself a new Christ, take part in a procession on the eve of the Holiday of Good Fruit celebration in the Russian village of Petropavlovka. (Reuters/Ilya Naymushin )
A bearded self-styled mystic with long hair, Torop claimed to have been «reborn» to convey the word of God. He attracted thousands of followers, some of whom flocked to live in a settlement known as the «Abode of Dawn» or «Sun City» at a time when Russia was battling poverty and lawlessness, according to Reuters.
He told his followers not to eat meat, smoke, drink alcohol or swear and to stop using money.
Investigators said the men brought «moral harm» to 16 people, damage to the physical health of six people and moderate damage to another person’s health.
Members of the religious sect of Vissarion, who has proclaimed himself a new Christ, take part in the Holiday of Good Fruit feast in Siberia. (Reuters/Ilya Naymushin )
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Vedernikov had also been accused of committing fraud, the RIA state news agency reported.
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