(De)Constructing Jazz through its performers, repertoire, and musical process: a comparison between Herbie Hancock’s boundary-defying albums Possibilities and River: The Joni Letters
Keywords:
Jazz, Pop, Repertoire, Herbie Hancock, Possibilities, Joni Mitchell, Performance, Musical Process, Music Industry, Music Recordings, Popular MusicAbstract
The main goal of this article is to address the problem with the construction of the concept of jazz, through the comparison between Herbie Hancock’s Possibilities (2005) and River: The Joni Letters (2007) albums. While River is commonly accepted by most critics as a ‘jazz album’, Possibilities presents a set of features that places it in a non-consensual territory in terms of labelling.
