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This CD is a thrilling convergence for me because in the 60's I was, like everyone else I knew, into the new folk and rock of the day, but also, like not many others, into the new jazz, which included Hancock and Shorter. I saw Cohen in one of his first live performances as a singer, and knew about Joni when she was maybe 18-- these things were possible because I am a Canadian and so are Joni and Cohen, and they got their start here. So in addition to the convergence of several of my heroes (including Holland, too), this CD is a nice Canada-U.S.event.My only disagreement with this review is that I like Leonard Cohen's contribution to it. Joni's Jungle Line lyrics are a match for most of Cohen's own lyrics, and they even sound like he could have written them, so it works well. He doesn't croak,he's just got a deep voice and he's an old man now. The Shorter-Mitchell collaboration over the past 20 years on Mitchell's CDs is a miracle not much noticed. He's beautiful on