Rickie Lee Jones

Broken Record with Rick Rubin, Malcolm Gladwell, Bruce Headlam and Justin Richmond

Pushkin Industries

Music, Society & Culture

4.5 • 4.2K Ratings

🗓️ 20 June 2023

⏱️ 66 minutes

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Summary

Rickie Lee Jones hit it big with her debut album in 1979. The following year she won the Grammy for Best New Artist, and over the course of the next four decades, she released numerous albums that pulled inspiration from jazz, rock, electronic music, and even musical-theater.

In late April, Rickie released her latest album, Pieces Of Treasure, where she sings songs from the American songbook with a jazz slant. Producer Russ Titelman, who produced Rickie’s first two albums, reunited with her on her latest and helped inspire Rickie to find comfort in a lower register. The result is an oftentimes sultry meditation on aging and survival.

On today’s episode Bruce Headlam talks to Rickie Lee Jones about her decades-long fight to sing jazz even though she is often viewed as an outsider. She also tells stories about leaving home as a young teenager, and the abuse she endured while trying to survive on her own. And she plays songs from her career including one she wrote after seeing John Lennon appear in a dream. And just a note before we get started – this episode contains descriptions of sexual abuse, and might not be appropriate for all listeners.

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0:57.6	Rikki Lee Jones hit it big with her debut album in 79.
1:01.6	The following year, she won the Grammy Award for Best New Artist, and over the course of
1:05.9	the next four decades, released numerous albums that pulled inspiration from jazz, rock,
1:12.1	electronic music, and even musical theater.
1:15.6	In late April, Rikki released her latest album, Pieces of Treasure, where she sings songs
1:20.6	in American Songbook with a jazz slant.
1:24.3	Producers and legendary A&R men, Rust title men, who produced Rikki's first two albums,
1:29.3	reunited with her on her latest and helped inspire Rikki to find a comfort in her lower
1:34.6	vocal register.
1:36.5	The result is an oftentimes, sold tree meditation on aging and survival.
1:42.9	On today's episode, Bruce Tadlam talks to Rikki Lee Jones about her decades-long fight
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