Mr. Completely on Nostr: that's the jazz influence, Mingus in particular. She went ever deeper into her ...

that's the jazz influence, Mingus in particular. She went ever deeper into her signature suspended chords and unusual voicings but also in general started treating her voice as the lead instrument it was. Help Me is perhaps my single favorite vocal performance by any artist, especially the recently released acoustic demo.

I'd invert your formulation by saying almost anyone can sing Dylan and most of them can do it better than him, but very few can carry off a Joni song respectably.