Pieces of Treasure, Rickie Lee Jonesrsquo newest album, has been a long time coming. In a career that has spanned more than four decades, the renowned singer songwriter has interpreted an extraordinarily wide range of songs from writers and artists she loves, often collected on the same albummdashshowtunes, blues, folk, rock David Bowie publicly praised her take on ldquoRebel Rebelrdquo. She was nominated for a 1989 Best Jazz Vocal Performance Grammy for her rendition of ldquoAutumn Leavesrdquo from Rob Wassermanrsquos Duets album a year later she won in the same category for her duet with Dr. John of ldquoMakinrsquo Whoopee.rdquonbsp She has released the celebrated jazzleaning albums Girl at Her Volcano and Pop Pop, but until now, she had never devoted an entire album to the American Songbook.Pieces of Treasure mdash the title a callback to Jonesrsquo seminal album Piratesmdashis a reunion with legendary producer Russ Titelman, who had, with former Warner Bros. Records head Lenny Waronker, coproduced her starmaking 1980 debut LP Rickie Lee Jones and the follow up, Pirates.
