JONI MITCHELL Shadows & Light 2-LP Jaco Pastorius Pat Metheny 1st Press Gate
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JONI MITCHELL Shadows & Light 2-LP Jaco Pastorius Pat Metheny 1st Press Printed Inner Sleeve
Absolutely a fantastic BG recording Jaco, Pat, Lyle, & Brecker really shine and kill it .....Highly Recommended
Shadows and Light is the second live album by Canadian musician Joni Mitchell. It was released in September 1980 through Asylum Records, her last release for the label. It was recorded in September 1979 at the Santa Barbara Bowl in Santa Barbara, California.
For the album, Mitchell was backed by a band of acclaimed jazz and fusion musicians consisting of guitarist Pat Metheny, bassist Jaco Pastorius, drummer Don Alias, keyboardist Lyle Mays, and saxophonist Michael Brecker. Additionally, vocal group the Persuasions appear on the title track and a cover of Frankie Lymon & the Teenagers' "Why Do Fools Fall in Love".
A nicely recorded live concert from '79, with some of Joni's beloved songs. Backed by fusion artists of the day, Metheny, Mays, Brecker, Pastorius, there's really a jazz all-star game brewing in the backline. Pat even manages to slip in some Sea Song and Phase Dance into his rhythm guitar playing. Some beautiful musical moments by this combined group of artists. Check out "Amelia/Pat's Solo" for some fine textures work. "Furry Sings The Blues" captures that dark ECM vibe of Pat's "Midwestern Night's Dream".
Shadows and Light was recorded during Mitchell's 1979 summer tour and used equipment of the Record Plant in Sausalito. The recordings of "Furry Sings the Blues", "Dreamland", and "God Must Be a Boogie Man" were taken from PA mix cassette recordings. Much of the material comes from Court and Spark (1974) onward, the only exceptions being "Woodstock" and the cover of "Why Do Fools Fall in Love"
Reviews for Shadows and Light were positive. Writing for Rolling Stone, Stephen Holden called the album "a surprise and a triumph" and considered it "one of a handful of great live rock albums". Holden praised Mitchell's backing band as "the finest ensemble that [she] has worked with", and called her vocal performance "exhilarating". He went on to list the performances of "Edith and the Kingpin" and the title track as "the record's biggest stunners".
- Joni Mitchell – electric guitar, vocals
- Pat Metheny – lead guitar
- Jaco Pastorius – electric bass (Fender Jazz)
- Don Alias – drums, percussion
- Lyle Mays – electric piano (Rhodes), synthesizer (Oberheim FVS-1)
- Michael Brecker – saxophones
- The Persuasions – backing vocals on "Why Do Fools Fall in Love" and "Shadows and Light"
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