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Shadows and Light (Joni Mitchell album)

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Released
  
September 1980

Artist
  
Joni Mitchell

Producer
  
Joni Mitchell

Genres
  
Jazz, Folk jazz

Length
  
83:54

Release date
  
September 1980

Label
  
Asylum Records

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Recorded
  
September 1979 Santa Barbara Bowl

Shadows and Light (1980)
  
Wild Things Run Fast (1982)

Similar
  
Joni Mitchell albums, Jazz albums

Shadows and Light is a 1980 live double album by the Canadian singer-songwriter Joni Mitchell. It was recorded at the Santa Barbara Bowl in September 1979 on Mitchell's Mingus tour. A film of the concert was also released on VHS, LaserDisc and DVD.

Contents

Joni mitchell shadows and light


Track listing

All tracks composed by Joni Mitchell, except where indicated

  1. "Introduction" – 1:51 (Included on LP and CD. Featured in VHS/DVD opening credits)
  2. "In France They Kiss on Main Street" – 4:14
  3. "Edith and the Kingpin" – 4:10
  4. "Coyote" – 4:58
  5. "Goodbye Pork Pie Hat" – 6:02 (Charles Mingus, lyrics by Mitchell)
  6. "Jaco's Solo" (only on VHS/DVD) (Jaco Pastorius)
  7. "The High and the Mighty"
  8. "Third Stone from the Sun"
  9. "The Dry Cleaner from Des Moines" – 4:37 (Mitchell, Charles Mingus)
  10. "Amelia" – 6:40
  11. "Pat's Solo" – 3:09 (Pat Metheny)
  12. "Hejira" – 7:42
  13. "Black Crow" – 3:52 (omitted from first CD release)
  14. "Don's Solo" – 4:04 (omitted from VHS/DVD and first CD release) (Don Alias)
  15. "Dreamland" – 4:40 (omitted from VHS/DVD)
  16. "Free Man in Paris" – 3:23 (omitted from first CD release)
  17. "Band Introduction" – 0:52
  18. "Furry Sings the Blues" – 5:14 (DVD version and CD version were recorded on separate dates)
  19. "Raised on Robbery" (only on VHS/DVD)
  20. "Why Do Fools Fall in Love" – 2:53 (Frankie Lymon, Morris Levy)
  21. "Shadows and Light" – 5:23
  22. "God Must be a Boogie Man" – 5:02 (omitted from VHS/DVD)
  23. "Woodstock" – 5:08 (omitted from VHS/DVD)

Personnel

  • Joni Mitchell - electric guitar, vocals
  • Pat Metheny - lead guitar
  • Jaco Pastorius - fretless 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"
  • Toller Cranston - skates
    • Technical
  • Andy Johns - engineer
  • Glen Cristensen - art direction, photography
  • Joel Bernstein - photography

    • Songs

    1Introduction1:52
    2In France They Kiss on Main Street4:14
    3Edith and the Kingpin4:10

    References

    Shadows and Light (Joni Mitchell album) Wikipedia
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