Joni Mitchell - Shadows And Light

Styles: Folk, Pop/Rock
Year: 2013
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 84:27
Size: 193,7 MB
Art: Front

(1:55)  1. Introduction
(4:10)  2. In France They Kiss On Main Street
(4:10)  3. Edith And The Kingpin
(4:59)  4. Coyote
(6:06)  5. Goodbye Pork Pie Hat
(4:36)  6. The Dry Cleaner From Des Moines
(6:40)  7. Amelia
(3:05)  8. Pat's Solo
(7:53)  9. Hejira
(3:53) 10. Black Crow
(3:55) 11. Don's Solo
(4:50) 12. Dreamland
(3:22) 13. Free Man In Paris
(0:50) 14. Band Introduction
(5:25) 15. Furry Sings The Blues
(2:50) 16. Why Do Fools Fall In Love?
(5:25) 17. Shadows And Light
(5:03) 18. God Must Be A Boogie Man
(5:10) 19. Woodstock

Shadows and Light is Joni Mitchell's second live album, and it serves as a good retrospective of her jazzy period from 1975-1979. As expected, she assembles a group of all-star musicians including Pat Metheny (guitar), Jaco Pastorius (bass), Lyle Mays (keyboards), and Michael Brecker (saxophone) who give these compositions more energy than on the studio recordings. The musicians are given room to jam, and they sound terrific on uptempo songs such as "Coyote" and "In France They Kiss on Main Street." If there is a general theme of these songs, it's about growing older and maturing after the failed idealism of the late '60s (the album opens with audio clips from the movie Rebel Without a Cause). 

Although this album is pleasing, the live arrangements are not different enough from the studio versions to warrant higher marks. In fact, Mitchell has always been an album artist who recorded studio albums that had a sound and feel all their own. While Shadows and Light provides a nice summary of her experimental period for casual fans, interested listeners should start with Hejira or The Hissing of Summer Lawns. ~ Vik Iyengar  http://www.allmusic.com/album/shadows-and-light-mw0000200161

Personnel: Bass – Jaco Pastorius; Drums – Don Alias; Lead Guitar – Pat Metheny; Keyboards – Lyle Mays; Sax – Michael Brecker; Electric Guitar – Joni Mitchell; Vocals – The Persuasions

Shadows And Light

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