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Track:Why Do Fools Fall In Love
Why do fools fall in loveI'm sure Joni asked herself that question more than once
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Joni Mitchell
Shadows and Light
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AMG Review of Shadows and Light
Vik Iyengar
All Music GuideShadows 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.
Joni under cover
Joni Mitchel w/ Pat Metheny, Jaco Pastorius, Lyle Mays, Michael Brecker Live 1979 - They Kiss On Main Street
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Wanted to share this with you.I was there. I thought it was 1980 but turns out this show as in 1979 in my hometown of Santa Barbara.I was a young 18 year old kid in the audience. What a show!What makes this extra special is that her band is none other than the Pat Metheny Group.I had discovered them 2 years earlier in 1977 and was a big fan of theirs.So not only do you have Joni but you have Pa...
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