Shadows and Light

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Shadows and Light
Live album by Joni Mitchell
Released	September 1980
Recorded	September 1979, Santa Barbara County Bowl
Genre	Folk jazz, Vocal jazz
Length	83:54
Label	Asylum
Producer	Joni Mitchell
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link
Joni Mitchell chronology
Mingus (1979) Shadows and Light (1980) Wild Things Run Fast (1982)

For the album by Charlie Major, see Shadows and Light (Charlie Major album)

Shadows and Light is Joni Mitchell's 1980 double live album, recorded at the Santa Barbara County Bowl in September 1979 on the Mingus tour.

The concert was also released on VHS and DVD.

[edit] Track listing

All tracks composed by Joni Mitchell; except where indicated

1. "Introduction" – 1:51 (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)
6. "Jaco's Solo" (only on VHS/DVD) (Jaco Pastorius)
   • "The High and the Mighty"
   • "Third Stone from the Sun"
7. "The Dry Cleaner from Des Moines" – 4:37 (Mitchell, Charles Mingus)
8. "Amelia" – 6:40
9. "Pat's Solo" – 3:09 (Pat Methany)
10. "Hejira" – 7:42
11. "Black Crow" – 3:52
12. "Don's Solo" – 4:04 (omitted from VHS/DVD) (Don Alias)
13. "Dreamland" – 4:40 (omitted from VHS/DVD)
14. "Free Man in Paris" – 3:23
15. "Band Introduction" – 0:52
16. "Furry Sings the Blues" – 5:14
17. "Raised on Robbery" (only on VHS/DVD)
18. "Why Do Fools Fall in Love" – 2:53 (Frankie Lymon, Morris Levy)
19. "Shadows and Light" – 5:23
20. "God Must be a Boogie Man" – 5:02 (omitted from VHS/DVD)
21. "Woodstock" – 5:08 (omitted from VHS/DVD)

[edit] Personnel

• Joni Mitchell - electric guitar, vocals
• Pat Metheny - lead guitar
• Jaco Pastorius - bass
• Don Alias - drums
• Lyle Mays - keyboards
• Michael Brecker - saxophone
• The Persuasions - backing vocals on "Why Do Fools Fall in Love" & "Shadows and Light"