Shadows and Light (Joni Mitchell album)

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
Joni Mitchell chronology
Mingus (1979) Shadows and Light (1980) Wild Things Run Fast (1982)

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

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)
   • "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 Metheny)
10. "Hejira" – 7:42
11. "Black Crow" – 3:52 (omitted from first CD release)
12. "Don's Solo" – 4:04 (omitted from VHS/DVD and first CD release) (Don Alias)
13. "Dreamland" – 4:40 (omitted from VHS/DVD)
14. "Free Man in Paris" – 3:23 (omitted from first CD release)
15. "Band Introduction" – 0:52
16. "Furry Sings the Blues" – 5:14 (DVD version and CD version were recorded on separate dates)
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)

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" & "Shadows and Light"
• Toller Cranston - skates
• Andy Johns - engineer

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