JONI MITCHELL / LIVE IN FOREST HILLS 1979 (2CDR)

Joni Mitchell - vocal, guitar, piano
Pat Metheny - guitar
Jaco Pastorius - bass
Michael Brecker - saxophone
Lyle Mays - keyboards
Don Alias - drums, percussion
The Persuasions - vocal*

DISC 1
1. BIG YELLOW TAXI
2. JUST LIKE THIS TRAIN
3. IN FRANCE THEY KISS ON MAIN STREET
4. COYOTE
5. EDITH AND THE KINGPIN
6. FREE MAN IN PARIS
7. GOOBYE PORKPIE HAT
8. THE DRY CLEANER FROM DES MOINES
9.AMELIA
10. Pat Metheny solo - fade out

DISC 2
1. HEJIRA
2.DREAMLAND
3. BLACK CROW
4. FURRY SINGS THE BLUES
5. Talk about Charles Mingus
6. GOD MUST BE A BOOGIE MAN
7. RAISED ON ROBBERY
8. Band Intro
9. SHADOWS AND LIGHT*
10. THE LAST TIME I SAW RICHARD
11. WHY DO FOOLS FALL IN LOVE*
12. WOODSTOCK - fade out

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This is a live recording of a folk singer leading a fusion band. There is some hiss, but you can enjoy the performance of this wonderful band in high resolution from the soundboard recording. Just look at this lineup. The album that began with Joni Mitchell's collaboration with Charles Mingus, whom she greatly admired, is aptly named "Mingus." However, the members leaned more towards fusion than Mingus-style jazz, and the album was unusual in that it featured Jaco Pastorius on bass, who was quite different from Mingus. Jaco participates on bass here, just as he did on that album. Furthermore, there's the Pat Metheny Group, with Pat Metheny on guitar and Lyle Mays on keyboards. And to top it all off, there's Michael Brecker, who was an indispensable figure for anyone making a fusion album at the time.