Of course, leave it to Joni Mitchell to bring together one of the hippest ensembles of jazz musicians to her Shadows and Light tour. Jaco, Mays, Alias, Brecker and Metheny showed their American R&B chops like few rock groups before them.
Back in 1980, this was as big of a sonic production as anything Messrs Fagen and Becker had going as was evident from the Shadows and Light video. Oddly, Metheny and Mays were already engaged in another sonic adventure, “As Falls Wichita” and were planning their departure from ECM for higher creative grounds.
http://youtu.be/Ip8X7ZevhO4
