Not to mention Pat Metheny's guitar solo between Amelia and Hejira that in my opinion is the greatest guitar solo of all time. The expressiveness of this solo is just stunning. I have a couple of other recordings from that tour and that night it was positively brilliant.
Best Paz on 3/19/02 8:11 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Fred, > > A few years ago, a new found friend and fellow musician said to me, "If you > are serious about pursuing music, you must buy Joni Mitchell's, "Shadows and > Light," and you must listen to the song, "Black Crow." Though I had been a > Joni Mitchell fan from my college and her "Court and Spark" days, I had lost > touch with Joni's music. The first time I heard Jaco play his bass solo at > the end of the song, I remember jumping up and down screaming because of the > awesome creativity and talent of this "guy" I'd never heard of! (Not taking > anything away from Michael Brecker's awesome sax solo on the song either!) My > friend was a bassist whom I respected immensely. When I told him my ultimate > joy of finding Joni again and discovering Jaco Pastorius, words could not > describe the look of pure satisfaction on his face for having someone really > "get" Jaco's musical style. Truer words by Pat Metheny were never spoken > concerning Jaco Pastorius. I am a fan for life!
