Jaco Pastorius - Jaco Pastorius
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Artist: Jaco PastoriusBrand: Sony
Edition: Music CD
Format: Original recording reissued, Original recording remastered
CD Release Date: 2000-08-01
Music Label: Sony
Soundtracks:
- Donna Lee
- Come On, Come Over
- Continuum
- Kuru/Speak Like a Child
- Portrait of Tracy
- Opus Pocus
- Okonkole Y Trompa
- (Used To Be A) Cha-Cha
- Forgotten Love
- (Used To Be A) Cha-Cha (previously unreleased)
- 6/4 Jam (previously unreleased)
Free Music Notes for Jaco Pastorius
Free Music Review: As good as electric bass-centric records get
Hit: 4 Stars
Essentially a series of high-noodling and free jams with a few exceptions, Pastorius still passes with flying colors due to a profound fluidity with his instrument. Some of the uptempo numbers exhibit an intensity that can rival just about anything this quintessential jazz-fusion bass player offers with WR, with Jaco's singular style of smooth-breakneck playing complimented by vibrant percussion in order to suck listeners right into the vortex of these jams.
Jaco Pastorius Poster
Japanese limited edition issue of the album classic in a deluxe, miniaturized LP sleeve replica of the original vinyl album artwork.In 1976, the first 10 minutes of this eponymous disc took the listener on a jazz world cruise directed by the instrumentalist-composer Jaco Pastorius, who thus gave notice that there was a new sheriff in town and that narrow definitions of jazz would simply not do. More so even than his groundbreaking work as a member of Weather Report, Jaco's music on this, his debut album as a leader (and in a trio setting with his soulmate Pat Metheny on the guitarist's maiden voyage, Bright Size Life), defines his greatness, his outreach, and his ambition. Boppish changes ? la Miles Davis come through with Jaco's incredible touch, tone phrasing, and rhythmic locomotion--as does the musical leap of faith from bebop to funky-butt R&B delivered with lyrical majesty on Jaco's aptly titled "Continuum."
This reissue greatly enhances the fidelity of Jaco Pastorius, particularly in the bassist's famous, elusive tone, from lightly chorused, vocal-tenorlike glissandos on "Continuum" and the bell-like harmonics of "Portrait of Tracy" to his percussive, hand-drumlike rhythmic cycles underneath Peter Gordon's august French horn on "Oknokole Y Trompa." Even more stunning are the manner in which Jaco deploys a steel drum choir underneath Wayne Shorter on "Opus Pocus" and the ferocious Latin-inflected groove Jaco, Lenny White, and Don Alias conjure under Herbie Hancock on two takes--one unissued until now--of "(Used to Be a) Cha-Cha." Pat Metheny contributes an extraordinary set of liner notes to this set, putting Jaco's contributions to jazz and the bass in sharp perspective. Still, a spirit of innovation and discovery suffuses every note on Jaco Pastorius, and it is startling how modern and engaging this music remains. --Chip Stern
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