Jaco Pastorius - Jaco Pastorius
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Artist: Jaco PastoriusBrand: Columbia
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)
Music reviews of Jaco Pastorius
Music Review: What a great disc!
Rating: 5 Stars
I can't believe that, when this was released on vinyl 26 years ago, that it sold quite poorly, despite being nominated for a few Grammies and despite the music and musicians being so wonderful!! I mean, Herbie Hancock is all over this recording, and I thought that everything he touched turned into gold! Anyhow, this is some fantastic music....even if you only heard the first tune "Donna Lee", it would be worth the price of the entire disc. Although this song was written by either Charlie Parker or Miles Davis (I don't remember), and has/had been covered countless times, the way that Jaco played it was just.....amazing. As a matter of fact, I don't think that Jaco was aware of how wonderful and innovative that track was until he listened to it! So much good music.....I don't want to indulge into every single song, but there are some standouts, and those that stand completely on their own. "Come on, Come over" is great, a very funky tune with Sam and Dave (most famous for the Motown hit 'Soul Man') singing. "Continuum" is very nice, a slow, lulling kind of ballad. "Kuru/Speak like an Angel is amazing....you have to hear those string arrangements, it doesn't sound physically possible for ANY orchestra to do something like that!
"Portrait of Tracy" is gorgeous....a solo bass tune, and played entirely with harmonics (a kind of octave that is fretted lightly over the fret), it is just.....wow. "Opus Pocus" sounds like an evil Carribean band at first.....those steel drums playing that kind of lurching riff. "Okonkole Y Trompa" is a grooving percussion/bass tune, and (Used To Be a) Cha-Cha is almost strictly a jam with a guest flute player Hubert Laws. In fact, there are guest musicians all over this recording: everyone from David Sanborn to Don Alias. "Forgotten Love" is a gorgeous orchestral piece with Herbie Hancock, Jaco being absent from the tune, perhaps to just listen.....
The extra tracks are good.....not really songs as much as just improvisations: an alternate take of (Used to Be a) Cha-Cha, and 6/4 Jam.....therefore, I feel that only diehard fans and collectors will treasure these extra tunes.....I myself do like them, and they add to the length of the CD, justifying the cost completely.
I don't really know much about Jaco.....i've read some things about him, interviews and whatnot.....I bought this CD after having been such a fan of Weather Report, and I really am interested to know more about this man. I've looked at the website run by his family, ... which is a great site. Jaco suffered from manic depression and drug use later in life, and his daughter Mary wrote a wonderful article about living with depression....look for it if you can, it's worth the search. Without straying too far from the material of the disc, I just want to say that Jaco was indeed the greatest bass player, and, if anything, the legacy he has left behind, which is less important than the actual music and the man himself, will be enough to keep him in our hearts and our ears. A definite 5 star recording.
Description of Jaco Pastorius
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 à 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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