Jaco Pastorius - Truth, Liberty & Soul 2xHD 200g 45 RPM Audiophile Vinyl AAA Audiophile 200g 45rpm Triple Disc LP! Sourced from First Generation Analogue Recordings without Any Digital Corruption! 2xHD Mastering on Nagra Equipment by René Laflamme! Sound Restoration by George Klabin & Fran Gala! Cut All Analogue at Bernie Grundman Mastering on Tube Cutting Equipment! There have been many guitar gods, but there’s never been an electric bassist as deified as Jaco Pastorius. – Michael J. Agovino This live album by Jaco Pastorius and the Word-of-Mouth Big Band, featuring harmonica virtuoso Toots Thielemans as special guest, was recorded in analog 24 tracks by the Record Plant mobile truck at Avery Fisher Hall in NYC on June 27, 1982, as part of George Wein’s Kool Jazz Festival. This Deluxe 45rpm 200g edition is the first one to be mastered from the original 2 track master tapes that were found some 30 years later (the previous digital download versions were released from a digital remix of the 24 tracks). What we have here is the direct copy of the original pure analogue 2 track mix. The brightest star in the electric bass firmament, Jaco Pastorius burst onto the national scene in 1976 with his audacious self-titled album on Columbia Records, featuring a line-up of top jazz musicians. With his extraordinary fretless electric bass playing as the centerpiece, Jaco Pastorius created an immediate sensation with the public and the media. His signature approach employed Latin-influenced funk, lyrical solos on fretless bass, bass chords, and innovative use of harmonics. In Jaco’s work with Weather Report and beyond, the self-described “greatest bass player in the world” (an assessment shared with virtually the entire music world) established a new identity and role for his instrument and became the torch-bearer for a new way of playing both technically and conceptually. But behind it all was an ever present R&B and Latin-influenced groove and a screaming rock-‘n’-roll attitude that he refined and incorporated into sophisticated jazz harmonic structures. In addition to his extraordinary virtuosity, Jaco was also developing into an accomplished and sophisticated composer and arranger and those talents are gloriously on display on this album. The 3-time Grammy Award nominee was inducted into the Down Beat Jazz Hall of Fame in 1988, one of only seven bassists so honored (and the only electric bassist). His legacy as a bass innovator continues to this day, more than 30 years after his untimely death in 1987. Musicians Jaco Pastorius – bass, vocals Bob Mintzer – tenor sax, soprano sax, bass clarinet Randy Brecker – trumpet Othello Molineaux – steel drums Don Alias – percussion Peter Erskine – drums Bob Stein – alto saxophone Lou Marini – tenor saxophone Frank Wess – tenor saxophone Howard Johnson – baritone saxophone Randy Emerick – baritone saxophone Alan Rubin – trumpet Lou Soloff – trumpet Jon Faddis – trumpet Ron Tooley – trumpet Kenny Faulk – trumpet David Taylor – trombone Jim Pugh – trombone Wayne Andre – trombone John Clark – French horn Peter Gordon – French horn David Bargeron – tuba Toots Thielemans – harmonica Track Listing Side A Invitation Side C Okonkolé Y Trompa Side E Mr. Fonebone Side B Sophisticated Lady Fannie May Side D Reza / Giant Steps Side F Soul Intro / The Chicken -50%New Quick view Add to wishlist Add to basket Al Di Meola, John McLaughlin & Paco De Lucia SATURDAY Night In San Francisco Limited Edition Audiophile CD £29.99 £15.00 -43% Quick view Add to wishlist Add to basket Amanda McBroom Midnight Matinee XRCD24 £35.00 £20.00 New Quick view Add to wishlist Add to basket Aretha Franklin – Aretha with The Ray Bryant Combo – Speakers Corner 180g vinyl £39.95 Quick view Add to wishlist Add to basket Arnett Cobb – Ballads By Cobb – Analogue Productions 180g Stereo Vinyl £49.95 New Quick view Add to wishlist Add to basket ART BLAKEY & THE JAZZ MESSENGERS – DRUM SUITE – 180g Impex Records £49.95 New Quick view Add to wishlist Add to basket Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers – Free For All – Blue Note Vinyl Record £23.95 New Quick view Add to wishlist Add to basket Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers – Just Coolin’ – Blue Note Vinyl Record £23.95 Quick view Add to wishlist Add to basket Art Blakey and The New Jazzmen – Live In Paris ’65 – Sam Records 180 Vinyl LP £35.00 Quick view Add to wishlist Add to basket Art Farmer – Portrait of Art Farmer – Contemporary Records (Acoustic Sounds Series) 180g Vinyl £27.95 New Quick view Add to wishlist Add to basket Art Pepper – Intensity – Contemporary Records (Acoustic Sounds Series) 180g Vinyl £39.95 Quick view Add to wishlist Add to basket ART PEPPER Eleven – Contemporary Records (Acoustic Sounds Series)180g Vinyl £45.00 Quick view Add to wishlist Add to basket Art Taylor – Taylor’s Wailers – Analogue Productions (Prestige 7117) 180g Vinyl £55.00
