“JACO,” The surprisingly cohesive soundtrack to the 2015 Jaco Pastorius documentary Jaco features tracks the legendary jazz bassist recorded during his curt career inward the '70s as well as '80s. The starting fourth dimension major documentary cinema virtually Pastorius, who was born inward 1951 as well as died tragically inward 1987 at historic menses 35, Jaco was produced yesteryear bassist Robert Trujillo (Suicidal Tendencies, Metallica) as well as Pastorius' oldest son, Johnny Pastorius. Jaco details Pastorius' rising from unknown Florida participant to internationally recognized as well as innovative jazz superstar. In concordance, nosotros instruct cuts Pastorius recorded as a solo creative individual as well as as a fellow member of the influential fusion outfit Weather Report. Fittingly, Trujillo as well as Pastorius cull tracks off the bassist's ii major solo studio albums, 1976's Jaco Pastorius as well as 1981's Word of Mouth, including "Come on, Come Over," "Continuum," as well as "Crisis." Elsewhere, nosotros instruct a handful of major Weather Report sides, including the synth-heavy "River People" as well as the funky Pastorius characteristic "Teen Town." Along the way, nosotros also instruct several tracks Pastorius recorded for other artists, including a alive version of "The Dry Cleaner from Des Moines" with Joni Mitchell as well as "All American Alien Boy" off Ian Hunter's 1978 studio album. Bringing Pastorius' influence total circle, Trujillo also includes several brand-new recordings, including a encompass of "Come on, Come Over" yesteryear his ain band Mass Mental, as good as a encompass of "Continuum" yesteryear Mexican guitar duo Rodrigo y Gabriela. While in that place is sure room for longer, to a greater extent than exhaustive Pastorius anthologies, Jaco succeeds inward providing a listenable -- as well as ane feels lovingly heartfelt -- overview of the bassist's career.
With therefore many compilations already out there, it mightiness endure tardily to enquiry why a soundtrack to JACO is fifty-fifty necessary. But ane await at the rails listing renders its raison d'être clear: JACO: Original Soundtrack is, inward only about ways, the most comprehensive document of the bassist's career, fifty-fifty if it doesn't incorporate as much music as previous double-disc sets. Yes, in that place is enough of fourth dimension given to his leader debut, Jaco Pastorius (Epic, 1976), with everything from the soul/funk of "Come On, Come Over" as well as the ethereal "Continuum" to the hauntingly beautiful "Portrait of Tracy" as well as the atmospheric, harmonic-driven characteristic for French horn as well as percussion, "Okonkole yTrompa."
But there's also infinite for a pair of tracks from his 2nd album (and 1981 Warner Bros. debut), Word of Mouth, including the staggeringly chaotic album- opener, "Crisis," as well as to a greater extent than bouyant as well as accessible big band chart, "Liberty City"—which, inward add-on to jazz giant Herbie Hancock, also features Pastorius' longtime friends from his Florida days, steel pan thespian Othello Molineaux as well as percussionist Don Alias.
Pastorius' tenure inward Weather Report, too, is briefly represented with every aspiring bassist's rite of passage, "Teen Town," from the group's 1977 mega hit, Heavy Weather (Columbia) as well as as impressive "River People," from 1978's Mr. Gone (Columbia), which combines Pastorius' relentless sixteenth-note anchor as well as keyboardist Joe Zawinul's broad orchestrations with a disco-fied beat out that boosters the bassist's comment, inward the film, that "everything's hip." Also included is "Barbary Coast," ane of ii tracks (and the only ane written yesteryear Pastorius) that the bassist contributed to the transitional Black Market (Columbia, 1976), a brief slice of greasy funk that was a harbinger of fifty-fifty improve things to come upward as Pastorius took over the bass chair from Alphonso Johnson.
JACO: Original Soundtrack also includes a pair of his many invitee appearances, including Joni Mitchell's setting of Charles Mingus' "The Dry Cleaner from Des Moines" to words, starting fourth dimension flora on her collaborative album with the swell double bassist, Mingus (Elektra/Asylum, 1979), but heard hither as the incendiary alive version from Shadows as well as Light the next year, where saxophonist Michael Brecker takes a lengthy closing solo that Pastorius as well as Alias (this fourth dimension on drum kit) force into the stratosphere as well as beyond. Less oftentimes included on jazz-centric Pastorius compilations is his contribution to ex-Mott the Hoople vocaliser Ian Hunter's 2nd solo album, All American Alien Boy, with the championship rails included here, consummate with a bass solo that demonstrates Pastorius' powerfulness to agree into whatsoever context.
But what actually makes the JACO: Original Soundtrack exceptional are the 5 tracks that closed the 74-minute set. Daughter Mary Pastorius' "Longing" is a dark, dreamy ballad where the vocaliser is supported entirely yesteryear bassist Chuck Doom and, from her father's Weather Report days, percussionist/drummer Robert Thomas, Jr. "1987" is performed yesteryear a grouping named with naught but 3 symbols —with Chuck Doom on bass as well as keyboards, guitarist Shaun Lopez as well as vocalist Chino Moreno creating a similarly dreamy but increasingly dramatic answer to the yr of Pastorius' death. "Shine" takes the bass trouble from Jaco Pastorius' "Kuru," played yesteryear the bassist's nephew David Pastorius, but covers a lot of territory inward its brief 3 minutes, with rap from TechN9ne (speaking inward fourth dimension with "Kuru"'s relentlessly fast bass line) as well as singing from keyboardist Soko, edifice into an urban-centric, song-based homage. Acoustic guitar duo Rodrigo y Gabriela performs a to a greater extent than rhythmically propulsive version of Jaco Pastorius floating "Continuum," also turning it into a fine solo vehicle for both guitarists.
Finally, the grouping dubbed Mass Mental—which features bassists including the film's co-producer from Metallica, Robert Trujillo, with one-time Zawinul Syndicate bassist Armand Sabal-Lecco as well as Red Hot Chilli Peppers' irrepressible Flea—closes the recording yesteryear bringing it total circle with a to a greater extent than contemporary rendition of JACO: Original Soundtrack's opening track: Jaco Pastorius' Sam & Dave feature, "Come On, Come Over." Here, however, Mass Mental blends sung vocals with rap, as well as horns as well as keys combined with a dense mix from all 3 bassist that demonstrates the continued breadth as well as depth of Jaco Pastorius' achieve as well as influence.
As much a starting yell for for those unfamiliar with Jaco Pastorius' function as it is a heartfelt tribute yesteryear family, friends as well as those who may never get got met the bassist but were touched yesteryear his work, JACO: Original Soundtrack is a rare soundtrack album that honors its dependent area yesteryear demonstrating non only the subject's ain function but showing how the virile individual rear of "Punk Jazz" affected therefore many others inward such a broad diverseness of genres. As much as the cinema succeeded inward telling a story, this soundtrack is pure evidence of an creative individual whose influence continues to endure felt nearly 3 decades afterwards his passing.
Compilation Produced yesteryear Robert Trujillo & Johnny Pastorius
Track List:
01 Come On, Come Over – Jaco Pastorius
02 Continuum – Jaco Pastorius
03 River People – Weather Report
04 Teen Town – Weather Report
05 Portrait of Tracy – Jaco Pastorius
06 The Dry Cleaner From Des Moines (Live Version) – Joni Mitchell
07 All American Alien Boy – Ian Hunter
08 Liberty City (with Herbie Hancock) – Jaco Pastorius
09 Okonkole Y Trompa – Jaco Pastorius
10 Barbary Coast – Weather Report
xi Crisis – Jaco Pastorius
12 Longing – Mary Pastorius
thirteen Nineteen Eighty Seven – †††
xiv Shine – Tech N9ne
xv Continuum – Rodrigo y Gabriela
16 Come On Come Over – Mass Mental (featuring Robert Trujillo, Armand Sabal-Lecco, Flea, Whit Crane, Benji Webbe, Stephen Perkins & C-Minus)
Personnel:
Jaco Pastorius: bass (1-11), drums (3-4), phonation (3, 11),timpani (3), Prophet 5 Synthesizer (8), cymbals (8), keyboards (11), synthesizer (11); Randy Brecker: trumpet (1); Ron Tooley: trumpet (1); David Samborn: alto saxophone (1); Michael Brecker: tenor saxophone (1, 8, 11); Howard Johnson: baritone saxophone (1, 8); Herbie Hancock: keyboards (1), Fender Rhodes (2), pianoforte (8); Don Alias: congas (1, 9), bells (2), drums (6), percussion (8), Okonkolo y lya (9),Afu he (9); Narada Michael Walden: drums (1); Sam Moore: vocals (1); Dave Prater: vocals (1); Lenny White: drums (2) Wayne Shorter: soprano saxophone (3-4, 8, 10), tenor saxophone (10, 11), Lyricon (10); Manolo Badrena: congas (3-4); Joe Zawinul: keyboards (3, 10), ARP (3), Prophet (3) Fender Rhodes (4, 10), ARP 2600 (4, 10), melodica (4), Oberheim Polyphonic Synthesizer (4, 10), grand pianoforte (10); Joni Mitchell: phonation (6); Pat Metheny: guitar (6); Lyle Mays: keyboards (6); Ian Hunter: musical rhythm guitar (7), pianoforte (7), vocals (7); Ann Sutton: background vocals (7); Gail Kantor: background vocals (7); Erin Dickens: background vocals (7); Cornell Dupree: guitar (7); Aynsley Dunbar: drums (7); Chris Stainton: organ (7), keyboards (7); Toots Thielemans: harmonica (8, 11); Othello Molineaux: steel pans (8); Paul Hornmueller: steel pans (8); Leroy Williams: steel pans (8); Jack DeJohnette: drums (8, 11); Robert Thomas, Jr.: percussion (8), mitt drums (12), drum kit (12); Chuck Findley: trumpet (8); Bobby Findley: trumpet (8); Snooky Young: trumpet (8); Dave Bargeron: trombone (8); Jim Pugh: trombone (8); David Taylor: bass trombone (8); John Clark: French horn (8); Peter Gordon: French horn (8, 9); Hubert Lass: piccolo (8, 11), flute (8); George Young: alto saxophone (8); Alphonso Johnson: electrical bass (10); Chester Thompson: drums (10), percussion (10); Alex Acuña: congas (10), percussion (10); Mary Pastorius: vox (12); Chuck Doom: bass (12,13), keyboards (13); God: pelting (12), thunder (12); Chino Moreno: phonation (13); Shaun Lopez: guitars (13); TechN9ne: vocals (14); Soko: vocals (14), keyboards (14); David Pastorius: bass (14); Rodrigo y Gabriela: acoustic guitars (15); C-Minus: keyboards (16), horns (16); Stephen Perkins: drums (16); Whit Crane: vocals (16); Benji Webbe: vocals (16); Robert Trujillo: Main Chango bass (16); Armand Sabal-Lecco: Tenor Juju bass (16); Flea: bass stabs (16), bass solo (16).
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