Weather Report, “River People” by Jaco Pastorius. Performed in Offenbach, Germany, 1978.
Jaco Pastorius (bass), Wayne Shorter (soprano sax), Joseph Zawinul (keyboard, synthesizers), Peter Erskine (drums). Wow, I like this even better than the studio version in Mr. Gone.
Jiro Inagaki and Soul Media, Funky Stuff (1975).
Hiromasa Suzuki (arrangement, electric piano), Hajime Ishimatsu (drums), Akira Okazawa (electric bass), Hiroshi Yasukawa (guitar), Jiro Inagaki (tenor saxophone, alto saxophone, flute, production), Takashi Imai (trombone). A new find for me, tossed up via the algorithms of the T’Oobs. Tight playing!
From Song of the Wind (1974).
Joe Farrell (flute), Chick Corea (piano), Jack Dejohnette (drums), Dave Holland (bass).
Toots Thielmanns on harmonica, with a rare instance of Jaco Pastorius playing piano. Jaco’s “Three Views of a Secret.”
“Palladium,” written by Wayne Shorter, from Heavy Weather (1977).
Joe Zawinul (keyboards, synthesizer), Wayne Shorter (sax), Jaco Pastorius (bass), Alex Acuña (drums), Manolo Badrena (congas, percussion).
“Is There Anybody Here That Love My Jesus,” Medeski, Martin and Wood, Shack-man (1996).
John Medeski (organ, keyboards), Billy Martin (drums), Chris Wood (bass, guitar).
“Opus Pocus” by Jaco Pastorius. This is a demo tape recording made in 1974 which is included on the posthumous album The Early Years Recordings (2006).
Don’t quote me on this, but I think the personnel is: Jaco Pastorius (electric bass), Herbie Hancock (keyboards), Othello Molineaux (steel drums), Leroy Williams (steel drums), Lenny White (drums), Don Alias (percussion).
From Word of Mouth (1981).
Jaco Pastorius (bass), Herbie Hancock (keyboards, synthesizers), Wayne Shorter, Michael Brecker and Tom Scott (saxophone), Toots Thielemans (harmonica), Chuck Findley (trumpet), Howard Johnson (tuba), Don Alias (percussion), Peter Erskine and Jack DeJohnette (drums).
with Rockit.
UPDATE: And a Monster Mashup Grand Finale.
Jaco Pastorius, “Portrait of Tracy,” from the debut album Jaco Pastorius (1976).
Today starts the last week of consecration, devoted to the Knowledge of Jesus. Consecration text here. Video here:
