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Jaco Pastorius Big Band "Word Of Mouth Revisited" Heads Up International HUCD3078

 

1	Jaco Speaks	12	Jaco Speaks
2	Havona	13	Continuum
3	Teen Town	14	Jaco Speaks
4	Jaco Speaks	15	Elegant People
5	Punk Jazz	16	Opus Pocus
6	Jaco Speaks	17	Peter & Jaco Speak
7	Barbary Coast	18	Domingo
8	Killing Me Softly	19	Forgotten Love
9	Jaco Speaks	20	Jaco Speaks
10	(Used to be a) Cha Cha	21	Punk Jazz Revisited
11	Wiggle Waggle

The thirteen tracks on ‘Word of Mouth Revisited’ cover, as a tribute, much of Jaco Pastorius’ prolific and diverse career that began in the 1970s, when he made his solo debut, through to the late 80s. Along the way he worked with Peter Graves, Pat Metheney, Joni Mitchell and Weather Report and other well known names. A five-year stint with the Peter Graves Orchestra gave him an opportunity to write, arrange and otherwise expand the role and potential of the electric bass. As Christian McBride says, ‘If you play the electric bass you have come through Jaco. He made innovations on the instrument that had never been made before him, if you want to make a true statement. Nobody has ever innovated on that instrument like Jaco Pastorius.’

Pastorius died in September, 1987. ‘Word of Mouth Revisited,’ recorded earlier this year is a tribute recorded to his legacy featuring the ‘re-christened’ Jaco Pastorius Big Band. The fourteen-piece ensemble is under the direction of Pastorius’ old friend Peter Graves and features guest appearances by nine of the most talented electric bass players on the contemporary jazz scene – Victor Bailey, Richard Bona, Jeff Carswell, Jimmy Haslip, Christain McBride, Marcus Miller, David Pastorius, Gerald Veasley and Victor Wooten. Pastorius is featured here on Herbie Hancock’s ‘Wiggle Waggle’ – his bass part being extracted from a live concert recorded several years ago. Other early recordings were also extracted to make up the eight ‘Jaco Speaks’ tracks.

The pre-release publicity described this album as, ‘Inspired by the music and spirit of Jaco Pastorius, ‘Word of Mouth Revisited’ is possibly the most impressive line-up of bass virtuosity ever assembled to date.’ I certainly agree and not only that the standard of the accompanying musicians is of the highest calibre.

Jack Ashby

 

 

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