I'm 99% certain that's also Don Alias on Percussion. Cue cool story: I, a fellow 4 stringer, was in a group that opened for David Sanborn (Don Alias was his percussionist). Funny thing is when I showed up, someone working at the venue asked "Are you the bassist for the opening act?" I replied, "yep!" and they told me to follow them.. So I did... Next thing I know someone else goes "Are you the bassist?!!" and I was like "yep!". That someone was Don Alias. HE ASKED THE VENUE TO BRING THE OPENING BASSIST TO HIM UPON ARRIVAL - it just happened to be me! He asked me if I had studied Jaco (I hadn't and told him so - I was only 14 at the time). He didn't show any disappointment but instead got SUPER EXCITED and told me that the second I go home, to look up Jaco Pastorius. Alias went on and on about how amazing Jaco was as a musician and talked a bit about their friendship. We also talked about his (Alias) personal music career. Once he started listed off names of who he has played with, I knew I was talking with a legend. They played a great show, and I asked Don Alias to sign my bass afterwards. He laughed and said "I'm not a bassist but okay! and remember, look up Jaco Pastorius when you get home". (He signed the back of the neck). I took his advice, looked up Jaco the second I got home, and fell in love with Teen Town. I practiced this tune over and over and over until I had a solid grasp of it. A few months went by when the Music Director (from the opening gig) called and told me that Don Alias had passed away. I immediately went to my bass guitar wanting to see the Legend's signature... to my distraught the signature was gone! I had practiced Teen Town so much that my thumb sliding along the back of the neck had wiped it clean off. I was just getting into the music scene, oblivious to one of the greatest bass players that has ever lived, and I can't express how open, passionate, and welcoming Don Alias was to me. Needless to say, I was pretty upset hearing the news... Now that I am much older, I realize that the signature meant nothing whereas the lack of his signature means everything. Thank you for introducing me to Jaco and for such kindness, Don Alias. May you Rest in Peace
Man that's crazy you got me thinking about that I've been studying Jaco too but I don't see many bassists around even though I'm from he was from Oakland Park FL I usually ride my bike from home to Las olas beach sometimes and just sit on the sand and play my bass for hours
@@fernandog.1575, Check out Sanborn's "Night Music"! TV show in the 80's. Don Alias and Omar Hakim were in the house band! Just visit David Sanborn, every show was a beautiful amalgam of all genres of great music!!
+HAPPY WHALE hey! where would we know mike stern from,right? i got an old 'peavey' strat-style guitar,it sounds more fendery than a fender! especially with new strings,i bet! i never change the strings ,the damn bridge is falling apart,y'know them little saddles with the sharp little screws sticking up,and on the ends,little tiny springs,on my 6th string,the spring is missing and the string holds the saddle on the guitar...never could set intonation-i need help!
I saw this band in 83', minus the horn,s, in Atlanta, at the Moon Shadow Saloon. Jaco was in a bad hungover state,he sounded bad! Here he,s good! I first saw him with Weather Report in 77' fantastic show, with Al Diemiola,as the opening act,my hair was literally standing on top of my head! 👌👆,Clay
I saw this band 4 times that year.. 1 time at Vienne Jazz Festival et 3 nights at the Nice Jazz Festival in France. I'll always remember how good was this band.. Thanx for posting this!
After this show I meet Jaco and we were going to drink some Finnish spirit "Koskenkorva" with my frien Ilkka Willman, most famous bass player in Finland. Jacos roots are from Finland :)
THank you so much for uploading this in a much clearer, more complete video of ones that have surfaced on RU-vid. Now I shall enjoy this awesome performance :)
+linear john I remember seeing this in 1993/4 in Rovaniemi. The owner of the tape didn't let anyone copy it (for personal reasons). I guess he budged somewhere along the way big time. Fortunately :) Cheers for this.
wow !! ma... when Jaco was on, he was ON, and he is most certainly on in this video. Thank you so much for posting : ) **edit** I want to add that Mike Stern and the rest of the gang are rocking real hard as well, this is going to be one enjoyable video to watch all the way through.....
Wayne Shorter and the whole Weather Report. Were young back then in Finland. Was that in the 1960,s. Wonder if my school friend Solvie was there her father held a position at the Norwegian Embassy. During that time. Miss you friend
I love Jaco- I have a story many won't like, but too bad, it's MY story of Jaco.. My GF had a friend in San Francisco (her name slips me) Who lived up the road from us. I forget the exact neighborhood (may have been North Beach) Jaco was playing with Brian Melvin I believe /which was strange to me.after being with al these greats. .. They said "Michael, theres a crazy guy staying with us (they took him in) and he says HES THE GREATEST BASS PLAYER in the world!! annoyed, she said, But he's all effed up. I said "NO WAY!" is it😔 Jaco Pastorious????And she said yes!! that's the name !!!. is he really good?? yes!! I said.. anyways, long story short, I met him after a gig in S.F. we one to. and he left with me (and her) cause I had some (stuff) that he liked. we partied all night and he stayed around for about three days and we (used) he drank also, I didnt like to drink, anyways, he showed me all kinds of cool musical things on the bass. There was a heaviness about him. between all the bluster I could see he was sad. I think he missed his family(kids) in hindsight, he was odd, it seems like he would alternate between being manic and then kind of in despair. He took off and it wasn't much later that I read that he died. back in Florida. Didnt surprise me
Yep, Used to see Mike with Tiger Okoshi and Jimmy Earl in the late 70s early 80s in a small Portland, ME club (Horsefeathers). Just phenomenal, never to be repeated, sigh.
1:17 wait, what? An entire country with not one African in it? And they are all sitting there calm and civilized, listening to the music. wow. I wish I could go back in time about 50 years and move to Finland.
@M P That's horseshit, classical music is WAY overrated. Beethoven can a suck a bag of dicks compared to Jaco and Weather Report. And if we're going to bring them up, Zawinul runs circles around Beethoven even more! Lol.
Jaco Pastorius and The Word Of Mouth 15.7.1983 >> Kirjurinluoto Members: Foster, Alex, sax Tooley, Anthony, tp Stern, Mike, g Brown, Delmar, keys Pastorius, Jaco, b Dennard, Kenwood, dr Alias, Don, perc
well, I've had this in VHS for years..it's from finnish television..so maybe the original tapes are still somewhere in the storages of 'YLE broadcasting company' ..I converted it with extra care..turned out quite nice ,)
Jaco is so together on this. Seems medicated. Playing well. He turned his rig up. I met him. And his dad. He was "Mr Gone". Saw him later in NYC living at the park. Would stories of Jaco crashing shows and recording sessions just like the nite he was killed.Rest in peace.
Bitter sweet to watch, saw these guys at 38th Cabaret in Phila around the same year( all coked up😐). Hiram Bullock played guitar. Unfortunately, this was the beginning of the tail spinning end for Jaco. He would recover and relapse. GODspeed.
I am a huge Jaco fan but to me he seems like he is on auto pilot here, of course he is 100x better than I ever will be in this but you can really tell he wasn't exactly present in this. I'm just analyzing him, no hate. He was just a very interesting man to me and I find it interesting to analyze his performances. Just me, anyone else see what I see?
