Setlist: * Invitation (Bronislaw kaper) * Soul Intro/the Chicken (J.Pastorius/Alfred James Ellis) * Donna Lee (Charlie Parker) * Continuum (J.Pastorius) * Sophisticated Lady (Duke Ellington) * Liberty City (J.Pastorius) * Three Views Of A Secret (J.Pastorius) * Okonkole Y Trompa (J.Pastorius) * Reza/Giant steps/Reza (J.Pastorius/Pastorius/John Coltrane/Pastorius) September 1, 1982, Tokyo, Japan, Jaco Pastorius Big Band
Gabriel borrajo lopez I was born 28 days after this show hahaha, so glad I know about JACO and Donna Lee etc. my dad had my practice the melody to invitation on sax when I was 7, never heard the song until much later. I just wanted to play guitar like Van Halen and all the people I saw on MTV. Thanks pops for raising me on true Jazz, I’ll never forget his face when I showed him Jaco playing the melody to Donna Lee on a bass haha
So sad nobody could help n take care of him, understanding what he was going thru 😢❣️ Really the best bass player ever, miss you Mr Pastorius ❤️ send you lots of love wherever you may be 🙏
Many good people offered their help, did their best. Adults can’t be forced to take care of themselves. Jaco’s illness, far from rare, requires dedication from within and that is an immense challenge. His very busy life on the road, onstage, were not conducive to self-care. Very, very sad - yes. But your presumptions about lack of care, concern, understanding are simply false for the reasons I mention.
PLEASE bear in mind that so-called "demons" did not kill Jaco. While it may have been Jaco damaging the door to the bar that sparked the altercation, no such act in and of itself warrants beating someone to their death. There is such a thing as calling the police on someone so they can be taken to the hoosegow to sleep it off. The one who had the demons is the bouncer who killed him.
You can't seriously suggest that Jaco didn't have self-destructive tendencies in his later years, it was almost the sole reason people didn't want to play with him. None of us were there, so we'll never know what Jaco did to provoke the bouncer, or if the bouncer hit him unprovoked. There's no reason to speculate about who's fault it was. Just accept that it happened and enjoy what he left behind
@@samhardingham5591 I got to meet him a few times in New York City and saw him on the street towards the end where he'd spit on people. Like Hiram Bullock said it was only a matter of time before he did it to the wrong person. I wish he'd gotten help for the sake of his kids.
@@ezfist9204 - I got to meet him as well. I was in awe; he was completely friendly & down to earth. But yeah - he was pretty f'd up by the end. I remember seeing him playing b'ball - or trying - @ the 8th St. courts in NYC. It was the dead of winter & he was shaven-headed in long, cutoff shorts w/no shirt. He looked like a homeless guy - tragic.
Jaco was a personal friend of mine. He’s a God given inspiration . Starting out as a Catholic alter boy and finding God and truth in music and the joy of the experience he never was a hypocrite. I’m so grateful he was (probably) the only true friend of mine. Put me in check and in
Saw him once with Weather Report at The Rainbow Theatre in Finsbury Park. He, and they, were astonishing! We got there in time to catch about 50 minutes of them soundchecking in the afternoon. Which included some astonishing Jaco on his own. What happened to him is just beyond tragic!
One of my favourites! Jaco at his peak! I've been missing him all day today in the Florida rain...I have the original Japanese vinyl 2 album release of this show. I picked it up while on tour there with Santana......Never knew what was in the liner notes ..printed in Japanese... But loved the great sound!!! Thanks for posting... Keith
this never gets old; I was there and it ripped the fabric of my mind, just blew it apart..33 top musician playing their asses of after Toots made his entrance and killed it and rocked the crowd, the Japanese went nuts.....
I was lucky enough to see him w/this exact ensemble in NYC @ the Savoy, and it was just as amazing as you'd think. RIP, Jaco. You were taken way too soon.
Yes, I read that too in that Bill Mikofsky biography. Apparently he wasn't nuts EVERY evening. I have always had this recording on a cassettetape. Oh joys of joys when I got this DVD. And now everyone can see it. Conclusion: when Jaco was cool...he just played like a god. Incredible...Let's savor these great moments.
Not just a bassist, a musician and an arranger. Killer big band and different like Mingus'. There weren't too many cats playing chords and soloing like him , that's why we all started ripping the frets out of our basses and adding Jazz Bridge pickups! McCartney, Clarke and Jaco are why I play.
You and me both, brother - McCartney was the first bassist I ever heard/saw (growing up in Liverpool in the 60's , how could I not?) Saw the Beatles at the Liverpool Empire Theatre in 1965 - I was quite young, but it changed my life. Stanly and Jaco came along later and changed it all again. And yes, I bought a Fender Jazz, put on Rotosound strings, had the amp with 18" cabinet - and still didn't sound close to him. Except in my head, of course......
Wow! He still looks healthy and is playing strong at this show-and the band sounds great! There's so much here that's not on the original Invitation release. I loved every minute of it!
It's unbelievable that he could do this tour in the middle of the huge meltdown he was having. It pains me that he had to suffer so much. Life can be so awful.
jaco was murdered in cold blood. this is a horrific thing to have happened to perhaps the worlds finest virtuoso artists of our times,rest in peace jaco,you will live on in your music for all time. salutti jaco robert
Toots and jaco a match made in heaven...two off the greatest on there instrument and the love and respect they had for one another beautifull to hear and see . Three vieuws off a secret...Top
Thanks for putting names on the faces and talent. Thank You Martin Schavelzon for sharing this treasure of my Bass Hero all over the space with rhythm and grace, and the incredible presence of the Big Band**** Thanks So Much ***
I would never say their is such of a thing as the best anything..Art is moving, as are the many artists moving the art. Jaco was more than a bassist.. He was a great Artist and great composer.
I followed a memory and arrived. Thank you very much for your wonderful record. At the same time, I listened to Aurex Jazz Festival in Yokohama. It's remembered that summer comes.
Originally taped for a Japanese television broadcast, and not intended for sale, Jaco Pastorius Big Band's Twins Live in Japan 1982 bootleg video features great camera work and editing. The performances are uniformly solid, but in a big band setting, only a handful of musicians get to step up for solos. ~ David Ross Smith, Rovi
I know the context. I cry over the potential. He could have done So much More. I know. I was a big band trombonist at Berklee And a Jaco fan at this time.
His playing was starting to suffer here. He was committed after this tour, diagnosed being bi-polar and put on lithium. This was 5 years before his passing.
It was the other way around. Jaco by nature was very athletic and one who would not elect to drink or use drugs.. Agonizing internal conflict sparked by bipolar disorder, especially as it progressed, caused Jaco, like for many, to look for instant relief through some of the worst means possible, alcohol and drugs, that medication may not give. Over time, alcoholism exacerbated his disorder. No-holds barred intervention by key industry folks, intensive treatment could have helped with both.
The featured Word of Mouth players in this video include Othello Molineaux (steel pans), Bob Mintzer (reeds), Randy Brecker (trumpet), Toots Thielemans (harmonica), and David W. Bargeron (tuba). Molineaux is a standout, soloing often throughout the concert. Pastorius takes center stage on a truncated rendition of "Continuum," and performs a beautiful, languid duet with Thielemans on "Sophisticated Lady." ~ David Ross Smith, Rovi
Jaco was a genius and innovator on the bass and composer on so many levels. The tragedy of how he died is a cautionary tale of the dangers of substance abuse and the early diagnosis of depression.
I have always loved Jaco's musicianship. But in addition, he knew how to surround himself with other greats. Mintzer's tenor solo on The Chicken .....there's just nothing better!
Gil Mosko Jaco asked Michael Brecker for the tour, but he was not available, Micheal Brecker recommended Bob Mintzer for the Job, and the rest is history :-)
I saw this group maybe 4 months earlier in L.A., and Mintzer was playing a bass clarinet though what sounded like a flanger pedal, and it sounded wicked. Randy Brecker was playing his trumpet through a wah-wah pedal.
It pains me to watch this. He was so close to death when this was made. You can see it in his face. As a bassist....he is and will always be one of my greatest heroes but, like many musicians...he was plagued by addiction. Miles, Mingus, Monk, Coltrane....all lost to us far before their time but they all left an indelible mark on the history of music.
In the doccumentary Robert Trujillo made, someone (I forget who) said one night they found Jaco crying, and when asked what was wrong, he said he was going to die when he was 35... He lived 1951-1987, and had not had his birthday yet in 1987, you can do the math... Makes me think man... Was Mr. Pastorius the second coming?
Don't bring religion into this. Jaco was a great musician and had a great mind, and he become a great player because of relentless practice, nothing to do with Jesus.
hey man...Thanks for posting this!!!! Fantastic jaco right before he started to really slide. There are some fantastic players because this man was who he was and did his thing, to show the world how a bass really could be played!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Yeah, there's a big difference between this 1982 concert and when he returned to Japan in 1984 with Gil Evans. The Evans concerts were sloppy and Jaco was already doing some insane stuff, like covering himself with mud, wearing dresses, etc. Looking back, I think his slide was gradual, and it goes back to 1978 with the Trio of Doom gig at Havana Jam, then with Weather Report in Japan in 1980, when Zawinul almost fired him on the spot.
Remember you can change the track list order on a recording and/or leave out songs. continuum has been edited on the album. But it is the same performance.
..not forgetting to mention: Peter Erskine (drums), Don Alias (percussion), Ron Tooley (trumpet), Paul McCandless (reeds), Bill Reichenbach Jr (Bass Trombone), Brad Wamaar (french horn)
