Jaco Pastorius

Jaco Pastorius-Modern American Music Period The Criteria Sessions-24BIT-44KHZ-WEB-FLAC-2014-OBZEN
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 01:06:17 minutes | 717 MB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover

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Jaco Pastorius – Truth, Liberty & Soul – Live in NYC: The Complete 1982 NPR Jazz Alive! Recording (2017)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 02:11:05 minutes | 5,04 GB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Digital Booklet, Front Cover | © Resonance Records

A first-time release comprising more than 130 minutes of extraordinary high-fidelity ground-breaking music, this previously unreleased live album by electric bass genius Jaco Pastorius and the Word of Mouth Big Band, featuring harmonica virtuoso Toots Thielemans as special guest, was recorded in analog 24 tracks by the Record Plant mobile truck at Avery Fisher Hall in NYC on June 27, 1982 as part of George Wein’s Kool Jazz Festival and is presented from beginning to end exactly as it happened. Mastered with 2xHD’s proprietary 2xHD Fusion Process it is now available in all high resolution formats on the 2xHD label.
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Jaco Pastorius – Modern American Music… Period! The Criteria Sessions (2014/2020)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 01:06:17 minutes | 718 MB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Omnivore Recordings

When Jaco Pastorius’ solo debut appeared in 1976, a new standard in both jazz and the electric bass guitar was born. Many of the the tracks on that eponymous album had their genesis two years earlier when a 22 year-old Pastorius and friends used after-hours time at Criteria Studios to work out songs and jam. Eventually, six of those session tracks were pulled to an acetate. Many of the songs would later find their way onto Jaco’s self-titled debut, but some remained unreleased until now. All tracks appear here in their full, unedited form for the first time.
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Jaco Pastorius – JACO Original Soundtrack (2015)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 01:14:58 minutes | 833 MB | Genre: Jazz
Official Digital Download – Source: Q0buz | Front cover | @ Columbia Records/Legacy

The surprisingly cohesive soundtrack to the 2015 Jaco Pastorius documentary Jaco features tracks the legendary jazz bassist recorded during his short career in the ’70s and ’80s. The first major documentary film about Pastorius, who was born in 1951 and died tragically in 1987 at age 35, Jaco was produced by bassist Robert Trujillo (Suicidal Tendencies, Metallica) and Pastorius’ oldest son, Johnny Pastorius. Jaco details Pastorius’ rise from unknown Florida musician to internationally recognized and innovative jazz superstar. In concordance, we get cuts Pastorius recorded as a solo artist and as a member of the influential fusion outfit Weather Report. Fittingly, Trujillo and Pastorius cull tracks off the bassist’s two major solo studio albums, 1976’s Jaco Pastorius and 1981’s Word of Mouth, including “Come on, Come Over,” “Continuum,” and “Crisis.” Elsewhere, we get a handful of major Weather Report sides, including the synth-heavy “River People” and the funky Pastorius feature “Teen Town.” Along the way, we also get several tracks Pastorius recorded for other artists, including a live version of “The Dry Cleaner from Des Moines” with Joni Mitchell and “All American Alien Boy” off Ian Hunter’s 1978 studio album. Bringing Pastorius’ influence full circle, Trujillo also includes several brand-new recordings, including a cover of “Come on, Come Over” by his own band Mass Mental, as well as a cover of “Continuum” by Mexican guitar duo Rodrigo y Gabriela. While there is certainly room for longer, more exhaustive Pastorius anthologies, Jaco succeeds in providing a listenable — and one feels lovingly heartfelt — overview of the bassist’s career. –AllMusic Review by Matt Collar

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