Jaco Pastorius – Truth, Liberty & Soul (45Rpm 3LP) - (Vinyl Record)

Description

This live album by 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. This Deluxe 45 RPM 200-gram edition is the first one to be mastered from the original 2-track master tapes that were found some 30 years later (the previous digital download versions were released from a digital remix of the 24 tracks). What we have here is the direct copy of the original pure analog 2-track mix.

The brightest star in the electric bass firmament, Jaco Pastorius burst onto the national scene in 1976 with his audacious self-titled album on Columbia Records, featuring a lineup of top jazz musicians. With his extraordinary fretless electric bass playing as the centerpiece, Jaco Pastorius created an immediate sensation with the public and the media. His signature approach employed Latin-influenced funk, lyrical solos on fretless bass, bass chords, and innovative use of harmonics.

In addition to his extraordinary virtuosity, Jaco was also developing into an accomplished and sophisticated composer and arranger and those talents are gloriously on display on this album. The three-time Grammy Award nominee was inducted into the Down Beat Jazz Hall of Fame in 1988, one of only seven bassists so honored (and the only electric bassist). His legacy as a bass innovator continues to this day, more than 30 years after his untimely death in 1987.

Jaco Pastorius 45 RPM Deluxe 3LP Set — Truth, Liberty & Soul

AAA Audiophile 200-gram 45 RPM triple-disc set

Sourced from first generation analog recordings without any digital corruption

2xHD mastering on Nagra equipment by René Laflamme

Duplication from the analog master!

Cut all-analog at Bernie Grundman Mastering, on tube cutting equipment