With the release of Truth, Liberty & Soul Live in NYC: The Complete NPR Jazz Alive! Recording, the Resonance Records has truly outdone itself: not only bringing a stellar live performance of electric fretless bass phenom Jaco Pastorius’
out-of-the-park June 27, 1982 performance at Avery Fisher Hall, with
his 22-piece Word of Mouth Big Band — first aired on the American public
radio network’s Jazz Alive! program — into long-overdue commercial
release, it does so in what has become the characteristically thorough
and signature Resonance Records way.
Disc One
1. Invitation (13:04)
2. Soul Intro/The Chicken (9:10)
3. Donna Lee (13:18)
4. Three Views to a Secret (6:38)
5. Liberty City (10:10)
6. Sophisticated Lady (7:43)
7. Bluesette (5:31)
Disc Two
1. I Shot the Sheriff (6:55)
2. Okonkolé y Trompa (15:07)
3. Reza/Giant Steps (Medley) (10:19)
4. Mr. Fonebone (10:37)
5. Bass and Drum Improvisation (14:05)
6. Twins (2:53)
7. Fannie Mae (5:55)
- Jaco Pastorius: bass, vocals;
- Bob Mintzer: tenor and soprano saxophones, bass clarinet;
- Randy Brecker: trumpet;
- Othello Molineaux: steel drums;
- Don Alias: percussion;
- Peter Erskine: drums;
- Bob Stein: alto saxophone;
- Lou Marini: tenor saxophone;
- Frank Wess: tenor saxophone;
- Howard Johnson: baritone saxophone;
- Randy Emerick: baritone saxophone;
- Alan Rubin: trumpet;
- Lee Soloff: trumpet;
- Jon Faddis: trumpet;
- Ron Tooley: trumpet;
- Kenny Faulk: trumpet;
- David Taylor: trombone;
- Jim Pugh: trombone;
- Wayne Andre: trombone;
- John Clark: French horn;
- Peter Gordon: French horn;
- David Bargeron: tuba;
- Toots Thielemans: harmonica
Disc One
1. Invitation (13:04)
2. Soul Intro/The Chicken (9:10)
3. Donna Lee (13:18)
4. Three Views to a Secret (6:38)
5. Liberty City (10:10)
6. Sophisticated Lady (7:43)
7. Bluesette (5:31)
Disc Two
1. I Shot the Sheriff (6:55)
2. Okonkolé y Trompa (15:07)
3. Reza/Giant Steps (Medley) (10:19)
4. Mr. Fonebone (10:37)
5. Bass and Drum Improvisation (14:05)
6. Twins (2:53)
7. Fannie Mae (5:55)