Jaco Pastorius - Truth, Liberty & Soul : Live in NYC - The Complete 1982 NPR Jazz Alive! Recording [2 CD, 2017/FLAC]

  

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.


  • 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)