Jaco Pastorius – Slang (Live in Los Angeles with Joni Mitchell, 1979 / Night 1)

Описание: 45 years ago today, Joni Mitchell and her all-star band performed the first of five concerts at the Greek Theatre in Los Angeles, California, which would mark the conclusion of the tour. While the performance was captured in a widely circulated audience recording, parts of a much rarer soundboard recording surfaced online in the early 2010s. This excerpt, sent to me by a fellow Jaco fan late last year, comes from that soundboard recording.

The rendition starts with some improvisation and Ornette Coleman's "Broadway Blues," which Jaco had started incorporating into his performances earlier that year, four years after first recording it with Pat Metheny and Bob Moses for Bright Size Life. The tune became a staple in his setlists by late 1985, and another studio recording, released posthumously on Broadway Blues & Teresa, was made in 1986 with Biréli Lagrène and Peter Lübke. The following segment, executed using an MXR digital delay rack and two Acoustic 360/361PP rigs, features an excellent solo version of "Teen Town" and a distortion-heavy take on Hendrix's "Third Stone from the Sun," both of which were staples in Jaco's setlists and bass solos.

The only currently unissued soundboard recording from this tour that I know of—recorded at Forest Hills Tennis Stadium on August 25—as well as the official live album Shadows and Light, are both missing the bass solos, which is why this, along with the one I'll share on Sunday, are such great finds. I hope you will enjoy them as much as I do. Thanks for watching!

00:00 Improvisation
01:27 Broadway Blues by Ornette Coleman
02:43 Teen Town by Weather Report
03:54 Improvisation
05:21 Third Stone from the Sun by the Jimi Hendrix Experience
05:52 Improvisation

From the Greek Theatre (Los Angeles, California, USA), 09/12/1979.
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