Name: Truth, Liberty and Soul - 2xHD Edition
Brand: Jaco Pastorius

Bonus disc

Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

2HDLP1243-45

Colour

Black

Colour details

Discogs ID

Format multiplier

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Download code: No

Rough Trade Exclusive

Rough Trade Exclusive: No

Extended format

Extended format: No

Format detail

Format Music GB

Limited edition

Release date

2024-04-26

Signed copies

Signed copies: No

Supplier GB

F Minor

Tax rate GB

Standard:20

UPC / Barcode

762765868881

Total Cap

Black LPx3

Artist

Jaco Pastorius

Genre GB

Jazz

Label GB

An influential American jazz musician, composer, big band leader and electric bass player; Jaco Pastorius was all of these and more at a young age. Best known for his work with Weather Report between 1976 and 1981, also working with the likes of Joni Mitchell, Pat Metheny, et al, along with his own solo projects.

He was quickly nicknamed by his parents "Jocko," which transformed into "Jaco" in the early 1970s when a French-born musician friend and neighbor, Alex Darqui, spelled it that way by mistake. He liked the alternate spelling and kept it.

Jaco Pastorius was born on December 1st, 1951 in Norristown, Pennsylvania. Tragically he passed away on September 21st, 1987 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida at the age of 35. Despite his short life span, he made a lasting impact on the music world.

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AAA Audiophile 200g 45rpm Triple Disc LP, sourced from first generation analogue recordings without any digital corruption! 2xHD Mastering on Nagra Equipment by René Laflamme, sound restoration by George Klabin &amp; Fran Gala. Cut all analogue at Bernie Grundman Mastering on Tube Cutting Equipment. 

"There have been many guitar gods, but there's never been an electric bassist as deified as Jaco Pastorius". – Michael J. Agovino  This live album by Jaco Pastorius and the Word-of-Mouth Big Band, featuring harmonica virtuoso Toots Thielemans as special guest, was recorded in analogue 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 45rpm 200g 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 analogue 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 line-up of top jazz musicians. With his extraordinary fretless electric bass playing as the centrepiece, 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 Jaco's work with Weather Report and beyond, the self-described "greatest bass player in the world" (an assessment shared with virtually the entire music world) established a new identity and role for his instrument and became the torch-bearer for a new way of playing both technically and conceptually. But behind it all was an ever present R&amp;B and Latin-influenced groove and a screaming rock-'n'-roll attitude that he refined and incorporated into sophisticated jazz harmonic structures.

Truth, Liberty and Soul - 2xHD Edition

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Discover Truth, Liberty & Soul - 2xHD Edition by Jaco Pastorius on vinyl. AAA Audiophile 200g 45rpm Triple Disc LP from 2HD label. Mastered from original analogue recordings for pure sound.