Jaco Pastorius - Invitation (1983)

Front Cover	Album Info
	Artist/Composer Jaco Pastorius Title Invitation Length 43:21 Discs: 1 Tracks: 9 Format HQ 192+ kbps Packaging Jewel Case Label Warner Bros. Cat. Number 16662 Style Fusion; Post-Bop Rating N/A Recorded live 1983  Comment pomieszana kolejność

Track list

01 Amerika 01:11 02 Continuum 04:30 03 Eleven 00:51 04 Fannie Mae 02:40 05 Invitation 06:59 06 Liberty city 04:37 07 Reza/Giant steps/Reza 10:25 08 Sophisticated lady 05:19 09 Soul intro/The chicken 06:49

Notes

AMG Review by Scott Yanow (4 1/2): Electric bassist Jaco Pastorius' Word of Mouth big band made two recordings for Warner Bros. during its short life, of which is this is the superior one. The large ensemble (five trumpets including Randy Brecker, five reeds with solo space for Bobby Mintzer on tenor and soprano, four trombones, two French horns, Toots Thielemans on harmonica, drummer Peter Erskine, percussionist Don Alias and Othello on steel drum) performs a variety of superior material. Although Pastorius takes his share of solo space, and the sound of a big band backing a bass soloist is rather unusual, he does not excessively dominate the music. Pastorius contributed some of the pieces (most notably "Liberty City"), is showcased on "Amerika," and also plays such tunes as "Invitation," "The Chicken," "Sophisticated Lady," "Giant Steps" and Gil Evans' "Eleven." Don Alias Percussion, Soloist Wayne Andre Trombone Dave Bargeron Trombone, Tuba Randy Brecker Trumpet, Soloist Elmer Brown Trumpet Paul Bruno Road Manager Forrest Buchtel Trumpet Mario Cruz Clarinet, Flute, Flute (Alto), Sax (Soprano), Sax (Tenor) Randy Emerick Clarinet, Flute (Alto), Sax (Baritone) Peter Erskine Drums, Gong, Tympani [Timpani], Soloist Jon Faddis Trumpet, Soloist Alex Foster Clarinet, Piccolo, Sax (Alto), Sax (Soprano), Sax (Tenor) Mitch Gibson Assistant Engineer Peter Gordon French Horn Peter Graves Bass, Trombone, Conductor, Trombone (Bass) Steve Lehman Production Coordination Paul McCandless Horn (English), Oboe, Sax (Tenor) Bob Mintzer Arranger, Sax (Soprano), Sax (Tenor), Soloist Othello Molineaux Drums (Steel), Soloist Vincent "Vincenzo" Oliveri Assistant Engineer Gary Panter Illustrations Jaco Pastorius Bass, Arranger, Producer, Remixing, Adaptation, Soloist Bill Reichenbach Jr. Trombone (Bass) Bill Riechenbach Trombone (Bass) Brian Risner Engineer, Remixing, Assistant Engineer Takehisa Suzuki Production Coordination, Tour Manager Toots Thielemans Harmonica, Guest Appearance Yutaka Tomioka Assistant Engineer Ron Tooley Trumpet Shigeru Uchiyama Photography Brad Warnaar French Horn Larry Warrilow Copyist Yoshihisa Watanabe Assistant Engineer Akira Yada Production Assistant Kazu Yamamoto Production Assistant Peter Yianilos Remixing, Mixing Engineer