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Jaco Pastorius Big Band - The Word is Out (special)

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Note that even though this is the Jaco Pastorius Big Band, as the Bonzo Dog Band once said in "Shirt", "That's just the name of the shop". Jaco does not appear on this album because he was very deceased by the time this tribute big band was assembled. Still good music, but wanted to make that perfectly clear...

"Bands that carry the name of departed leaders are often called "ghost bands." Here we have a ghost band named after someone who in his brief lifetime was known not so much for leading a big band as for playing in a small ensemble, Weather Report. Jaco also played some with Pat Metheny, and even with Joni Mitchell (if you have ever get a chance to see the Shadows and Light concert video, you will see Jaco hogging the spotlight to the point that one of the Brecker Bros. looks to be ready to clock him over the head--it's hilarious, but sad). There is plenty of fun music on this release. With living bass players such as Richard Bona, Mark Egan, Gerald Veasley, Israel "Cachao" Lopez Jr., Victor Wooten, Jimmy Haslip, Jeff Carswell, and Will Lee underpinning the arrangements with Jaco-style fluid bass runs, there is plenty of musical color and energy. The final cut takes the ghost band concept a step further, with Jaco himself playing the bass part in the form not of a spectre, but rather a studio tape. If you are fan of big band music or of Jaco Pastorius, the The Word Is Out! is a recording you will definitely need to put on your want list."-Karl Nehring


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