Throughout 1984, Jaco Pastorius would perform with Gil Evans and his all-star big band, the Monday Night Orchestra. The group had a residency at Seventh Avenue South in Manhattan, NYC, where they would play for up to 3½ hours every Monday, with some songs stretching as long as 40 minutes. Much of the material would stem from the 1974 tribute album _The Gil Evans Orchestra Plays the Music of Jimi Hendrix,_ with some exceptions like "Jelly Roll" and "Gone." Many of the shows with Jaco would have a secondary bassist - usually Darryl Jones or former student and Pat Metheny Group member Mark Egan - but that's not the case here, which leads to some groovy interplay between Jaco and drummer Adam Nussbaum. The tape starts with a medley - a fragmented take on Lionel Richie's "Hello" and the explosive "Stone Free" (23:12), one of Hendrix's staples - bridged by a jam between the two. The following tune, Masabumi Kikuchi's "Drizzling Rain," was most likely the least frantic and maximalist on their setlists at the time - and one of my personal favorites. Kikuchi had first recorded it with Gil Evans for their collaborative studio album _Masabumi Kikuchi with Gil Evans_ in 1972, but it was performed live by Evans rarely, if ever, before 1984. This song is the longest on the recording, clocking in at nearly 35 minutes. This tape ends with Evans' "Gone" (not to be confused with "Gone, Gone, Gone" or "My Man's Gone Now"), written for his and Miles Davis' 1959 album _Porgy and Bess._ At the very beginning, Jaco delivers a fast bass solo typical of his 1984 shows, quoting Weather Report's "Barbary Coast" in the process, before returning to backing the group. This tune brings back the explosive atmosphere of "Stone Free," with Jaco taking a more prominent role throughout. This period in Jaco Pastorius' life - ranging from January to spring or early summer - is unfortunately overshadowed by the Word of Mouth Band's disastrous Playboy Jazz Festival set (June 17) and the partly chaotic Gil Evans Orchestra tour of Japan (July 28-August 5), and is - in my opinion - severely underrated. My good friend Music Universe has shared another great Gil Evans/Jaco Pastorius recording to zone out to from a January 9 show, which features a fantastic bass solo - you can find it here: kzitem.info/news/bejne/yKuvp418qaN9eno. If you'd like to hear more from these gigs, just let me know, and I'll consider it. My next upload will be a special all-star recording of "Stella by Starlight" in the spirit of Halloween, which will naturally be shared on Thursday, October 31. See you there! 00:00:00 Hello / Jam / Stone Free 00:37:40 Drizzling Rain 01:11:21 Gone 01:28:51 Band Introduction www.linktr.ee/jacoarchive
@storytimewithunclekumaran5004
14 сағат бұрын
I have to say your notes on the recordings you present are top notch.. Super factual and interesting .. Giving so much more context and meaning to the recordings you present . Thanks I really enjoy reading your notes...
@JacoPastoriusArchive
14 сағат бұрын
Thank you very much! These take a while to write (I actually had to rewrite this after accidentally deleting it), so I'm really happy that people are reading them. :)
@JacoPastoriusArchive
14 сағат бұрын
If anyone here knows more about the Gil Evans Orchestra and their history of performing these tunes, please feel free to educate me. I don't have any recordings of the group outside of those featuring Jaco, so what I know is purely from the eTree database.
@AndyAction
14 сағат бұрын
Fantastic upload - thanks JPA! Does anyone know the personnel in the Gil Evans Orchestra at this time? I'm assuming it's Kenwood Dennard on drums and possibly Hiram Bullock on guitar? Sounds like maybe Sanborn on alto sax?
@JacoPastoriusArchive
14 сағат бұрын
Thanks! The personnel varied slightly from gig to gig, but for the March 19 performance, it was as follows: Shunzo Ohno, trumpet Miles Evans, trumpet Johnny Coles, trumpet Tom Malone, trombone George Lewis, tuba and baritone sax David Sanborn, alto sax Chris Hunter, alto sax Gil Evans, keys Pete Levin, keys Jaco Pastorius, bass Adam Nussbaum, drums From what I know, Kenwood didn't play with Gil Evans until several years later. Hiram Bullock and even John Scofield played several times during Jaco's tenure, but neither is present here.
@storytimewithunclekumaran5004
14 сағат бұрын
drummer Adam Nussbaum.
@AndyAction
13 сағат бұрын
Aha - I see the lineup note now: Adam Nussbaum (my former teacher!) on drums!
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