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Truth, Liberty & Soul - Live in NYC: The Complete 1982 NPR Jazz Alive! Recording

by Jaco Pastorius

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    The 2022 pressing mastered by the legendary Kevin Gray of Cohearent Audio. This limited-edition triple gatefold 3-LP 180-gram set was culled from the original NPR 24-track tape reels, this is the complete concert from start-to-finish, with the sound meticulously restored for release and mastered by the original, multi-Grammy award winning, recording engineer from the broadcast, Paul Blakemore.

    The massive LP insert includes extensive liner notes featuring rare photos by Tom Copi, Don Hunstein, Rene Perez and Donna Ranieri, essays by acclaimed jazz writer Bill Milkowski (author of Jaco: The Extraordinary and Tragic Life of Jaco Pastorius) and producer Zev Feldman, the original recording engineer Paul Blakemore, as well as interviews with Metallica bassist Robert Trujillo, who produced the award-winning documentary JACO (2014), and musicians - drummer Peter Erskine, saxophonist Bob Mintzer, trumpeter Randy Brecker, bassist Victor Wooten and more!

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Liberty City 10:03
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Bluesette 05:39
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Mr. Fonebone 10:33
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Twins 02:49
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Fannie Mae 05:59

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Resonance Records presents another previously unreleased gem in association with NPR Music, following 2016's critically acclaimed Sarah Vaughan release Live at Rosy's. Truth, Liberty & Soul Live in NYC: The Complete 1982 NPR Jazz Alive! Recording captures the iconic bass innovator Jaco Pastorius leading a 22-piece big band on June 27, 1982 at Avery Fisher Hall in New York City as part of George Wein's Kool Jazz Festival. Featuring a congregation of the top jazz musicians on the New York scene at the time such as Peter Erskine, Bob Mintzer, Randy Brecker, Jon Faddis, Frank Wess, Lew Soloff, Howard Johnson and others, along with the legendary harmonicist Toots Thielemans as a special guest. Truth, Liberty & Soul showcases Jaco's brilliant compositions for large ensembles with electrifying energy of a live performance.

A portion of the concert was previously broadcast on the NPR program Jazz Alive! in 1982, but this is the first official release authorized by the Jaco Pastorius Estate, Warner Music Group and NPR Music and contains an additional 40 minutes which never aired. Culled from the original 24-track tape reels, this is the complete concert from start-to-finish, with the sound meticulously restored for release and mastered by the original recording engineer from the broadcast, and multi-Grammy award winner, Paul Blakemore.

Truth, Liberty & Soul is available as a 2CD set which includes a massive 100-page liner note book featuring nineteen essays and interviews by acclaimed jazz writer Bill Milkowski (author of Jaco: The Extraordinary and Tragic Life of Jaco Pastorius), bass icon Victor Wooten, Metallica bassist Robert Trujillo (co-producer of the award-winning 2014 documentary Jaco), Resonance producer Zev Feldman, original recording engineer Paul Blakemore, Jaco bandmates drummer Peter Erskine, saxophonist Bob Mintzer, trumpeter Randy Brecker; plus rare photos by Tom Copi, Don Hunstein, Rene Perez, Donna Ranieri and much more.

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released May 26, 2017

WORD OF MOUTH BIG BAND

Jaco Pastorius
bass, vocals
Bob Mintzer
tenor sax, soprano sax, bass clarinet
Randy Brecker
trumpet
Othello Molineaux
steel drums
Don Alias
percussion
Peter Erskine
drums

SAXOPHONES
Bob Stein
alto saxophone
Lou Marini
tenor saxophone
Frank Wess
tenor saxophone
Howard Johnson
baritone saxophone
Randy Emerick
baritone saxophone

TRUMPETS
Alan Rubin
Lou Soloff
Jon Faddis
Ron Tooley
Kenny Faulk

TROMBONES
David Taylor
Jim Pugh
Wayne Andre

FRENCH HORNS
John Clark
Peter Gordon

TUBA
David Bargeron

Special Guest:
Toots Thielemans
(harmonica on "Sophisticated Lady," "Three Views of a Secret," "Liberty City" and "Fannie Mae")

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Jaco Pastorius Wilton Manors, Florida

Jaco Pastorius burst onto the national scene in 1976 with his audacious self-titled album on Columbia Records. With his extraordinary fretless electric bass playing as the centerpiece, Pastorius created an immediate sensation with the public and the media. In Jaco’s work with Weather Report and beyond, he became the torchbearer for a new way of playing. ... more

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