The band is playing Ornette Coleman's blues "Turnaround" here. This performance was meant to memorialize bassist Jaco Pastorius, who had died from injuries suffered during an altercation in September, 1987. Metheny and Moses had played many gigs with Jaco, and recorded with him on Metheny's famous first recording, "Bright Size Life".
It's late night/early morning, so I'm playing music that won't wake up the neighbors. Here's Pat Metheny from the 1980's, cool enough for a VH-1 music video, great enough to greet the soon-to-arrive dawn.
Just as Weather Report were cementing their worldwide reputation as one of the premier influences on the modern jazz fusion scene (winning the Downbeat "best jazz album" award of the year with "Tale Spinnin'"), a young bass guitarist out of Florida was beginning his ascent to greatness - and he already has his sights firmly set on playing with Weather Report even before they knew about ...
A dynamic track from "Still Life (Talking)" which suggests springtime activities. Or does it hint at something else? It's early Friday morning, and I'm off to the land of nod.
+ Fragments off PMG "Imaginary Day" Tour Apr 23, 1998, Congress Hall, Warsaw, Poland.Good Audio & Video Quality (see screenshots)Download sample:http://savedonthe.net/download/130/sample.htmlTaped, authored and uploaded by fekete.Lineage: TV direct (1995) broadcact TVP2 > VHS > standalone DVD burner > PC (Magix AudioCleaningLab for audio cleaning and mastering, and TMPGEnc DVD Author 3 for dvd ...
Two outstanding contemporary jazzmen, whose collaboration produced one of the seminal bop albums of the '90s, reunite and document a quizzically boring performance from their 2006/2007 US tour.
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