Jaco Pastorius Sextet - Invitation (Live Nov. 23rd 1982 in Rome)

Here's my newest upload, a burning rendition of "Invitation" from Jaco's infamous tour of Italy in November 1982, this time in Rome. The tour was a mix of incredible musical highs and horrible lows. This concert definitely belongs among in the former category as the band is absolutely on fire! Jaco's extended solo is a bit frenetic, but at the same time it is exciting to hear him in such an exploratory mode. Some people might be put off by what Jaco attempts here and the energy level but I personally find it thrilling! The show took place in at the Teatro Tenda a Strisce on November the 23rd. Full band: Jaco Pastorius - bass, Alex Foster - soprano saxophone, Elmer Brown Jr - trumpet, Kenwood Dennard - drums, Carol Steele - percussion, Delmar Brown - keyboards/vocals(?). The concert was recorded by the Italian bassplayer Alberto Bientinesi who kindly gave me permission to post this clip. Btw Alberto has a great new album out now comprised of jazz renderings of familiar Christmas songs aptly called "Christmas Songs". You can listen to the album on Spotify. Highly recommendable :)

[@bAgRiMoIrEsS.4]

On this day, Nov 23, 1982 great stuff happened in the world, Jaco!

[@flame-sky7148]

The ending is crazy good!!! ❤‍🔥

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[@owenwilson8822]

Insane

[@JacoPastoriusArchive]

I'm glad you shared this. This show might be the last time the Word of Mouth opened with Invitation, before being replaced by Dania. They performed Dania near the end of this show, and it might have been its live debut. Also one of the few times it was played near the end of a set.

[@musicuniverse1986]

You're absolutely corrrect. As you probably know I posted that performance of "Dania" on my channel a couple of years ago.

[@LucilleBrawl17]

I love Invitation.

[@MOROZOVVADIM]

Это безумие!!)

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[@MOROZOVVADIM]

Извините. А почему этот тур был печально известным? Что произошло в этом туре?

[@musicuniverse1986]

The tour was a mix of musical magic and shows where Jaco was in complete sabotage mode. Off stage it was tumultuous to say the least and it culminated with Jaco falling off a hotel balcony and breaking his arm. You can read more about this tour in the Jaco biography. Thanks for commenting.

[@ronfeldstein8555]

He was doing the sabotage thing in ‘82? Saw him in Florida several times earlier that year and his gigs were great.

[@ronfeldstein8555]

Playful mischief to test the musicians attention to something worse?