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 Jaco Pastorius - Invitation (Live)


Release Date: December, 1983
Label: Warner Bros.

Jaco's Word of Mouth big band recorded live in concert in Japan in 1982. Invitation was the U.S. release through Warner Bros., which included 9 tracks. A Japanese 2-LP release (Twins I & II) contained 13 tracks. Both are available as re-issues today.

Tracks:

  1. Invitation (Kaper)   6:42
  2. Amerika (Traditional)   1:09
  3. Soul Intro (Pastorius) / The Chicken (Ellis)   6:35
  4. Continuum (Pastorius)   4:13
  5. Liberty City (Pastorius)   4:11
  6. Sophisticated Lady (Ellington)   4:53
  7. Reza (Pastorius) / Giant Steps (Coltrane) / Reza (Reprise) (Pastorius)   10:02
  8. Fannie Mae/Eleven (Brown/Evans/Davis)   2:36

Musicians:

The Word of Mouth Sextet:
Don Alias: Percussion
Randy Brecker: Trumpet
Peter Erskine: Drums/Timpani/Gong
Bobby Mintzer: Tenor and Soprano sax/Bass Clarinet
Othello Molineaux: Steel Drums

and special guest:
Toots Thielemans: Harmonica

with the Word of Mouth Big Band:
Jon Faddis: Lead Trumpet
Elmer Brown: Trumpet
Forrest Buchtel: Trumpet
Ron Tooley: Trumpet
Wayne Andre: Lead Trombone
David Bargeron: Trombone/Tuba
Peter Graves: Trombone
Bill Reichenbach: Trombone
Mario Cruz: Tenor & Soprano Sax/Clarinet
Randy Emerick: Baritone Sax/Clarinet/Alto Flute
Alex Foster: Tenor, Alto & Soprano Sax/Clarinet/Piccolo
Paul McCandliss: Tenor Sax/Oboe/English Horn
Peter Gordon: French Horn
Brad Warnaar: French Horn

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