Jaco Pastorius - Nefertiti Live in 1984( Full 21 minute unedited recording!)

Here's the complete, unedited 21 minute version of Jaco Pastorius' 1984 take on the classic Wayne Shorter penned tune "Nefertiti" that I have previously posted an excerpt of on my channel. Like the original it has a dark and mysterious vibe to it, only much more intense and avantgarde. Back when I posted the excerpt some years ago I edited out most of the recording because I felt that Jaco went too far "out there" at times that it crossed the border from avantgarde to sabotaging. Now after having listened to it again with "fresh ears" I still feel that way, but not as strongly as I did
back then. I now believe that a lot of those moments from Jaco that sound a bit chaotic was to create tension and not because he tried to ruin the performance. Also, the other excellent musicians in the band make memorable contributions that deserve to be heard. Another reason for posting the unedited recording is that a lot of fellow Jaco fans have made requests for me to do so ever since I first posted the excerpt back in 2020. So here it is, warts and all. Have I made the right decision in posting the whole thing? Listen and decide for yourself.
Date/venue: July 15th 1984 at Seventh Avenue South in NYC.
Musicians:
Jaco Pastorius - bass, Rashied Ali - drums, Alex Foster - saxophone, Michael Gerber - piano, Jerry Gonzalez - trumpet, Michael Monteiro - percussion, Bugsy Moore - percussion.

[@vbassone]

Yes, you made the right decision, of course.

[@musicuniverse1986]

Thanks.

[@jacocharzukanamericanautho2422]

Legendary bass solo!

[@musicuniverse1986]

Thanks for commenting bro. Greetings from Norway.

[@zanerobison2956]

Amazing man

[@musicuniverse1986]

Thanks for commenting. Greetings from Norway.

[@pierrepicot3706]

The solo bass is awesome too

[@pierrepicot3706]

A gréât pièce (Miles Davis composition) ; the brass are superb ; the introduction bass is amazing , the ligne toi ; Al Foster is kill his drums (a lot of Miles musicians come with Jaco in fact)

[@musicuniverse1986]

Hi Pierre. Thanks for commenting. But, this piece was written by Wayne Shorter and not Miles. Also, on this recording it is not Al Foster the drummer but Alex Foster the saxophonist.

[@pierrepicot3706]

@@musicuniverse1986 Sorry ; i was wrong

[@gamehedgehog9434]

I feel that his music should nevertheless be documented. I haven't listened to the whole thing yet but it doesn't sound like it's unworthy of presentation

[@musicuniverse1986]

Thanks for leaving a comment. Greetings from Norway.

[@martinturco3668]

We're in the 21 st century, come on, what's so wrong with Jaco's playing here? It's just a gig...we would all love to listen to 70's Jaco always, but well...we know... besides, first, there is an interview in wich they ask him about Coltrane and chord changes, he says something like, that was his matter, that he did something like simplifying changes, listen to his solos of Donna Lee live versions and he doesn't play all the chords...
Second, I would like to know in wich messure of wich chorus he doesn't play the changes he should and what or where he should have gone. It sounds hard what I say, but it is how harmony is discussed in the academic enviornment

[@musicuniverse1986]

Well that was a lot of assumptions in your condescending comment..I'm not talking about what he does in relation to the chords. It has to do with the brief moments he goes too far and sounds like he's about to sabotage the performance. If you can't hear that then that's not my problem. But I obviously like many things about this recording( most of Jaco's playing included) or I wouldn't have posted it...With regards to his live solos on "Donna Lee" I would like to know what your reference point is. Is it his solo from the Montreal concert? Because that disjointed and uninspired solo doesn't at all represent how well he could improvise over those changes. Listen to his killer solo on this recording for instance: ruclips.net/video/e_ICOwPnyj0/видео.html

[@martinturco3668]

@@musicuniverse1986 Well, first thanks for sharing the Donna Lee (yes of course he can play over those changes, but, I repeat, his performances in his early days where, in general, much clearer, I mean as a musical speech). Second, not a lot of assumptions, it is what Jaco says about the changes of Giant Steps and in general about changes. Third it is a simple Jam, and the guy had his huge problems, sabbotage? Come on...In Black Market LP, Al Johnson plays with distortion in a moment I think in Gibraltar...It doesn't go much further than that. And then he goes back to the walking and to the changes... if you want sabbotage just play out of tempo or hole notes or don't play! I just interpretate this things as Hendrix smashing his guitar or something like that...what would he sabotate??? What for??? Haven't you ever made silly "jokes" like hemiolias, chords substitutions, superposing messures and sorts of jamming? Come on they are jamming and surely having fun!!! Unless you know one of the guys and told you Jaco fup his solo, I think you are making an assumption too...
Fourth, It es always good to have material to listen, so, thanks again. There is an anecdote of Stravinsky's premier of his piano Concerto or of the Three movements for piano and orchestra, he was playing the piano and can't recall if Pierre Monteaux was the conductor or Ansermet...The fact is that the piano opens the second movement and Stravinsky forgot the part!!!! I would pay for listening to that performance...Anything can happen to anyone on stage...but playing 101% like the big guys is another issue...I am not being condescendent, but realistic and respectfull to the big guys like Jaco or Igor Stravinsky.

[@pietroeliabarcellona]

This drummer is nuts, nice to hear some looser stuff

[@musicuniverse1986]

Yes, the whole band is in an exploratory mode for sure. Thanks for commenting.

[@xdo5110]

AI

[@jamesscullion3034]

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[@coleovert]

neato