I was at that concert! When I went to take a leak after the concert, Jaco was taking one right next to me :-). On the same night, there were Art Blakey and Klaus Doldingers Passport, two days earlier, there were Billy Cobham-George Duke, with the young John Scofield and McLaughlin's Shakti, two days later Stan Getz, Thad Jones and Mel Lewis, the next day Sarah Vaughn. We slept in the courtyard of the Montreux casino. My god, those were the days...
@@allinthemind2006 Yes, I did. And we also talked. My parents, the trumpetplayer Oscar Klein and my mother, jazzsinger Miriam Klein, grew up with Joe Zawinul in Austria. So I told Jaco to tell Joe that I'm here and to let me go backstage to say hello. Jaco answered: «I cannot tell Joe to let you come backstage, but I could certainly ask him.» I got a free english lesson from the amazing Jaco Pastorius :-).
Here's Weather Report in their prime....Saw them 5 times back then...Really was going to see Jaco each time...Alex Acuna ; one of the greatest drummers on the planet!
5:55 my heart breaks. he's so young and clean, his mental demons haven't attacked him yet. It's an honor to see him at this stage. Belongs in a time capsule, that's how important Jaco is
I was thinking the same thing. Except for the word "talent". I was wondering if it would EVER be possible to witness something like this again? Probably not. But, I would be happy to be proven wrong. But, with only 674,000 some views since 2012, what are the chances another group of musicians getting this diverse, creative, and motivated for some serious killer jams still in the vicinity of Jazz.
No muchos peruanos te reconocen hoy Alex, pero los que sí te queremos mucho porque quién no sería capaz de reconocer tu maestría y hasta donde has llegado gracias a eso
this music still sounds fresh and crisp to me after all these years. very unique sound, very tight playing, very gifted musicians. makes me feel blessed and grateful!
I saw Weather report in 1982 at The Palace in Columbus Ohio. Awesome show....Jaco played two basses at once with an echoplex...the song was Purple Haze....killer show.
Is it just me, but does it look like Zawinul has never been happier? Maybe because he knows he's finally got the tightest, best band on the planet in 1976. Can't stop watching this.
It was an incarnation of WR I did not like quite as much as this one but if we're just talking about the expression on Zawinul's face, I think there were some moments with Omar Hakkim where he looked a bit happier. There's a Tokyo concert I'm thinking of (avail here on YT) Regardless, I think there's no question he was proud of having the best band in existence.
zawinul is an ass. he doesn't deserve such great musicians. an Austrian Nazi. fuck him. everything he did after this great band was crap. he never again got the music people interested in him. so he gave a whole lot of shit to everybody. this band carried him. he didn't carry anybody.
@@willemsengers6017 Err, I just got into WR, but seems to me he composed some of the best modern jazz melodies. And a Nazi? I remember hearing him say he was a racist yeah...because he only ever listened to black music.
They were at the Stanley in the winter of 76, if I remember correctly. It sold out and I couldn't get in. I stood by the marque all night and listened. Froze my ass off. It was the best show I never saw.
Saw them in concert around 1977 in Chicago. To date, one of the best bands that I have ever seen live. Jaco did a solo that brought the house down, totally mindblowing! I love how he altered his Bass to make it play the way he wanted it to play. Try playing a "fretless" Bass like that. No one playing either before or since even comes close to Jaco. Those were the good old days when music was amazing & musicians had real talent, unlike the crap around today. Thank you Jaco & the crew of Weather Report for the great music that you gave the world.
Oh man there's so much joy here between the players and the music they're creating. You can see it in Joe's eyes - pure and childlike, which says a lot for a man who was pretty demanding and hard with high expectations and a competitive mean streak.
They were all great musicians and talented instrumentalists who came together to blend one of the most eclectic styles of sound yet to be replicated. I thank God for giving me the opportunity to grow up in that era.
I learned modalites and practiced and practiced and practiced Wayne Shorter riffs and listened to every WR album (that's right youngun's - albums) over and over and over. I wore out the grooves! Best band ever!!
I’m glad I saw them live in London in the late 70’s. I only remember they were magic and I was swinging from my tree! Weather Report never has bad weather.
Saw this version of this band three times that year of 1976. Thank you for posting this, because it takes me right back. Jaco, young and not yet wrecked, is beautiful. So much joy in the way this band played.
Forty-three years ago....Jaco stunned The bass community, much like Scott LaFaro did with Bill Evans... NO one played like that before, just a standard vintage Fender Jazz Bass, but with a defretted and coated fingerboard, ans Rotosound stainless round wound strings... the lines, technique, his use of harmonics.... Now, it seems like EVERY new 'bass star' or 'phenom' is just imitating him, and his sound. Bill Milkowski's book on Jaco's life is a great read.
I saw them during the Heavy Weather tour. At the time, I was about 27 and still trying to be the bast bassist I could. That night I heard/saw this punk guy named Jaco. I handed him my hopes for the bass that night. He was doing stuff with that Jazz Bass that no one else was. Within a couple of years, you could not escape his sound on every fusion record there was. I completely agree Dave with your assessment. He did a solo section with an Echoplex and the rig shown that rearranged my world musically, and I had been gigging for a living for 5 years before that.
My favourite incarnation of this wonderful band. I remember seeing them on the Night Passage tour in the early 1980's with the great Peter Erskine and Bobby Thomas Jr at the Birmingham Odeon....what a great great night...
I've always tried (and failed at) reading Wayne Shorter. What is going on in that genius brain? He always looks so forlorn. But I sure feel every note he plays! My fav saxophonist.
This was the summer of 76 ,to this day one of the hottest ever in Europe and you can see the sweat dripping off all of these musicians, so I think it’s just physical discomfort.Dripping sweat must be awful for a sax player. Wayne’s concentration levels are incredible, and I think he keeps still and expressionless so that he can deliver to the max.
Almost seems like he was worn out with maybe Zawinul and the pissing contest that Zawinul may have had w Jaco...maybe lack of creative space for Shorter...I think Zawinul crowded his ideas...if that makes sense...just my uneducated guess
@@jackburton6998 Oh yesss ! I will never forget this fraternal encounter! A cosmic "Full 🌕 Connection". We were a good ten aliens, vibrating blissfully four meters from the great Jaco, on this little flying carpet and we sweated abundantly with these genius musicians. What a masterfully filmed ten-fingered solo! I kept this rug preciously. Although it has aged somewhat, it still flies very well. This summer, I used it to spend a few days of family vacation on the planet Gong. And at this moment, as I write these few exciting lines, etc, etc :)
10:52 tune Cannonball from album Black market is one of the most beautiful Weather report /Jaco tunes. (A hommage to Cannonball Adderley) 14:44 The outro w Jaco bassline and Wayne and Joe soloing over it is a cry moment both here and on record 😭
Manolo badrena was my next door neighbor when i was a kid. His drum practice studio was some 20 feet from my parent’s room. I remember seeing him with his long hair and all.
I just recently started learning about Jaco and I don't know why I didn't do so earlier. How I overlooked him when I have loved Weather Report all these years is beyond me
Who else was in love with Jaco in these days? I was 15 years old then. Is this really 76 and not 77? Totally blown away by Weather Report and followed Jaco as much as I could after that.
Not being a jazz fan in particular, but liking it very much, I sometimes forget that there is such a music scene in Europe. When I think "jazz" my mind doesn't immediately fly to Europe, but, here it is! Very cool!
Pastorius debe ser el mejor o uno de los mejores bajistas de la historia llegó tan alto como virtuoso y cae tan bajo x sus dependencias hay que recordarlo en lo grande y que lo pequeño sea ejemplo para que no se repita. RIP
This just blows my mind. Sadly i haven't listened enough to Paco nor Weather Report, nor any of the names involved here, until recently... Better late than never, but this is so incredible that I feel embarrassed to not have been listening for decades. Mind blown that there is SO much clarity to all sounds here, with SO much going on, SO many treats give. Within this set, and done with all this clarity. Everything sounds so dang good. Modern times, alot of this type of stuff doesn't hit me so beautifully, not because of the players now, but, to me, the new ways of recording, producing... The newest mics involved, etc etc... It doesn't bring the music together with such snap all while carrying grace throughout. I miss the sounds of yesteryear. I will be listening to these players for quite a long time from here on out. Also the other projects they have each been part of otherwise. The drums sound sooooo good. The wind instrument Carry like they are riding on the actually air of the sky. Paco's even included such brutal sounding distortion at the smallest of moments, that add to everything so well. I love all this whole set.
Brent Jackson :His way of landing on the “1” weather it be 4/8, 6/8, 7/8, 9/8....etc is just amazing.....speed never mattered, he always said it was usually just two fingers flicking and raking,.... that’s when you “become” your instrument when you explain it that simply, in my opinion. I’m a funk/Jazz drummer and would give....a lot....to play with that man. The older I get, the more I “hear” in his performances ....for example from 7:55 to 8:13....what a beautiful riff to send you on a “ear learning” tangent....and yes....what an animal....and what an inner animalistic inspiration
@@minorthreat8240 You and I need to jam my friend. I've been searching for many a year for a drummer that loves this type of music and appreciates the genius of Jaco Pastorius III like I do. Truly one of the greatest influences and inspirations of my entire musical journey. I sincerely hope you read this and that you live in the NY area. Get in touch with me. I play guitar and just to give you a brief idea of my style, Hiram Bullock along with Jaco drastically changed the way I play my instrument. Think Live in NYC Vol. 2. I have a bass player that can really throw down too. Paulvonwiegand@verizon.net
Damn shame you're not in London - I'd be up for a jam - I'm a Joe obsessed/influenced keys player - I did a tribute set to Joe covering Weather Report and Syndicate repertoire back in 2008 just after he passed away with my UK fusion band Curfew...……….@@techmiter6299
@@blairjones8231 all subjective bud, everyone has music they like and dislike, or what bores them or makes them happy, gotta have respect for it all though, its art
@@Thundergod- I love Chester Thompson and Peter Erskine, but my 3 favorite WR drummers are (in no particular order) Eric Gravatt, Alex Acuna and Alphonse Mouzon. I could conceivably replace Mouzon with Erskine based on Erskine getting to show more than Mouzon did while they were each with WR. Mouzon's best work for me was away from WR.
You never get a fat drummer just a phat one! And that goes for the whole band! As a kid in 1980 listening to this got me into electro and techno and further bases with the bass sound and feeling ... ;)
Probably captures the time when this all came together for Weather Report. This was a storm OK. Zawinal actually really enjoying himself, he got Jacko with him and the rest of the greatest line up innit. All the line ups that joe had were all full of great players and its all worth watching BUT this is actually the genuine article.
I had heard that alcohol was involved in his death, and in the music business it's been far to common someone has got out of control with it. if your an out of control addict of any kind in the business, you better get a handle on it because people don't care about you enough when you stop looking after yourself.
Alex and Manolo had a pretty great thing going together. They made Weather Report as percussive as I recall it ever being, and this rhythm dictated a sparser response from Joe and Wayne that was so special. Jaco walked into this band at the perfect moment.
Brian Hammer I’m a huge Yes fan, but Chris Squire is an absolute child next to Jaco. And Stanley Clarke-what a monster player-couldn’t begin to play harmonics the way Jaco could. Not even close.
I was at that concert! When I went to take a leak after the concert, Jaco was taking one right next to me :-). On the same night, there were Art Blakey and Klaus Doldingers Passport, two days earlier, there were Billy Cobham-George Duke, with the young John Scofield and McLaughlin's Shakti, two days later Stan Getz, Thad Jones and Mel Lewis, the next day Sarah Vaughn. We slept in the courtyard of the Montreux casino. My god, those were the days...
You're killing me! 🎶🎵🤯🍻
My god - THOSE were the days.
you took a piss with Jaco Pastorius? Yea right!! hahaha
@@allinthemind2006 Yes, I did. And we also talked. My parents, the trumpetplayer Oscar Klein and my mother, jazzsinger Miriam Klein, grew up with Joe Zawinul in Austria. So I told Jaco to tell Joe that I'm here and to let me go backstage to say hello. Jaco answered: «I cannot tell Joe to let you come backstage, but I could certainly ask him.» I got a free english lesson from the amazing Jaco Pastorius :-).
@@vittli damn, he said that? Dick in hand? 😄 nah seriously I'd trade lives with you for a chance to have gone to that show. Fuckin beautiful
Here's Weather Report in their prime....Saw them 5 times back then...Really was going to see Jaco each time...Alex Acuna ; one of the greatest drummers on the planet!
Alex and Jaco melt together.
I envy you.
Alex Acura was so underrated. A band full of all stars and all I can do is watch that little dude bang the drums with such precision! Wow!
Fantastici musica GRANDIOSA
he's great
He was fabulous ! ❤
I'm sure Zawinul knew what he had with him. Swiss clockwork presicion.
Acuna one of the greatest
5:55 my heart breaks. he's so young and clean, his mental demons haven't attacked him yet. It's an honor to see him at this stage. Belongs in a time capsule, that's how important Jaco is
Fortunately we have these recordings as time capsules to savor.
Totally agree with you Jamie, and he was very much in his prime without a doubt.
A Shooting Star that came from nowhere and went right back there too soon! I have seen 3 in my lifetime: Jimi, Jaco and Tony Williams. That's been it.
la migliore formazione dei Weather Report di sempre
The talent on this stage is unreal. Wow is all I can say....
I was thinking the same thing. Except for the word "talent". I was wondering if it would EVER be possible to witness something like this again? Probably not. But, I would be happy to be proven wrong. But, with only 674,000 some views since 2012, what are the chances another group of musicians getting this diverse, creative, and motivated for some serious killer jams still in the vicinity of Jazz.
Greatest band of all time IMHO.
I love the Acuna/Badrena combo, incredible!
Joe asked me back Pirates Cove Cle.
just a little old harmonica player
picking almonds in the California sun
No muchos peruanos te reconocen hoy Alex, pero los que sí te queremos mucho porque quién no sería capaz de reconocer tu maestría y hasta donde has llegado gracias a eso
Hoy 12 de diciembre es su cumpleaños, y vine aquí para rememorar la gran obra de nuestro compatriota y orgullo ❤❤
this music still sounds fresh and crisp to me after all these years. very unique sound, very tight playing, very gifted musicians. makes me feel blessed and grateful!
Najbolja postava Weather Report. Ovo je muzika.Kreativni kaos doveden do savršenstva.
Jaco remains the most incredible bass player ever.
I saw Weather report in 1982 at The Palace in Columbus Ohio. Awesome show....Jaco played two basses at once with an echoplex...the song was Purple Haze....killer show.
One of the greatest bands of all times.....
And they knew it.
Is it just me, but does it look like Zawinul has never been happier? Maybe because he knows he's finally got the tightest, best band on the planet in 1976. Can't stop watching this.
zawinul moody guy, he could be mean to jaco, not here though
It was an incarnation of WR I did not like quite as much as this one but if we're just talking about the expression on Zawinul's face, I think there were some moments with Omar Hakkim where he looked a bit happier. There's a Tokyo concert I'm thinking of (avail here on YT) Regardless, I think there's no question he was proud of having the best band in existence.
zawinul is an ass. he doesn't deserve such great musicians. an Austrian Nazi. fuck him. everything he did after this great band was crap. he never again got the music people interested in him. so he gave a whole lot of shit to everybody. this band carried him. he didn't carry anybody.
@@willemsengers6017 Err, I just got into WR, but seems to me he composed some of the best modern jazz melodies. And a Nazi? I remember hearing him say he was a racist yeah...because he only ever listened to black music.
@@willemsengers6017 wow where the fuck did that come from?!
They were at the Stanley in the winter of 76, if I remember correctly. It sold out and I couldn't get in. I stood by the marque all night and listened. Froze my ass off. It was the best show I never saw.
Nice find ! Time to dig the old albums out. Great stuff.
Saw them in concert around 1977 in Chicago. To date, one of the best bands that I have ever seen live. Jaco did a solo that brought the house down, totally mindblowing! I love how he altered his Bass to make it play the way he wanted it to play. Try playing a "fretless" Bass like that. No one playing either before or since even comes close to Jaco. Those were the good old days when music was amazing & musicians had real talent, unlike the crap around today. Thank you Jaco & the crew of Weather Report for the great music that you gave the world.
Timeless music indeed!
Exactly, the shit music of today is not music, it is anti-music..............
Jacob Collier??? Anyone?
Alex Acuna is way underrated
alex acuna from peru brought all the cocaine props to him
Nobody is rating musicians.
I didn't know there was a rating for musicians... on the stock market? Or a great expert like you who gives points?
que bien sonaba ya ese jóven Alex Acuña! thank you so much for posting this!
Oh man there's so much joy here between the players and the music they're creating. You can see it in Joe's eyes - pure and childlike, which says a lot for a man who was pretty demanding and hard with high expectations and a competitive mean streak.
There is no appropriate definition for such Amazing Super Group!!!! Musicians at a very very top level.....
Pas de mots assez forts pour décrire un tel niveau musical ! On ne fera jamais mieux...Magnifique, fabuleux , génial....
L'inspiration a son sommet je dirais, les musiciens de ce groupe sont tous des brutes, de grands grands musiciens.
Mostruosi punto di riferimento del jazz rock anni 70. 80
They were all great musicians and talented instrumentalists who came together to blend one of the most eclectic styles of sound yet to be replicated. I thank God for giving me the opportunity to grow up in that era.
Truth...
Always come back to weather report. Balances me out real good. Hard to find anything else like it
It sets you straight.
Jaco's Tracy is such an excellent live solo, and am always intrigued by each live take on it. Miss you, Jaco!
❤
RIP Jaco Pastorius, RIP Joe Zawinul ...:( Great concert ....thank you!!!
We lost Joe too?
Sucks.
Did not know.
R.I.P.
Joe and Jaco.
❤
RIP Wayne
Io ero a quel concerto. Indimenticabile !!
I learned modalites and practiced and practiced and practiced Wayne Shorter riffs and listened to every WR album (that's right youngun's - albums) over and over and over. I wore out the grooves! Best band ever!!
How's your job at Kmart today?
You know they still make albums right? Like music is still music?
Correct
What an amazing band. And Jaco's solo is so melodic and beautiful
Jaco's amazing control of harmonic expression!Yiiikes!Weather Report #1🔥🔥🔥✨🎼🙏🏼🎼✨🇨🇦
I’m glad I saw them live in London in the late 70’s. I only remember they were magic and I was swinging from my tree! Weather Report never has bad weather.
Saw this version of this band three times that year of 1976. Thank you for posting this, because it takes me right back. Jaco, young and not yet wrecked, is beautiful. So much joy in the way this band played.
(Napoleon Dynamite language) LUCKY!
The facial expressions say it all....Amazing capture!
This is the best formation of "Wheather Report". They came in Rio in 1979. it was wonderfull !!!
🐸 16:10 Here comes the Bird Sound👍 First Time I have heard a human using that sound so amazingly well✔️ thank you so much 🙏
Sensacional, documento histórico esta apresentação, obrigado!
Forty-three years ago....Jaco stunned The bass community, much like Scott LaFaro did with Bill Evans... NO one played like that before, just a standard vintage Fender Jazz Bass, but with a defretted and coated fingerboard, ans Rotosound stainless round wound strings... the lines, technique, his use of harmonics.... Now, it seems like EVERY new 'bass star' or 'phenom' is just imitating him, and his sound. Bill Milkowski's book on Jaco's life is a great read.
I saw them during the Heavy Weather tour. At the time, I was about 27 and still trying to be the bast bassist I could. That night I heard/saw this punk guy named Jaco. I handed him my hopes for the bass that night. He was doing stuff with that Jazz Bass that no one else was. Within a couple of years, you could not escape his sound on every fusion record there was. I completely agree Dave with your assessment. He did a solo section with an Echoplex and the rig shown that rearranged my world musically, and I had been gigging for a living for 5 years before that.
❤
had the great privilege of seeing this line-up
Once. I heard this group..it put my ears on another level...wow 1976 *
One of those perfect musical moments in time!!
Incredible band that was so far ahead of their time. Jaco, Rest In Peace, brother.
I was and always will be a dedicated WR fan..... RIP Joe & Jaco
My favourite incarnation of this wonderful band. I remember seeing them on the Night Passage tour in the early 1980's with the great Peter Erskine and Bobby Thomas Jr at the Birmingham Odeon....what a great great night...
I've always tried (and failed at) reading Wayne Shorter. What is going on in that genius brain? He always looks so forlorn. But I sure feel every note he plays! My fav saxophonist.
Sublime, just sublime! Incredible line- up!
This was the summer of 76 ,to this day one of the hottest ever in Europe and you can see the sweat dripping off all of these musicians, so I think it’s just physical discomfort.Dripping sweat must be awful for a sax player. Wayne’s concentration levels are incredible, and I think he keeps still and expressionless so that he can deliver to the max.
Almost seems like he was worn out with maybe Zawinul and the pissing contest that Zawinul may have had w Jaco...maybe lack of creative space for Shorter...I think Zawinul crowded his ideas...if that makes sense...just my uneducated guess
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Almost 50 years and thousands of albums later this is still unsurpassed.
Well stated.
this concert I remember. I sat on the carpet about 4 m from Jaco Pastorius. He had a long fabulous solo. Great times!
ah yeah there is one here at about 5 min
Ahh me too, maybe near you! 🤩
@@toourspeakingshadows i dont know. 😎
@@dariosucca58 Oh ya!!! I remember that carpet. Man some zygote stepped on my fingers man.
@@jackburton6998 Oh yesss ! I will never forget this fraternal encounter! A cosmic "Full 🌕 Connection". We were a good ten aliens, vibrating blissfully four meters from the great Jaco, on this little flying carpet and we sweated abundantly with these genius musicians. What a masterfully filmed ten-fingered solo! I kept this rug preciously. Although it has aged somewhat, it still flies very well. This summer, I used it to spend a few days of family vacation on the planet Gong. And at this moment, as I write these few exciting lines, etc, etc :)
Acuna is a beast.....what an amazing feel and groove!
it s coming from nowhere .....Alex is a preacher on drums.....
Soon after this gig, Manolo Badrena, the other percussionist, was fired for "non.musical reasons" - wonder how he had messed it up...
10:52 tune Cannonball from album Black market is one of the most beautiful Weather report /Jaco tunes.
(A hommage to Cannonball Adderley)
14:44 The outro w Jaco bassline and Wayne and Joe soloing over it is a cry moment both here and on record 😭
I just now discovered this groovy ass jam. WOW!! All the wasted years of not knowing. Got it now..
A remark you made is one of their best songs, Jacos bass is so erie
I had just starting getting involved in this kind of music it's been great ever since...
The 70s Golden Age of Jazz Rock,later called Fusion.
Jaco had the longest fingers ever.....this is the seminal line up...best ever of this supergroup!
damn, this is great !.........wish I paid attention to this band back in the day but thankfully for recordings, it's never too late I guess
definitely the right band at the right time, not to mention that nobody has done it better before during or since.... !!
Saw them three years later in Antibes/Juan les Pins, now with Peter Erskine on the drums. Unforgetable.
The drummer is just nailing it to the ceiling
Yep that's Alex Acuna. He's a badd man lol
Everyone seems to be enjoying everyone.thanks for the post.
Manolo badrena was my next door neighbor when i was a kid. His drum practice studio was some 20 feet from my parent’s room. I remember seeing him with his long hair and all.
Sven Figueroa I hope you asked him for classes
Dang.....that is absolutely epic.
He's a good man. I hung out with him and Alex about 4 years ago at the musicians union in Hollywood. I worked for Alex for over 15 years.
Jeffbeck
9 is.
I just recently started learning about Jaco and I don't know why I didn't do so earlier. How I overlooked him when I have loved Weather Report all these years is beyond me
Who else was in love with Jaco in these days? I was 15 years old then. Is this really 76 and not 77? Totally blown away by Weather Report and followed Jaco as much as I could after that.
It's so nice to hear something creative for a change!
I never saw them. This is fantastic . I never saw Jaco either great stuff.
Jaco in his PRIME and at 5:40 - 9:40 showing us all what can be done with harmony using bass harmonics.
Meraviglia! Thank you so much!!
One of the most impressive gigs on the net imo. Great, real hard working/playing guys while they seem to have fun (Joe at least or Manolo).
Not being a jazz fan in particular, but liking it very much, I sometimes forget that there is such a music scene in Europe. When I think "jazz" my mind doesn't immediately fly to Europe, but, here it is! Very cool!
My goodness what astounding beautiful vibrant music.
Quincy Jones, summed the band up best: "It was a privilege to attend a Weather Report concert !"
YA NO SE HACEN MILAGROS COMO ESTE. THANKS!
Pastorius debe ser el mejor o uno de los mejores bajistas de la historia llegó tan alto como virtuoso y cae tan bajo x sus dependencias hay que recordarlo en lo grande y que lo pequeño sea ejemplo para que no se repita. RIP
Tengo una resaca maravillosa que ellos elevan . Gracias genios
This just blows my mind. Sadly i haven't listened enough to Paco nor Weather Report, nor any of the names involved here, until recently... Better late than never, but this is so incredible that I feel embarrassed to not have been listening for decades.
Mind blown that there is SO much clarity to all sounds here, with SO much going on, SO many treats give. Within this set, and done with all this clarity. Everything sounds so dang good. Modern times, alot of this type of stuff doesn't hit me so beautifully, not because of the players now, but, to me, the new ways of recording, producing... The newest mics involved, etc etc... It doesn't bring the music together with such snap all while carrying grace throughout. I miss the sounds of yesteryear. I will be listening to these players for quite a long time from here on out. Also the other projects they have each been part of otherwise.
The drums sound sooooo good. The wind instrument Carry like they are riding on the actually air of the sky. Paco's even included such brutal sounding distortion at the smallest of moments, that add to everything so well. I love all this whole set.
Saw them as the opening act for Gentle Giant in Montreal!!...
WOOOOOOOW!
Cool!
Mains BlanchesGentle Giant should have opened for them
ILove Music, Either way it would have been a good show.
Los 70's, donde los directores de cámara estaban más drogados que los músicos.
Jajajajajaja absolutamente de acuerdo filman al vendedor de canguil en el momento del mejor sólo de la historia
jajaja!!! es verdad!!!! te pasaste amigo!!
Es cierto, pero era la moda, un poco psicodélica de filmar con más libertad que los típicos planos fijos del cine de esa época.
Me hiciste reir jajaja
Haha, just listen to what Jaco is doing for the first entire 5 minutes. What an animal.
Unbelievable bass lines. Pure gold.
Brent Jackson :His way of landing on the “1” weather it be 4/8, 6/8, 7/8, 9/8....etc is just amazing.....speed never mattered, he always said it was usually just two fingers flicking and raking,.... that’s when you “become” your instrument when you explain it that simply, in my opinion. I’m a funk/Jazz drummer and would give....a lot....to play with that man. The older I get, the more I “hear” in his performances ....for example from 7:55 to 8:13....what a beautiful riff to send you on a “ear learning” tangent....and yes....what an animal....and what an inner animalistic inspiration
@@minorthreat8240 You and I need to jam my friend. I've been searching for many a year for a drummer that loves this type of music and appreciates the genius of Jaco Pastorius III like I do. Truly one of the greatest influences and inspirations of my entire musical journey. I sincerely hope you read this and that you live in the NY area. Get in touch with me. I play guitar and just to give you a brief idea of my style, Hiram Bullock along with Jaco drastically changed the way I play my instrument. Think Live in NYC Vol. 2. I have a bass player that can really throw down too. Paulvonwiegand@verizon.net
Damn shame you're not in London - I'd be up for a jam - I'm a Joe obsessed/influenced keys player - I did a tribute set to Joe covering Weather Report and Syndicate repertoire back in 2008 just after he passed away with my UK fusion band Curfew...……….@@techmiter6299
MinorThreat82, Dig that Ex. Large Acoustic amp. Mine is tiny.
The greatest band ever: the Heavy Weather line up!
The "Black Market" line up for me!!...hi!..hi!...or is it the same?...
@@mainsblanches8793 No Jocko or Alex or Peter yet, but on the other hand, they are Weather Report. They never made bad music...
The greatest band ever?? fusion bores me!!
Blair Jones It can get redundant sonetimes. It works for me because I like to hear the virtuosity. But I am more of a punk rocker.
@@blairjones8231 all subjective bud, everyone has music they like and dislike, or what bores them or makes them happy, gotta have respect for it all though, its art
Real good music! Thanks a lot!
The drummer, the drummer, OMG
Alex Acuña from Perú!.
This is cool because Jaco is here but it's REALLY REALLY cool because Manolo Badrena is here! That cat really adds joy to any music.
I've been a fan of Weather Report from day 1 and I like this band the most... even without a big name drummer... Acuna is great. He works at it.
Absolute gold Wheater Report, top one fusion jazz
With the great Peruvian drummer Álex Acuña.
@@toourspeakingshadows WTF does his physical stature have to do with his musical ability?????
He's amazing. One of my very favorite Weather Report drummers.
@@bholaoates1542 Chester Thompson and Peter Erskine weren't too shabby either....
@@Thundergod- I love Chester Thompson and Peter Erskine, but my 3 favorite WR drummers are (in no particular order) Eric Gravatt, Alex Acuna and Alphonse Mouzon. I could conceivably replace Mouzon with Erskine based on Erskine getting to show more than Mouzon did while they were each with WR. Mouzon's best work for me was away from WR.
@@bholaoates1542 Leon Ndugu Chanceler and Ishmael Wilburn were also outstanding drummers for WR....
Wayne is simply amazing. Can't get over this guy. What a band. In times of absolute mediocrities.
Miss 'ya, Wayne!
Loved this band.
You never get a fat drummer just a phat one! And that goes for the whole band! As a kid in 1980 listening to this got me into electro and techno and further bases with the bass sound and feeling ... ;)
Weather Report introduced you to techno music?
Probably captures the time when this all came together for Weather Report. This was a storm OK. Zawinal actually really enjoying himself, he got Jacko with him and the rest of the greatest line up innit. All the line ups that joe had were all full of great players and its all worth watching BUT this is actually the genuine article.
It’s crazy and sad the way Jaco lived his last days. They named a Park after him in our home town, Oakland Park, Fl.
I had heard that alcohol was involved in his death, and in the music business it's been far to common someone has got out of control with it. if your an out of control addict of any kind in the business, you better get a handle on it because people don't care about you enough when you stop looking after yourself.
donald drysdale . Indeed I will attest to that...........
Bellissimo! Travolgente👌👍👏👏👏
all i can say is thank you for posting
Those crashes by that drum dude were placed perfectly.
Phenomenal music
THE BEST LINE UP EVERRRRRR
amazing playing everyone!!!v Wayne on the Fender Rhodes on Black Market - man, way to go!!
Primera vez que escucho Weather Report....BANDOOONNNN 😎😎
Jaco was so young, pure, and not on heavy drugs at this time -- a burgeoning genius.
You mean not slipping into schizzo/bipolar breakdown. Poor amazing man
Poor jaco bless them
Alex Acuña el único musico peruano que deja en alto el nombre del Perú.
I saw Acuna in an interview. He said he was Porte Rican.
@@breedurham1288no, he is peruvian, other different thing is that he lives in puerto rico and speak like one
Listen to a funky Jaco on that bass. The GOAT in his prime!
Alex and Manolo had a pretty great thing going together. They made Weather Report as percussive as I recall it ever being, and this rhythm dictated a sparser response from Joe and Wayne that was so special. Jaco walked into this band at the perfect moment.
Great work!
gRANDE JACO Y ALEX ACUÑA, ARRIBA PERÚ!!
What a lineup.
Nobody was doing anything like this on the bass at this time. Incredible playing!
sigh ... Stanley Clarke, Chris Squire ... that old Jaco-did-it-first placard was tiring even 25 years ago
Brian Hammer 😂
Brian Hammer I’m a huge Yes fan, but Chris Squire is an absolute child next to Jaco. And Stanley Clarke-what a monster player-couldn’t begin to play harmonics the way Jaco could. Not even close.
Greg Adamson Well said that man!
@@grega.4556 Rubbish. Pastorious had a certain style, and that's about it.
this its a great album and the late jaco in its height of his career...