I had thought Jaco never performed this live at all. Great to hear this. Not just a great bassist, but incredible composer too, who knows what other gems could have been unearthed?
Poor sound quality. But then again, this is recorded 30 years ago - on probably less than top-notch equipment. Still it shows off the true Jaco. "Havona" was his' grand piece! I saw him with WR in 1980 as the one 'n' only. I saw him also in Oslo, Norway with Brian Melvins Night Food in 1985. Period. This is somewhere in between...
@Musicenthusiasm My comment wasn't about the exact time and date. It was more a notion on Jaco's dwindling genius. It started after he left Weather Report in 1982. Later that year he was diagnosed as bipolar with manic depressions. It's almost stunning to understand this and his ability to stay focused as a musician. His illness escalated severe after his admittion to Bellevue Hospital in New York in 1986, which means that 1983 is somewhat in between...
I'm fully aware of the details you mentioned here and Jaco's life story in general. Jaco's life and music is of great interest to me, as the content of my channel might indicate ;)
@Musicenthusiasm Then I don't have to point out Pat Metheny's liner notes in Jaco's debut album (the y2k realease). I find Bill Milkowski's book about Jaco (1995) readable, too - though Metheny states it as sensational. Jaco's early years and the discography is worth a read. The big band connection was highly explanatory. And Milkowski gives multitudes of reasons to why Jaco's music is so beautiful and well orchestrated! You're channel is of great interest, even for a veteran like me...
I didn't record this myself, but I know for a fact that this concert was taped with some rather unsophisticated walkman equipment by a person in the audience. When you also add that the recording is almost 30 years old and probably a 2nd or 3rd generation tape, I don't think you should expect the audio quailty to be top shelf. That being said, it is still better than nothing. Right? ;)
@Musicenthusiasm Right, I thank you and the recorder for the hard work to be able to appreciate Havona live! I just thought that you tweaked the pitch ,so that YT doesn't take it off because of copyrighted content, but now I realized that it's live so there is no problem. Actually you can try using some program to turn back the original pitch, if you have the time and enthusiasm of course, cheers! :)
Saw this ban@ Vanguard and 55Grand at the beginning of Jaco's slide into oblivion...sadly, one of the great artists of jazz ends up sleeping on park benches and grubbing change..I SAW this and it broke my heart. This stuff here is a waste. I've seen dozens of WR shows, this is sad. Once saw J ask Vic Bailey up on stage to jam @55 grand and cut little Vic up into pieces. No one played like Mr.P,NO ONE can! Bird-like in personality,died the same age. A great loss. Miss seeing him, miss his genius
You're welcome. As far as I know they( sadly) never performed Havona live. I agree that it would have been fantastic if it turns out they ever did though.
I had thought Jaco never performed this live at all. Great to hear this. Not just a great bassist, but incredible composer too, who knows what other gems could have been unearthed?
bigwm 3 days ago
Poor sound quality. But then again, this is recorded 30 years ago - on probably less than top-notch equipment. Still it shows off the true Jaco. "Havona" was his' grand piece! I saw him with WR in 1980 as the one 'n' only. I saw him also in Oslo, Norway with Brian Melvins Night Food in 1985. Period. This is somewhere in between...
storsanden 1 month ago
@storsanden
As it says in the info-section, this concert took place in 1983.
Musicenthusiasm 1 month ago
@Musicenthusiasm My comment wasn't about the exact time and date. It was more a notion on Jaco's dwindling genius. It started after he left Weather Report in 1982. Later that year he was diagnosed as bipolar with manic depressions. It's almost stunning to understand this and his ability to stay focused as a musician. His illness escalated severe after his admittion to Bellevue Hospital in New York in 1986, which means that 1983 is somewhat in between...
storsanden 1 month ago
@storsanden
I'm fully aware of the details you mentioned here and Jaco's life story in general. Jaco's life and music is of great interest to me, as the content of my channel might indicate ;)
Musicenthusiasm 1 month ago
@Musicenthusiasm Then I don't have to point out Pat Metheny's liner notes in Jaco's debut album (the y2k realease). I find Bill Milkowski's book about Jaco (1995) readable, too - though Metheny states it as sensational. Jaco's early years and the discography is worth a read. The big band connection was highly explanatory. And Milkowski gives multitudes of reasons to why Jaco's music is so beautiful and well orchestrated! You're channel is of great interest, even for a veteran like me...
storsanden 1 month ago
Historic ! Thanks very much.
bonruiz 2 months ago
off pitch
alexjrmarino 3 months ago
@alexjrmarino
I didn't record this myself, but I know for a fact that this concert was taped with some rather unsophisticated walkman equipment by a person in the audience. When you also add that the recording is almost 30 years old and probably a 2nd or 3rd generation tape, I don't think you should expect the audio quailty to be top shelf. That being said, it is still better than nothing. Right? ;)
Musicenthusiasm 3 months ago 10
@Musicenthusiasm Right, I thank you and the recorder for the hard work to be able to appreciate Havona live! I just thought that you tweaked the pitch ,so that YT doesn't take it off because of copyrighted content, but now I realized that it's live so there is no problem. Actually you can try using some program to turn back the original pitch, if you have the time and enthusiasm of course, cheers! :)
alexjrmarino 3 months ago
@alexjrmarino beautifully so
lunatheshiba 3 months ago
Saw this ban@ Vanguard and 55Grand at the beginning of Jaco's slide into oblivion...sadly, one of the great artists of jazz ends up sleeping on park benches and grubbing change..I SAW this and it broke my heart. This stuff here is a waste. I've seen dozens of WR shows, this is sad. Once saw J ask Vic Bailey up on stage to jam @55 grand and cut little Vic up into pieces. No one played like Mr.P,NO ONE can! Bird-like in personality,died the same age. A great loss. Miss seeing him, miss his genius
DimisDream1 3 months ago 3
jaco was the greatest
triofdoom 4 months ago
Oh man.. LIVE Havona... So damn awesome... Thank you very much for posting it
SpagsJippy 4 months ago
@SpagsJippy
You're welcome. It is my utmost pleasure to share it. Thanks for commenting.
Musicenthusiasm 4 months ago
I just listened to Othello Molineaux' version of this. He was the pan player who worked with jaco. it's fabulous!
markfogarty1954 5 months ago
What year was this?
PantherFunk32474 6 months ago
@PantherFunk32474
All the details are listed in the info-section.
Musicenthusiasm 6 months ago 2
Great post! Thanks
joeabr 6 months ago
@joeabr
I'm glad you enjoyed it. Thanks for commenting.
Musicenthusiasm 6 months ago
I LOVE THIS
prettybassdoll 7 months ago
@prettybassdoll
I'm glad to hear that :)
Musicenthusiasm 7 months ago
this is very rare! thanks ,i would love to hear a live version of Havona by
Weather Report
pmig81 9 months ago 2
@pmig81
You're welcome. As far as I know they( sadly) never performed Havona live. I agree that it would have been fantastic if it turns out they ever did though.
Musicenthusiasm 9 months ago 2
Great live, my friend...
pprruti 11 months ago
@pprruti
I'm glad you liked the video, and thanks for commenting.
Musicenthusiasm 11 months ago