Jaco Pastorius : Havana Jam live 1979

[MrKeyboardman1]

What a LOAD OF RUBBISH...that's NOT music!

[funkakazi]

At :57 Juancito Torres (Puerto Rican) of salsa super group Fania All Stars joins Jorge Varona on trumpet.

[saverdelux]

God playn' bass whit human band!

[jesemus33]

WOWWW IRAKERE WITH JACO

[paulmeard]

seriously having a good time i'd say

[willweagraff]

yeah jaco holdin it down

[willweagraff]

hey yeah jaco holdin it down

[russhamer]

OMG. simply fantastic! thank you thank you thank you for sharing this with us!

[CSMF59]

the trumpet payer is Jorge Barona, sax is Carlos Averoff

[kevinkmny]

I feel bad for saying this, as individually I love many of the musicians on stage, but for me, there are just too many strong musical personalities competing for real estate here..

[maxinedal]

this is unbeleivable didnt know it exsisted, i heard thier were some jams with john an jimi hendrix but never heard them could someone please post it!

[bimwopbarn]

@maxinedal hey, tried to put the link but youtube doesnt allow it, simply search "jimi hendrix john mclaughlin"

on youtube and its the first video on the page.

[aaronamccoy]

killer footage!!

[ramon709]

too bad the sound quality is so bad, nice jaco groove

[videolover61]

Tenor player is playing a Lawton mouthpiece...very nice....

[jamesedwardtheobald]

wow didn't know al dimeola played sax! and Ned Flanders on drums!

[Dubaiman123]

possesed all of them...brilliant...

[pygmygrizzly]

thats one coked out jam

[almart1]

Puerto Rican Trumpet player Juancito Torres is on this vidoe at 1:04. Hi was there playing with the Fania All Stars.

[cisco1057]

i got goosebumps watching this!!!!!!!!!

[neilraoufsw]

these were the days. even if i was not there (born 1985). But there was no internet, no itunes, no iphone, no facebook. the things were real!!!! also the music. today everythin is syntetic....i was born 20 years to late...:)

[SEMICHUCK]

hooray jaco!

[unclejunglebass]

erskine looks like he just got done ripping a line off his snare. 1979....

[rjst09]

What a line-up! John McLaughlin, Jaco!

Not sure why this is remembered as Bay of Gigs, sounds awesome!

[donjibaro]

Together or separate, these are the TOP players of the WORLD doing a TOP jam in TOP form... Herbie Hancock (piano) and Joe Zawinul (Synth) are missing, though. Hancock said that Jaco was the BEST in the WORLD... He ain't JIVIN' —Don Jibaro Barbanegra (jibaros.com)

[Carehuea]

It's Jaco, McLaughlin, Peter Erskine and the Cuban band Irakere.

The guy playing timbales at the very beginning is Enrique Pla, Irakere's drummer. The guy playing the tenor solo at the beginning is Carlos Averhoff. Next to him - in the blue top - is Stan Getz , which makes me think that at least some of the CBS all-stars were on stage too(?). Not all the Cuban guys are from Irakere. The dude playing congas behind McLaughlin was not from Irakere.

Hope it helps.

[gibbs75]

minkia ma dove l'avete trovato sto video??

[hinderburg33]

There are somo guys from Irakere. Incredible ensemble.

[jako1lagarto]

i was there!!!

[diagreen]

i wish i could comprehend this.these guys are the best in the world

[TheArbiter74]

This is bloody insane. i have the Trio of Doom" cd that was released, somewhat recently & it doesn't have this jam.  I can't' make who is on drums, but ofcourse anyone other than tony williams is a disappointment. possibly michael brecker on that sax solo? ha? ah? um? yeah.

[newtronstar]

i love this time machine called video.

I have always been a big fan of John & Jaco. Where do i pay for this excellent entertainment?

I have been watching Jaco videos with incredible enjoyment. you tube should have a button for true fans who want their artist to benefit including their families. I do not want some corporate rodent making money on this & the families get nothing. At least a Big Thanks Jaco for all the fleeting moments your music has put some tranquility into my life. RIP

[ricksuchow]

@newtronstar

Just trying to do my part in honoring Jaco's legacy, something that others have tried to tarnish. In John's case, he's still putting out great music, so buying his albums and seeing him live is a good way to support him as an artist.

[newtronstar]

@ricksuchow

Rick, Thanks to you too :)

I can say because of Jaco's Videos, I enjoy him & my weather report more.

I was a closet fan unknowing of his trials & tribulations.

Reading his bio enlighten me of my own condition & eccentricities.

I didn't have a clue who he was in the 70s/80s as I listen to his music.

So this works, I am a bigger fan & i have purchased his music.

[ShareTheSphere]

@newtronstar Old post ..but anyway-same goes for me.

[rjst09]

Bay of Gigs

[ndongousman]

"Gig Bay" ! ;-)

[MaryPastorius]

EPIC MAYHEM! = )

[ricksuchow]

Yeah, and your Dad's holding all that mayhem together.... hi Mare nice to see u here

[MaryPastorius]

Likewise, Rick = )

And yes, he is holding down the fort AS ALWAYS- OMGawsshhh how he must have been in HEAVEN with all those drums!!! xo

[whathaveweherepeople]

@MaryPastorius Hi miss mary! :)

[MaryPastorius]

@whathaveweherepeople Hi! = )

[whathaveweherepeople]

@whathaveweherepeople Your awesome!

[newmusikguy]

@MaryPastorius

Mary, your Dad is why I play music.

[Guitfiddlejase]

@MaryPastorius BAM!!!!!!!!!!

[Sic4ce]

I wonder if cocaine was involved..

[elsuperjodedor]

i was there too but one day before when Rita Coolidge, and her housband Krist, ahhh and Billy joel. I had 13 years old

[theMarsFusion]

Dios re-encarnaría sólo para presenciar ese concierto..... deseo haber estado ahí.

[panchitelo]

Folks, I was there in 1st row Karl Marx theater that saturday night march 3rd 1979, as already mentioned: John Mc Laughlin, Jaco, Peter Erskine, Carlos Averhoff on tenor sax, Oscar Valdes, timbales and vocals, the late Jorge Varona on trumpet and diverse UFO like the percussionist of Willi Bobo, Armandito Buena suerte and others I cannot identify, it was 30 years ago!!, Tony Williams was not in the jam. As it is the last fragment, the starter was Paquito De Rivera, though is not in this part.

[diagreen]

wow the 2 monsters..waaaaaaaaaaay above my head.anybody no the time signature 5/4???????

[Pellow]

4/4

[Intenzity]

oh. my. god.

2 minutes and 59 seconds of awesome.

[oRuTRa45]

That looked like my dude Willie Bobo at 1:34.

[ricksuchow]

Thanks. Let's try and name ALL the musicians playing in this video. Can anyone help?

[oRuTRa45]

John McLaughlin and Peter Erskine for starters.

[supahsekzy]

Erskine with the CRAZY hair!!

I wonder if tony williams was here? wasn't this the time of the trio of doom?

[elbajistalatino]

This footage is Jaco and Irakere for sure!!!

[klipto929]

mitico

[losey88]

q wen video loco !!!!!!

[tomaswarr]

Woooow i didnt know you could find this on vid, its reaaaally rare, thank you man!

[radiomix]

thanks for posting

it really smokes!