Truth, Liberty & Soul [Deluxe 200g Triple Vinyl]

***Please Note*** The sample tracks below are generated from the digital version of this album. The songs included on the LP are as shown on the image of the back sleeve above.

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Jaco Pastorius: Truth, Liberty & Soul is an album with more than 130 minutes of extraordinary high-fidelity ground-breaking music, on a live album with electric bass genius Jaco Pastorius and the Word of Mouth Big Band. The band included Jaco Pastorius (Bass & Vocals), Bob Mintzer (Tenor and Soprano Saxophones and Bass Clarinet), Randy Brecker (Trumpet), Othello Molineaux (Steel Drums), Don Alias (Percussion), Peter Erskine (Drums), Blue Lou Marini (Tenor Sax), Jon Faddis (Trumpet), Jim Pugh (Trombone), David Bargeron (Tuba) and harmonica virtuoso Toots Thielemans as special guest. It was recorded in 24 track Analog by the Record Plant mobile truck at Avery Fisher Hall in NYC on June 27, 1982 as part of George Wein's Kool Jazz Festival. The album is presented from beginning to end exactly as it happened. This Deluxe 45rpm 200g edition is the first one to be mastered from the original 2 track master tapes that were found some 30 years later (the previous digital download versions were released from a digital remix of the 24 tracks). What we have here is the direct copy of the original pure analog 2 track. Thom Jurek from AllMusic says "Truth, Liberty & Soul is for the Pastorius fanatics, but it's much more. This fantastically recorded document is a treasure trove of modern progressive jazz. The brilliant music found on it serves to underscore that Jaco was more than a brilliant, singular bassist (though that would have been enough); he was a great composer, arranger, and charismatic bandleader -- a true jazz renaissance man."

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Jaco Pastorius and the Word of Mouth Big Band Jaco Pastorius - Bass & Vocals Bob Mintzer - Tenor and Soprano Saxophones and Bass Clarinet Randy Brecker - Trumpet Othello Molineaux - Steel Drums Don Alias - Percussion Peter Erskine - Drums Blue Lou Marini - Tenor Sax Jon Faddis - Trumpet Jim Pugh - Trombone David Bargeron - Tuba Toots Thielemans - Harmonica (Special Guest)