The Birthday Concert [Live]

Jaco Pastorius | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (September 26, 1995)
• Original Release Date: September 26, 1995
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Live
• Label: Warner Bros
• ASIN: B000002MKA
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (25 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #172,308 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Soul Intro/The Chicken

2. Continuum

3. Invitation

4. Three Views of a Secret

5. Liberty City

6. Punk Jazz

7. Happy Birthday

8. Reza

9. Domingo

10. Band Intros

11. Amerika

Editorial Reviews

PASTORIUS JACO THE BIRTHDAY CONCERT

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars You Learn To Love It..., March 22, 2004

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Nimrod (Israel) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Birthday Concert (Audio CD)

On first listening, I had some hard time swallowing this album. I was already familiar with the blasting, amzingly energetic opening track, 'Soul Intro-The Chicken', in fact it was my 'wake-up- song for quite a long time (Truly fills you up with energy, you should try it...), So I wasn't surprised by it. The hardest to eat was "Invitation". The theme tune is cool, but it gets very abstaract as it goes on, and it was hard for me to dig. The rest was good.
However, on a second and third listening, you start hearing things you didn't hear at first. Jaco's cool bass lines, cool horn phrases, nice and inspiring improvisions. Now, it is one of my favorite CDs, and I recommend it to every Jaco fan and every Jazz Musician.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Jaco fun, July 3, 1999

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Pedro G. Valdes (Madison, Wisconsin USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Birthday Concert (Audio CD)

This is a terrific, fun album. It's the way I wish I could have seen Jaco. A small club with a great band, featuring a terrific horn section and a drummer that is totally in sinc with Jaco's playing. This album was recorded live at Mr. Pips in Ft Lauderdale, which was a familiar place to all of us who grew up in Ft Lauderdale. Peter Yianolos did a superb job of capturing the sound of the band. Cut's on this album like The Chicken and Liberty City reflect Jaco's R&B roots more than the more jazz oriented material he came to be known for with Weather Report, although there is some of that type of material included as well. This album is a terrific way to introduce the young bassist to Jaco as well as a good way to for the seasoned Jaco fan to remember where Jaco came from musically.

8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The worlds greatest bass player, April 8, 2004

By A Customer

This review is from: The Birthday Concert (Audio CD)

This is one of my favorite CDs. I never tire of it. Ive loaned it to many friends who love jazz but have never heard of Jaco, without exception they are always amazed by the unique sound. This CD is worth every penny.