JACO PASTORIUS AND BRIAN MELVIN - Jazz Street - LP - 180g Turquoise Coloured Vinyl

LP - 180g Limited Edition Turquoise Coloured Vinyl. Only 1,000 individually numbered copies in this edition. Part of the Timeless Records' 45th Anniversary Jazz Series.

American jazz bassist, composer and producer Jaco Pastorius was a member of Weather Report during the Seventies and also recorded albums as a solo artist. As of 2017, he is the only electric bassist inducted into the Downbeat Jazz Hall of Fame and has been lauded as one of the best electric bassist of all time.

He recorded five albums in total with acclaimed drummer Brian Melvin, including the 1989 Jazz Street. This body of work is one of Pastorius' last studio dates and features session musicians Rick Smith, Jon Davis, Paul Mousavi, Bill Keaney and Keith Jones. Together they recorded cover versions of jazz classics; Joe Henderson “Out Of The Night”, John Coltrane “Miles Mode”, and three Jon Davis tracks, “Wedding Waltz”, “No Slack” and “Drums Of Yadzarah”.

Tracklist:

SIDE A
1. NO SLACK
2. JAZZ STREET
3. MILES MODE
4. MAY DAY

SIDE B
1. WEDDING WALTZ
2. OUT OF THE NIGHT
3. DRUMS OF YADZARAH