Product details
- Label Warner Bros. Records
- Artist Jaco Pastorius
- Format 1LP
- Country Japan
- Released Date 1981
- Genre Jazz
- Sealed No
- Media Condition Near Mint (NM)
- Sleeve Condition Very Good Plus (VG+)
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Condition: Used
Media Condition: Near Mint (NM)
Sleeve Condition: Very Good Plus (VG+)
Condition Notes:
Cover has a crease. Record is near mint.
Word Of Mouth by Jaco Pastorius.
Few records capture the sheer ambition of Jaco Pastorius quite like "Word Of Mouth," a bandleader statement that stretches the electric bass into orchestral, deeply composed territory. This Japanese pressing brings that vision to the shelf complete with a printed inner sleeve, Japanese liner notes, and the Obi-strip, a package that treats the music with the reverence it has always deserved.
The album opens on side A with "Crisis," a dense, kinetic piece that throws you straight into Jaco's restless imagination, before easing into the aching lyricism of "3 Views Of A Secret." That side closes with "Liberty City," a piece that swells with brass and celebratory motion, showing off just how far Pastorius was willing to push a large ensemble in service of his writing.
Side B is where the record's range truly opens up. "Chromatic Fantasy" nods to a rigorous, almost classical sensibility, while the reading of "Blackbird" reframes a familiar melody through Jaco's harmonic lens. The title track, "Word Of Mouth," and the closing "John And Mary" round out a program that moves between the intimate and the expansive with remarkable ease.
The cast assembled here is extraordinary, a who's who of players drawn from across the jazz world. Herbie Hancock, Wayne Shorter, Michael Brecker, Tom Scott, Hubert Laws, and Jack DeJohnette all lend their voices, alongside Peter Erskine, Don Alias, Toots Thielemans on harmonica, and the unmistakable steel pan of Othello Molineaux. A deep bench of brass, reeds, strings, and vocalists, including Snooky Young, Dave Bargeron, and Marti McCall, fills out Jaco's arrangements with a color and depth that few bass players have ever attempted to conduct.
Behind the boards, the record carries serious craft. Bernie Grundman's involvement in the technical work speaks to the care taken in shaping the sound, with a team of engineers including Jason Corsaro, Scott Litt, Hank Cicalo, and Brian Risner helping to translate these sprawling sessions to tape and lacquer. The runouts on this pressing are stamped, a detail collectors will appreciate.
Liner notes by Masanori Sasaji and Shoichi Yui accompany this edition, offering context for a Japanese audience that has long held Pastorius in the highest regard. For anyone drawn to the moment when a virtuoso instrumentalist stepped fully into the role of composer and arranger, "Word Of Mouth" remains an essential document, and this presentation, Obi and all, is a fitting way to own it.
Pressing Details:
Track Listing:
A1. Crisis
A2. 3 Views Of A Secret
A3. Liberty City
B1. Chromatic Fantasy
B2. Blackbird
B3. Word Of Mouth
B4. John And Mary
Credits:
Masanori Sasaji - Liner Notes
Shoichi Yui - Liner Notes
Alfie Silas - Performer
Allan Harshman - Performer
Arni Egilsson - Performer
Bill Reichenbach (2) - Performer
Bob Findley - Performer
Brad Warnaar - Performer
Bruce Bransby - Performer
Bruno Castellucci - Performer
Charles Loper - Performer
Chuck Findley - Performer
Dave Bargeron - Performer
David Breidenthal - Performer
David Duke - Performer
David Taylor - Performer
David Weiss (5) - Performer
Deborah Sabusawa - Performer
Dennis Karmazyn - Performer
Denyse Buffum - Performer
Don Alias - Performer
Edie Lehmann - Performer
George Young (2) - Performer
Gerald Vinci - Performer
Harvey Michael Schaps - Performer
Herbie Hancock - Performer
Howard Johnson (3) - Performer
Hubert Laws - Performer
Jack Dejohnette - Performer
Jaco Pastorius - Performer
Jeff Reynolds - Performer
Jim Gilstrap - Performer
Jim Pugh - Performer
Jim Walker (3) - Performer
John Clark (2) - Performer
John Lehman - Performer
John Thomas Johnson - Performer
Jules Chaikin - Performer
Kyke Bronson - Performer
Larry Warrilow - Performer
Laura Gary - Performer
Leroy Williams (21) - Performer
Lew McCreary - Performer
Lorin Levee - Performer
Marti McCall - Performer
Michael Brecker - Performer
Michael Gibbs - Performer
Michael Tyrone Knuckles - Performer
Myrna Matthews - Performer
Othello Molineaux - Performer
Paul Bruno (2) - Performer
Paul Hornmüller - Performer
Peter Erskine - Performer
Peter Gordon (8) - Performer
Petsye Powell - Performer
Ray Kelley - Performer
Ricky Schultz - Performer
Robert Cowart - Performer
Robert Thomas, Jr. - Performer
Roger Bobo - Performer
Russell Schmitt - Performer
Snooky Young - Performer
Stuart Canin - Performer
Tim Devine (2) - Performer
Tom Scott - Performer
Toots Thielemans - Performer
Warren Luening - Performer
Wayne Shorter - Performer
William Hymanson - Performer
William Lane - Performer
Zedric Turnbough - Performer
Bernie Grundman - Technician
Brian Risner - Technician
Didier Leonard - Technician
Hank Cicalo - Technician
Jason Corsaro - Technician
Jerry Hudgins - Technician
John Pelo - Technician
Mike Butcher - Technician
Peter Yianilos - Technician
Richard Hilton - Technician
Robert Upham - Technician
Scott Litt - Technician
Vincent Oliveri - Technician
Notes:
Come with printed inner sleeve, Japanese liner notes and Obi-strip.
Runouts are stamped
Artist: Jaco Pastorius
Format: 1LP
Genre: Jazz
Label: Warner Bros. Records
Catalog Number: P-11009W
Release Year: 1981
Country: Japan
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