Jaco Pastorius takes the Word of Mouth Big Band to ‘Aurex Jazz Festival 1982’

During the first week of September 1982, Jaco Pastorius, the Word of Mouth Big Band and a couple of special guests such as Toots Thielemans took part in the "Aurex Jazz Festival" held in three different Japanese venues : Budokan, Tokyo (September 1st), Osaka Festival Hall (September 4th) and Yokohama Stadium (September 5th).

Here is what is supposed to be the Tokyo concert plus various excerpts plus a rough look at the rehearsals. Enjoy Jaco Pastorius "Aurex Jazz Festival 1982"!

Track Listing :

1.Full Concert - 81:08 . - Invitation (Bronislaw Kaper) . - Soul Intro/The Chicken (Jaco Pastorius, Alfred James Ellis) . - Donna Lee (Charles Parker Jr.) . - Continuum (Jaco Pastorius) . - Sophisticated Lady (Duke Ellington) . - Liberty City (Jaco Pastorius) . - Three Views Of A Secret (Jaco

Katie Thiroux – Introducing Katie Thiroux

Released in March 2015, "Introducing Katie Thiroux" is the first album by Californian double bass player and singer Katie Thiroux

Track Listing :

1.There’S A Small Hotel (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) - 03:19 . 2.Don’T Be On The Outside (George Kelly, Mayme Watts, Sid Wyche) - 03:59 . 3.A Beautiful Friendship (Donald Kahn, Stanley Styne) - 03:43 . 4.Wives And Lovers (Burt Bacharach, Hal David) - 03:49 . 5.I’M Old Fashioned (Jerome Kern, Johnny Mercer) - 04:17 . 6.Ray’S Kicks (Katie Thiroux) - 05:33 . 7.The One I Love Belongs To Somebody Else (Isham Jones, Gus Kahn) - 04:17 . 8.Rosebird (Katie Thiroux) - 04:09 . 9.Can’T We Just Pretend? (Guy Fletcher, Doug Flett) - 04:25 . 10.Shiny Stockings (Frank Foster) - 04:02 . 11.Oh What A Beautiful Mornin’ (Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein Ii) -…