19 August 2006

The Whining Stranger's Song of the Day: 19 August 2006



"The Chicken" by Jaco Pastorius (from The Birthday Concert, 1981)

Jaco was the greatest electric bass player ever. Here he and his Word of Mouth Big Band give an ol' JB-band tune the major punk-jazz treatment. It's funky, it's fast. And Jaco's interplanetry ostinatos will put a tear in your eye. He died way too young.

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