Crisis

Jaco Pastorius · 1981 · Ouverture de Word of Mouth, composée par Pastorius

Context

Composition by Jaco Pastorius that opens Word of Mouth (Warner Bros., July 1981). The album brings together Herbie Hancock, Wayne Shorter, Michael Brecker, and Toots Thielemans around him.

In the genealogy of jazz

This track belongs to Fusion, jazz-rock, jazz-funk. Among the origins and influences of Fusion, jazz-rock, jazz-funk: Modal, Soul jazz, boogaloo, Hard bop, Free jazz, Brazilian instrumental music, Indo-jazz, Modern big bands, Clube da Esquina (Minas Gerais).

By the same artist

• Three Views of a Secret (1981)
• Liberty City (1981)
• Donna Lee (Jaco Pastorius) (1976)

Sources

• EN: Word of Mouth (Jaco Pastorius album)

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