Havona
Context
Composed by Jaco Pastorius for Heavy Weather (1977), it is the longest piece of his authorship on the album (about six minutes). It concludes side B, after “The Juggler.”
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).