Jaco Pastorius Tribute Concert in NYC, June 22

[Groovissimo]

JVC Jazz Festival Pays Tribute to Jaco Pastorius In All-Star Concert at Beacon Theater on June 22

Steps Ahead featuring Michael Brecker, Mike Manieri, Mike Stern, Richard Bona, Steve Smith
New York, NY

The late great bassist-composer Jaco Pastorius, an undeniable force on contemporary jazz during the '70s as well as a towering influence on two generations of musicians, will be feted at the Beacon Theater in New York on Wednesday, June 22. Included in this all-star gala, produced by impresario Charles Carlini, are Pastorius colleagues and former bandmates like trumpeter Randy Brecker, percussionist Don Alias, saxophonist Ira Sullivan, guitarist Hiram Bullock, bassist Will Lee, drummers Kenwood Dennard and Lenny White, steel pans virtuoso Othello Molineaux and pianist/accordianist Gil Goldstein, who is acting as musical director for the proceedings. Featured bass players are Jeff Berlin, Richard Bona, Victor Wooten, Gerald Veasley, Christian McBride, Matthew Garrison, Oteil Burbridge, Steve Bailey, Avishai Cohen and Jaco's son Felix Pastorius. Opening the concert is a special reunion edition of Mike Mainieri's Steps Ahead, featuring saxophonist Michael Brecker, guitarist Mike Stern, bassist Richard Bona and drummer Steve Smith. Tickets for this special event are available at the box office or at all Ticketmaster outlets. Purchase your tickets today.www.ticketmaster.com

For this special occasion at the Beacon, Gil Goldstein has worked up fresh arrangements of such classic Jaco compositions as "Come On Come Over," "Three Views Of A Secret," "Continuum," "Opus Pocus" and "Liberty City" that will also prominently feature the Flux String Quartet. "Jaco's compositions are far and above the music of any of his contemporaries," said Goldstein. "I think they are some of the best songs that have been written in the later jazz age. I also think they are going to have a history of being covered and recovered, and I'm hoping that these new arrangements are going to offer a different view of his stuff."

Another Jaco Pastorius tribute concert in Miami on June 2 will include the Jeff Berlin Trio with Cliff Almond on drums and Richard Drexler on piano and Othello & The JP Factor featuring steel pans virtuoso and former Word of Mouth band member Othello Molineaux with pianist Sylvano Monasterious, drummer Gary Marsall and the Pastorius twins Felix on bass and

[Christian Travaglini]

Thanks for the info Groovissimo! [img]smile.gif[/img]
Jaco had and still have a major inluence on me.
What a bass player/composer!!! [img]graemlins/heart.gif[/img]
I hope there will be one day a dvd release from this kind of event...

Peace,

Christian