Weather Report - Birdland

He had it coming? Does that mean he deserved to die? I don't really know much about this, but kicking his ass is one thing, but beating him to death? He had it coming?

In the wake of Pastorius' death, Havan was charged with second degree murder, but later pled guilty to manslaughter, for which he served four months. Jaco is buried at Our Lady Queen of Heaven Cemetery in North Lauderdale.

BTW, it was the Bouncer, Jaco had it coming.

In the wake of Pastorius' death, Havan was charged with second degree murder, but later pled guilty to manslaughter, for which he served four months. Jaco is buried at Our Lady Queen of Heaven Cemetery in North Lauderdale.

BTW, it was the Bouncer, Jaco had it coming.

What happened to the SOB that killed him?

on n'a jamais fait mieux dans la fusion jazz -funk-rock !

Well his playing more represents a clapton like figure, than a hendrix type of guy,and I think Victor Wooten would more be like a hendrix type of guy, more funk in them, plus clapton is my favorite guitar player.

Alright then, care to explain?

No I did not, sir.

No... You mean Hendrix!

Yeah I know :S It was some monkey that knew martial arts and beat him to death. I could never say he deserved it(couse I love Jaco, his playing is the best),but it's a sure thing that he was kind of asking for something like this to happen. But I agree that the guy that killed him, should have been in jail for the rest of his life.

A great Birthday song - thanks!!!!

Listening to this song again,you really get an appreciation for what Zawinul was trying to do.You listen intently,close your eyes and your watching miles play or Coltrane tune up at Birdland.
Jaco was ground breaking on this song.He pitched the idea of the harmonic lick opening and the skat yell during the chorus.

Joe Zawinul died last year in September...give one silent listen for the creator of a fusion classic!!!

Jaco is the bass Clapton.

I love Wayne Shorter. Song reminds me of my dad.
He played this on alto sax all the time.

haha
it actually does loll

but this is way better mainly cos of jaco pastorius one of the best bassists ever

Im fairly sure he only did 3 months for killin him too...

is it just me thats noticed how similar this song is to the "whose line is it anyway" themetune?

Jazz Fusion at it's zenith!
At the risk of dating myself, I had/have
"Heavy Weather" on 8 track. It played well on my quadraphonic system in my Dodge Charger.

Jaco is a Genius!!!
The prick who killed him shouldn't have lived past that day.

this is so much better than the album version it just kind of floats along. this is when you know you have a good band when everybody just works together perfectly there isn't a single beat of or sour note in this song

this spirit of creative freedom is what attracted me to jazz.

lol the bass is so busted up

it just doesn't sound the same swung

Beautiful

This track is a great examplt of why Weather Report (esp. with Jaco) rocked. They all knew that they we're great players and didn't have to prove it anymore. They didn't need a million notes to prove that they knew how to play a great song and GROOVE!