The Brian Melvin Trio Featuring Jaco Pastorius And Jon Davis - Standards Zone (1986)

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Title: Standards Zone
Year Of Release: 1986
Label: Global Pacific [R2 79335]
Genre: Jazz, Post Bop, Neo Bop
Quality: FLAC (image + .cue,log,scans) | MP3/320 kbps
Total Time: 66:48
Total Size: 384 MB(+3%) | 158 MB(+3%)
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Tracklist

01 - Morning Star
02 - Days Of Wine And Roses
03 - Wedding Waltz
04 - Moon And Sand
05 - So What
06 - Fire Water
07 - If You Could See Me Now
08 - Out Of The Night
09 - Tokyo Blues
10 - Village Blues
The Brian Melvin Trio Featuring Jaco Pastorius And Jon Davis - Standards Zone (1986)

personnel :

Brian Melvin - drums
Jaco Pastorius - bass
Jon Davis - piano

This straight-ahead trio date led by drummer Brian Melvin is most notable for being electric bassist Jaco Pastorius' final recording, cut just a year before his premature death. With Melvin and pianist Jon Davis (whose style is most influenced by McCoy Tyner and Herbie Hancock), Pastorius was free to be very active in accompanying the piano solos, and he gets to stretch out on nearly every tune. Those listeners who stereotype Pastorius as a fusion-rock bassist will be surprised by the song titles, which include "Days of Wine and Roses," "So What," "If You Could See Me Now," "Tokyo Blues," and "Village Blues." The recording is consistently stimulating and serves as a strong final musical chapter for the great Jaco Pastorius.~Scott Yanow