Jaco Pastorius - Jaco Pastorius Band: Tokyo 83Once they heard him play, few people disagreed with Jaco Pastorius' assessment of himself as the 'greatest bass player in the world'. His meteoric rise in 1977 to the bass chair in Weather Report and his work with Joni Mitchell, established him as a major player on the jazz and rock scenes. Recorded live and broadcast by NHK radio at Shinjyuku Koseinenkin, Jaco Pastorius electric bass; Alex Foster saxophone; Ron Tooley trumpet; Delmar Brown keyboards;

The album was meticulously crafted over several years

South America and across the United States

crunching metal guitars blast apart the otherwise neat song structure

tone drunk

the Zurich Chamber Singers focus on Bruckner's Latin motets and choose to consider them something of a musical prayer book and personal diary of the composer

This second album also saw the arrival of prolific drummer Kauko Kuusisalo and second guitarist Pauli Gurko-truly a well-oiled machine at this point

It's what's powered some of Clap Your Hands Say Yeah's most memorable moments

Rockin' All Day

The project began as a trio

Style And Panache

Beyond this diversity

"We're improvisers who can walk into a room and create something together