Scarlet Woman
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Scarlet Woman


The Original Live Version, from the Weather Report album 8:30.



When I was a teenager this was my favorite song. I listened to it over and over and over. Jaco's bass was, to me, a revelation; simultaneously foreboding and full of strength and hope.




- Jaco Pastorius Plays With "little Beaver" - 1974
This is before Jaco was known. Before his first album. Before playing with Pat Metheney. Before Weather Report. The singer is very good. Jaco's playing is more restrained than it was a couple years later. I'm sure he felt the need to blend in....

- Trilogue: The Most Out There Music Jaco Ever Did
Albert Manglesdorff - Trombone Alphonse Mouzon - Drums Jaco Pastorius - Bass Alphonse playing is awesome throughout. Jaco seems FORCED to move away from his usual bag of tricks. Sometimes this is good, and sometimes, frankly, he looks lost. This might...

- Vessel
OregonGlen Moore - Bass Paul McCandless - Bass ClarinetRalph Towner - PianoColin Walcott - Percussion (literally a vessel) Besides Jaco, Glen Moore is my other favorite Bass Player ...

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Weather ReportLive in Offenbach Artists: - Joe Zawinul (keyboards) - Wayne Shorter (tenor and soprano saxophone) - Jaco Pastorius (electric bass) - Peter Erkskine (drums) Tracklist: 01. Black Market 02. Scarlet Woman 03. Young and Fine 04. The Pursuit...

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Weather ReportLive At Montreux Joe Zawinul - Keyboards Wayne Shorter - Sax Jaco Pastorius - Bass Alex Acuña - Drums Manolo Badrena - Percussion, Voice 01. Elegant People 02. Scarlet Woman 03. Barbary Coast 04. Portrait Of Tracy 05. Cannon Ball 06....



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