The Balloon Song
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The Balloon Song


Early Demo Recording I had never heard before.


The beginning is reminiscent of the opening of Jaco's Punk Jazz, which he recorded with Weather Report.

Mostly this sounds like a jam, but you can hear a lot of later Jaco ideas in their beginning stages here. Very cool.

Musicians are

Jaco, Alex Darqui and Bob Economou.




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