This is the project Jaco was working on for several years with Othello Molineaux, the steel pan player who often played with Jaco and appears on a couple of his officially released albums. I recall reading about this in Downbeat back in the early 80's in an interview with Jaco. He was very excited about the project. However, when he presented it to Warner Bros they rejected it. The master tapes were stolen and eventually sold to a Japanese businessman. The Pastorius estate sued the guy and was successful in keeping it from being released by a US distributor. It's been available for many years as a bootleg and is widely available among cdr trading circles. It's interesting to listen to but at the same time quite sad. Sad that the tapes were stolen and Jaco's estate has no control over them. There's open debate on whether the bass playing on it is at all Jaco himself. Some session bassist was quoted as saying he was paid to play over the tracks and mimic Jaco's style. It would be much better to pursue Jaco's officially released music before looking into this project. The recently released Weather Report "Live And Unreleased" album would be a good place to start. -- by Lothar
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