A Travelling Tribute Bass CD ?

Finally.. After waiting for about 8 or 9 months.. This CD finally safe where it should belong.. In one of my CD drawers, right in the Jazz Section of course..

Sejak ogut pertama tau Brian Broomberg mau rilis tribute album untuk Jaco Pastorius, langsung aja nge-wanti2 sodara ogut untuk langsung nyariin itu CD begitu nongol di toko kaset... kejadiannya begitu mudah, begitu ini album rilis.. ga lama sodara ogut langsung dapetin CDnya.. tapi yang jadi masalah dia lagi ga ada recana untuk balik ke Jakarta.. Uhh.. Akhirnya ini CD dititipin ke temennya yang kebetulan pulang.. sesampainya di Jakarta temennya nelpon dan dia minta maaf karena belom bisa ngasi CD titipan itu.. Selidik punya selidik ternyata koper dia ketuker kebawa orang lain... dan orang itu cuma singgah sebentar di Jakarta buat nerusin perjalanan lagi ke Jogja.. Uhh, CD ogut pun kebawa jalan2 ke Jogja... Nunggu urusan koper yang ketelingsut ternyata lamaaa benerrr.. sampe akhirnya itu orang yang dititipin pun sudah balik lagi ke Chicago.. dan oleh airlines yang ngurus koper2 yang saling tertukar itu, karena sang empunya koper sudah tidak di Jakarta lagi maka si koper itu pun dikirim lagi ke Chicago.. berikut ini CD.. Uhh.. dia jalan2 lagi pulang kampung ke US.. hahahaha... sodara ogut cuma ngakak pas nelpon bilang ini CD sudah di dia lagi... dan dia bakalan titip lagi kalo ada temennya yang mau pulang... dan temennya yang paling cepat balik ke Indonesia ternyata tidak ke Jakarta.. tapi ke Bandung.. Uhhh.. alhasil barulah 2 minggu yang lalu si Brian Broomberg ini dijemput ke Bandung...

Akhirnya nyampe juga dia ke Jakarta.. walau musti jalan2 dulu kesana kemari.. Welcome Home.. Come to papa... (^^)v

Jaco - Track List :
(seperti biasa sample lagu tinggal klik ajah..)
1. Come On, Come Over (vocal version)
2. Continuum
3. Teen Town (acoustic bass version)
4. A Remark You Made
5. Portrait of Tracy
6. Three Views of a Secret
7. The Chicken
8. Tears
9. Slang(ish)
10. Come On, Come Over (instrumental version)
11. Teen Town (piccolo bass version)

Here is some information and excerpts from the booklet of the tribute to the late great Jaco Pastorius. As writen by Brian himself :

"Liner notes were written by the very well respected writer Bill Milkowski. Bill wrote the powerful biography on Jaco Pastorius. If you haven't read it, the book gives you great insight into the life of Jaco, his brilliance and his tragedy. Bill covers the CD song by song and gives a detailed description of what the music and arrangements."

"I have posted a letter that I wrote to Jaco personally that shares my feelings on the impact that his playing and music meant in my life. I'm sure all of you that have listened to him over the years were just as amazed by his genius as I. Musicians of that brilliance come around only once in a generation, he truly was enlightened. To me, to this day, no one has had that kind of impact on their instrument then Jaco did over twenty-five years ago."

"About the CD cover, when we scheduled the release of the Jaco tribute CD in America, it was important to me and the record label that this CD had great visibility and would be set apart from all my other recordings. I'm fortunate in the fact that the president of the A440 Music Group Label also happens to be a bass player and is Jaco fan as well. I wanted to have a CD cover that from the first time you saw it you instantly knew what this recording was about, especially since I have made so many different types of records in my career. If you remember Jaco's first solo record cover, you would know just by looking at my CD cover that this project is all about Jaco and his music. I knew that most musicians and bass players throughout the world would instantly recognize what I feel is one of the most visual and identifiable record cover's of all time. I wanted the CD cover to take you back to that time in your life when you heard Jaco's record for the first time -- what that meant to you -- what that meant to all of us! It was important that the Jaco tribute cover was as much a tribute as the music itself. To me, that's the best way to honor him. He truly changed the world of bass playing, and in just being himself, he changed us all.. Forever..."

words by RiesAp 3:06 AM

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