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ulrichspiegel Jan 05 2016 at 1:46 PM	Another sad news to be announced: Canadian pianist Paul Bley has died aged 83. His record company ECM confirmed that the musician, who lived in the US, passed away at his home in 3 January. (The Guardian) I think it was Pat’s first record in 1976 that joined forces of Paul Bley, Bruce Ditmas and Jaco Pastorius with Pat. It was a group effort not yet showing the typical Metheny sound but I think it suggested the affinity of Pat to free form playing.
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franksexton Feb 12 2016 at 9:23 AM	i feel that I am not giving proper respect to Paul Bley. I found this wiki page on him https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Bley also here is an obituary http://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/jan/06/paul-bley
franksexton Feb 12 2016 at 9:16 AM	reviews are mixed on this. I personally like it a lot, it reminds me of a lot of the fusion coming out then like from Return To Forever , John Abercrombie’s Timeless, etc. I read one review that described Pat’s playing as bizarre (with I didn’t think at all). To me it shows that at age 20 Pat was already as acomplished as the current stars of the genre.
mugsy Feb 11 2016 at 3:25 PM	Sorry to hear of Paul’s passing... I have had the CD you are referring to for about five years or so. I found it in an Ameoba record store and bought it thinking: "Pat and Jaco...how could it be bad" and I was definitely NOT disappointed.
franksexton Feb 11 2016 at 9:10 AM	I was able to get this from the Michigan Library system MELCat. Pat was either 19 or 20 at the time , Paul would have been either 40 or 41. This is a very good fusion album . I found this on wikpedia . Jaco is the unofficial later title of a 1974 LP album on Paul Bley’s Improvising Artists Label. It is notable for being the first professional recording showcasing the talents of Jaco Pastorius and Pat Metheny. The two had gotten to know each other in Miami the year before. Their collaboration continued on Metheny’s debut Bright Size Life together with Bob Moses, recorded in December 1975.[2] The record was released the following year by ECM - also home to Bley since his Open, To Love from 1972.[3] The original title was Pastorius/Metheny/Ditmas/Bley and the release number was IAI 373.846.
dana Jan 12 2016 at 10:43 AM	R.I.P
djangocat Jan 07 2016 at 11:34 PM	might have to check it out!!
franksexton Jan 07 2016 at 1:41 PM	i found it on amazon.com , the reviews there mostly raved about it http://www.amazon.com/Jaco-Pastorius/dp/B000003ZW9
djangocat Jan 07 2016 at 10:39 AM	Is the Paul Bley album with Pat and Jaco worth seeking out?
franksexton Jan 07 2016 at 9:24 AM	I found this wiki page on the album you wrote about: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaco_(album)
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