Punk jazz
(Pastorius)
Asked by Williamson for his favorite cut on Mr. Gone,
Jaco said, "Personally I like 'Punk Jazz' because it's
the last piece of music I wrote, and I wrote it
specifically for the album, as opposed to 'River
People' that I had four years ago. It's a satisfaction
thing, like 'I came up with the goods,' so you feel like
you did your work and it was done specifically for the
album... It's just a really well-orchestrated tune: a lot
of work went into it."
A little later, Jaco adds, "Like I got this tune, 'Punk
Jazz', man, and at the beginning, look out, because
this is some stone jazz, and we come in sounding like
a symphony, but it's just Joe and me playing. It's
unbelievable. Then Tony [drummer Tony Williams]
comes in, and he's smoking, and Wayne takes one of
the all-time classic soprano saxophone solos. But all
that ensemble work is written out and we're grooving,
and whatever talking we're doing is within the
framework, so we're still completely improvising. I
was really proud of Joe because he really got his
calligraphy together for this album. (laughs) Usually
they just throw you a piece of paper with a couple of
marks on it, y'know, and you gotta work it out! This
was a lot easier to read this time!"
A big band version of "Punk Jazz" can be heard on
Jaco's The Birthday Concert album, a live recording
of the concert Jaco staged on the occasion of his
30th birthday on December 1, 1981.
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