Havona (Pastorius) One of jaco's finest statements as a member of weather report. Yet curiously, there isn't much written about it in the weather Report literature. According to an article in the january 2002 issue of bass player magazine, jaco originally conceived "havona" well Before joining weather report. The article includes a reproduction of jaco's hand-written circa-1973 lead sheet. In the article bassist Mark egan recalls receiving a ten-bar "havona" exercise from jaco while a student of jaco's at the university of miami in 1972. A raw Version of "havona," with jaco, herbie hancock, lenny white and don alias, was recorded during the sessions that produced jaco's 1976 debut album, but has not been released. Ingrid pastorius, jaco's widow, thinks he must have written "havona" after he started reading the urantia book. In that book havona Is a special place, and ingrid says it has been described as follows: Paradise lies at the center of havona, a perfect universe consisting of one billion spheres of "unimagined beauty". This universe was Created in perfection, not evolved. Havona is a source of perfect love, beauty, and satisfaction. "guess his solo pretty much says the same thing," says ingrid. Alex acuna told brian glasser, "i think my favorite track on heavy weather is 'havona.' that, for me, is how i always want to play, That kind of a conversation. When i hear that tune, i still get the chills. Everything was improvised in that moment-- it's almost no Overdubs." A transcription of jaco's solo on "havona" appears in the august 1981 issue of down beat. This recording is also contained on the weather report compilation this is jazz, vol. 40: the jaco years. Other recordings of "havona" may be found on the university of north texas album lab 91, and othello molineaux's 1993 album it's about time. And Christian mcbride recorded "havona" on acoustic bass for his 2000 album sci-fi. |