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.
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