Teen Town (composition)
| Teen Town | |
|---|---|
| Weather Report | |
| publication | March 1977 |
| length | 2:53 |
| Genre (s) | jazz |
| Author (s) | Jaco Pastorius |
| Label | Columbia Records |
| album | Heavy Weather |
Teen Town is an instrumental composition by Jaco Pastorius that was released on the 1977 Weather Report album Heavy Weather .
She also appeared on the live album 8:30 in 1979, which was more than double the length.
General
The title refers to a youth club in Florida where Pastorius grew up. In addition to bass, Pastorius also plays the drums, which he first recorded.
“Teen Town was a place I went to dance a lot when I was 13, it was a church in Pompano Beach , Florida. I used to wish I could play the drums there. Now I'm a bass player, but I can still play the drums. "
The bass melody is played in parallel by Joe Zawinul on the Oberheim synthesizer.
“This bass melody is played by both of us! It was the eight-part Oberheim that doubled its bass, and we play so well together that it sounds like an instrument. The bass is a wonderful instrument, but sometimes you need a little more attack . Jaco brought it in and it was done very quickly. "
Individual evidence
- ↑ BBC Radio Interview with Jaco Pastorius, Clive Williamson 1978 ( Memento from July 25, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
- ^ In A Silent Way , Brian Glasser, Sanctuary Publishing Limited, 2001