''Invitation'' is the third

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, released in December 1983. This is a

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recorded at various venues during a tour of

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in September 1982, featuring his "Word of Mouth"

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. While his debut album showcased his eclectic and impressive skills on the

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, both ''Invitation'' and his previous album, ''

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'' focused more on his ability to arrange for a larger band. This album features mostly numbers written by other artists. The exceptions are new arrangements of "Continuum", from his debut album, and "Liberty City", from ''Word of Mouth'', as well as "Reza", an original number bookending his version of

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's "Giant Steps". The band's all-star cast included

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, Othello Molineaux, and

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Track listing

#" Invitation" (

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) – 6:57 #" Amerika" (Traditional) – 1:09 #"Soul Intro/ The Chicken" (Jaco Pastorius/ Pee Wee Ellis) – 6:49 #"Continuum" (Jaco Pastorius) – 4:28 #"Liberty City" (Jaco Pastorius) – 4:35 #" Sophisticated Lady" (

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) – 5:17 #"Reza/ Giant Steps/Reza (Reprise)" (Jaco Pastorius/

) – 10:23 #"

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, Clarence Lewis, Morgan Robinson) – 2:38 #"Eleven" (

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) – 0:49

Personnel

* Jaco Pastorius – electric bass, vocals (on "Fannie Mae") *

– trumpet *

– tenor and soprano saxophone * Jean "Toots" Thielemans – harmonica (listed as a "special guest") *

– drums * Othello Molineaux – steel drum *

– percussion

Additional

* Elmer Brown, Forrest Buchtel, Ron Tooley – trumpet * Jon Faddis – trumpet (solo on "Reza") * Wayne Andre – trombone * Dave Bargeron – trombone, tuba * Peter Graves – bass trombone, co-conductor * Bill Reichenbach – bass trombone *

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– tenor and soprano saxophone, clarinet, alto flute * Randy Emerick – baritone saxophone, clarinet * Alex Foster – tenor, alto, and soprano saxophone, clarinet, piccolo * Paul McCandless – tenor saxophone, oboe, English horn * Peter Gordon, Brad Warnaar – French horn

References

External links

Official Jaco Site
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Invitation (Jaco Pastorius Album) Jaco Pastorius albums 1983 live albums Warner Records live albums

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