Jaco Pastorius Solo Salzburg 1985

Honesty is a compiled disc of Pastorius’ solo performances while on tour with guitarist Bireli Lagrene and drummer Tomas Böröcz in Europe on his last run through the continent before dying in Florida the next year. This set, consisting entirely of Pastorius solos, sounds excessive -- it is. There is no other recording remotely like it. But it’s not for bass players only; in fact, as music, it stands up just fine, but, more importantly, it showcases just how restless, musical, and enigmatic a bassist Pastori