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“Liberty City” Jaco Pastorius and The Word of Mouth Big Band.

I remember, back in the 80s, going to the flea market in San Jose with my brother and a friend of his. It was kind of cool for San Jose that day and, I guess there weren’t a whole lot of folks drinking beer for that reason. The three of us were so, the beer guy just followed us around all afternoon.

There were all these different booths with merchants and it seemed like every one had a big boom box blaring music that crossed a lot of cultural and stylistic boundaries. Latin music, Korean folk music, reggae, rock and roll, Native American flutes, blues, Japanese Koto, Grateful Dead, African music…it was this huge mish mash of sound and human activity.

Every once in a while, as you walked along, you would come to an area where, if you stood still; all of the music seemed to make sense together rather than competing with the others. It was like there were little “zones” where everything made sonic sense and you could just stand there for a while watching all the people milling around. It was a blast. Then, the wind would shift or something and the sound would again be this rude, glorious, cacophony and it was time to move on.

That’s what I think about when I hear this song.

As always, keep an eye out for Belgian, chromatic harp players then, click pause on the music player located in the side bar before playing the YouTube.