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ack by popular demand, bass icons' scintillating live recording Truth, Liberty & Soul — Live in NYC: The Complete 1982 NPR Jazz Alive! Recording is getting a second pressing mastered by the legendary Kevin Gray of Cohearent Audio. This limited-edition triple gatefold 3-LP 180-gram set captures Jaco leading a 22-piece big band on June 27, 1982 at Avery Fisher Hall in New York City as part of George Wein’s Kool Jazz Festival. Featuring a congregation of the top jazz musicians on the New York scene at the time such as Peter Erskine, Bob Mintzer, Randy Brecker, Jon Faddis, Frank Wess, Lew Soloff, Howard Johnson and others, along with the legendary harmonica player Toots Thielemans as a special guest, Truth, Liberty & Soul showcases Jaco’s brilliant compositions for large ensembles with electrifying energy of a live performance. A portion of the concert was previously broadcast on the NPR program Jazz Alive! in 1982, and has been available as unofficial bootlegs, but this is the first official release authorized by the Jaco Pastorius estate, Warner Music Group and NPR Music and contains an additional 40 minutes which never aired. Culled from the original NPR 24-track tape reels, this is the complete concert from start-to-finish, with the sound meticulously restored for release and mastered by the original, multi-Grammy award winning, recording engineer from the broadcast, Paul Blakemore. Hand numbered to 3,000 manufactured worldwide. Mastered by Kevin Gray at Cohearent Audio, pressed by Le Vinylist. Includes 16-page book with liner notes and rare photos.