The Trio of Doom was a short lived jazz fusionpower trio consisting of John McLaughlin on guitar, Jaco Pastorius on bass and Tony Williams on drums. They were brought together by Columbia Records in 1979 to play the Havana Jam festival in Cuba alongside Billy Joel, Kris Kristofferson, Rita Coolidge and others. Their only live performance was on March 3, 1979, and it is recorded on Ernesto Juan Castellanos's documentary Havana Jam '79. Later, on March 8, 1979, the group reconvened in New York to record the songs they had played live. An album was released on June 26, 2007,… read more
Trio of Doom was a short lived jazz fusion power trio consisting of John McLaughlin on guitar, Jaco Pastorius on electric bass-guitar and Tony Williams on drums. Their only live performance was at the Havana Jam festival in Cuba on 3rd March 1979, part of a U.S. State department sponsored visit to Cuba. Later, on 8th March of the same year, the group recorded the songs they had written for the festival at Columbia Studios, New York, on 52nd St. The music from the original live date was not released until 2007 because McLaughlin was unhappy with the performance (particularly that of … read more