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JACO PASTORIUS

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Teen Town (Live)
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Teen Town (Live)
Released: Jan 1, 1983
Label: Columbia/Legacy

General Info

  • Genre: Funk / Jazz / Other

    Location Fort Lauderdale, Florida, US

    Profile Views: 1386206

    Last Login: 7/12/2009

    Member Since 5/7/2005

    Website http://www.jacopastorius.com/

    Record Label Unknown Major

    Type of Label Major

  • Bio

    ....In Memory of........ .. ......Dec 1951 - Sept 1987...... .. ........ ..For those who may be new to the Jaco experience, John Francis Pastorius III was a rare and wonderful spirit, brimming with life and vitality, who traveled through this world in what to him was the noblest profession as a musician... ..A true American original, Jocko came of age in Florida during the 1970s, where he was raised on a blend of rock-and-roll, R&B, jazz, classical, island, and Latin music. He possessed unbelievable levels of natural energy and talent, both creative and technical; skills he shaped into a language that let his remarkable and beautiful inner voice take flight through the instrument. His ability to combine incredible precision of note and meter with a profound inner spirit allowed him to reach inside and touch the listeners most intimate and vulnerable emotions. He was a visionary who looked to the past, an R&B player who looked to jazz, a jazzman who looked to rock-n-roll, an innovator who drew from everywhere creating things that were completely new. Through a combination of hard work, ballsy ambition, and an expansive yet singular inner vision, he brought the electric bass guitar into musical adulthood. In the process, he gave birth to some of the most beautiful and compelling music that's ever been played. Period y'all... ..But of course Jaco was so much more. What makes his music so infectious is also what made his life so incredible he lived it from inside each new moment... ..He was all about exploring and extracting the maximum out of each moment of life. The smile was one of Jacos trademarks. It was a natural outgrowth of what he did. Jacos music was about joy, spirit, and freedom; his life was about adventure. Revered as a genius by some and a god by others, people all around the world were taken in by the passion and the naked honesty of his life and music... .. ............The Word Is Out - March 28th!........Featuring:.. Jaco Pastorius, Gerald Veasley, Victor Wooten, Richard Bona, Jimmy Haslip, Jeff Carswell, Israel Cachao López, Jr., Mark Egan, Oteil Burbridge, Will Lee, Randy Brecker, Arturo Sandoval, Hiram Bullock, Mike Stern, Ed Calle, Bob Mintzer, Peter Erskine, Robert Thomas, Jr., Othello Molineaux and Toots Thielmans .... ...... ..Portrait of Tracy - Live during Weather Report Concert.. ........ ..Teen Town - Live.. ........ ..Slang into America the Beautiful.. .......... ......Note:.. This is a short excerpt from Pat Metheny's liner notes to the 2000 reissue of Jaco's debut album, "Jaco Pastorius", a piece we feel captures what Jaco and his music is all about..... ..jaco pastorius may well have been the last jazz musician of the 20th century to have made a major impact on the musical world at large. everywhere you go,sometimes it seems like a dozen times a day, in the most unlikely places you hear jaco's sound; from the latest tv commercial to bass players of all stripes copping his licks on recordings of all styles, from news broadcasts to famous rock and roll bands, from hip hop samples to personal tribute records, you hear the echoes of that unmistakable sound everywhere. (it may even be more imitated at this point than the previously most pervasive jazz sound to escape into the broader culture beyond the local borders of jazz, the moody harmon mute stylings of miles davis). for all the caterwauling that has gone on about new musicians that have shown up in recent years being toted as the "next miles", or the "duke ellington of their generation", or whatever, jaco outranks all of them and all of that by being the one and the only of his kind, without predecessor; the only post 1970 jazz musician known on a first name basis with all music fans of all varieties everywhere in the world. from the depths of africa where he is revered in almost god-like status to the halls of most every music university on the planet. to this day, and maybe more than ever, he remains the one and the only JACO. ..__________________________.... .... ..

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  • Influences

    Charlie Parker, Bach, Mozart, Jimi Hendrix, Frank Sinatra, Beatles

  • Sounds Like

    ....Punk Jazz....

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  • Morzilla hatsundensho c…

    you are always be incredible

    4 years ago
  • Sebastiano Pezzoli

    Thank u..what have u done to me?
    Bye bye jaco

    4 years ago
  • zanna play bass

    simply love you

    4 years ago
  • Steve Ward

    Thank you for the add:) Jaco, you rule:)

    4 years ago
  • ♦ ♣ Mike ♠ ♥

    a true fucking bass master.. tell me am i really talking to jaco? or is this an automated robot version of jaco..

    4 years ago
  • OMBRA

    UN UOMO,UN'ARTISTA,IL MAESTRO PER TUTTI I BASSISTI DEL MONDO CONSAPEVOLI E NO CHE,IN FONDO, QUELLO CHE FANNO QUANDO IMBRACCIANO LO STRUMENTO LO HAI INVENTATO TU.
    GRAZIE PER TUTTO QUESTO MAESTRO.

    4 years ago
  • Hannah

    Just wanted to stop in and show my love and respect to you... Love you Jaco RIP... XXX Hannah

    4 years ago
  • Claudio Barro

    Thanks for the add!
    We miss you Jaco, but your music will be always in our heart...
    Love from Italy!

    4 years ago
  • stephen trohoske/Bassist

    Thanks for the Music, You were a one of a kind master!!!!!!!

    4 years ago
  • Tom Caruso

    Thanks for your friendship and thanks to Jaco for all the brilliant music he gave. Sending prayers for blessings, peace & love everlasting in your life and wishing the best for those closest to you.
    Message me anytime and hope you come visit again soon AND KEEP ON ROCKIN'!

    5 years ago
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