Jaco Pastorius
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Biography
[Edit]Jaco Pastorius was a meteor who blazed on to the scene in the 1970s, only to flame out tragically in the 1980s. With a brilliantly fleet technique and fertile melodic imagination, Pastorius made his fretless electric bass leap out from the depths of the rhythm section into the front line with fluid machine-gun-like passages that demanded attention. He also sported a strutting, dancing, flamboyant performing style and posed a further triple-threat as a talented composer, arranger and producer. He and Stanley Clarke were the towering influences on their instrument in the 1970s.
Born in Pennsylvania, Pastorius grew up in Fort Lauderdale, where he played with visiting R&B and pop acts while still a teenager and built a reputation as a local legend. Everything started to come together for him quickly once he started playing with another rookie fusionmeister, Pat Metheny, around 1974. By 1976, he had been invited to join Weather Report, where he remained until 1981, gradually becoming a third lead voice along with Joe Zawinul and Wayne Shorter. Outside Weather Report, he found himself in constant demand as a sessionman and producer, playing on Joni Mitchell, Blood Sweat and Tears, Paul Bley, Bireli Lagrene and Ira Sullivan albums — and his first eponymous solo album for Epic in 1976 was hailed as a tour de force. From 1980 to 1984, he toured and recorded with his own band, the innovative Word of Mouth that fluctuated in size from a large combo to a big band.
Alas, Pastorius became overwhelmed by mental problems, exacerbated by drugs and alcohol in the mid-'80s, leading to several embarrassing public incidents (one was a violent crack-up on-stage at the Hollywood Bowl in mid-set at the 1984 Playboy Jazz Festival). Such episodes made him a pariah in the music business and toward the end of his life, he had become a street person, reportedly sighted in drug-infested inner-city hangouts. He died in 1987 from a physical beating sustained while trying to break into the Midnight Club in Fort Lauderdale. Almost totally forgotten at the time of his death, Pastorius was immediately canonized afterward (Marcus Miller wrote a tune "Mr. Pastorius" in his honor, as have many others over the years). ~ Richard S. Ginell, Rovi
Title: Brian Melvin's Night Food (feat. Jaco Pastorius)
Artist: Jaco Pastorius, Brian Melvin
Genre: Jazz
Title: Midnight In Chicago (With Jaco Pastorius)
Artist: Jaco Pastorius, Herbie Hancock
Title: A Good Stitch For Golden Roads (Long Single Mix)
Artist: Jaco Pastorius
Genre: Jazz, Experimental
Title: Trio Of Doom (W Jaco Pastorius & Tony Williams)
Artist: Tony Williams, Jaco Pastorius, Jon McLaughlin
Genre: Jazz
Title: Live, Pooh's Club Boston '74 - 2022 (Hi Q)
Artist: Pat Metheny, Jaco Pastorius, Bob Moses
Genre: Fusion
Title: Trilogue - Live!
Artist: Jaco Pastorius, Alphonse Mouzon, Albert Mangelsdorff
Genre: Jazz, Avant Garde Jazz, Avant Garde Metal
Title: The Birthday Concert (Live at Mr. Pip's, Ft. Lauderdale, FL, 12/1/81)
Artist: Jaco Pastorius
Genre: Jazz
Collections
Title: The Art Of Chill 5 (Mixed By Bent)
Genre: Downtempo, Experimental, Classical
Title: Fusion SoundPalace Vol. 6
Genre: Jazz
Title: A Tribute To Smoke On The Wate (CD1)
Genre: Blues, Rock, Hard Rock, Instrumental Rock, Heavy Metal, Thrash Metal, Dancefloor, Samba
Title: Jaco: Original Soundtrack
Genre: Jazz, Theatre/Soundtrack
Title: 80s Jazz Hits
Genre: Soul, Jazz, Vocal Jazz, Smooth Jazz
Title: 80s Jazz Classics
Title: 80's Jazz Classics
Genre: Jazz
Title: The Sound Of Avant Garde Jazz
Genre: Jazz, Avant Garde Jazz, Funk
Title: Latitud Latina: Jazz & Sabor
Genre: Latin
Title: 100% Reggae Live (CD2)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Rap, Reggae
Title: THIS Is The 80s (CD2)
Title: Jazz Rock Essentials (CD1)
Title: Jazz Rock Essentials (CD2)
Title: Jazz Masterclass (CD1)
Genre: Jazz
Title: Jazz Masterclass (CD2)
Genre: Jazz
Title: Jazz - The Best - Standards And Rarities 2024
Genre: Jazz
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