Jaco Pastorius

Jaco Pastorius
Born: Dec 1, 1951 in Norristown, PA
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Died: Sep 21, 1987 in Fort Lauderdale, FL
Genre: Jazz
Styles: Fusion, Post-Bop, Progressive Jazz
Biography: 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 ...Read full biography
Jaco Pastorius
Released: 1976
Label: EPIC/LEGACY
Critics' Rating:
It's impossible to hear Jaco Pastorious' debut album today as it sounded when it was first released in 1976. The opening track -- his transcription for fretless electric bass of the bebop standard "Donna ...Read full review
Curtain Call
Released: 1986
Label: Another Hit
Critics' Rating:
Dubbed "the last live American performance of Jaco Pastorius" (liner notes), the posthumously released Curtain Call is the most refreshing of Pastorius' post-big-band live recordings. Sparked by superb ...Read full review
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