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Jaco Pastorius \"3 Views of a Secret\" with Toots Thielmans |
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Date: 21 April 2009 Category: Jaco Pastorius |
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JACO PASTORIUS was born December 1, 1951 in Norristown, Pennsylvania to Jack Pastorius (big band singer/drummer) and Stephanie Katherine Haapala Pastorius, the first of their three children. Pastorius was of Finnish, German, and Irish ancestry. Shortly after his birth, his family moved to Oakland Park, Florida. He died in 1987 from a physical beating sustained from a doorman while trying to gain entry into the Midnight Club in Fort Lauderdale at age 35. JACO PASTORIUS was an American jazz musician and composer widely acknowledged for his skills as an electric bass player, as well as his command of varied musical styles including jazz, jazz fusion, funk, and jazz-funk. He is regarded as one of the most influential bass players of all time. His playing style was noteworthy for containing intricate solos in the higher register. His innovations also included the use of harmonics and the \"singing\" quality of his melodies on fretless bass. In 2006, Pastorius was voted \"The Greatest Bass Player Who Has Ever Lived\" by reader submissions in Bass Guitar magazine. He was inducted into Down Beat Jazz Hall of Fame in 1988, one of only four bassists to be so honored (the others being Charles Mingus, Milt Hinton, and Ray Brown), and the only electric bassist to receive this distinction. AWARDS: Apart from his career in the jazz fusion band Weather Report, Jaco had two Grammy Award nominations for his self-titled debut album. He was inducted into Down Beat Jazz Hall of Fame in 1988, one of only four bassists to be so honored (the others being Charles Mingus, Milt Hinton, and Ray Brown), and the only electric bassist to receive this distinction. PLAYING STYLE: The \"Jaco growl\" is obtained by using the bridge pickup exclusively, and plucking the strings right above the bridge pickup. Pastorius used natural and false harmonics to extend the range of the bass (exemplified in the bass solo masterpiece Portrait of Tracy from his eponymous album) and could achieve a horn-like tone through his playing technique. His playing techniques earned him accolades both from the critics and his audiences. He used finger-style playing exclusively, and was not fond of the slap bass style of many funk and R&B bassists of the time. His playing has been described by those who know him to be fast and showy, but always in time with the \"groove.\" [More] [Less] |
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Date: 21 April 2009 Category: Jaco Pastorius |
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Jaco Pastorius Big Band - Continuum |
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Date: 21 April 2009 Category: Featured Artist |
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Jaco Pastorius Big Band w Richard Bona , une vidéo de madafonka2. jaco, pastorius, big, band, bass |
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Date: 21 April 2009 Category: Featured Artist |
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Bobby McFerrin / Richard Bona |
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Date: 21 April 2009 Category: Featured Artist |
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Richard Bona - Stockholm Jazz Festival |
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Date: 21 April 2009 Category: Featured Artist |
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Pat Metheny, Richard Bona and Antonio Sanchez |
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Date: 21 April 2009 Category: Featured Artist |
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Stanley Clarke - Bass Solo, a video from Fanuchi. Bass, Solo, Jazz, Funk, Dance |
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Date: 21 April 2009 Category: Featured Artist |
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