So John Lennon was one Genius, but here was another. A young man who came from out of no where with a $90.00 Fender bassguitar in his hand. In his biography I read he was doing free jams till one day he had his first kid and said "well it's time to make to make some money at this bass playing thing." (Something like that been a while since I read the book, but that really stood out), But one of...
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With his "None More Better" post, Dachmo recently inspired me to think hard about a song (or piece of music) that was the most beautiful to me. Certainly one of the most beautiful would be "Portrait Of Tracy" by Jaco Pastorius and I'll make that my vote for now. But ask me next week and the answer could be different.Music has the ability to reach deep inside and it has tricks up its sleeves f...
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Official Site: http://www.jacopastorius.com/default.asp 'Portrait of Tracy' video: http://youtube.com/watch?v=JXOnhzoC-i8&feature=relatedJaco is/was one of the most amazing electric bassists in the world, the contributions to jazz and fusion in the 13 years before his tragic death are legendary. His sound was unique, very off beat with extensive use of natural and artificial harmonics and text
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