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20 Years Jaco Pastorius...
over 2 years ago

Get the Jaco Newsletter | Spread the word Pastorius Family Q&A | Guest Artist Series | Writings | Interviews 3 Views, Remembering a Brotherby Gregory Pastoriusdaddy,just daddy to meby Mary Pastorius 20 YearsIt was 20 years ago today that Jaco Pastorius was tragically taken away from us. Even though he only lived 35 years he still left us with so many gifts. His music... his pl...

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Jazz great Joe Zawinul dies at 75
over 2 years ago

!http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070911/capt.af1e5599042a4a4fa50d474ed16d1d9b.austria_zawinul_obit_vie103.jpg?x=180&y=142&sig=OM4j7tUhe0v44stMlhTmOw--!By VERONIKA OLEKSYN, Associated Press Writer Tue Sep 11, 2:47 PM ET VIENNA, Austria - Joe Zawinul, the jazz keyboardist who soared to fame as one of the creators of jazz-rock fusion with the band Weather Report, has died, a hospital official...

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The Best Bassists?
over 2 years ago

Listening to Birdland, and thinking about how amazing Jaco Pastorius' bass playing sounds. This got me thinking about who i would consider in the best bassists ever. I personally would probably include Rick Danko of The Band, Roger Waters, the Jam's Bruce Foxton and Ben Folds Five's Robert Sledge, however I'd be interested to hear other suggestions

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Was There Electric Bass Before Leo?
about 1 year ago

Jurassic BassesBy Mikael Jansson & Scott Malandrone | January, 2000There’s no doubt Leo Fender forever changed the world of bass in 1951, when he launched his Precision Bass. But a couple of recent finds have cast his innovations in a new light.Sure, many had tried to amplify the double bass before Fender performed his feat: Ampeg, Rickenbacker, Regal, and Vega all made production-model solidbo.

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20 Years Jaco Pastorius...
over 2 years ago

Get the Jaco Newsletter | Spread the word Pastorius Family Q&A | Guest Artist Series | Writings | Interviews 3 Views, Remembering a Brotherby Gregory Pastoriusdaddy,just daddy to meby Mary Pastorius 20 YearsIt was 20 years ago today that Jaco Pastorius was tragically taken away from us. Even though he only lived 35 years he still left us with so many gifts. His music... his pl...

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Jazz great Joe Zawinul dies at 75
over 2 years ago

!http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070911/capt.af1e5599042a4a4fa50d474ed16d1d9b.austria_zawinul_obit_vie103.jpg?x=180&y=142&sig=OM4j7tUhe0v44stMlhTmOw--!By VERONIKA OLEKSYN, Associated Press Writer Tue Sep 11, 2:47 PM ET VIENNA, Austria - Joe Zawinul, the jazz keyboardist who soared to fame as one of the creators of jazz-rock fusion with the band Weather Report, has died, a hospital official...

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Album Art pt 62
over 2 years ago
Weather Report Weekend # 14 - The Many Instruments Of Joe
11 months ago
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"Talespinnin'", Weather Report's 1975 album is a joy. It marks a continued progression away from the freeform, tone poem content of the first few Weather Report albums to a more structured, compositional approach, while still bearing the distinctive hallmark of the Zawinul / Shorter sound throughout. Wayne Shorter plays beautifully on this album, which features a number of delightful sax sol...

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