Pastorius in concert, 1986 Background information Birth name John Francis Anthony Pastorius III Born ( 1951-12-01)December 1, 1951, Pennsylvania, U.S. Died September 21, 1987 ( 1987-09-21) (aged 35), Florida Genres, Occupation(s) Musician, composer, producer Instruments, Years active 1964–1987 Labels,,,,, Associated acts,,,,,, and the C.C. Riders Website John Francis Anthony ' Jaco' Pastorius III (, December 1, 1951 – September 21, 1987) was an American bassist who was a member of from 1976 to 1981. He worked with,, and recorded albums as a solo artist and band leader. His bass playing employed, lyrical solos, bass, and innovative. He was inducted into the Jazz Hall of Fame in 1988, one of only seven bassists so honored (and the only electric bass guitarist).

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Contents • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Biography [ ] Growing up in Fort Lauderdale [ ] John Francis Pastorius was born December 1, 1951, in, Pennsylvania. He was the oldest of three boys born to Stephanie, his Finnish mother, and Jack Pastorius, a charismatic singer and jazz drummer who spent much of his time on the road. His family moved to in Fort Lauderdale when he was eight. From his parents he was given the nickname 'Jocko', a variation of John and Jack. When he was a boy, he was ridiculed for the name because there was a cartoon monkey named 'Jocko.' In 1974, he began spelling it 'Jaco' after it was misspelled by his neighbor, pianist Alex Darqui.

His brother called him ' after the wild boy in because he was energetic and spent much of his time shirtless on the beach, climbing trees, running through the woods, and swimming in the ocean. He attended St.

Clement's Catholic School in and was an altar boy at St. Clement's Church. His name was Anthony, thus expanding his name to John Francis Anthony Pastorius. He was intensely competitive and excelled at baseball, basketball, and football. Pastorius played drums until he injured his wrist playing football at age 13. The damage to his wrist was severe enough to warrant corrective surgery and inhibited his ability to play drums - specifically, being able to consistently hit the snare drum hard enough to satisfy his own standards.

Early career [ ] By 1968–1969, at the age of 17, Pastorius had begun to appreciate jazz and had saved enough money to buy an. Its deep, mellow tone appealed to him, though it strained his finances. He had difficulty maintaining the instrument, which he attributed to the humidity in Florida. When he woke one day to find it had cracked, he traded it for a 1962. In his teens he played bass guitar for and the C.C. Pastorius on November 27, 1977 In the early 1970s, Pastorius taught bass at the, where he befriended jazz guitarist, who was also on the faculty.

With, Pastorius and Metheny recorded an album, later titled (, 1974). Pastorius then played on Metheny's debut album, (, 1976). He recorded his debut solo album, (, 1976) with,,,, Pat Metheny,,, and. Weather Report [ ] Before recording his debut album, Pastorius attended a concert in Miami by the jazz fusion band. After the concert, he approached keyboardist, who led the band. As was his habit, he introduced himself by saying, 'I'm John Francis Pastorius III. I'm the greatest bass player in the world.'

Zawinul admired his brashness and asked for a demo tape. After listening to the tape, Zawinul realized that Pastorius had considerable skill. They corresponded, and Pastorius sent Zawinul an early rough mix of his solo album. After bassist left Weather Report, Zawinul asked Pastorius to join the band. Pastorius made his band debut on the album (, 1976), in which he shared the bass chair with Johnson. Pastorius was fully established as sole band bass player for the recording of (Columbia, 1977), which contained the Grammy-nominated hit '.

Pastorius left Weather Report in 1982 due to clashes with tour commitments for his other projects, plus a growing dissatisfaction with Zawinul's increasing synthesized and orchestrated approach to the band's music. Post-Weather Report [ ]. Pastorius in New York City with behind him, left, March 1986 Pastorius recorded his second solo album, (, 1981), with experienced sidemen Wayne Shorter,,, Michael Brecker,,,,, and. Had signed Pastorius to a favorable contract in the late 1970s due to his groundbreaking playing and his star quality, which they had hoped would lead to his becoming a bankable commercial asset. Pastorius used this contract to set up his Word of Mouth big band. Alias, Erskine, and Thielemans played in the band (later described as 'an unfulfilled dream, a worthy concept that did not last long enough to live up to its potential.'

) During his time with Weather Report, Pastorius began abusing alcohol and illegal drugs, which exacerbated existing mental problems and led to erratic behavior. In 1982, he toured with Word of Mouth as a 21-piece big band.

While in Japan, to the alarm of his band members, he shaved his head, painted his face black, and threw his bass guitar into Hiroshima Bay. He was diagnosed with in late 1982 after the tour. Pastorius had shown signs of bipolar disorder before his diagnosis, but they were considered eccentricities or character flaws., a psychiatric diagnosis for a milder form of mania characterized by periodic hyperactivity and elevated mood, has been associated with enhanced creativity. Despite press attention, Word of Mouth didn't sell well, and the demos for Holiday for Pans were received poorly by Warner Bros., leading to Pastorius being released from his contract. He released a third album, 1983's Invitation, a live recording from the 1982 Word of Mouth dates in Japan.

Job offers disappeared as his alcohol and drug problems dominated his life, and he wound up homeless. He made appearances on albums by Randy Bernsen, Deadline, Brian Melvin,, and. In 1985, he made the instructional video Modern Electric Bass, hosted by bassist. In 1986, he toured with guitarist. Death [ ] Towards the end of his life, Pastorius apparently developed a self-destructive habit of provoking bar fights and allowing himself to be beaten up.

After sneaking onstage at a concert on September 11, 1987 and being ejected from the premises, Pastorius made his way to the Midnight Bottle Club in Wilton Manors, Florida. After reportedly kicking in a glass door, having been refused entrance to the club, he was engaged in a violent confrontation with the club's bouncer, Luc Havan, who had a black belt in karate. Pastorius was hospitalized for multiple facial fractures and injuries to his right eye and left arm and fell into a coma. There were encouraging signs that he would come out of the coma and recover, but they soon faded. A massive a few days later led to. Pastorius was then disconnected from life support and died on September 21, 1987, aged 35, at Broward General Medical Center in Fort Lauderdale. Rihanna Fading Download Hulk there. Luc Havan faced a charge of second-degree murder.

He pleaded guilty to manslaughter and was sentenced to twenty-two months in prison and five years' probation. After serving four months in prison, he was paroled for good behavior. Stage presence and bass techniques [ ].

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Bassists remained in the background with the drummer, forming the rhythm section, while the saxophonist, trumpeter, or vocalist handled the melody and led the band. Pastorius's stage presence was more like Jimi Hendrix's. He played electric bass, from which he had removed the frets, essentially inventing the fretless bass.

He played fast and loud, sang, and did flips. He spread powder on the stage so he could dance like James Brown. He joked around and talked to the crowd. A self-described Florida beach bum, he often went barefoot and shirtless. He was tall, lean, and strong, and for someone who played sports the name 'Jocko' fit. His thumbs were double jointed and his fingers were long and thin.

After being taught about, he began adding them to his technique. Natural, also known as open string harmonics, are played by lightly touching the string at a fret without pressing it to the fretboard, resulting in a note that rings somewhat like a bell. Artificial harmonics, also called false harmonics, involve lightly touching a string with one finger, then using another finger to play the note, simultaneously playing and stopping the note.

An often cited example is the introduction to 'Birdland'. Pastorius was noted for his virtuosic bass lines which combined rhythms, inspired by the likes of, with R&B to create 16th-note funk lines syncopated with. He played these with a floating thumb technique on the right hand, anchoring on the bridge pickup while playing on the E and A strings and muting the E string with his thumb while playing on higher strings. Examples include 'Come On, Come Over' from the album Jaco Pastorius and 'The Chicken' from The Birthday Concert. Equipment [ ] Bass of Doom [ ] Jaco Pastorius played a 1962 that he called the Bass of Doom. He acquired it fretless, or he removed the frets with a butter knife (his recollections varied over the years), and sealed the fretboard with epoxy resin. The bass was stolen from a park bench in Manhattan in 1986, then found in a guitar shop in 2006, but the owner didn't want to give it up.

The Pastorius family enlisted lawyers to help but nearly went bankrupt in 2010., bass guitarist for, considered Jaco Pastorius to be one of his heroes, and he felt that the family ought to have the bass. Trujillo helped pay to have it returned to them. Amplification and effects [ ] Jaco Pastorius used the 'Variamp' EQ (equalization) controls on his two Acoustic 360 (made by the of Van Nuys, California) to boost the midrange frequencies, thus accentuating the natural growling tone of his fretless passive Fender Jazz Bass and roundwound string combination. He also controlled his tone color with a rackmount MXR unit that fed a second Acoustic amp rig. During the final three years of his life he used cabinets because of the character of aluminum speaker cones (as opposed to paper speaker cones). These provided a bright, clear sound. He typically used the delay in a -like mode, providing a shimmering stereo doubling effect.

He often used the control built into the Acoustic 360. For the bass solo 'Slang' on 's live album (1979), Pastorius used the MXR digital delay to layer and a chordal figure and then soloed over it; the same technique, with a looped bass riff, can be heard during his solo on the Joni Mitchell concert video.

Guest appearances [ ] Pastorius appeared as a guest on many albums by other artists, as for example in 1976 with of, on. He can be heard on 's album I'm Fine, How Are You?

His signature sound is prominent on 's Everyday Everynight (1978), on which he played the bass melody for a composition entitled 'The Hope', and performed bass and vocals on one of his own compositions, entitled 'Las Olas'. Other recordings included Joni Mitchell's album and a solo album by, both released in 1976. Near the end of his career, he worked often with guitarist, guitarist, and drummer Brian Melvin.

Awards and honors [ ] Jaco Pastorius received two Grammy Award nominations in 1977 for his self-titled debut album: one for and one for ('Donna Lee'). In 1978, he received a Grammy nomination for Best Jazz Performance by a Soloist for his work on Weather Report's album Heavy Weather. Magazine gave him second place on a list of the one hundred greatest bass players of all time, behind.

After his death in 1987, he was voted by readers to the magazine Hall of Fame, joining bassists,,,,, and. Many musicians have composed songs in honor of him, such as Pat Metheny's 'Jaco' on the album (1978) and 'Mr.

Pastorius' by on 's album. Others who have dedicated compositions to him include,,,,,,, and the. On December 2, 2007, the day after his birthday, a concert called '20th Anniversary Tribute to Jaco Pastorius' was held at in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, with performances by the Jaco Pastorius Big Band and appearances by Randy Brecker,, Peter Erskine,,,, Pastorius's sons John and Julius Pastorius, Pastorius's daughter Mary Pastorius,, Bobby Thomas, Jr., and Dana Paul. Almost twenty years after his death, Fender released the Jaco Pastorius Jazz Bass, a fretless instrument in its Artist Series.

He has been called 'arguably the most important and ground-breaking electric bassist in history' and 'perhaps the most influential electric bassist today'. Banfield, director of Africana Studies, Music and Society at Berklee College, called Pastorius one of the few original American virtuosos who defined a musical movement, alongside Jimi Hendrix, Louis Armstrong, Thelonious Monk, Charlie Christian, Bud Powell, Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, John Coltrane, Sarah Vaughan, Bill Evans, Charles Mingus, and Wes Montgomery. Discography [ ]. • Harrison, Angus (2015-03-06)..

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You will learn to: • Build jazz bass lines that support the tune's underlying harmony and keep the motion moving forward. • Play over standard jazz progressions and rhythm changes. • Develop lines reflective of many jazz eras, from early swing to post bop. • Develop your sense of time and groove. • Use articulations such as skips, dead notes, pull-offs, hammer-ons, rakes and more. • Compose imaginative and engaging bass solos. 'Music is in the air.

It's my job to pull it out.' --Jaco Pastorius 'I try to make sure my part is notable -- that it's not only right for the song, but also represents the bass in the highest light.' --Nathan East 'The art of music is governed by the laws of harmony, theory and rhythm. These laws and theories must be studied in order to attain and maintain precious, unforseen rewards.' --Chuck Rainey 'Even when playing the simplest song with just whole notes, make sure that they're very good whole notes!' --Larry Paxton 'It's the bass that makes them dance.'

--Darcy Wright 'Guitar is for the head, drums are for the chest, but bass gets you in the groin.' --Suzi Quatro.