Comments on: Jaco Pastorius

By: Miles

Miles — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 08:05:26 +0000

Jaco died on my birthday, September 21st. Total trip.

By: cory d love

cory d love — Sun, 09 Dec 2007 08:05:45 +0000

cliff burton was the best bass player alive im sorry its true

By: Josh

Josh — Sat, 15 Sep 2007 13:55:41 +0000

I haven’t yet head any of Jaco’s stuff with Joni Mitchell. I’ll definitely have to check that out.

Thanks for stopping by!

By: Stratoblogster

Stratoblogster — Sat, 15 Sep 2007 03:31:41 +0000

I first heard Jaco on Joni Mitchell’s “Hejira” album, then on her album “Don Juan’s Reckless Daughter”.

He was the Hendrix of bass. He used to teach college in Florida (Univ. of Miami?) People like Metheny, Steve Morse and Mark Egan were students of his there. Mark Egan, who also plays fretless bass, said that Jaco had him studying music written for trombone.

By: Josh

Josh — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 01:00:17 +0000

Thanks, Jon!

Thanks for the info Thomas. I’m sorry to hear that Zawinul died, but he’s left us with a rich musical legacy.

By: Guitar Noize

Guitar Noize — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 23:49:40 +0000

Just wanted to say I like the new site! I have updated guitarlead.net with the new feed details

By: Thomas

Thomas — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 17:56:06 +0000

I might add that another member of Weather Report, the great Joe Zawinul died today at the age of 75. He wrote “Birdland” and “Mercy, Mercy, Mercy”.

As for Jaco, definitely check out his work with Joni Mitchell (“Shadows and Light”) and Pat Metheny (“Bright Size Life”).