Jazz Articles about Jaco Pastorius
About Jaco Pastorius
Instrument: Bass, electric
Article Coverage | Albums | Photos | Similar ArtistsWe Revisit This Month Last Year With John Mclaughlin, Jaco Pastorius And Jeremy Green

by Len Davis
Revisiting this week last year with John McLaughlin from The Montreaux Years, Jaco Pastorius from Live At Montreal, guitarist Mike Miller, The Trackers, bassist Lee Puckett and Spherical Agenda. Canadian guitarist Jeremy Green, Tim Miller and Kazumi Watanabe and his Electric Trio. Playlist John McLaughlin El Hombre Que Sabia" from The Montreaux Years (BMG) 00:00 Jaco Pastorius Bass Solo" from Live at Montreal Jazz Festival 1982 (Jazz Door) 06:11 Mike Miller Bipolar Bear" from Trust (Blue Canoe) 12:22 ...
read moreJaco Pastorius, Hiromi Uehara, Per Mathisen and Kazumi Watanabe

by Len Davis
Jaco Pastorius with a medley from Broadway Blues, Hiromi from Beyond Standard, Spherical Agenda, from Arcane Wisdom Bassist's Lee Puckett and Federico Malaman and a new release from Per Mathisen, plus Japanese fusion from Kazumi Watanabe. Playlist {Jaco Pastorius Medley+ Donna Lee from Broadway Blues & Teresa (Jazz Point) 00:00 Hiromi Caravan from Beyond Standard (Telarc) 05:51 Spherical Agenda Guts" from Arcane Wisdom (Lunar Signal) 11:41 Lee Puckett Master of Naan" from Lost Horizon (Self Produced) ...
read moreJohn McLaughlin, Miles Davis, Jaco Pastorius, Chick Corea

by Len Davis
Live recordings from John McLaughlin The Montreaux Years , Miles Davis Live At Vienne, Jaco Pastorius Live in Montreal, Al Di Meola Elegant Gypsy-Live and More, Chick Corea Live Under The Sky, Soft Machine Live at Baked Potato and Weather ReportLive in Offenbach. John McLaughlin Sing Me Softly Of the Blues" from The Montreux YearsBMG) 00:00 Miles Davis Amandla" from Live At Vienne (Warner) 07:18 Jaco Pastorius Bass Solo" from Live in Montreal (Jazz Door) 14:54 Al ...
read moreThe Montreux Years with John McLaughlin, Gary Husband with The Trackers

by Len Davis
Jaco Pastorius Live at Montreal, Stick Men, Jan Gunnar Hoff, and Mike Stern. Playlist Mahavishnu Orchestra Radio Activity" from The Montreaux Years ( BMG) 00:00 Jaco Pastorius Donna Lee" from Live at Montreal (Timeline) 07:19 Yang Words" from Designed For Disaster (Cuneiform) 14:48 Gary Husband -Alf Terje Hana All I Need" from The Trackers (Abstract Logix) 22:05 Stick Men Leonardo" from Prog Magazine Sampler (Moonjune) 29:28 Jan Gunnar Hoff City Z" from Jan Gunnar Hoff Group (Losen)36:48 Mike ...
read moreJaco Pastorius, John McLaughlin, John Scofield, Bill Evans-Randy Brecker and more

by Len Davis
Jaco Pastorius: The Criteria Sessions, John McLaughlin: The Heart Of things, John Scofield and much more. Playlist Jaco Pastorius Baloon Song" from Modern American Music: The Criteria Sessions (Omnivore) 00:00 Niacin Elbow Grease" from Time Crunch (Magna Carta) 08:31 John McLaughlin Healing Hands" from The Heart of Things (Verve) 16:50 John Scofield Protocol" from Pick Hits-Live (Gramavison) 25:10 Bill Evans / Randy Brecker Big Fun" from Soul Bop Band-Live (BHM) 33:35 John Patitucci Scophile" from Sketch Book (GRPl) ...
read moreJaco, Miles, Antoine Pierre and More

by Len Davis
In the first part of this week's show, we pay tribute to two great musicians whose anniversary of the passing falls in late September, Jaco Pastorius (September 21st) and Miles Davis (September 28th). The show opens with a take on Miles' Bitches Brew recorded live in Brussels by Belgian drummer Antoine Pierre. Tune in for that and much more. Enjoy the show! Playlist Antoine Pierre You Nod But You Ain't" Suspended-Live at Flagey (Out Note Records) ...
read moreJaco Pastorius: Truth, Liberty & Soul Live in New York: The Complete NPR Jazz Alive! Recording

by John Kelman
These days, there's a plethora of recordings, originally made for radio or television broadcast, being released by labels ranging from thoroughly legit to highly suspect. In some instances, these are real archival finds; true gold, mined from hours of hours of recordings, lovingly restored and packaged. In other cases they're clearly nothing but money grabs. Capitalizing on old contracts with holes in them the size of a Mack truck, these cheaply packaged, sonically acceptable but far from stellar releases muddy ...
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