Jaco Pastorius

Jaco Pastorius

John Francis Anthony Pastorius III

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In the collection

15 records
All American Alien Boy Ian Hunter, 1976 Black Market Weather Report, 1976 Bright Size Life Pat Metheny, 1976 Hejira Joni Mitchell, 1976 Jaco Pastorius Jaco Pastorius, 1976 Heavy Weather Weather Report, 1977 Live At The Berlin Jazz Days Trilogue, 1977 8:30 Weather Report, 1979 Mr. Hands Herbie Hancock, 1980 Shadows And Light Joni Mitchell, 1980 Word Of Mouth Jaco Pastorius, 1981 Cliff Hanger Jimmy Cliff, 1985 The Birthday Concert Jaco Pastorius, 1995 Live In America Victor Wooten, 2001 Truth, Liberty & Soul - Live In NYC The Complete 1982 NPR Jazz Alive! Recordings Jaco Pastorius, 2017

Played with

Don Alias 6 records together Wayne Shorter 4 records together Weather Report 3 records together Dave Bargeron 3 records together Michael Brecker 3 records together Othello Molineaux 3 records together Peter Gordon 3 records together Joe Zawinul 3 records together Peter Erskine 3 records together Herbie Hancock 2 records together Pat Metheny 2 records together Joni Mitchell 2 records together

About

American bassist and composer from Norristown, Pennsylvania, USA.

Born: 1 December 1951 in Norristown, Pennsylvania, USA.
Died: 21 September 1987 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA (aged 35).

An influential American jazz musician, composer, big band leader and electric bass player; Jaco Pastorius was all of these and more at a young age. Best known for his work with Weather Report between 1976 and 1981, also working with the likes of Joni Mitchell, Pat Metheny, et al, along with his own solo projects.

He was quickly nicknamed by his parents “Jocko” (partially influenced by his love for sports as well as the umpire Jocko Conlan), which transformed into “Jaco” in the early 1970s when a French-born musician friend and neighbor, Alex Darqui, spelled it that way by mistake. He liked the alternate spelling, and kept it.

He was inducted into US jazz magazine Down Beat’s “Jazz Hall Of Fame” in 1988, one of only seven bassists so honoured, and the only electric bass guitarist.

Father of Mary Pastorius, Johnny Pastorius (with his first wife Tracy) and Felix Pastorius (with his second wife Ingrid Pastorius); uncle of David Pastorius.