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Born: December 01, 1951 in Norristown, PA
Years Active: 70 's, 80 's
Died: September 21, 1987 in Fort Lauderdale, FL
Genre: Jazz

Biography:
Jaco Pastorius was a meteor who blazed on to the scene in the 1970s, only to flame out tragically in the 1980s. With a brilliantly fleet technique and fertile melodic imagination, Pastorius made his fretless electric bass leap out from the depths of the rhythm section into the front line with fluid machine-gun-like passages that demanded attention.... Continue Bio >>

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Discography:
ca. Another Side of Jaco Pastorius
2007 Jaco: L'Ascension d'un Génie
2005 Gospel for J.F.P. III
2005 Extraordinary & Tragic Life of Jaco Pastorius
2003 Word of Mouth Revisited
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Member Of: Weather Report More >> Similar Artists: Eberhard Weber Al Macdowell John Patitucci Alphonso Johnson Gil Evans More >>

Influenced By: Ira Sullivan The Beatles Max Roach The Rolling Stones Stan Kenton More >> Followers: Scott Colley Victor Bailey Billy Sheehan Gerald Veasley Les Claypool More >>

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