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Miscellaneous, Unspecified Things: Jazz Chronicles - Volume II: Jaco
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A New Leif Allstars Tribute..."Jaco pastorius may well have been the last jazz musician of the 20th century to have made a major impact on the musical world at large. everywhere you go,sometimes it seems like a dozen times a day, in the most unlikely places you hear jaco's sound; from the latest tv commercial to bass players of all stripes copping his licks on recordings of all styles, from news broadcasts to famous rock and roll bands, from hip hop samples to personal tribute records, you hear the echoes of that unmistakable sound everywhere. (it may even be more imitated at this point than the previously most pervasive jazz sound to escape into the broader culture beyond the local borders of jazz, the moody harmon mute stylings of miles davis). for all the caterwauling that has gone on about new musicians that have shown up in recent years being toted as the "next miles", or the "duke ellington of their generation", or whatever, jaco outranks all of them and all of that by being the one and the only of his kind, without predecessor; the only post 1970 jazz musician known on a first name basis with all music fans of all varieties everywhere in the world. from the depths of africa where he is revered in almost god-like status to the halls of most every music university on the planet. to this day, and maybe more than ever, he remains the one and the only JACO.and how odd it is to see this era of historical revisionism in jazz how this accomplishment is often relegated by people who should know better as being "not jazz" or as "fusion" (possibly the single most ignorant and damaging term ever invented to describe (discount) an important and vital branch of the jazz music tree). jaco at his best, as on this record, defines what the word jazz really means. jaco used his own experiences filtered through an almost unbelievable originality informed by a musicianship as audacious as it was expansive, to manifest into sound through improvisation a musical reality that illuminated his individuality. and besides all that, he simply played his ass off - in a way that was totally unprecedented on his instrument, or on ANY instrument for that matter."The Life and Times of Jaco Pastorius by Pat Metheny - Sourced from www.jacopastorius.com.
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Excellent tribute to a master.
Excellent tribute to a master.
Only know the Joni Mitchell track... I'll download now.
Thanks, from all concerned, for the dedication AND for the music. Touched, we are (although some might say, "...in the head"). A worthy single-artist subject, that's for dang sure.
Crate-diggers delight is this.
Jaco makes "Hejira"!
Not overly familiar with Jaco, but have heard bits & bobs. Thanks for the introduction Chris. Looks worthy of high praise.
What a character! Should be a fascinating lisen. Thanks for the DL!