Jaco Pastorius, An Introduction To The Jazz Legend

"Jaco Pastorius often told people that he was the greatest bass player in the world. During his brief, mercurial career, there was enough truth to his contention that his words didn’t seem all that brash or uncouth. Pastorius, who passed away at the age of 35 in 1987, was a singular figure in the jazz world. No one sounded like him before, and few have imitated his style in the decades since his untimely death. As Joni Mitchell once put it, 'he was doing things that no one could do; he was being Jimi Hendrix on the bass.' ..."

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