Jaco Pastorius
Jaco Pastorius (born John Francis Pastorius III) was one of the most influential electric bass players in all times. He inspired a whole generation of bass players with his unique sound and an extremely good technique. He is most known for his work with fusion pioneers Weather Report and his own band Word of Mouth. He was killed in a bar fight 1987, and is an all-time legend amongst all serious bass-players. He grew up in Fort Lauerdale, Florida but was borned in Norristown, Pennsylvania on December 1, 1951 and died September 21, 1987.
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Childhood
Jaco was one of three son's in the family of John Francis Pastorius II and Stephanie Haapala Pastorius. He had Finnish, German, Swedish, and Irish blood in his vains, even though there has been rumours of his afro-american ancestry. In school he was very fond of sports, especially basketball that also gave him his nickname. Jaco and his father used to watch basketball together, and by that time a player named Jocko Conlan was around. Some adopted this and started to call Jaco for "Jocko", which later on was changed to Jaco when a friend from France called him Jaco in a letter. Jaco dug the spelling, and used that instead after this.
Like his father he adopted music at an early age and similar to his father he played stand-up drums, but switched to electric bass at 15 when a foot injury stopped him from playing drums. Jaco started to play with local bands and were jamming late night's with visiting rhythm & blues artist, and soon got a reputation as a "local hero". One of his first real bands was Las Olas Brass, which was a nine-piece brass band playing covers of Aretha Franklin, Wilson Picket, Otis Redding and James Brown.
His early influences according to himself included James Jamerson, James Brown, The Beatles, Miles Davis, and Stravinsky. Favourite bass players included Jerry Jemmott, James Jamerson, Paul Chambers, Harvey Brooks and Tommy Cogbill.
Early career
Jaco was a member of a band called Wayne Cochran and The C.C. Riders, which he also wrote music for. He was also appearing on local R & B recordings with artists such as Ira Sullivan's Quintet and Woodchuck.
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