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Extrait de l'album
THE BIRTHDAY CONCERT (1981) avec: Bass: Jaco Pastorius;
Bass Clarinet, Soprano & Tenor Saxophones: Bob Mintzer;
Tenor Saxophone: Michael Brecker; Baritone Saxophone:
Randy Emerick; Saxophone, Woodwinds: Dan Bonsanti,
Neal Bonsanti, Gary Lindsay; Trumpet: Brian
O'Flaherty, Ken Faulk, Brett Murphey,
Melton Mustafa; Trombone: Russ Freeland, Mike
Katz; Trombone & Tuba: Dave Bargeron; Bass
Trombone: Randy Emerick; French Horn: Peter Gordon,
Jerry Peel, Steve Roitstein; Drums: Peter
Erskine; Steel Drums: Don Alias, Othello Molineaux,
Paul Hornmuller; Miscellaneous: Bobby Thomas, Jr
Album notes:
"Recorded live in Fort Lauderdale,
Florida in 1981. "
(source http://music.yahoo.com/)
Biographie:
"b. John Francis Pastorius, 1 December
1951, Norristown, Pennsylvania, USA, d. 12 September 1987,
Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA. Encouraged by his father,
a drummer and vocalist, to pursue a career in music, Pastorius
learned to play bass, drums, guitar, piano and saxophone
while in his teens. As a result of a football injury to
his arm, his ambitions were mainly orientated towards the
drums, but he soon found work playing bass for visiting
pop and soul acts. After backing the Temptations and the
Supremes, he developed a cult following, and his reputation
spread. In 1975, Bobby Colomby, drummer with Blood, Sweat
And Tears, was impressed enough to arrange the recording
of Pastorius's first album, and a year later Pat Metheny
asked him to play bass on his own first album for ECM Records,
additionally he worked with Joni Mitchell. However, the
most important stage in Pastorius's career came in 1976:
joining Weather Report to record the highly influential
Heavy Weather, his astonishing technique on the fretless
bass and his flamboyant behaviour on stage consolidated
the band's popularity and boosted his own image to star
status. He established his own band, Word Of Mouth, in 1980,
and they enjoyed three years of successful tours, while
Pastorius himself recorded intermittently with some of the
top musicians in jazz. However, Pastorius suffered from
alcoholism and manic depression. In 1987, after increasing
bouts of inactivity, he suffered fatal injuries in a brawl
outside the Midnight Club in his home town of Fort Lauderdale.
Pastorius was one of the most influential bass players since
Charles Mingus, and extended the possibilities of the electric
bass as a melodic instrument in a way that has affected
many bassists since. "
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