{"id":4339,"date":"2012-09-21T10:58:52","date_gmt":"2012-09-21T09:58:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/?p=4339"},"modified":"2012-09-21T11:02:40","modified_gmt":"2012-09-21T10:02:40","slug":"in-memoriam-jaco","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/2012\/09\/21\/in-memoriam-jaco\/","title":{"rendered":"In memoriam: Jaco"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today marks the twenty-fifth anniversary of the untimely death of Jaco Pastorius, the outrageously talented bass-player who redefined the role of the bass in jazz and revolutionised its technical possibilities.<\/p>\n<div class=\"kent-video-wrapper\"><span class='embed-youtube' style='text-align:center; display: block;'><iframe class='youtube-player' type='text\/html' width='474' height='297' src='https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Z0SPttqD2JE?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;wmode=transparent' frameborder='0' allowfullscreen='true'><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4357\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4357\" style=\"width: 180px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/files\/2012\/09\/Jaco.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-4357 \" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/files\/2012\/09\/Jaco-300x207.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"180\" height=\"124\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/files\/2012\/09\/Jaco-300x207.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/files\/2012\/09\/Jaco.jpg 551w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 180px) 100vw, 180px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4357\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Now hear this&#8230;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Also to be heard drumming on &#8216;Teentown&#8217; on the album <em>Heavy Weather<\/em>, he also showed his more lyrically melodic (yet no less inventive) side on <em>Hejira<\/em>, one of several albums he recorded with the great Joni Mitchell.<\/p>\n<p>Here are Weather Report live in 1978, the heyday of jazz-fusion, with Wayne Shorter on soprano sax, Joe Zawinul on keyboards, Peter Erskine on drums, and the great man showing his melodic-playing skills.<\/p>\n<p>Ave, Jaco: we salute you.<\/p>\n<div class=\"kent-video-wrapper\"><span class='embed-youtube' style='text-align:center; display: block;'><iframe class='youtube-player' type='text\/html' width='474' height='297' src='https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/VQeUosK3oz4?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;wmode=transparent' frameborder='0' allowfullscreen='true'><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n<ul class=\"kent-social-links\"><li><a href='http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/2012\/09\/21\/in-memoriam-jaco\/&amp;t=In memoriam: Jaco' target='_blank'><i class='ksocial-facebook' title='Share via Facebook'><\/i><\/a><\/li><li><a href='http:\/\/twitter.com\/home?status=In memoriam: Jaco%20https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/2012\/09\/21\/in-memoriam-jaco\/' target='_blank'><i class='ksocial-twitter' title='Share via Twitter'><\/i><\/a><\/li><li><a href='https:\/\/plus.google.com\/share?url=https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/2012\/09\/21\/in-memoriam-jaco\/' target='_blank'><i class='ksocial-google-plus' title='Share via Google Plus'><\/i><\/a><\/li><li><a href='http:\/\/linkedin.com\/shareArticle?mini=true&amp;url=https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/2012\/09\/21\/in-memoriam-jaco\/&amp;title=In memoriam: Jaco' target='_blank'><i class='ksocial-linkedin' title='Share via Linked In'><\/i><\/a><\/li><li><a href='mailto:content=https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/2012\/09\/21\/in-memoriam-jaco\/&amp;title=In memoriam: Jaco' target='_blank'><i class='ksocial-email' title='Share via Email'><\/i><\/a><\/li><\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today marks the twenty-fifth anniversary of the untimely death of Jaco Pastorius, the outrageously talented bass-player who redefined the role of the bass in jazz and revolutionised its technical possibilities. 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