Jaco Pastorius Articles
Hal Leonard announces new Jaco Pastorius Bass Method Book
Hal Leonard has announced the release of the Jaco Pastorius Bass Method. The method is penned by Ray Peterson, a bassist who was one of Jaco’s private students.
The book/CD package will be comprised of note-for-note transcriptions of songs and solos along with detailed notes on the technique and theory behind the music. Also included [...]
Nathan Watts receives International Bassist Award
A lot can be said about someone who has won an award that has only been given out twice, especially when the other winner was Jaco Pastorius.
Nathan Watts, who has played in Stevie Wonder’s rhythm section for the last 36 years and has served as Stevie’s musical director for the last twelve, was awarded the [...]
Edmond Gilmore: Havona play-along
Bassist Edmond Gilmore set out to demo his gear with this performance of Jaco Pastorius’s “Havona”, which is cool. But we had a hard time focusing on the rig, since he nailed the tune.
Edmond shares, “This is My FBASS VF-5 with my Markbass classic 300 rig. I’m playing Jaco’s Havona to show that you [...]
3 Views on Jaco: Joe Zawinul, Marcus Miller and Peter Erskine
Here is another set of videos recommended by Ingrid Pastorius: Three parts to a broader video piece, with Joe Zawinul, Marcus Miller and Peter Erskine each being interviewed about Jaco Pastorius.
Intro (with Joe Zawinul):
Marcus Miller:
Peter Erskine:
We’d love to know more about this project… if anyone has information on it, please drop us a note in [...]
Jaco Pastorius Birthday 2009: Invitation
Family and friends of Jaco Pastorius held their annual birthday party for him at the A1A Dive Bar in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, on December 5th.
The band included Jaco’s twin sons, bassist Felix Pastorius and drummer, Julius Pastorius.
Here’s a couple of videos from the performance. What starts out as warming up quickly turns [...]
David Pastorius: It’s not what you think
When your last name is Pastorius and you play the bass, it only stands to reason that people will draw some immediate conclusions.
In the case of David Pastorius, they’d probably be wrong.
David, the nephew of the late, great bassist Jaco Pastorius, may share the same last name and instrument of choice as his uncle, but [...]
Jaco Pastorius 1979 solo performance: Continuum
We discovered this rare Jaco Pastorius video thanks to Ingrid Pastorius sharing it with us on Facebook recently.
This video was recorded at the Berliner Jazz Stage, live in 1979. Ingrid sets up the video with some pretty cool insider knowledge:
“…that day Jaco met Toots for the first time, had a backstage conversation with Chick [...]
Ask Damian Erskine: Learning and transcribing
Q: I was listening to one of your YouTube videos and thought I heard similar lines that I’ve heard Jaco play (like a run in “Havona”). Regardless, I would like to tackle some of these parts. Do you just have a great ear or did you start out with charts to learn such fast lines?
A: [...]
Bruno Migliari Trio: Three Views of a Secret
Today, we start something a little new… spotlighting videos posted by our friends on No Treble’s Facebook page.
The first one is from bassist Bruno Migliari and his Trio, performing the Jaco Pastorius composition, Three Views of a Secret. The performance took place live at Rio Carioca jazz club in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Nice stuff, [...]
Sneak Preview: David Pastorius and Local 518’s “Sense of Urgency”
Bassist David Pastorius and his band, Local 518, have released their second album in the U.S., Sense of Urgency.
The album features Pastorius on bass with Local 518 members Al Brodeur on guitar and keyboards, Bjarne Jannik Kjaer on drums, steel drums and keyboards, Anthony Darmana on percussion and Dijeradoo and Dave Hoag on keyboards. Other [...]
