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January 3, 2010 - present
December 24, 2007 - December 1, 2009
December 15, 2006 - December 1, 2007
December 24, 2005 - December 1, 2006
November 1, 2004 - December 1, 2005
January 12, 2004 - October 11, 2004
July 28, 2003 - December 25, 2003
December 1, 2002 - June 30, 2003
August 20, 2002 - November 11, 2002
April 1, 2002 - July 27, 2002
January 1, 2002 - March 25, 2002
November 28, 2001 - December 30, 2001
December 28, 2000 - September 11, 2001
DECEMBER 1, 2009: HONORING JACO'S BIRTHDAY
We will celebrate your Birth and Life for as long as possible...
Performing from the heart that night:
Leon "Foster" Thomas (pannist extra-ordinaire)
Doug Bickel (keys, Director of Jazz Piano UM)
Butch Thomas (sax Jaco WOM band)
Diogo Brown (Brazilian Funk bass)
Ayurella Horn-Muller (voice)
Adam Lucas (guitar & bass)
Julius Pastorius (drums)
Felix Pastorius (bass)
Parker Grant (keys)
NOVEMBER 12, 2009: WEATHER REPORT - LONDON 1980
Live at the Hammersmith Odeon, London, England, November 14, 1980.
Very good soundboard? Incomplete set.
download
SEPTEMBER 21, 2009: REMEMBERING JACO
...you've been gone for 22 years today...yet...you are still here...
SEPTEMBER 20, 2009: RARE HAVANA JAM SURFACES
From RickSuchow.com
SEPTEMBER 2, 2009: JACO MURAL WHITE-WASHED, DESTROYED
Discussion
Ciccio painfully shares his experiences that led up to the demolishing of his work,
followed by a half-hearted apology lacking honesty and dis-jointed reasoning.
AUGUST 13, 2009: REST IN PEACE, DEAR LES
Lester William Polsfuss AKA Les Paul (June 9, 1915 – August 13, 2009)
The World is a much quieter place without him....
"His zest for performing, his openness to new genres and, especially,
his ability to adapt after endless physical setbacks--a shattered arm,
a heart attack, arthritic hands--were inspirational.
A near-electrocution should have cured his youthful passion for invention.
A car crash should have ended his brilliant guitar career decades ago.
Instead, it produced genuine American folklore: Les told doctors to
set his broken wing into permanent guitar-playing position."
AUGUST 12, 2009: RASHIED ALI rip
Rashied Ali, born Robert Patterson (July 1, 1933 – August 12, 2009)
was an American free jazz and avant-garde jazz drummer best known for
playing with John Coltrane in the last years of Coltrane's life.
APRIL 17, 2009: JACO MENTION ON TV SHOW HIT "BONES"!
Jaco was mentioned last night on the television series "Bones",
Mayhem on a Cross (HD), Season 4: Episode 20, at around the 18:50 mark.
The show is about a super heavy metal band and Norway.
Here's the actual snippet:
APRIL 3, 2009: JACO PARK MURAL BEGINS!
The artist Ciccio , a world famous painter and muralist, is creating an
incredible work of art in Jaco Pastorius Park in Oakland Park, Fla. The mural
depicts Jaco, Miles Davis, Pat Metheny, Charlie Parker, and Jimi Hendrix.
This morning a film crew started to document the painter Ciccio as he
begins his inspirational project of painting a mural on the walls
of the Community Center at Jaco Pastorius Park.
ADDENDUM:
Five months later, the 80% done mural was painted over, see video and
hear explanation why, plus the artist Ciccio tells his side, in News dated September 2, 2009
{an injustice has been committed, a blow to the art world}
MARCH 5, 2009: JACO PARK COMMUNITY CENTER OPENING
DECEMBER 1, 2008: CELEBRATING JACO'S BIRTH
Thank you, Jaco, for all that you have given this world, Happy Birthday!
JULY 25, 2008: HIRAM BULLOCK PASSES
with great sadness....
Hiram Law Bullock
(September 11, 1955 – July 25, 2008)
Annual Hiram Bullock Tribute Radio Show
Live online at
WFDU 89.1 FM
12 to 1
JUNE 27, 2008: DISCHORD OVER JACO'S RECENTLY FOUND BASS
A fabled bass guitar that belonged to tragic jazz great Jaco Pastorius and disappeared
20 years ago has turned up in New York - smack in the heart of a nasty legal battle.
Matthew Brewster, owner of 30th Street Guitar in Manhattan, is taking Pastorius' family
to court. He claims, in a federal lawsuit filed yesterday, that he is the rightful
owner of "the bass of doom" - which is now worth $75,000.
"If I wanted to, I could've sold it," he said. "I was the one who contacted the family.
I wanted to do something friendly."
Read more
JUNE 11, 2008: JACO PASTORIUS PARK BREAKS GROUND
For more videos of the process of building the Park from breaking ground to final stage,
view videos here:
JACO PASTORIUS PARK VIDEOS
MARCH 8, 2008: JACO'S FRETLESS FOUND!
Chris Jisi for Bass Player Magazine
"The party who brought the bass to Will Lee’s apartment had previously reported
the hair standing up on his arms as he played a bass melody from “A Remark You Made”
along with the recording, and found the tone and duration of the notes were an eerily
unmistakable sonic match. Which brings me to the second aspect that struck me
(and perhaps this is where my fervent imagination finally took over): how
in-tune the bass seemed to play. There were no washy, smeared notes beneath my
fingers—just pure, strong tones that sat firmly on the rosewood board.
(The bass had new-ish strings t-hat were not Jaco’s favored Rotosounds.)"
MARCH 3, 2008: JACO, RICH FRANKS, ALEX DARQUI CD
new release
CD not listed on the official website, so possible bootleg, but very important part of His-Story.
Strangely, the cover appears to be the logo for Holiday Park Records.
AbstractLogic.com
FEBRUARY 11, 2008: HERBIE HANCOCK WINS GRAMMY
Hancock Steals Grammy Album of Year
By SANDY COHEN – 41 minutes ago
LOS ANGELES (AP) —
Herbie Hancock shocked Kanye West, best-album presenters Usher and Quincy Jones,
and just about anyone who was watching the Grammys when the
jazz veteran won the night's big prize for "River: The Joni Letters."
But perhaps no one was more shocked than Herbie Hancock.
"It's immeasurable how surprised I am," Hancock said Sunday night after the show.
"I didn't even hear my name at first," he continued. "Then I heard the word 'River'
and I said, 'Is this true? Is this happening?'"
DECEMBER 2, 2007: JACO DOLL
Jaco had distinct green/hazel eyes, this doll has bright blue eyes.
Endorsed by Jaco's daughter Mary Pastorius.
DECEMBER 2, 2007: OFFICIAL EVENT @ BROWARD PERFORMING ARTS CENTER
20th "Anniversary" of his passing :(
source: jacopastorius.com
View the program "On December 2nd, 2007 at the Broward Center Of Performing Arts in Fort Lauderdale,
friends, family, and performers came together to celebrate the life and music of Jaco Pastorius.
Hailed by the Broward Center's president, Mark Nerenhausen, as one of the most artistic shows
ever presented there, the night was a resounding success and a monument to Jaco as a person
as well as for his pioneering contributions to music."
Email: JacoFamilySite@aol.com
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