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December , 2007 - present
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
July 27, 2002: NEW JACO RECORDINGS
For those of you who would like to collect, here is a heads up on a 3 track CD,
which comes with Jazz Magazine from France, promoting the Portrait of Jaco release.
The CD includes 'Tell Daddy' from Woodchuck, with Bob Herzog and Billy Burke,
'Wiggle Waggle' with The Peter Graves Orchestra, and 'Balloon Song' from Jaco's demo.
July 4, 2002: ROCCO PRESTIA - URGENT!
"Rocco urgently needs a liver transplant.
He is suffering from Hepatitis C and excessive ammonia buildup,
and these complications have further caused him to develop diabetes.
He will not survive without a liver transplant.
At this writing, he is hospitalized awaiting a donor."
On July 25th, Rocco received his new liver!
Please also go to
http://www.geocities.com/BourbonStreet/Quarter/2712/
John Sanna states the following on his Jaco site:
"I will send a Jaco show of your choice to anyone who makes a meaningful
contribution to the fund. Please contact me in advance to arrange the details.
In addition I will give the first person who donates $500 to the fund their
choice of one of my several, framed, autographed Jaco albums".
July 20, 2002
UPDATE:
John's signed copy has been bought, the funds went to Rocco!!!!
...there are some real good people on this earth....
Dann Glenn says: "Even Jaco's helping Rocco"
Jeff Berlin Master Class Aug. 17 to benefit Rocco.
World renowned bassist Jeff Berlin will offer a Master Class on Saturday, August 17, 7-9 p.m.,
to benefit Rocco's medical fund. Berlin has recorded with top artists in the industry and has
over 45 years' experience. He will share his thoughts and concepts, and the evening will end
with a performance by his trio, The Jeff Berlin Group. This event will be held at the Player's
School of Music in Clearwater, Florida. Admission is $50 cash or check; limited seating.
Make checks payable to: Rocco Prestia Medical Fund and mail to: Players School of Music,
923 McMullen Booth Road, Clearwater, FL 33759. For more information, contact Vicky Berlin
via e-mail at: vberlin@ij.net or call 800-724-4242, ext. 14.
Additional information, and on going discussions visit the Dudepit.
July 2, 2002: RAYMOND MATTHEWS BROWN
October 13, 1926 - July 2, 2002
"The Real Blues" MP3
If Ray Brown were a tree, he'd have to be an oak: solid, far-reaching and durable.
But an oak that needs no pruning.
~ Author Unknown
He's the epitome of forethought. Sympathetic forethought. As for his solos...
do you know his solo on ‘How High the Moon’ in our Stratford album? Well,
that should be put in a time capsule and sealed up. Because that's it. That's it!
~ Oscar Peterson
"Ray Brown, on bass, played the strongest, most fluid and
imaginative bass lines in modern jazz at the time."
~ Dizzy Gillespie
Ray Brown, unparalleled double bassist in jazz history, a business-savvy musician,
sideman, leader, author, publisher, collaborator, producer, and more..spanning over
more than five decades, distinguished for his beautiful warm enormous tone,
his precision, and his taste, is one of the most recorded artists in music history.
....My deepest thanks.... for always.
June 27, 2002: JOHN ENTWISTLE
October 9, 1944 - June 27, 2002
As with Jaco, to many Entwistle was considered "the Jimi Hendrix of bass".
Ray Manzarek, keyboardist for the Doors, called Entwistle
"one of the great, great rock 'n' roll bassists of all time. A real genius."
"A lot of my playing is improvising," Entwistle explained to Bass Frontiers magazine in 1996.
"I will just discover different little patterns or riffs in any key at anytime.
Somewhere in my brain I have a list of things I can play.
It's a matter of putting them in the right order."
"A lot of our fans liked us because we made mistakes. It made us look more human.
And then the fact that we could actually sort of burst out laughing on stage
when we made a real bad blunder," Entwistle said in 1995.
....Quiet Ox, you will be missed, and not forgotten....
Photos courtesy of our friend B.O.B. Lyons.
Thunderfingers playing B.O.B.'s Fender.......see him smirk happily and contentedly in the background..
"My Generation" MP3
May 20, 2002: 10 HOURS OF JACO
From the Blue Note message board:
Once again, it's time for our biannual Orgy season.
All can be heard through our webcast at www.whrb.org
(or 95.3 FM for folks around Boston). On right now:
The Sun Ra Orgy, featuring 55 hours of the man from Saturn.
We got an exclusive interview with Tyrone Hill,
the text of which will soon be accessible here.
On Wednesday starting 3PM EST, we're playing 23 hours of Cubop,
featuring early recordings of Diz, Bird, Chico O'Farrill,
Machito, Tito Puente, and others.
(Before that, at 9AM, is 6 hours of Howlin' Wolf).
Afterwards, at 2PM EST on Thursday {May 23rd}, we've got 10 hours
of Jaco Pastorius, and it looks like we'll be playing some
rare material, courtesy of the Jaco Pastorius Society in
Ft. Lauderdale, Florida (Jaco's hometown).
Enjoy! Adam
PS They are opening the show with Jaco playing in Woodchuck in 1969, followed
up by Peter Graves' big band and Jaco ('74) doing Herbie Hancock's "Wiggle Waggle"!!!
May 17, 2002: J.P. INC. SITE AND THE EARLY YEARS
Disgruntled and frustrated fans waiting for the much publicized release of "Portrait of Jaco,
the early years" let it be known on the JPI message forum which triggered a barrage of
accusations and negativity by several individuals posing not as themselves egged on
largely by persons who received a thrill from the attention the subject matter provoked,
'any attention is better than no attention'. This resulted in misdirected blaming, and
letters written by John Pastorius and the webmaster Eric Young.
Addendums:
December 5, 2002
Consequently, the for 2 years stagnate site closed.
Early 2003
Newly formatted by different webhost jacopastorius.com.
May 10, 2002: LAST OF THE HAL LEONARD BOOKS
The fourth, and final music book, A PORTRAIT OF JACO, is out!
"Explore the technical brilliance and musical genius of the
greatest electric bassist the world has ever known.
This book features highly detailed analysis of 13 of Jaco's
epic bass solos from the songsBass Instruction TAB Table
of contents (Used To Be A) Cha Cha Amerika Bright Size Life
Chromatic Fantasy Continuum Days Of Wine And Roses Donna Lee
Havona Port Of Entry Portrait Of Tracy Punk Jazz Slang"
May 4 & 5, 2002: "USE TO BE A..." BROADCAST!
From the desk of Jeroen Jansen:
This saturday and sunday NPS radio will broadcast the Melkweg Jaco Tribute.
Here are the specifics:
The show is split in half over two days, 2 hours each.
4th of May: 23.00 - 01.00 (GMT+1) which is 17:00 (5pm) - 19:00 (7pm) EST
The first part is a jazz-quizz.
5th of May: 20.00 - 22.00 which is 14:00 (2pm) - 16:00 (4pm) EST
The first hour will feature a concert done by Jaco in 1983 in The Hague
at the North Sea Jazz Festival. It's with the Word of Mouth band,
including Mike Stern, Don Alias, Delmar Brown..
The lucky Dutch can listen to it on the radio (and tape it! ),
but the shows will also be broadcasted via internet. The adress is:
http://www.omroep.nl/nps/4fm/
DIT WEEKEND:
4FM / 04-05-02 / 23.00 u. / Jazzkotabel en Jaco Pastorius
Een nieuwe aflevering van Jazzkotabel en deel 1 van de special
over meesterbassist Jaco Pastorius.
4FM in Concert / 05-05-02 / 20.00 u. / Jaco Pastorius, "Used to be a ......"
Deel 2 van de special over de baslegende.
Courtesy by NPS who was responsible for making the recording of this fabulous event:
Felix sitting in with the
New Cool Collective: BARBARY COAST
April 16, 2002: PORTRAIT OF JACO UPDATE
Bob Bobbing sent out a letter to the subscribers!
Posts by Bobby Economou, and Ricky Schultz.
April 5, 2002: TRANSCRIPTIONS BOOKS UPDATE
The third of four books by Hal Leonard has been released:
The Greatest Jazz-Fusion Bass Player - Bass Recorded Versions - $17.95
Here are the previous two:
A Step-by-Step Breakdown of the Styles and Techniques of the World's
Greatest Electric Bassist - Signature Licks - Book & CD Package - $22.95
The Essential Jaco Pastorius - Bass Recorded Versions - $17.95
April 1, 2002: JAZZ TIMES COVER
Jaco often said that good things happened for him on April First.
Being on the cover of the April issue could be considered as such.
Click on photo for more pics from inside the issue.
December , 2007 - present
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
Email: JacoFamilySite@aol.com
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