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December 15, 2006 - present
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 25, 2003: G B J & ALL OF YOU
LOVE, PEACE, AND HEALTH
ALWAYS & ALL WAYS
Gifts from Jaco:
Ft. Lauderdale, with his dad Jack on an Ira Sullivan gig
Ann Arbor, April 1, 1976 - solo
December 9, 2003: JACO'S BIG BAND CHARTS
IN NEW YORK!
6 NIGHTS @ THE IRIDIUM
12/16 THROUGH 12/21
for more information and dates:
www.jacopastorius.com
for discussion on the shows click here
December ONE, 2003: ON THIS DAY
1951 in Norristown, PA a child was born
who blessed us all in some way or another..
here's to you, Jaco!!!
faaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
Photos of last night's party coming!
radio stations who participated
playing Jaco's music today:
WLRN 93.1 Miami
NPS Amsterdam
WUTC 88.1 Chattanooga
WBGO 88.3 Newark
Jazz FM91 Toronto
WDET 101.9 Detroit
If you know of a radio station who played for Jaco today,
email me and I shall add it to the above list.
November 30, 2003: ANNUAL BIRTHDAY PARTY!
Julius and Felix pay tribute to their father
TONIGHT
AT ALLIGATOR ALLEY
1321 E. Commercial Blvd., Oakland Park
(954) 771-2220
NO COVER
bring your instrument
eat mocha amaretto cake
November 20, 2003: WAKE UP ALL YOU DJ'S!
This is a humble attempt to arouse an interest for
your local radio stations to dedicate even just one tune
(or more of course) to Jaco on or about his birth day, December 1.
If per your request your neighborhood station does such a lovely gesture,
please let me know, and I shall be honored to list them on this site.
When you put in your petition, you may want to accompany it with a simple
bio about Jaco, references, as well as a request for your favorite tune or
CD. Perhaps you might even want to submit the song, or the record.
just a thought... :o)
November 11, 2003: CELEBRATE JACO'S BIRTH
We are about to celebrate Jaco's 52nd Birth Day.
This will be the Fourth Annual Jaco Birthday Event.
Though his actual day is December 1, we are gathering
Sunday, November 30th, 2003 at Alligator Alley
on Commercial Blvd, less than a block East of Dixie Hway,
in Oakland Park, Florida, Jaco's old stomping grounds.
In Honor of him, be adventurous,
"feel Jaco, bring your axe,
check ego at the door,
let's symphonize."
NO COVER
ONLY CREATIVE GOOD WILL
8pm till....
Carl "Kilmo" Pacillo, bassist & proprietor of Alligator Alley, remembers being
at the house as Jaco was showing him harmonic concepts on the piano when
Felix and Julius responded to the music they overheard while in their cribs:
"Jaco would hit a note, and Felix would go ‘wahhh.’ And Jaco would go,
he's gonna be the bass player. The other guy’s gonna be the drummer.
I made my own rhythm section.’ Well, lo and behold, 21 years later,
here these cats are, the most cutting-edge young guys in town.”
October 1, 2003: CHUBBY JACKSON 1918 - 2003
I remember the day Chubby came over to our home, and laid under the
Yamaha baby grand listening to Jaco play the tunes he was working on
for WOM. It was one of those soft Florida days, when the windows
were open while the breeze cooled the house... A special man
Chubby Jackson was, he will always have a special place...
click on photo
"I'm proud that I can openly say that I was influenced by two bassists
at the time that I entered the fray with my bass that I called "Bessie."
I bought it for $3.00 from my mentor Arnold Fishkind who at that time
was playing with the swingin' Bunny Berigan Big Band. Without any
doubt or question, Jimmy Blanton walked into my life on bass with a
brand new approach on how to accompany a big band, which of course
was the Duke himself. I've always felt that influence is necessary, but
from then on began to find and discover one's own creative direction.
I must proudly admit that Drummer Davey Tough that I played with in the
First Herman Herd taught me what areas of the fingerboard to address
from the ensemble sound along with the soloists. Even though I had
added a top C string, he pointed out to stay down low on so many
parts of an arrangement. Go from under and work up to some highs
plus the exact opposite. Stay in the same range that the band is
at certain times. In other words, he showed me how to explore.
click on photo
If I have any particular crowning achievement throughout my
career in jazz, I'd like to say that every moment that I was
on a bandstand with all the greats that I had the thrill and
pleasure of playing with would all be wrapped up in one.
Day after day, night after night, were new experiences
with momentous victories being showered on everyone
on that particular bandstand. I was just hilariously
grateful for appearing with all these fantastic musicians.
God bless jazz and everyone that's been involved with it."
And God Bless Chubby Jackson.
~~from The Jazz Zine interview
October 1, 2003: JACO'S TWINS GROOVE
Way Of The Groove
"the new florida sound"
Julius (trap), Colin (sax), Adam (git), Felix (bass)
FRIDAY OCTOBER 3
8 PM
Hollywood Playhouse
2640 Washington Street
Hollywood, FL 33020
with
on keys
Mike
Directions:
I-95 to Hollywood Boulevard
Go East, 1 block, to traffic light at 28th Avenue
Turn right, go South, 6 blocks, to 4-way stop sign at Washington Street
Turn left, go East, 1 1/2 blocks to Hollywood Playhouse on right
September 25, 2003: JACO'S BIG BAND CHARTS
If you like to be treated to hearing Jaco's big band charts performed
then catch the Peter Graves Big Band this Saturday September 27, at
8 pm
Hollywood Playhouse
2640 Washington Street
Hollywood, FL 33020
September 21, 2003: WE HEAR YOU JACO
listen to his heart here....
for all ways... will never ever forget.
see photo taken at the grave today
September 11, 2003: REMEMBERING
Julius, Yriana, Avel, and Felix,
Jaco's twins and their cousins.
"We must come to see that peace is not merely a distant goal we seek,
but it is a means by which we arrive at that goal.
We must pursue peaceful ends through peaceful means."
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
July 28, 2003: BIG BAND TIBUTE RELEASE
Heads Up International announces the August 26th worldwide release of
Word of Mouth Revisited, a tribute to Jaco featuring the Peter Graves band,
with some of the original Florida musicians who traveled with Jaco's WOM
Big Band. This upcoming release has guest appearances by : Victor Bailey,
Richard Bona, Jeff Carswell, Jimmy Haslip, Christian McBride, Marcus Miller,
David Pastorius (Jaco's nephew), Gerald Veasley and Victor Wooten.
The recording includes a previously unrecorded track with Jaco.
Read more about it at Barnes and Noble and allaboutjazz.com.
Email: JacoFamilySite@aol.com
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