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Jaco Pastorius: Opus Pocus (Rating: 94/100) posted in Music June 16, 09

Jaco Pastorius composed a hypnotic groove for this song, complete with steel drums, an instrument which he also playe...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: JACO PASTORIUS

Jaco Pastorius (1951-1987) was one of the most electrifying performers in the history of jazz music. Although his...

Jaco Pastorius: Kuru / Speak Like A Child (Rating: 91/100) posted in Music November 20, 08

Jaco Pastorius was lucky enough to lure Herbie Hancock into performing on several cuts on Jaco's debut album as leade...

Jaco Pastorius: Come On, Come Over (Rating: 89/100) posted in Music June 16, 09

This is the only song off of Jaco Pastorius to feature vocals and like all of the other guest spots on the album, the...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: JACO PASTORIUS

Jaco Pastorius (1951-1987) was one of the most electrifying performers in the history of jazz music. Although his...

Jaco Pastorius: Continuum (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music April 08, 08

This was Jaco Pastorius's first record as leader. His phenomenal talent was already well known inside the fusion comm...

Jaco Pastorius: (Used to be a) Cha-Cha (Rating: 98/100) posted in Music June 16, 09

I think it might be safe to say that Jaco Pastorius turned jazz music on its collective head with the release of his ...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: JACO PASTORIUS

Jaco Pastorius (1951-1987) was one of the most electrifying performers in the history of jazz music. Although his...

Jaco Pastorius: Donna Lee (Rating: 97/100) posted in Music September 16, 08

The eponymously titled Jaco Pastorius was Jaco's first release as a leader. To this day many aficionados still consid...

Jaco Pastorius: Portrait of Tracy (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music November 02, 07

The brilliance of Jaco Pastorius is fully evident in this short track from his debut recording under his own name. Ju...

Jaco Pastorius (with Herbie Hancock): Liberty City (Rating: 100/100) posted in Music March 20, 09

I really enjoy “Liberty City” from Jaco Pastorius’ second record, Word of Mouth. It’s a big band arrangement where Ja...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: URI CAINE SELECTS 12 ESSENTIAL HERBIE HANCOCK TRACKS

Few jazz-related artists are busier these days than pianist-composer Uri Caine, whose international career transpires...

Jaco Pastorius: Soul Intro/The Chicken (Rating: 100/100) posted in Music June 18, 09

If Jaco Pastorius is ever remembered for one composition, it's probably going to be "The Chicken." This song was orig...

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Jaco Pastorius (1951-1987) was one of the most electrifying performers in the history of jazz music. Although his...

Jaco Pastorius: Crisis (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music June 18, 09

On this opening cut from his 1980 album Word of Mouth, Pastorius and company explode with a gigantic burst of musical...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: JACO PASTORIUS

Jaco Pastorius (1951-1987) was one of the most electrifying performers in the history of jazz music. Although his...

Trio of Doom: Dark Prince (live) (Rating: 97/100) posted in Music February 21, 08

Very briefly in the late 1970s there was a cooling down of the rhetoric between the United States and communist Cuba....

Weather Report: Barbary Coast (Rating: 89/100) posted in Music October 19, 08

From the opening sounds of a train, this song grabs you with its undeniable funk. Recorded after several rewrites, th...

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Josef Zawinul and Wayne Shorter first played together in Maynard Ferguson's big band in 1959. They later crossed path...

Weather Report: Teen Town (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music October 09, 08

It's a funny thing about a lot of us jazz-fusion fans. We can be somewhat contrarian when it comes to the success of ...

Weather Report: Havona (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music October 09, 08

Of all the fusion groups that blazed the trail in the early '70s, Weather Report was the most jazz-like. "Havona" is ...

Weather Report: Punk Jazz (Rating: 88/100) posted in Music October 19, 08

This song explodes with a fantastic bass solo by Jaco Pastorius. His dexterity is mighty, and he shows why he was one...

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Josef Zawinul and Wayne Shorter first played together in Maynard Ferguson's big band in 1959. They later crossed path...

Weather Report: Black Market (live, 1979) (Rating: 93/100) posted in Music June 12, 08

It was no accident that Weather Report continued to thrive in the shrinking fusion world while other jazz-rock superg...

Weather Report: Harlequin (Rating: 91/100) posted in Music June 15, 09

This album marked the second appearance on a Weather Report release for Jaco Pastorius, his first being Black Market....

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Jaco Pastorius (1951-1987) was one of the most electrifying performers in the history of jazz music. Although his...

Weather Report: Volcano for Hire (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music June 12, 08

Weather Report's very first album, named Weather Report, came out in 1971. This album is also called Weather Report. ...

Weather Report: Cannon Ball (Rating: 89/100) posted in Music October 19, 08

This song, which Joe Zawinul wrote for his former bandleader Cannonball Adderley, marks Jaco Pastorius's first record...

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Josef Zawinul and Wayne Shorter first played together in Maynard Ferguson's big band in 1959. They later crossed path...

Joni Mitchell: Free Man In Paris (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music June 15, 09

I remember the first time that my friend turned me on to Joni Mitchell and the further I explored I realized that she...

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Jaco Pastorius (1951-1987) was one of the most electrifying performers in the history of jazz music. Although his...

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