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    THE PIONEERS

    Feb 01, 2022 5 minutes

    01 JACO PASTORIUS

    “I am a very bad imitation of Jerry Jemmott.” Jaco Pastorius, as told to Peter Mengaziol in Guitar World, 1983

    It’s arguable that the greatest bass player who has ever lived was the late Jaco Pastorius, whose breathtaking technique, coupled with searing innovation, inexhaustible creativity, and a charismatic personality, has made him a bass legend like none other before or since. It’s a sign of this unique status that we in the bass-playing community only need to use his first name when referring to him: Like Elvis, Madonna, and Prince, everybody knows who Jaco was.

    Born on December 1, 1951 in Norristown, Pennsylvania, John Francis Pastorius III started his musical education with the jazz which his father, Jack, a professional drummer, played for him. He trained as a drummer for some time, but his career as a sticksman was cut short when he broke his right wrist in a soccer game at the age of 13, leaving him

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