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Bill milkowski biography jaco: Jaco Pastorius would've turned

Just check out this video of Jaco's solo segment from a September 29, Weather Report concert in Offenbach, Germany:. The first half of this solo performance which begins at the mark is abstract and beautiful, like a Picasso painting. At the mark, it's Chops City. And the audience responds.

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Oh, by the way, dig the genius of Jaco's facile mind here: In this concert, as they did at all Weather Report concerts at the time documented on the great live albumWayne Shorter precedes Jaco's solo with a solo performance of his own, playing "Thanks for the Memory" Bob Hope's theme song, which was introduced in the movie -- a W. Fields starring vehicle -- The Big Broadcast ofwhen Hope sings it to Shirley Ross as the divorced couple who encounter each other aboard a ship reminisce about their romantic relationship together.

So Wayne plays Bob Hope's theme song solo, then Jaco comes out and plays a rubato version of Wayne's "Delores" the inside joke being that Delores is the name of Bob Hope's wife, which the tv-watching child of the '60s certainly knew from running scales on his bass in his parents' house in Fort Lauderdale while watching "The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson," a late night talk show that Hope frequented, often with unannounced walk-on appearances.

So continuing with the breakdown of Jaco's solo segment: At the minute mark he goes into his beautiful "Portrait of Tracy" before quoting from Carol Burnett's sign-off song, "I'm So Glad We Had This Time Together," at the mark again, Jaco, being a child of '60s tv, was well acquainted with that tune. Then at the mark, he stomps on the distortion pedal and launches into Jimi Hendrix's "Third Stone from the Sun" before entering the calm after the storm with a taste of "The Sound of Music" at the mark.

The solo segment ends in wizardly fashion with Jaco laying out his bass on the stage floor, allowing it to feed back before finally leaping onto his instrument, seemingly from atop his Acoustic amplifier. Then magically it all fades to black, with the sound of one crazed German fan in the audience screaming hysterically in the dark.

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Bravo, Jaco! I remember the first time hearing Jaco on record in Jeff, who was a genius chef and a protege of Madame Kuony, Wisconsin's answer to Julia Childs and the proprietor of the Postilion School of Culinary Arts in Milwaukee, had shifted gears from French cuisine to Chinese cuisine and was starting up a catering business in town. He had made several amazing dishes of Chinese food that day that he wanted to have professionally photographed for a brochure he was preparing for his fledgling business.

At some point during this shoot 'n' eat session, Jeff put on this new Weather Report record he had recently purchased. American author. Biography [ edit ]. Awards and honors [ edit ]. References [ edit ]. Retrieved 26 December Retrieved 9 October Isthmus Madison, Wisconsin. Retrieved JJA News. This book was recommended to me by a friend that happens to play bass.

Not ever being exposed to jazz before, it sounded like an interesting read so I bought it for my Kindle. As I started to read the story, my immediate reaction was to purchase all his music. Although I don't have all the music yet I'm working on itI was intrigued at once by not only his music but the story behind it all. I'm not going to get all analytical about the book however I will say it's a must read for anyone.

Well written, this is a sorrowful story of talent, idiocracy and self indulgence gone amuck. Yes, it isn't a happy ending, but his talent shines through and survives, even though, his earthly journey was short lived and tragic in the end. As I read the book I was overcome with the sense that there wasn't anybody in Jaco's life that wanted to offer some substantial help in his recovery, just for the sake of preserving one of the 20th century's greatest contemporary composers who had barely started to show the world as a whole what he stood for but, rather just for the sake of making it to the next show to fatten someone's wallet.

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Unfortunately even that small percentage of help disappeared when his so-called friends and hanngers on lost intrest. Overall I think Bill Milkowski did a fantastic job of portraying Jaco's life story. He wrote the story as someone who missed a friend and not a business associate. Hats' off to him, and shame on those who caugth on only after it was too late and chose to opportunise on his music at the expense of his estate, posthumously ofcourse.

See more reviews. Top reviews from other countries. Trustworthy seller! Great book! Fast shipping! The book is a very good biography of the adventurous life of the world's best bass-player Wheather Report etc. With pictures. Your recently viewed items and featured recommendations. Back to top. Get to Know Us. Make Money with Us.