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Full Name: John Francos Pastorius III
Description: Bassist, USA
Known For: The Greatest Bass Player Who Has Ever Lived by reader submissions in Bass Guitar magazine.
Instruments: Bass
Music Styles: Rock
Location: United States of America
Date Born: 1st December 1951
Location Born: Norristown, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date Died: 12th September 1987
Location Died: Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States of America
Memorial: Pastorius was buried at Our Lady Queen of Heaven Cemetery in North Lauderdale.
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Jaco Pastorius
An American jazz musician and composer widely acknowledged for his skills on the bass guitar, as well as his command of varied musical styles including jazz, jazz fusion, funk, and jazz-funk.
He is also regarded as one of the most skilled and influential bass guitar players of all time.
His playing style was noteworthy for containing intricate solos in the higher register.
He was inducted into Down Beat Jazz Hall of Fame in 1988, one of only four bassists to be so honored, the others being Charles Mingus, Milt Hinton, and Ray Brown, and the only electric bassist to receive this distinction.
Also drummer – Playing a bass he was a sessions player for Joni Mitchell and many others also for his work with ’ Weather Report’
At a Carlos Santana concert September 11, 1987, he was ejected from the premises, and he made his way to the Midnight Bottle Club in Wilton Manors, Florida.
After reportedly kicking in a glass door after being refused entrance to the club, he was engaged in a violent confrontation with the club bouncer.
He had sustained irreversible brain damage and had fell into a coma and was put on life support. His family decided on a majority vote to remove him from life support.
Pastorius died on September 21, 1987, aged 35.
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