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“I’d rather go in and just be Jaco. I improvise all the time. I never play the same thing twice”: The genius of Jaco Pastorius in one of the greatest jazz songs of all time – performed with fusion legends Weather Report

“One take, man! One of the greatest tunes ever”

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“I was shaking. I had sweat pouring down my back. Miles saw me suffering and said, ‘Play it like you don’t know how to play guitar!’”: How legendary guitarist John McLaughlin survived a baptism of fire with Miles Davis

He cut his teeth with Miles on the classic In A Silent Way

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“We hung out in his hotel room ’til 7 in the morning. He put on Donna Lee – I couldn’t believe it!” When Jimmy Haslip met Jaco Pastorius at Frank Zappa’s studio

The Yellowjackets co-founder and then-bassist tells the story of his first encounter with bass royalty

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He cut his teeth with Miles on the classic In A Silent Way

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“I asked Marcus to sing on it. As amazing as he is on bass, I think he’s underrated as a vocalist”: Having earned lofty status in bass-hero circles,Marcus Miller lent his vocal chops to Hadrien Feraud’s solo album

Hadrien Feraud offers a track-by-track guide to his 2015 solo album, Born in the ’80s

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“I have never felt so ashamed to be onstage. If I never see you again, it's too soon!”: When John McLaughlin laid into Jaco Pastorius after an onstage meltdown

Trio Of Doom was aptly named…

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"It was a place of musical freedom": California studio where Nicki Minaj and Doja Cat recorded destroyed by wildfires

Malibu's Harbor Studios originally served as the recording studio for jazz keyboardist Joe Zawinul's The Weather Report

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“Fans say, ‘You were part of the band.’ I was never part of the band… I was an employee. And all things come to an end”: Chester Thompson’s career in and out of Genesis

American drummer recalls his life and times with Frank Zappa, Weather Report, Phil Collins, Unitopia and even the Bee Gees

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“I totally respected Jaco's bass playing, but that 16th-note triplet funk thing – it just wasn't in his repertoire”: Weather Report drummer Chester Thompson on why Jaco Pastorius struggled to swing

In 1975, Jaco Pastorius replaced Alphonso Johnson in Weather Report, but for drummer Chester Thompson, playing with Jaco was “like oil and water”

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“Jaco’s groove is like a fingerprint – nobody can duplicate it”: Listen to Jaco Pastorius’ isolated bassline on Weather Report’s Barbary Coast

Weather Report’s 1976 cut introduced the world to the full-tilt boogie of Jaco Pastorius

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“I made my own bass and used bicycle brake cables as strings…” How Richard Bona went from homemade guitars to being hailed as “the African Jaco”

"I don't want to play for bass players – I want to play for truckdrivers! I want people to dance!" The rise of a reluctant virtuoso

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"Come and see this!" Inside Jaco’s Weather Report audition and the making of Havona

Discovering Jaco and the recording of Heavy Weather standout track Havona: "It’s definitive Jaco!"

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Marcus Miller: “The phone rings in my hotel room and it was Jaco Pastorius”

Marcus Miller on the whole tone lick he learnt from Jaco Pastorius and why replacing him in Weather Report was “a beat down waiting to happen!”

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Appreciation: Wayne Shorter, dead at 89, a tireless music giant: 'A song is never really finished' he told us

Like the shape-shifting music he made throughout his life, Wayne Shorter was always pushing forward, always seeking new aural adventures and challenges. His death Thursday in Los Angeles at the age of 89 marks the passing of a tireless innovator whose fans ranged from countless jazz artists to such admirers…

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Wayne Shorter obituary

Saxophonist and master improviser with artists ranging from Miles Davis to Joni Mitchell, and with lineups including Weather Report

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