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Jaco Pastorius "Jaco Pastorius"

LP (NEW) - Vinyl, Music on Vinyl, Netherlands, 2010, MOVLP136, 8713748980467, 180g Vinyl, Reissue

Jaco Pastorius’s 1976 self-titled debut is widely hailed as a jazz fusion masterpiece that fundamentally changed the role of the bass guitar. Produced by Bobby Colomby, the album introduced the world to Jaco’s revolutionary "fretless" sound and high-speed melodic virtuosity. The opening track, a cover of Charlie Parker's "Donna Lee," immediately established the bass as a lead instrument capable of complex bebop melodies, a feat that stunned the jazz world in 1976.

Artist Website: jacopastorius.com

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