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Advice and guidance to those interested in building a library of jazz recordings.

Jazz Library: Jaco Pastorius

06/02/2010

Jaco Pastorius

BBC Radio 3 - Jazz Library, Jaco Pastorius

Alyn Shipton and pianist Gwilym Simcock assess the recordings of bassist Jaco Pastorius.

Alyn Shipton is joined by pianist Gwilym Simcock to review the best albums of bassist Jaco Pastorius, master of the fretless electric bass and a key figure in jazz-rock fusion.

Jaco Pastorius was a master of the fretless electric bass, and became a key figure in jazz-rock fusion. To identify the essential Pastorius albums, Alyn Shipton is joined by pianist Gwilym Simcock, to cover music ranging from discs by Weather Report and Joni Mitchell to several of the records the bassist made under his own name.

Producer: Alyn Shipton.

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