Miguel Gonzalez has musical interlude every Sunday. Or I haven't noticed him missing any, but life happens. Sunday Repose
Today he serves up a live performance by Jaco Pastorius with a performance recorded live in Montreal. I am not sure when it was recorded, but Pastorius died in 1987 at the age of 35, so it was some time ago. One of many artists gone too soon.
I prefer the work Pastorius did with Weather Report to most of his solo work. But that was the era in which he started his decent into addiction.
From The Life of Jaco
The mid-1980s were difficult for Jaco and those who loved him. He was evicted from his New York City apartment and crashed with friends for as long as he could. After a tumultuous visit to his father’s home in Pennsylvania, Jaco briefly entered a psychiatric facility. The bassist didn’t like the effects of the lithium given to him as treatment. Jaco returned to New York and continued to play, but with his reputation for performances that could be inspiring one night but dispiriting the next work was hard to find.
It was during that period that his relationship ended and his drinking increased.
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