The myth of Jaco Pastorius relives at the Bflat with his sons Felix and Julius
The two heirs of the great bass player will perform together with Josè Luis Santacruz in the club in Via del Pozzetto
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The Bflat Jazz Festival, directed by Marco Tullio Coco, continues with names of international prestige and reaping important numbers of the public.
Thanks to the green pass and the safety measures in compliance with health protocols, fans feel they can attend live events in complete safety.
The children of the legendary bassist Jaco Pastorius, born John Francis Anthony Pastorius III, born in Norristown on December 1st 1951 and died in Fort Lauderdale on September 21st, will take the stage of the historic jazz club in via del Pozzetto tomorrow at 10pm. 1987 after a fight with a local security guard.
An incredible and innovative artist, Pastorius has managed to revolutionize the very concept of the electric bass, bringing it to the level of a solo instrument.
The use of fretless bass is very important for its sound.
Both with the Weather Report and as a session player and soloist, Pastorius has always proved to be a virtuoso beyond expectations, showing boundless talent even if lived within a very conflicting family context.
Despite this situation, depression and various excesses, Jaco still loved very much his two sons, Julius and Felix, to whom he dedicated the double album "Twins I & II" in 1982.
Felix is retracing the path of his brilliant father.
Before moving on to bass he tried violin and piano, but, at the age of 10, the path was already marked by artists such as Flea, Les Claypool and Victor Wooten.
Felix Pastorius, born in 1982, performed for the first time in front of a large audience in 1993, at the age of eleven, for the concert - a tribute to his father.
But what bass would it be without drums? Behind the skins in that historic concert Jaco's fans found the other son, Felix's brother, Julius.
Felix Pastorius, Julius Pastorius and José Luis Santacruz, move in a context of interpretation and improvisation based on mutual listening, in which each of them can take the initiative within a concept of creative freedom brought to the highest degree of refinement. .
The members of the trio have such an understanding and knowledge of Jaco Pastorius' compositions that they can play in the different structural parts of the work by changing their order and bringing them back with the most unexpected riffs: this generates a constant surprise which ensures, thanks to the technique, the enjoyment of a concert with a high virtuosity.
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