Soon to be available on CD: Bob Bobbing and Jaco Pastorius met in 1967, the year Jaco started playing the bass. They became great friends and were hanging out four and five days a week long before Jaco had any notoriety as a bass player. An accomplished bassist himself, Bobbing was intrigued by Jaco's natural ability and became more like his manager, helping him to get gigs, buy equipment, or just promote him in any way that he could. He also recorded Jaco at every opportunity making stereo reel-to-reel recordings of almost everything that he did, not knowing that some day these tapes would be the only documentation of his early years.
Now, some 30 years later, Bobbing has carefully edited his collection and acquired other materials to offer to Jaco's fans this exclusive anthology of Jaco's early years. "This was a very positive period for Jaco," says Bobbing. "These were his Garden of Eden days in Florida when he was healthy, happy, making music and enjoying life, and you can hear that positive attitude in his playing." Within the context of these early recordings you'll hear a downpour of melodic ideas including the seeds for many of Jaco's classics. With his unparalleled facility, Jaco plays funk lines and solo's that rival his best recordings, but without a doubt the most important find in this early Jaco anthology are the previously unreleased Pastorius original compositions. This never-before-heard collection, in itself, should make for the most unique and sought after release in the last 20 years. This vital era has never been covered before, It's entirely fresh, and long overdue . More info: http://www.jacotheearlyyears.com/
