Jaco Pastorius - Modern Electric Bass
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Jaco Pastorius (bass)
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Jazz great Pastorius instructs, does solo performance work, exclusive interviews, performance footage with Jeremy Jemmott, John Scofield and Kenwood Dennard; also cutting edge special features. This is one of last known Videos of the most influential Bassist ever!
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1992-11-02
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5.2
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