Felix Pastorius--How good is he?

[Starbucker]

I don't doubt that he would rock my socks off, but I have never heard a recording, seen a video, or anything like that. Have any of you heard or seen him? Do you know where I can find a recording?

Gracias.

[Grueber]

Bass Day 2002 DVD

he does a solo performance

[Sippy]

He plays down here a lot and I've seen him he is AMAZING... I drove 3 hours just to see him once..

[sethlow3]

I think he has some groove and some chops. He isn't his father, but he is talented. I hate the sound of his old basses though. Even on the bass day video he sounds like crap to me.

I really think he should consider a different brand of bass. and BTW I loooove fenders. He just sounds clunky and not great on his fender jazzes.

[ptuckerbass]

His cousin, David Pastorius (Jaco's nephew) is very good. Dave played "Opus Pocus" on the "Word of Mouth Revisited" Jaco tribute album.
He used to play in the Melbourne/Orlando area quite often.
He has tons of natural talent, great ears and is very humble.
I wish I knew where he's gigging at now.

[fretlessrock]

I saw Felix play at last year's JVC JAzz tribute to Jaco and he was good, but didn't want to step out... I got the feeling that I wouldn't be able to get a feel for him unless I saw him on a few different nights. Thoose 'special guest" shows, and that one in particular, can be really brutal.

[DWBass]

As a bassist, he's really good. He's not his father nor has his father's gift of a unique voice or composing skills!

[ras1983]

Originally Posted by Grueber

Bass Day 2002 DVD

he does a solo performance

was that the year his performance was right after victor wooten's? he used vic's sequencer/recording thingy as a joke? yeah, he was ok; but i felt like he could have much more potential somewhere deep inside.

[JimK]

Originally Posted by ptuckerbass

His cousin, David Pastorius (Jaco's nephew) is very good. Dave played "Opus Pocus" on the "Word of Mouth Revisited" Jaco tribute album.
He used to play in the Melbourne/Orlando area quite often.
He has tons of natural talent, great ears and is very humble.
I wish I knew where he's gigging at now.

David's cover of "Opus Pocus" is very impressive.
I found that Revisited Big Band cd a little odd in that Jaco's son & Oteil Burbridge were omitted.

I picked up the Anniversary Edition of Milkowski's Jaco bio...somewhere in there(I think) it mentions Mary Pastorius & David Pastorius playing in a band called Queen Mary(?).

[narud]

Originally Posted by Starbucker

I don't doubt that he would rock my socks off, but I have never heard a recording, seen a video, or anything like that. Have any of you heard or seen him? Do you know where I can find a recording?

Gracias.

if he wasnt jacos kid, nobody would know who he was.

[ninnlangel]

It must be hard to be in that position. But I have to agree with you, narud. There are plenty of much better players who no one has heard of.

[keyboardguy]

For those of you living in south florida Felix and Julius Pastorius here here (Jan 24) If anyone goes, give us a report

http://www.alligatoralleyflorida.com/music.php

Regards,

Mike

[PilbaraBass]

found this site...

http://www.jacop.net/fxp_sound.html

apparently there's mp3's here, too...I just found it and haven't checked it out yet, so....

[jnprather]

Originally Posted by JimK

I picked up the Anniversary Edition of Milkowski's Jaco bio...somewhere in there(I think) it mentions Mary Pastorius & David Pastorius playing in a band called Queen Mary(?).

Queen Mary is *really* cool stuff. Not bass-heavy in any way (i'm not even sure how much of the recordings David plays on), but some really cool music, check out some clips:

http://www.queen-mary.cc/

[Sippy]

I think he's great..In fact i'm going to go see them again and have him sign the back of my headstock on my SX

[greenboy]

Originally Posted by ninnlangel

It must be hard to be in that position. But I have to agree with you, narud. There are plenty of much better players who no one has heard of.

And plenty of boring ones that are well-known.

[jerry]

You just know a lot of people are going to be gunning for him, it's a lot of pressure being the son of somebody like that. But it can turn out great, look at Matthew Garrison, one of the most forward looking bassist out there today. IMHO

[Lorenzini]

Originally Posted by PilbaraBass

found this site...

http://www.jacop.net/fxp_sound.html

apparently there's mp3's here, too...I just found it and haven't checked it out yet, so....

Just checked it out.
Rhythm section OK, sans guitar and keyboardist.

I don't usually do this, but how did they land a gig with the Pastoriuses?

Really unimpressive. Meanwhile while Felix is very good, his little brother is also fairly good.

[ElBajista]

Originally Posted by ninnlangel

It must be hard to be in that position. But I have to agree with you, narud. There are plenty of much better players who no one has heard of.

It must be difficult living in his father's shadow, persay. I could imagine that people constantly compare him to his father. You know, stupid people come up to him and saying things like, "Your dad was so much better," "play that one song, the one your dad wrote."

[ninnlangel]

greenboy - agreed. plenty indeed.

jerry - that's pretty much what I'm saying. But I think he's making a mistake in that he uses JBs, plays a lot of his dad's music, and isn't even close. Whereas Matt Garrison really plays a completely different thing and has made a name for himself.