Tuesday, May 25, 2010

SMALL TOWN BOY MAKES GOOD

This mural is a tribute to the late jazz bassist Jaco Pastorius. Many people consider him a genius in his field. The muralist is Bill Savarese. He worked with such notable groups as Weather Report, Joni Mitchell, Herbie Hancock, Pat Metheny, to name but a few. If you are interested in jazz, a quick search in Google or Wikipedia will give you more insight into this talented and tormented artist. He died at the age of 35.

22 comments:

  1. Great mural...sad that he died so young.

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  2. That's young. I like this style of mural. Good thing there's only one tree in front of it.

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  3. A beautiful mural, a fine photographic composition, a sad story.

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  4. What a terrific mural! Good find.

    Thanks for the reminder! :)
    V

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  5. To die so young---what a waste of such a talent. MB

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  6. Fabulous mural! I love the expression in the face.

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  7. 35 is much too young to die! I really like this mural though. Hopefully it helps him live on!

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  8. You do find terrific murals, don't you?! This is great. Where is this in Lauderdale?

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  9. Your town is full of murals, it seems! (Not a bad thing - look how many interesting posts you get for your blog as a result!)

    «Louis» will go read the story of this musician now...

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  10. Wonderful mural .. sad he died so young, seems as if a lot of talented musicians died way too young ..

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  11. Oh right, Weather Report. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wDQlSSOXU6A

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  12. This is a mural I can appreciate. And, as Daryl said, there's a sadness about the fact that we have lost a number of our most excellent musicians way too early.

    But, on the other hand, Les Paul lived to be 93!

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  13. No need of Google, I know him well and have most of his CD, all the Weather Report for sure and even a couple of solo recording. The mural is at least as good as the subject, bravo Savarese!

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  14. How sad that so many of the truly gifted are also tormented!

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  15. Both the musician and the artist seem to have amazing talent! I'll have to look them up :-)

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  16. Great mural and I love the fact that the mural exists as a reminder of his short fireball of a life. Didn't he live in the area at one time?

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  17. Great mural. Too bad that he died so young.

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  18. Great looking mural of this exceptional musician, his style and sound was unique. Thanks for post this!

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  19. Nice mural! You really DO have a lot of murals! Cool capture!

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  20. What a poignant commemorative mural. Thanks for the history.

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