Jaco Pastorius: Beverly Theatre, Los Angeles CA
Don Snowden, Los Angeles Times, 23 November 1983
JACO PASTORIUS established himself as the most influential bassist of the late '70s during his extended tenure with Weather Report. But if Sunday night's 90-minute performance before a crowd of 900 at the Beverly Theatre was any indication, the forecast is looking stormier for the flamboyant bass player as a group leader.
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