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“Prince was serious about what he wanted. He would turn around, point to you and say, ‘Go!’”: Josh Dunham names the five albums that helped shape his sound with Prince

According to Josh Dunham, having chops is cool, but playing with Prince you really had to play in the pocket

Guitar World

10 all-time classic bass guitar tones - and how to recreate them

Delving into some of the best low-end tones of all time

MusicRadar

“I made my own bass and used bicycle brake cables as strings…” How Richard Bona went from homemade guitars to being hailed as “the African Jaco”

"I don't want to play for bass players – I want to play for truckdrivers! I want people to dance!" The rise of a reluctant virtuoso

Guitar World

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"Come and see this!" Inside Jaco’s Weather Report audition and the making of Havona

Discovering Jaco and the recording of Heavy Weather standout track Havona: "It’s definitive Jaco!"

Guitar World

Ian Hunter: an absolutely epic interview

He’s older than rock’n’roll itself, and back with an all-star cast on his new album on Sun Records. Here he talks to about working with Jeff Beck and Taylor Hawkins, punk rock, Alex Harvey, David Bowie, and sex and drugs in the 70s

Louder

Marcus Miller: “The phone rings in my hotel room and it was Jaco Pastorius”

Marcus Miller on the whole tone lick he learnt from Jaco Pastorius and why replacing him in Weather Report was “a beat down waiting to happen!”

Guitar World

Jeff Berlin: “Look at Jaco Pastorius: clearly a genius, but misunderstood”

Jazz bassist Jeff Berlin debunks a myth surrounding Jaco’s early years

Guitar World

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Steve Lukather: "The bassline was easy. It wasn't like I had to be Jaco Pastorius"

How the legendary guitarist ended up playing bass on Michael Jackson’s Beat It

Guitar World

Wayne Shorter obituary

Saxophonist and master improviser with artists ranging from Miles Davis to Joni Mitchell, and with lineups including Weather Report

The Guardian - UK

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