In about 1970, he began playing in a nine-piece horn band at the time called Las Olas Brass, which covered popular material of the day by Aretha Franklin, Otis Redding, Wilson Pickett, James Brown and the Tijuana Brass. Originally a drummer, following in the footsteps of his father, stand-up drummer Jack Pastorius, Jaco switched to bass at age 15, after suffering an injury to his wrist. Darqui, who was French, assumed the name was spelled Jaco Jaco liked the new spelling. He changed the spelling from Jocko to Jaco after the pianist Alex Darqui sent him a note. He loved basketball, and often watched basketball with his father, whose nickname was Jack. Jaco's nickname was influenced by his love of sports and also by the umpire Jocko Conlan. He took the name ∺nthony at his confirmation. He was a talented athlete with skills in football, basketball, and baseball, and he picked up music at an early age. He went to high school at Northeast High in Oakland Park. Clement's Catholic School in Wilton Manors, and he was an altar boy at the adjoining church.
Jaco went to elementary and middle school at St. Although Jaco was born in Norristown, Pennsylvania, the family subsequently moved to Fort Lauderdale. He had Finnish, German, Swedish, and Irish ancestry.
Jaco was born John Francis Pastorius III, the first of three sons born to John Francis Pastorius II and Stephanie Katherine Haapala Pastorius.
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