Porcaro died at Humana Hospital-West Hills on the evening of August 5, 1992, at the age of 38, after falling ill while spraying insecticide in the yard of his Hidden Hills home. Michael Jackson made a dedication to Porcaro in the liner notes for his 1995 album HIStory: Past, Present and Future, Book I. Richard Marx dedicated the song "One Man" to him and said Porcaro was the best drummer he had ever worked with. On the 1993 10cc Alive album, recorded after his death, the band dedicated "The Night That the Stars Didn't Show" to him. Porcaro contributed drums to four tracks on Michael Jackson's Thriller and also played on the Dangerous album hit " Heal the World". Porcaro collaborated with many of the biggest names in music, including George Benson, Tommy Bolin, Larry Carlton, Eric Carmen, Eric Clapton, Joe Cocker, Christopher Cross, Miles Davis, Dire Straits, Donald Fagen, Stan Getz, David Gilmour, James Newton Howard, Al Jarreau, Elton John, Leo Sayer, Greg Lake, Rickie Lee Jones, Paul McCartney, Michael McDonald, Bee Gees, Sérgio Mendes, Jim Messina, Pink Floyd, Lee Ritenour, Diana Ross, Boz Scaggs, Hoyt Axton, Seals and Crofts, Bruce Springsteen, Steely Dan, Barbra Streisand, Richard Marx, Don Henley, David Foster, Donna Summer, Frankie Valli and Joe Walsh. Porcaro describes this groove in detail on a Star Licks video (now DVD) he created shortly after "Rosanna" became popular.īesides his work with Toto, he was also a highly sought session musician. The drum pattern, called the Half-Time Shuffle Groove, was originally created by drummer Bernard Purdie, who called it the "Purdie Shuffle." Porcaro created his own version of this groove by blending the aforementioned shuffle with John Bonham's groove heard in the Led Zeppelin song " Fool in the Rain" while keeping a Bo Diddley beat on the kick drum. Jeff Porcaro is renowned among drummers for the drum pattern he used on the Grammy Award-winning Toto song " Rosanna", from the album Toto IV.
He toured with Boz Scaggs before co-founding Toto with his brother Steve and childhood friends Steve Lukather and David Paich. During his twenties, Porcaro played on hundreds of albums, including several for Steely Dan. He later called Jim Keltner and Jim Gordon his idols at that time.
When he was seventeen, he got his first professional gig playing in Sonny & Cher's touring band. Lessons came from his father Joe Porcaro, followed by further studies with Bob Zimmitti and Richie Lepore.
Porcaro began playing drums at the age of seven. Together, they had three sons, Christopher Joseph (1984), Miles Edwin Crawford (1986 - 2017), and Nico Hendrix (1991). On October 22, 1983, Porcaro married Susan Norris, a Los Angeles television broadcaster at KABC-TV. Porcaro was raised in the San Fernando Valley area of Los Angeles and attended Ulysses S. Younger brother Steve is still a studio musician and member of Toto. His younger brother Mike was a successful bassist and was a member of the band Toto. ** Single print order can either print or save as PDF.Jeffrey Thomas Porcaro was born on April 1, 1954, in Hartford, Connecticut, the eldest son of Los Angeles session percussionist of Italian descent Joe Porcaro (1930–2020) and his wife, Eileen. If the icon is greyed then these notes can not be transposed. Please check "notes" icon for transpose options. * Where transpose of Use Somebody sheet music available ( not all our notes can be transposed) & prior to print. Be careful to transpose first then print (or save as PDF). If your desired notes are transposable, you will be able to transpose them after purchase.
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