I hate how too many people don't appreciate the bass guitar, it's an absolutely incredible instrument, and people like Jaco can outplay someone with a standard guitar.
Greg Hufton It's because the majority do not understand the function of the Bass and how it fits into a musical scenario. The vast majority put little effort into understanding that and simply, grab a pick and follow their guitar player and call themselves a "Bass" player. Within 2-3 minutes I can clearly tell a good bassist from a shit bassist based on those principals.
So true. I want a bass guitar but I can't afford one at the moment but Jaco motivated me to the point where I downloaded a virtual bass and I'm practicing with that. Also, by just watching one video on how to read tabs, I know how to play the main "chorus" of Continuum. That's how much Jaco made me appreciate this instrument and has motivated me. Would've loved to meet him if he would've been still alive nowadays.
Jaco's playing here reeks with the sadness of what was to come. Brilliance touched by illness and violence. Beauty with a premonition of loss. I struggle when I hear these notes. So incredibility talented , so gifted, so doomed....
@@svenjansen2134 Jimi wasn't mentally ill. Jaco was. Jimi's choice drugs were amphetamines and Mandrax. Jaco's was alcohol.Jaco played basketball with anyone who'd take him on.He was often seen homeless on the streets with a basketball in one hand and a Fender Jazz bass in the other. Jimi was not athletic after leaving the Army in 1962.Jaco was beaten to death in Florida by a martial arts expert with a violent history. Jimi choked on his own vomit in London. Tell me again how much alike they were.
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I LOVE when solos include intense 'WTF?- tangents' like that distorted section. It keeps the audience on their toes and ellevates the sense of spontaneity.
You can hear so much profound sadness, mystery, and endless beauty in his music, in every note....everytime I have tears in my eyes when I listen to him and think of his tragic death
@@robertsbud6517 he was hit by a bouncer and died. At that point he was basically just a substance abuser who was a shell of his former self, I imagine. That’s what drugs do to you.
get all his music and listen. As a Noob Bassist in 1983 thats what I did. I can say I can hang with Jaco > but I certainly stole some of his licks no doubt.
Me too. I’m inspired to not suck so bad from relying on the reputation of my past playing to keep my career afloat. A cautionary tale for all musicians.
as a bassist that started in the late 90s and took private jazz lessons, yet was a metalhead... his use of effects and just absolute riff mayhem paired with melodic expression on this one expanded my concept of the instrument! especially his appropriate use of fx where they enhance the intention, rather than be a binding contract to a sound!
And as a metal head, youll be one of the small handful who can appreciate how Cliff Burton had the same sort of approach to Metallica’s early albums. Anesthesia (Pulling Teeth) is still on the Mt. Rushmore pieces written specifically for bass guitar.
I'm fortunate to have seen Jaco live twice. There are no words to truly describe his impact on bass, jazz, and music in general. But the emotion that comes through is what puts it over the edge for me. He plays like his life depends on it.
I had the privilege of going to the Joni Mitchell concert at the Hollywood Bowl where Jaco was the "warm up act". I had seen Weather Report in concert in mid-70's but Jaco solo was amazing. I tell people imagine an hour of nothing but electric bass and it's one of the best concerts you've ever seen, it was unbelievable! Thanks for posting this. Joni was amazing of course, too...it was around 1980
There’s arguments for guitar. Arguments for drummers. Arguments for horn players. Arguments for keys players about who was the best... No such argument when it comes to bass
@@go2yanks Vic is without question in that conversation, but there's no Vic without Jaco. Stanley can make a claim, but when this dude came out with Donna Lee, that was a whole different level up.
NHOP. Check out his Donna Lee with Joe Pass. Before Jaco. On double bass. And quite a bit faster. NHOP was the greatest bass player I've ever seen, personally.
My wife was friends with Jaco when he was with Dixie Dregs and never listened to his music despite being offered backstage tickets for free on many occasions. Jaco left a black 1964 Gibson EB0 at her appointment and offered to give her lessons for free, she was in college and didn't have the time. 15 years later in 1998, she was a new bass player and she walked into my bedroom for the first time and asked why I had a picture of Jaco on my wall?! I put on his self titled solo album and she simply said, maybe I should have taken him up on the lessons.
He already has the status on the greatest bass player of the world when everybody heard Donna Lee on his first album, ground breaking stuff...! Back in 1976.
I love this....it was on TH-cam by the name of " slang" about 15 years ago....i searched again so much for this exact video,but never apeared again with that name....until now with this name....it was during a Joni Mitchel concert. .Jaco my man ,all the swing,play and dance my brother
This is seriously the first time my iPad has ever played in true surround sound on all 4 speakers where you could actually hear each speaker independently. My favorite bassist has always been Geddy Lee, thanks for the impressive performance Mr Pastorius.
2:12-2:19 that's one of the best bass lines I've ever heard imo. That last note he hit got me grooving. Also reminds me of some intro on a spacey Sega genesis game
wow...jaco and hendrix... now that you mention it, they both have similar syles. not the same, cuz they're both way to original to replicate, but they're both kinda funky-psychedelic along with a million other types of music that theyh incorporate. they're both awesome.
Travis Edwards Lol Curt Cobain has good song writing but plays guitar like shit. I do however see your point, it’s about a musician who doesn’t try to play the most difficult riffs faster than a lightning bolt, but one who can play with raw emotion. Mostly everyone in the comment section seems to have missed the point...
to anyone who says this is bad is insane. Jaco revolutionised the bass guitar sound for modern times. I don't think you can be a great bassist without watching jaco and understanding his music...
jaco could not only play what he wanted, but what made jaco so special was that he was the most innovative bassist on earth, he had things on his mind that no other player in the world will have ever
Not a big Jaco fan but I can't deny his greatness and creativity and his ability to go far beyond what people think a bass should sound or play like. Dude was from another planet or dimension.
He was an innovator. He changed the way us bass players approach our instruments. He wasn't afraid to be himself on stage and in real life. A true creative genius.
This is one of my favorite clips of Jaco. One of a kind. I saw this clip on the Jack Stub blog and read the tribute to him on there. What a player, and what a sad ending to his life. R.I.P. Jaco.
I've heard so much of Jaco's playing, and I've seen this many times. And there are so many players that have taken his style and concepts to unprecedented heights. Yet, like Hendrix or Coltrane, to see Jaco peform is still almost ethereal...like meeting God for the first time.
Jaco is the best bassist ever ! Most of his playability is due to his old Fender Jazz Bass which has a trumendous sound; RIP my brother and thank you very much for what you brought to the music world !
I can hear just one single quarter note played by Jaco that lasts less than a second, and I feel all of the emotion of the human experience: Joy, sorrow, guilt, shame, happiness, ALL OF IT. I weep like a baby. I've never experienced that with any other musician.
i think most people enjoy the IN YOUR FACE bass playing like entwistle's ball-busting speed or tapping fiascos like stu hamm or the sheer intensity of wooten. but jaco SANG on the bass. it was literally his voice. i find myself singing to Continuum on the Invitation live album.
The sounds coming from Jaco and his bass at the very beginning before the camera pans over to him are just so ethereal and spacey, it doesn't even sound like a bass at first. The rest of the sounds that follow are lovely as well, just as a bass player always wished I could see how he achieved more of those crazy harmonic bends and that crazy slide noise.
HADRIENFeraud LOL. It's been 29 years and nothing has happened to Luc yet. Hell, if he's anything like me he probably sleeps like a baby every night knowing that Jaco is worm food. One less drugged out tax burden.
I'm a guitar player, and I will agree that most bass players don't get enough credit, since we live in a world that is all about "Guitar Hero" and fuck every other instrument out there. Jaco is an amazing bassist and I have a tremendous amount of respect and I admire him greatly, RIP.
Jaco! Certainly miss this man's talent. I'm glad he left us with a great body of work but I'm here wishing he still was to provide us with his unique music and incredible virtuosity.
I like how he almost looks embarrassed to be on stage when he quickly jogs back on to turn off the pedal lol. I've been playing guitar for years but recently picked up the bass. LOVE IT!
Jaco is the greatest musician of all time no questions asked. He is the greatest bassist and instrumentalist to ever live by a landslide. His playing ability is like no other. It is very similar to Jimi Hendrix on guitar. I am actually named after Jaco myself. He’s by far one of the most underrated musicians in the world. His baselines are absolutely beautiful.
Good lord. Jaco basically reinvented the entire instrument, a bit like EVH did with the guitar, only much, much weirder. The man was not a musician, he was an explorer.
hey Rob from metallica give jacos bass back to his family!! he said he would if they paid him like 115,000$ for it. which is a joke that Bass belongs in a museum not in Robert trujillo's hands,. like cliff burton from metallica his 4001 ricky should be somewhere prominent, but i do think i read before its in a hard rock cafe somewhere. the original aria pro Bass that he was using and using that as his main bass. an original is expensive and the cliff signature series is expensive too but id love to own one
+Tye Wolfe I'd argue Les Claypool can also be a contender, but his playing style is so weird I don't think he can really be called the "(insert guitar player) of bass players." That can also be said with Jaco too.
Dawson Lee Burton is definitely top dog in many aspects. But theres also Billy Sheehan, Bunny Brunel and Victor Wooten (to name a few) that can compete with Jaco not only on the same level but styles that either compliment or out do his playing.
Jaco - the best ever poet on electric bass in modern jazz... he's not only manic energy and brilliant technic... he is far beyond - always tryin new tunes from Weather Report to he's own bands, new ways of playin old stuff on he's style and so on - a masterclass genius.
Jaco was amazing and I always find "who is the best" debates to be worthless, but there is no REAL debate as to who was the first innovator of the electric bass guitar. The Who's John Entwistle was the first musician to turn the electric bass into a lead instrument and Thunderfingers somehow got better as he got older. IMO, Entwistle and Pastorius are 2 of the Top 5 electric bass guitar players of all-time.
Holy guacamole! My life is better because of this solo clip. As a progrocker with a jazz background I knew of him, but his virtuosity really shines here. He's the Bill Frisell of the bass, right? Anyone .... anyone....Buehler?? Haha His use of chords, chromatics and phrasing- wow! Thanks for sharing 👍✌
Jaco had the coolest tone and best sounding harmonics... thousands have tried to imitate it. It is not of this earth and that's what made him so great: his sound.
From 0:47 to 1:07 Jaco is playing the theme from a 1954 movie, "The High and the Mighty". I am certain he would seen it as it was popular with anyone who loved flying in airplanes. I would know because I was his best friend from 4th--7th grade, and played keyboard in his first band "The Sonics" which he formed after the Beatles arrived in February of 1964. Peace my brothers and sisters. Everyone even then could tell that he was an extraordinary person, smartest in the class, best visual artists, best at sports, and by 1965 a lady killer.
it's funny because jumping into any Jaco video is like a mosh pit or a political discussion it's chaotic with two wild extremes and I don't think he would want it any other way
When they say.."oh..your the bass player".. as if that was something less.. You want to smack them upside the head with your Jazz bass. This..is why we play bass.
My response to the first chord... "Ok, you win" "Music is officially over...... No need to play anything else. You've just healed the entire world through One Chord!" Amazing
I hate how too many people don't appreciate the bass guitar, it's an absolutely incredible instrument, and people like Jaco can outplay someone with a standard guitar.
Greg Hufton It's because the majority do not understand the function of the Bass and how it fits into a musical scenario. The vast majority put little effort into understanding that and simply, grab a pick and follow their guitar player and call themselves a "Bass" player. Within 2-3 minutes I can clearly tell a good bassist from a shit bassist based on those principals.
murilo you hit it right on the t. Jaco made me want to play the base, and actually try to be a good base player for that matter.
So true. I want a bass guitar but I can't afford one at the moment but Jaco motivated me to the point where I downloaded a virtual bass and I'm practicing with that. Also, by just watching one video on how to read tabs, I know how to play the main "chorus" of Continuum. That's how much Jaco made me appreciate this instrument and has motivated me. Would've loved to meet him if he would've been still alive nowadays.
And you are a brilliant man because of it. Thank you for showering us with your wisdom.
There is no such thing as a "Bass Guitar". It's either a Guitar or a Bass. Its name defines what it is.
Jaco's playing here reeks with the sadness of what was to come. Brilliance touched by illness and violence. Beauty with a premonition of loss. I struggle when I hear these notes. So incredibility talented , so gifted, so doomed....
Again, like Jimi.
@@svenjansen2134 Jimi wasn't mentally ill. Jaco was. Jimi's choice drugs were amphetamines and Mandrax. Jaco's was alcohol.Jaco played basketball with anyone who'd take him on.He was often seen homeless on the streets with a basketball in one hand and a Fender Jazz bass in the other. Jimi was not athletic after leaving the Army in 1962.Jaco was beaten to death in Florida by a martial arts expert with a violent history. Jimi choked on his own vomit in London. Tell me again how much alike they were.
@@mben-david2064musically speaking…
Yeah. A coworker who was his student told me the same story.
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I love how much Jaco got into his playing....he didn't care if he looked "funny" dancing around. awesome that he put so much soul into it
He only looks “funny” to most white people
Superistimado
That’s called mental illness. So cool amirite.
He looked cool while dancing
He looks fucking awesome while dancing
I find his solos eerie sometimes. Which is cool.
Yes, they are like psycho soundtracks to Roger Corman/Vincent Price Poe films...
me too its so cool
I LOVE when solos include intense 'WTF?- tangents' like that distorted section. It keeps the audience on their toes and ellevates the sense of spontaneity.
You can hear so much profound sadness, mystery, and endless beauty in his music, in every note....everytime I have tears in my eyes when I listen to him and think of his tragic death
He died in a bar fight in jamaica....
He was too good for this earth
@@robertsbud6517 florida but yeah. by the end of his life it was kind of a habit of his to get into bar fights.
@@robertsbud6517 he was hit by a bouncer and died. At that point he was basically just a substance abuser who was a shell of his former self, I imagine. That’s what drugs do to you.
How do u find sadness in that music?
Love the Jimi Hendrix riff, third stone from the sun.
🌞♥️⚡️
Just watched the Jaco documentary..beautiful and tragic
The Robert Trujillo documentary??
Which doc?
@@brandonburroughs7128 just called Jaco
This man inspires me to be a better bass player every time I listen to him.
get all his music and listen. As a Noob Bassist in 1983 thats what I did. I can say I can hang with Jaco > but I certainly stole some of his licks no doubt.
Me too. I’m inspired to not suck so bad from relying on the reputation of my past playing to keep my career afloat. A cautionary tale for all musicians.
Same bro
I can play the bass and i like Jaco
as a bassist that started in the late 90s and took private jazz lessons, yet was a metalhead... his use of effects and just absolute riff mayhem paired with melodic expression on this one expanded my concept of the instrument! especially his appropriate use of fx where they enhance the intention, rather than be a binding contract to a sound!
And as a metal head, youll be one of the small handful who can appreciate how Cliff Burton had the same sort of approach to Metallica’s early albums. Anesthesia (Pulling Teeth) is still on the Mt. Rushmore pieces written specifically for bass guitar.
Guy was off in his own world... we were just lucky enough he played his music for all of us to hear.
Man is a genius. Combining so many styles in music and creating a composition at the spot. He is genius
I’m sorry to inform you that was sad as hell. Tragic, in fact.
Straight up takes your breath away what a genius Jaco was..unbelievable.
I'm fortunate to have seen Jaco live twice. There are no words to truly describe his impact on bass, jazz, and music in general. But the emotion that comes through is what puts it over the edge for me. He plays like his life depends on it.
I had the privilege of going to the Joni Mitchell concert at the Hollywood Bowl where Jaco was the "warm up act". I had seen Weather Report in concert in mid-70's but Jaco solo was amazing. I tell people imagine an hour of nothing but electric bass and it's one of the best concerts you've ever seen, it was unbelievable! Thanks for posting this. Joni was amazing of course, too...it was around 1980
I was going to say, this looks like the set for the Shadows & Light tour. Jealous- would have been an amazing show to see live!!!
How on earth are so many people saying negative things about this on here? Brilliance, period. Obvious
There’s arguments for guitar. Arguments for drummers. Arguments for horn players. Arguments for keys players about who was the best...
No such argument when it comes to bass
I mean, there’s Victor Wooten...
@@go2yanks Vic is without question in that conversation, but there's no Vic without Jaco. Stanley can make a claim, but when this dude came out with Donna Lee, that was a whole different level up.
@@earlgarcia6106 there is no Jaco without cavemen
NHOP. Check out his Donna Lee with Joe Pass. Before Jaco. On double bass. And quite a bit faster. NHOP was the greatest bass player I've ever seen, personally.
James Jamerson?
I always called Jaco the Hendrix of bass.
Rest easy to both Legends.
And add the man Hendrix called "better than me", The late Terry Kath.three sublime geniuses who died decades too young.
So makes a lot of noise and takes a lot of drugs?
@@MAGAMAN what ?
What's your ordeal ?
@@MAGAMAN nice try asshole, go back to your Barry Manilow records.
@@MAGAMANlol you obviously don't know anything about music😂😂😂😂
My wife was friends with Jaco when he was with Dixie Dregs and never listened to his music despite being offered backstage tickets for free on many occasions. Jaco left a black 1964 Gibson EB0 at her appointment and offered to give her lessons for free, she was in college and didn't have the time. 15 years later in 1998, she was a new bass player and she walked into my bedroom for the first time and asked why I had a picture of Jaco on my wall?! I put on his self titled solo album and she simply said, maybe I should have taken him up on the lessons.
Jaco never played with The Dregs. He was with Weather Report.
He already has the status on the greatest bass player of the world when everybody heard Donna Lee on his first album, ground breaking stuff...! Back in 1976.
Playing Parker solos on a fretless bass. That's pretty impressive
What a talent? I think the crowd got REALLY surprised as the solo totally turned at 2:44.
R.I.P. Jaco Pastorious, the master of the fretless.
I love this....it was on TH-cam by the name of " slang" about 15 years ago....i searched again so much for this exact video,but never apeared again with that name....until now with this name....it was during a Joni Mitchel concert. .Jaco my man ,all the swing,play and dance my brother
I played with Jaco. It was the craziest and in some ways incredible tour set ever. He is missed.
When and where?
@@svenjansen2134 I did a group of east coast dates with Jaco and Othello Moleneaux
This is seriously the first time my iPad has ever played in true surround sound on all 4 speakers where you could actually hear each speaker independently. My favorite bassist has always been Geddy Lee, thanks for the impressive performance Mr Pastorius.
3:17
to end - Drummmer: Must.. resist.. joining in...
He's itchin to join in 🤣
2:12-2:19 that's one of the best bass lines I've ever heard imo. That last note he hit got me grooving. Also reminds me of some intro on a spacey Sega genesis game
***** yeah I found that out later on haha, still sounds awesome on ze jazz bass
He's quoting Third Stone From The Stone by Hendrix!
StrongStrummin' I knew it sounded familiar!
TheSoYa what hendrix song???
First time I heard the melody it reminded me of the intro level in 'Arcade's Revenge'.. after Hendrix of course.
I can't stop watching this.
His style remains insanely original and unique.
just realized the melody he plays during the first looped section is from “third stone from the sun” by jimi hendrix which is fuckin sick
His knowledge of the harmonic range is unbelievable .
wow...jaco and hendrix... now that you mention it, they both have similar syles. not the same, cuz they're both way to original to replicate, but they're both kinda funky-psychedelic along with a million other types of music that theyh incorporate. they're both awesome.
They both transcend everything that came before them, and please add the late Terry Kath to that list.
Es él poder de los psicodélicos.. Nadie que no los uso no lo comprendería...
Any true jaco fans
Robert Trujillo presents jaco dvd
A must see
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
A firework of beauty and power! His groove is subtle and feels so natural, it pierces the time and makes him eternal!
2:40 His speed on harmonics is amazing. It doesn't have to sound great, but that shit takes talent no doubt
You're right. It doesn't sound great. Does not move me at all.
Travis Edwards Lol Curt Cobain has good song writing but plays guitar like shit. I do however see your point, it’s about a musician who doesn’t try to play the most difficult riffs faster than a lightning bolt, but one who can play with raw emotion.
Mostly everyone in the comment section seems to have missed the point...
@Travis Edwards I thought the point of music was self expression on the part of the musician. Whether the audience likes it is honestly auxillary.
@Travis Edwards Think you're over reacting a bit. He is just messing around in a solo
@Travis Edwards and thems the facts
Love how at the end he walks off like a badass and comes back as if thinking " oh crap forgot to turn off the background music"
This is the best four minutes on TH-cam!
basically the Jimi Hendrix of bass.
That be Larry Graham
Then the Carlos Santana
To call Jaco the Jimi Hendrix of bass is an insult to Jaco, seeing as his knowledge of music theory could walk circles around Jimi's.
knowing music theory doesn't = superior music@@CooManTunes
Jimi had feeling to his style but Jaco had a labyrinth of sounds.
Hendrix- More Relatable
Jaco- More Technical
love the smile of the drummer he's like "oh my god that's some funky shit!"
to anyone who says this is bad is insane. Jaco revolutionised the bass guitar sound for modern times. I don't think you can be a great bassist without watching jaco and understanding his music...
2:17 jimi hendrix, third stone from the sun
1:40 Loop. 3:20 the juice
A style all his own...Never be another.
jaco could not only play what he wanted, but what made jaco so special was that he was the most innovative bassist on earth, he had things on his mind that no other player in the world will have ever
3rd rock from the sun on bass...most excellent.
Jaco was a musical genius. He left us too young. The world will never know what could have been.
Not a big Jaco fan but I can't deny his greatness and creativity and his ability to go far beyond what people think a bass should sound or play like. Dude was from another planet or dimension.
Being down the other end of the world we rarely had the opportunity to see a lot of these people live, too late for this guy, musical genius.
He was an innovator. He changed the way us bass players approach our instruments. He wasn't afraid to be himself on stage and in real life. A true creative genius.
This is one of my favorite clips of Jaco. One of a kind. I saw this clip on the Jack Stub blog and read the tribute to him on there. What a player, and what a sad ending to his life. R.I.P. Jaco.
Best bass solo you can ever hear!
Chris Squire for me, but respect your opinion.
Rest in Peace the most amazing bass player of all times Jaco Pastorius!
I've heard so much of Jaco's playing, and I've seen this many times. And there are so many players that have taken his style and concepts to unprecedented heights. Yet, like Hendrix or Coltrane, to see Jaco peform is still almost ethereal...like meeting God for the first time.
Jaco is the best bassist ever ! Most of his playability is due to his old Fender Jazz Bass which has a trumendous sound; RIP my brother and thank you very much for what you brought to the music world !
I can hear just one single quarter note played by Jaco that lasts less than a second, and I feel all of the emotion of the human experience: Joy, sorrow, guilt, shame, happiness, ALL OF IT. I weep like a baby. I've never experienced that with any other musician.
Wow, comments from 14 years ago till last week.mmmmmmmmmmmmmusic
i think most people enjoy the IN YOUR FACE bass playing like entwistle's ball-busting speed or tapping fiascos like stu hamm or the sheer intensity of wooten.
but jaco SANG on the bass. it was literally his voice. i find myself singing to Continuum on the Invitation live album.
The sounds coming from Jaco and his bass at the very beginning before the camera pans over to him are just so ethereal and spacey, it doesn't even sound like a bass at first. The rest of the sounds that follow are lovely as well, just as a bass player always wished I could see how he achieved more of those crazy harmonic bends and that crazy slide noise.
i aint never seen someones fingers fly across the fret board like Jaco. truely, the greatest of all time.
Bass soloing that makes sense and is palatable, melodic, tells a story 🙌🏿
It all starts with the bass line. If you don’t have a bass line, ya got “nothin”!
Omg I went to high school and jr high with Jaco, flat out genius, I was blessed.
Did you ever speak to him
I'd like to hear him jam with Jimi. Maybe they are right now?
Third Stone From the Sun would be the song!
No...not likely, they're both dead. Jimi Hendrix overdosed and Jakoff Pisspoorious got beat after he started crap with a bouncer.
HADRIENFeraud LOL. It's been 29 years and nothing has happened to Luc yet. Hell, if he's anything like me he probably sleeps like a baby every night knowing that Jaco is worm food. One less drugged out tax burden.
HADRIENFeraud BRUTAL
я Hajji 분쇄하는 Bárbara You need to fucking cool it.
Captured by the moment and the magic never fades away.
The way he bends the tips of his thumb so far back is pretty scary!
double jointed
I'm a guitar player, and I will agree that most bass players don't get enough credit, since we live in a world that is all about "Guitar Hero" and fuck every other instrument out there. Jaco is an amazing bassist and I have a tremendous amount of respect and I admire him greatly, RIP.
His basstone is soooooo good
Jaco! Certainly miss this man's talent. I'm glad he left us with a great body of work but I'm here wishing he still was to provide us with his unique music and incredible virtuosity.
I wish they had filmed Jaco's full solo. It was edited down. Here's the full version. Audio only.
th-cam.com/video/iqOQc9PKnbQ/w-d-xo.html
I like how he almost looks embarrassed to be on stage when he quickly jogs back on to turn off the pedal lol. I've been playing guitar for years but recently picked up the bass. LOVE IT!
Now get a drumcomputer
I saw him do this but he played Purple Haze, it was mad and had everyone standing and going nuts.
Jaco is the greatest musician of all time no questions asked. He is the greatest bassist and instrumentalist to ever live by a landslide. His playing ability is like no other. It is very similar to Jimi Hendrix on guitar. I am actually named after Jaco myself. He’s by far one of the most underrated musicians in the world. His baselines are absolutely beautiful.
Good lord. Jaco basically reinvented the entire instrument, a bit like EVH did with the guitar, only much, much weirder. The man was not a musician, he was an explorer.
The drummer smiling and bobbing his head always brings a smile to my face
Everyone has their opinions, however for my first time learning of and listening this guy is nuts. harmonic levels over 9000 gone way too soon
I Played basketball with jaco at the cage , west fourth street Manhattan. He was a competitor
In the documentary there are a few shots of him messing around with a Frisbee, you can tell he has great coordination and body awareness.
this guy is a genius
Jaco had so much flava and heart to his playing.
Pure magic
hey Rob from metallica give jacos bass back to his family!! he said he would if they paid him like 115,000$ for it. which is a joke
that Bass belongs in a museum not in Robert trujillo's hands,. like cliff burton from metallica his 4001 ricky should be somewhere prominent, but i do think i read before its in a hard rock cafe somewhere. the original aria pro Bass that he was using and using that as his main bass. an original is expensive and the cliff signature series is expensive too but id love to own one
LEGEND!!
For some reason I just find that funny little run back on stage at the end f*cking hilarious
He and Bernard Edwards are the only contenders for the title "Jimi Hendrix of the bass." That's why he plays 3rd stone from the Sun.
+Tye Wolfe I'd argue Les Claypool can also be a contender, but his playing style is so weird I don't think he can really be called the "(insert guitar player) of bass players." That can also be said with Jaco too.
I agree
If I weren't being strict, I might call Les the Thelonius Monk of bass players at least when it comes to what Monk played on his left hand.
What about Cliff Burton?
Dawson Lee Burton is definitely top dog in many aspects. But theres also Billy Sheehan, Bunny Brunel and Victor Wooten (to name a few) that can compete with Jaco not only on the same level but styles that either compliment or out do his playing.
Jaco - the best ever poet on electric bass in modern jazz... he's not only manic energy and brilliant technic... he is far beyond - always tryin new tunes from Weather Report to he's own bands, new ways of playin old stuff on he's style and so on - a masterclass genius.
Jaco was amazing and I always find "who is the best" debates to be worthless, but there is no REAL debate as to who was the first innovator of the electric bass guitar. The Who's John Entwistle was the first musician to turn the electric bass into a lead instrument and Thunderfingers somehow got better as he got older. IMO, Entwistle and Pastorius are 2 of the Top 5 electric bass guitar players of all-time.
Exactly!
Holy guacamole! My life is better because of this solo clip. As a progrocker with a jazz background I knew of him, but his virtuosity really shines here. He's the Bill Frisell of the bass, right? Anyone .... anyone....Buehler?? Haha
His use of chords, chromatics and phrasing- wow!
Thanks for sharing 👍✌
0:00-1:46 : “This is pretty cool but what’s all this fuss about?”
1:46-end : “Lord please forgive me”
Jaco had the coolest tone and best sounding harmonics... thousands have tried to imitate it. It is not of this earth and that's what made him so great: his sound.
I love this
I do too, I want to find the sheets for this or some type of you tube lesson for this one, it would be awesome to play.
Use your ear- learn it right from this video.
there isnt anything in this vid that you cant figure out first or second try
From 0:47 to 1:07 Jaco is playing the theme from a 1954 movie, "The High and the Mighty". I am certain he would seen it as it was popular with anyone who loved flying in airplanes. I would know because I was his best friend from 4th--7th grade, and played keyboard in his first band "The Sonics" which he formed after the Beatles arrived in February of 1964. Peace my brothers and sisters. Everyone even then could tell that he was an extraordinary person, smartest in the class, best visual artists, best at sports, and by 1965 a lady killer.
THIRD STONE FROM THE SUN
i love jaco's unique approach to making even the simplist bassline his own! a true hero!
it's funny because jumping into any Jaco video is like a mosh pit or a political discussion it's chaotic with two wild extremes and I don't think he would want it any other way
i love how he just walks off with the loop still going! what a badass!
make me wanna. have a fretless bass
K- HENRY so then. do it
Do it! I took my frets off my bass and refinished the neck 20 years ago. Now I play fretless guitar and bass.
@@paul-singhgurth1599 Never thought about making a fretless guitar and I bet it sound cool.
I love you Jaco
When they say.."oh..your the bass player"..
as if that was something less..
You want to smack them upside the head with your Jazz bass.
This..is why we play bass.
Jaco don't need drums, the drums need jaco!
asi como existio jimi hendrix para la guitarra no va a haber nadie para el bajo como el mas grande Jaco Pastorius !!!
My response to the first chord... "Ok, you win" "Music is officially over...... No need to play anything else. You've just healed the entire world through One Chord!"
Amazing
Anybody that says Jaco sucks doesn't know anything about bass, jazz, and music.
Linda McCafferty who would actually say that ?
Linda McCafferty I don't know anything about jazz tho....
Don't get all worked up over a terrible solo...we all know his studio work is great.
Jaco thank you for this little trip to space on a Friday morn
Thanks Jaco. Hope your demons are gone now.