The Five Levels Of JACO PASTORIUS - Easy To PRO
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Bass lines in this video:
Come On Come Over - Jaco Pastorius
Teen Town - Weather Report
Havona - Weather Report
Donna Lee - Jaco Pastorius
Chromatic Fantasy - Jaco Pastorius (originally Bach)
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Comment which one you'd like me to do a full cover of!
Teen town obviously
Come On, Come Over! that riff gets me jumping!
weather report - port of entry. This is the real pro Jaco Pastorius
I like groovy Chicken by Pastorius
The Lesson hihihi
At this point I’m starting to wonder if that headphone cord is intentionally positioned to generate anxiety in the viewer
Read my mind... ;-)
I cant watch anymore because it just pisses me off.
I dont know how anyone could deal with that. Makes me want to yell at the screen, "GET THAT FUCKING THING OUT OF THE WAY!!!"
😐
What’s wrong with it? How is it making you anxious?
Get some wireless headphones...………….
Umm what?
What amazes me about Jaco is that you are an incredible bassist and Even you had to slow down Donna Lee to play it at Jaco's level
A little too much talking in the intro, otherwise perfection!
I appreciate that you still watched the performance at the very end of the video 🙏🏻
he did plenty of talking with that bass
I love hearing Charles talk, both via vocals and via bass.
Meanwhile Adam Neely literally answers the title of his videos in the thumbnail
Easy my left nut
I’m proud to say I’m at the “Easy” level
I know “Come On, Come Over” is by no means Jaco’s hardest song...but gosh it’s fun to play!
I'm 3 years late, so I'm sure you're much better by now, but there is no shame whatsoever in "only" knowing how to play "Come on, Come Over". If you can nail that, then your only direction from there is UP, my friend.
My disappointment at the lack of Portrait of Tracy is immeasurable
JedRose17 not as hard as the syncopated rhythms found in the other songs along with their speed. I play Jaco’s stuff all the time, although not perfectly, portrait of Tracy is much more about the emotion as opposed to the technical skill needed to play it
and my day is ruined
Immeasurable? Then I don't believe you. Then I say, if you can't even specify your complaint, please bugger off. There are better songs missing here. Your blah blah is useless. And you know it. BEEEEEP!
@@SlexGaming it is objectively harder than come on come over, although come on come over is awesome
@@SlexGaming I’m not so sure I agree dude some of those harmonics are near impossible like the artificial D# or the last chord. Emotional stuff IS often the most technically difficult to play. I just watched a video on a virtuoso violinist talking about how he finds Mozart the hardest to play over other perhaps more technical pieces like Paganini, Tchaikovsky, or Sibelius because it just demands a very specific sound. That’s what portrait of Tracy is. You can half ass a song that’s fast, but getting a tune like Portrait of Tracy to actually sound beautiful is going to be an incredible challenge in a unique way.
2:45 he is searching the lever
I notice😂
What?
@@jacobsss5827 he has a lever to detune his strings in his other bass. Force of habit, just like reaching for the vibrato bar in a non floyd rose guitar
hhahaha I didn't notice the lever wasn't there in this bass haha
Charles you clearly are a good bassist. And this thing, I think, gives a better idea of how much incredible was jaco.
I mean, look at how difficult is to play chromatic fantasy on bass, even for you that are so good.
If you listen to the recording of that piece you can hear not only every single note, but also played with incredible rithm and expression.
The amazing thing is that on TH-cam there's a live version of jaco playing chromatic fantasy, and he played at the same tempo as the album version.
That's the thing with Jaco, beyond his incredible technique, there are the rhythm and the expression, and even with his most easy prices, that's the hardest but more interesting part to achieve.
Ok but chromatic fantasy isn't that hard in reality, much harder song is havona
lol ... take it from Richard ☝
The fact that TEEN TOWN is MEDIUM.
Punch Down King You learned how to play the right notes in the right sequence. Thats all you learned. You didnt learn the song.
It took me months too learn it
@Punch Down King tbh Donna Lee seems to me to be the hardest due to how soft and clean he played it in the album. It reminded me of Leonidas Kavakos' Paganini No5 in terms of cleanness.
@Punch Down King ok prodigy, go play classical thump at 500 bpm. Leave us mere mortals to play seven nation army. Bet you’re real fun at parties, probably mansplain to girls why Om is the best Coltrane record and why she’s too dumb to understand it. Btw does your beloved quintuplet swing even sound good?
Yeah, wow. I have to practice more.
My favorite from Jaco - Havona; thanks a bunch for playing this. In 1981, the only time I ever saw Jaco play live in Florida, he and his Word of Mouth band played this and the crowd - although small - was speechless, including me.
Saw weather report in 77 in England. I treasure that concert more than any other.
Yeah Charles, you're a young legend keeping Jaco's audio alive. So many young people would never even know the name or sound of JP
With "Teen Town", you can sorta hear the influences for Joe Dart of Vulfpeck. Cool!
Well they did even name a song after that, so...
Ooooh, THAT'S why it's called Dean Town! Never knew!
btw the line is from Woody not Joe
@@evancrockett9899 I never even thought of that. Lol
lmao
I have to thank you for introducing me to Jaco. Until a week ago, I had never heard of him, now his music has changed my life... and I have you to thank for it!
"easy" Jaco is like normal "hard" for human beings
Come on come over isnt that hard a beginner could learn it given a month maybe. They wouldnt play it perfectly or with perfect rhythm but still
I don't know dude, when I learned it it took me like an hour or something. But teen town drove me up the wall.
@@ben23232 Exactly. Come on Come over is extremely difficult to play up to the level that this TH-camr is playing it. With the mutes, little harmonics, perfect phrasing and this level of feel its harder than 95% of bass players will ever achieve.
Most average players could learn the song, but they wouldn't be even close to "playing" the song in the sense Jaco or this TH-camr did with that level of intricacy.
@@jeanlucbergman479 Challenge for everyone. Just "rutine" for Jaco, thats way he is a legend (sorry for my english)
As a fellow musician(piano player), I can confirm I'm human, unlike Jaco
You are what I want Davie’s channel to be. Don’t get me wrong, I love a good meme. I just feel like David is wasting his talents playing slap funk on a 4-string over and over again. His channel used to be full of challenges and fancy out-of-this-world basses. Now I just feel like he’s copying PewDiePie’s content. Keep it up Charles! You truly are a PRO
Word up
He's doing what the ppl want unlike charles who's doing what he wants
@@ugorton7345 the people that matter and can actually play music want what Charles offers. Fight me.
I watch Charles for true musicianship and davie for laughs.
@@ugorton7345 Actually Davie has said that he's passions are playing bass AND making funny videos (people laugh) so he's also doing what he wants
I need Portrait of Tracy
arceom07 I second that!
The Chicken too!
@BegissoR EDM $€|\||) |3@$$
I need BASS
I think nailing those harmonics is way harder than Donna Lee. Just sounds fancy because it's Bebop.
0:00 to skip all the excessive speaking.
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Best comment ever
Set list
1.Come on come over 0:04
2.Teen town 0:41
3.Havona 1:05
4.Donna lee 1:36
5.Cromatic fantasy 2:14
Outro 2:46
I watched the last two like twelve times. You rock man.
RIP Jaco.
I saw Mr. Pastorius play in Monterey many years ago and have been listening ever since. I love it.
I feel proud of myself for being able to do the first 18 seconds of "Donna Lee" now.
Nice!
@@CharlesBerthoud Oh god, now that you have hearted my comment I feel obliged to learn it in full.
I know it, but I can’t play it the jaco way with the harmonics added or the key change he adds for the solo
@@ethanlocke3604 I guess we should just practice
@@yeetmeintotheabyss2893 Go for it!
It's not just the fact that you can play that in the first place, but that you play it so damn clean too. Your string muting is on point af.
This is a a great video! I think PRO introduces a new era in his playing by doing JACO PASTORIUS cover. The triplets/tuplets were amazing to hear. Well done! 100 Likes. I want the Donna Lee full cover.
This is without a doubt the best sounding bass i've ever come to hear...
I don't see enough comments talking about the awesome editing of this video! Extremely well done
I like that even though you're using his baselines/phrasing you still very clearly sound yourself and I feel like alot of people miss that part in transcriptions. Finding your own sound in someone else's notes Is challenging
Jaco is so legendary and prolific that I couldn't even achieve the first easy level! He's definitely one of the greats!
not really, so many more bassists better than him now
james ortega I doubt you’d find one who didn’t see him as a major influence
@@ryanstrohman7429 that doesnt change the fact that there are a lot more better bassists than him today. if these great bassists today all went back in jacos time and showed their stuff, i bet no one would even notice jaco.
@@jamesortega8681 I have no doubt that since Jaco's time, Bassists have evolved and completely changed the way we think about Bass, but that does not at all change the fact that he left an important legacy and foundation for many, upon many. I have really heard by many that he's the Hendrix of Bass, and after Hendrix's time did more advanced and technical guitarists come along, but that didn't change his iconic status.
james ortega The point is that everyone needs something to build off of. These great bassists you speak of took what Jaco did and expanded upon it and made it their on; it would make sense that it would be “technically” better if they improved upon it (which I still disagree with, if you think Jaco wouldn’t have been noticed you’re a fool).
I really liked the close up on the smiley face on the bass.
Jesus Charles, I wish you wouldn’t talk so much, it’s getting in the way of the music!
he reads comments.. he talk less..
but he won't put his %#@ headphone cable away
IKR! All that commentary is distracting
yeah, from 0:00 to 0:00 is kind of too long for intro commentary
Jesus Charles? Is that James Charles’ brother?
@@TotoDG , LMFAO !
Donna Lee!!! Jaco was the player who made me fall in love with the bass. I have never heard anyone, other than you tap god, who has done him any justice! Bravo
Kyle Griffin , search for Alain Caron.
Don’t know what’s more impressive: the playing or the cord for your headphones not pissing you off. Awesome vid.
I tapped the like button, even if my tapping technique needs improvement.
As a Finn, this warms my heart. Jaco Pastorius was our greatest contribution to music history. Sure, Darude (with his unforgettable composition "Sandstorm") will forever claim the fame, but hopefully Jaco will also be remembered.
actually
the levels are:
hard
pro
alien
God
Jaco
Haha
Good, excellent, Pro, Asian, Jaco, Bruce Lee.
Thank you for carrying on Jaco's legacy and introducing him to the younger bass players! ❤💯
Extremely impressive technique. Even Jaco would struggle with Donna Lee. Flawless on your style. Jaco was so unique, double-jointed hand and a composer which we all learn from. Great video.
jaco cud only do 200bpm speed..... charles300-315bpm thats the new breed of bassists today
james ortega Thanks for that. Bass guitar moves forward. Jaco strived for melody, much like Duke Ellington. Vs Count Basie, that ‘had the beat.’
@@riffdigger2133 nope jaco and count dont own "the beat". each musician has their own beat and if 5 million people thinks you have the beat then you cant argue with that(talking about charles and davie504)
james ortega I’m not disagreeing with you. I was just quoting Jaco (his DVD with Jerry Jemmott) on how melody was very important to him. The quote on Ellington came from my Artie Shaw doco. Count Basie was an interesting band leader. (Couldn’t read music) And he had the beat -with songs/arrangements like Fly Me To The Moon, with Sinatra. (Quincy Jones, producing). That’s all.
@Punch Down King my bad, charles max isnt 315, its 340bpm, charles already posted a vid doing 340bpm you idiot. so tell us what is the fastest proven/recorded speed of jaco in bpm? if you cant prove what you say then youre the dumbest fuck here. look up charles vids my proof he does 340bpm noob
I really like the way you break these songs down. Would love to see portrait of trace done from easy to hard. You got me inspired to go over the easy stuff then work up. Great as usual
everbody gangsta till "Medium - Teen Town"
Really digging the smiley face stickers. Brings me back to fourth grade orchestra.
PUNK JAZZ - ESPECIALLY the beginning portion! ;) Possibly the most difficult piece he wrote. EXTREMELY counter-intuitive to finger memory (which I find to be the most difficult and yet most rewarding challenge to overcome if you're the type that legitimately enjoys working on challenges and the process it takes).
Interesting - I actually found Donna Lee and Chromatic Fantasy to be his EASIER tunes to play because so much of the left hand work is "scale-friendly" runs without too many position jumps, whereas Havona has been a pretty difficult one to me (but I also think I've made it more difficult for myself because I can see you're not having to do to much shifting on the left hand than I do - I'll need to work on it in different positions instead of sticking strictly to the tabs I got). I think perhaps what I find challenging is position shifts that disorient where I'm at on the neck, whereas MAYBE your challenge is in the right hand technique? Just basing that theory on the tunes you put from low-high diff.. You played them ALL way cleaner than I do lol I need to work on my tolerance for sloppiness.
Now THIS is Bass playing! Awesome! Jaco was incredible! RIP!
I can’t believe no one is recommending “Honestly Live” part 2 I think. The one with the insane shred at the end, such a sick beat, where he plays “favorite things” at one point. Please oh please cover that;) I’m a guitar player and JACO is one of my favorites, I wish him and Holdsworth crosses paths. In heaven now jamming
that would have been nice pardon typos , weird lag. i co-created allan's official group at facebook 'the unreal allan holdsworth' go check it out! his bandmates family and friends are active there. the last time i talked to allan in person he told me he HATED facebook and personal computers too, lol! i actually quit facebook before allan left us, so u won't see me there. cheers~! ps, re ; jaco - - PORT OF ENTRY< from the solo to the outro, i could never play those - a th-cam.com/video/C-gbGEprDoA/w-d-xo.html , re ; allan the second time i chatted with him in person he told me about his divorce and how his wife took his home studio. we didn't see him for a few years after 1999 because he didn't leave his new house. his wife became a fundamentalist xtian, whereas allan was an atheist, albeit spiritual , in a sense. ...another funny story. last time i saw him play he was playing with bunny brunel and my friend dennis hamm. i've been losing hair over the years and was envious of bunny's thick main, when i greeted him, i complimented his hair, not his fabulous playing, lol! the drummer , ronald bruner jr, was 1/2 hour late. at a point, allan cursed out 'where the FUCK is the drummer'. bruner arrived and apologized saying 'don't kill me' , allan flashed him a dirty look and grinned. then bruner played with one hand for the first song while texting with the other. after the song he shouted 'i got bnack together with her' lol. during the song' fred', allan forgot the changes to that simple tune, after his solo, he looked over at me and said 'sorry!' (i was sitting next to his gear, two feet away from him).his gear was actually on the bar i was sitting at. being a spazz, i put my drink down for fear of spilling it... that night , 10 years after his divorce, i could sense that he was still struggling with the divorce. RIP allan!
re allan, i'd loved to hear him play with pat metheny. therewas a track floating around called 'airstream' but i really didn't hear allan on it, i think there was false attribution. same for him and shakti john mclaughlin, tho they were on an album together, but not the same cut... i forgot to mention above, the first time i met allan and hung out with him, i was 17, i had idolized him at that point. after a half hour of chatting with him i STOPPED worshipping him and ALL musicians/artists and any historical figures, really, and my self, too. he was that down to earth and easy going. kinda shy tho. i think that was the best gift ever from him... cheers! ps,if you go to The Unreal Allan Holdsworth facebook (URAH) group i cofounded, say 'hi' to Nick Stefanikas, my cofounder from greeze. g'day!
Fretless sounds so nice and warm!
This Bass video had the best Meme of all:
NO meme, just *BASS!*
.. Besides the hour-long intro
Utterly brilliant. What talent. How on earth do your fingers work like that? I can hardly bang a nail in. Human beings are incomprehensible. Bravo!
That fret less bass tone is just..perfect(especially for jaco) what bass is that?
If the secret gets out, i will call the police.
I was looking really hard to see if it was a fretless. You answered my question thanks.
Looks like a Muckelroy bass from the headstock logo
@@JasonM69 ypu don't need to look at all. You need to listen. No fretted will ever sound similar to this
A very, very beautiful bass.
Hell yes! Charles, can we please have more fretless? Jaco, Primus, Beyond Creation, Pink Floyd and better yet your own stuff. Can never get enough of the fretless tone and there not many people playing them.
Cordless headphone reveal at 250K subs.
Great video. Love how you put it together. In case you hadn't listened to it, what Jaco does on "Coyote" by Joni Mitchell is still mind-blowing to me. The only personnel on the song are 3 musicians: Joni on rhythm guitar and vocals, Bobbye Hall on (minimal) percussion and Jaco on bass. No overdubbing. For only 3 musicians, the sound is so incredibly full because Jaco is, at the same time, hitting the low end with his incredibly funky bass line, and also plucking chords with sustained harmonics throughout the song. Because the sound is so full, a lot of listeners tend to think there's an electric lead guitarist in there, but there isn't. I still remember, in 1976, being so blown away, hearing Jaco for the first time on Weather Report's "Black Market", his debut solo album with the incredible "Portrait of Tracy" and on 4 songs on Joni Mitchell's "Hejira" album. Joni has him loud in the mix, so you can really hear what he's doing. So glad he recorded with Joni on several albums. It's a pretty large chunk of what he recorded in his relatively short career and in an uncharacteristic genre with an artist who gave him a lot of room.
1:33 That fretless slide!
If I thought this was an isolated Weather Report track I don’t think I would have known the difference. Well done!
Still waiting for a cover of “Crisis” on TH-cam from anyone who can... This stuff though is crazy!!!! Nice job 👍
Phenomenal. Thank you for sharing your artistry and for honoring Jaco,
1:51 - the fretless slide. So satisfying.
I like the integration of vulfpeck edits during teen town, nice playing and attention to detail my friend
TEEN TOWN IS MEDIUM?????
P.S. I NEED a full cover of it in my life please
wait, why dont you just listen to the song?
Cover Solutions just posted a full transcription
Brings a tear to my eye.
Very impressive, but can you play Marcus Miller?
+1
Can you slap Teen Town like Miller? lol
Wrong channel slapper
Yes please
Up for this
Ultimate respect for this. I did Teen Town as my final performance for my undergraduate degree and I certainly didn't perform it with half the control and panache that you just did.
I used to think Jaco was my favourite bassist, but now I think of him as very admirable, but there are a lot of bassists who I'd rather listen to: people who hit a really tight pocket and know how to subtly ornament a groove with a clever run rather than making the whole bass line into a crazy jazz freakout.
This point was made to me recently when I was listening to Teen Town using TH-cam and the 'most listened to' parts were when Jaco came in. It implied to me that people were not listening to these songs for pleasure, but rather were just trying to learn them so they could be as impressive as Jaco.
I don't think Jaco had much groove. I don't think he could get booties shaking. I never liked his tone on anything. Clarke is a guy who can get killer tones--a bunch of them--and has groove.
@@lqr824 the chicken is probably jacos grooviest bass line
@@dirtblock2147 yeah, and it sucks.
When is "The lesson" cover coming out?
Charles did the full version of that in the past.
And Jaco lives on. ♥️
When teen town was medium thats when i realized i needed to step up my bazz game
Your bass tone is honey to the ears.
im a simple man i see jaco i click
Although Jaco thought that "Jaco" was the way to spell "Jocko"
And that's how you rip on the bass without a single slap or pop. Love it.
I can't even play "easy" Jaco.
I'm going to reach the Pro level any day now. In my dreams. Thanks for this superb demonstration of Paco's mastery.
Please do “defeat of the headphone cord” at 500k subs ✨
Killin it. I had this record on the playlist for years and you are killin it. Absolutely.
Teen Town medium mode??
Aight, I'mma head out now
I’m amazed by how relaxed and composed you appear when playing those tunes… Awesome playing, I love your vids :D!
The moment you realise something you've been praticing for years now is considered easy
This is incredible playing. Bloody hell.
next: Queen synth bass lines on a regular bass
Just started getting into jaco’s stuff. Tried teen town, I can now play the first 30s at half the speed. Then I tried come on come over and now very happy that after 2 days of excessive practise I can sort of play the chorus.
oh no portrait of tracey :'(
Even through the crap speakers of my phone zhat bass tone is so lovely!
Jaco's recording of Donna Lee is actually faster, as I'm sure Charles knows. Not picking on Charles, just pointing out how mind blowing Jaco was.
So let's hear Donna Lee, at full tempo Charles! Including the solo! I have every confidence you'll knock it out of the park. :)
Came here for this - slowing down donna lee just so we could actually understand what he was doing lol
nah the sped up the recording a wee bit. jaco played it slower live
@@jamesortega8681 Actually you can find live recordings where he plays it just as fast if not faster than the studio version.
It's fairly common practice for jazz musicians to eventually play familiar tunes faster during live performances.
Not that it's all about speed, btw, just to clarify and highlight how skilled Jaco was.
As is Charles, certainly in terms of technique. But he does play it slower here.
@@jamesrhee291 im sure charles i faster hes has a vid playing notes as fast as he can, ho may bpm is jacos record? in any case jaco is garbage at slapping so he doesnt even come cloe to charles as a well rounded bass player
@@jamesortega8681 Unbelievable ... seriously missing the whole point.
I think that Jaco lives on through your playing!
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Need More Bass
Not really sure why there is even one dislike for this video. This guy is a beast. Enough said.
You play bass like a pro
Wait...
You're a P R O !
E P I C
Thanks for the video I'm 14 and working though this catalogue because of you I can thank you enough.
savedplayer 2951 me too I’m 14 and tryna do teen town rn
Kinda hard even tho he put it as medium haha
Great video tho ofc 👌👌
Can you please talk more?
Charles: Wait, that's illegal
Brother you have no business being this good ..... damn
Getting Donna Lee up to the recorded speed is impossible
I'm pretty musical, but for some reason, I can't distinguish between a good jazz lick, and a bad one. Well played, as always! The notes here reminded me of when I used punched in random values in my Nokia to generate a tune back in the 90's.
What set's Jaco apart from any before or after is his "feel". Charles is technically way better in every respect but he (and anyone else) can't reproduce the unknown feeling Jaco had. Listen to them side by side and even though every note was probably exactly the same if you were blindfolded you would always pick Jaco. Just something unearthly about his playing.
@Jeff C he is actually, jaco is garbage at slapping o overall charles is technically better and more well rounded
Jaco is a sloppy hack
I only wish you had a better drum accompaniment on Donna Lee. The conga drum backup gives that funky line the weird grounding it needs. Exceptional playing, of course, and so amazing to listen. Thank you for the amazing content!
I think Havona and Teen Town are harder than Donna Lee.
i used to think that too lmao :(
@@cirnegro8938 Once you know the basics of the bebop patterns donna lee isnt that hard.
Dude you're amazing. But listening to your version of Donna Lee you just helped me realize Jaco was all about the feel... Can't replicate that.
The chicken falls under “EXTREMELY EASY”
Thanks for putting easy in quotation marks for us terrestrial bassists.
"But he did not SLAP... CHECKMATE!" - Davie504
EPIC!!!
Never stop playing
"easy" (or even "medium") on a fretless bass. Not so easy.
This was my fav. Very nice. Those are big fret markers.
LET'S EXPOSE MORE PEOPLE TO CLIFF BURTON
Wow, perfectly flawless intonation. I constantly keep checking is it really fretless.
Now the 5 levels of paul mccartney
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