I was in the room. I remember how he came in, totally down, without smiling, without speaking and without his bass ! I remember Ron Benson (1986 MI director) had a hard time to start the masterclass, because he was out of the world. Then he borrowed a bass to a lucky guy, and started showing daily exercices he used to practice, starting to warm up with a lot of difficulty and time. And, little by little he got into it, and began to sound like him ! Then he started jamming with Franck Gambale and drummer Patrick Buchmann (a friend of i who was teaching at the summer session this year), and they played a looooong tune including Chicken, Purple Haze, etc... That was a unique day. Such a great musician. Impossible to forget this day.
This is a great example of the warm, friendly, and generous man that I knew and loved. It’s wonderful to see this. This is how he was, day in, day out. Yes, there were some very tough and terribly sad times when I helplessly watched him suffer, unable to stop it. He was a dear friend, a brother at times, and it is heartbreaking to witness insensitivity to his illness. We are all flawed, and some of us are far too eager to judge another. Please feel only gratitude for the music, empathy for the man and his beautiful family.
What a blessing it must have been to meet this man his musicianship was on another level very few get to shine so brightly. Hes so good it's scary. Phenomenal man the music's so pure.
IXA - Your comment has just made my day. Surprisingly, I rarely hear such positivity spoken about him. We were not only close friends but also coproducers of his Warner Bros releases so my memories of him are vivid and nuanced. Some of the proudest work of my long career was done with Jaco and I’m eternally grateful for that. I have had the great pleasure of watching his kids grow up, have their own kids, and share a real bond with the growing family. That’s special to me beyond words. Despite mass adulation, musicians never really know if they are reaching someone on so deep a level as you describe, but that is always the real goal. I hope the music brings you some real joy. It was made for people such as yourself, with the hope it would be important forever. Thank you for your wonderful comment and merry christmas.
@@artysanmobile Merry Christmas. Thank you as well for your contributions producing. Every piece counts. Alot of people may not understand Jacos greatness but it's alright because hes one of the greatest that ever lived especially to leave behind what he did in the time he spent here. He broke boundaries and made new sounds with his playing man absolutely wonderful.
IXA - Hi, and a very, very belated Merry Christmas to you. I’m sorry I missed your wonderful response until just now. Thank you for loving the music, understanding the man. It means a lot to me.
No matter where he was on the ladder...top or bottom...he always sounded like Jaco no matter what brand of bass, no matter if it was fretted or fretless. He has been imitated but he will never be duplicated. He showed all of us that there was so much more you could do on a bass than what was being done at that time. When I started playing bass in 1975, Jaco, Stanley Clarke, Percy Jones and Jeff Berlin were all just coming out. They were so great that I almost gave up. It was truly overwhelming to be hit with these kind of influences when you were just starting out. Glad I didn't quit. Bass is a beautiful instrument. Jaco showed us that in a big way.
I was 100% dialed in when he said "the hardest stuff is to not make noise with the other strings while playing that's harder than playing" and he laughed. that's what I am actually working with right now.
Saw Jaco in 82 or 83 at Berklee, when i was going there with Mike Stern. He had about 100' cord on his bass & he hopped on 1 foot all over the stage for about an hr straight. Unbelievable!! Absolutely the best bass player & maybe musician ever. RIP
@@martinheath5947 I got to see him @ Berklee (Word of Mouth band) I ANTICIPATED seeing him with Weather Report (Ann Arbor, UofM), but he “JUST” GOT REPLACED (the UN-REPLACEABLE) with Victor Bailey Crazy, because Victor played in the shadows, playing Jaco “noises”..... Wasn’t until 2nd/3rd song when the Spotlight finally REVEALED it “wasn’t” Jaco!! (what SHOES to fill, but Victor is great in his OWN way) Jaco IS “my G.O.A.T.!!!! I imagine what Jaco and Jeff Beck might have done!!!! (Jeff is my OTHER G.O.A,T. 😉💜)
Jaco will always have a place in musical history as an innovator, extraordinary musician, stellar signature sound, and his uncanny ability to help push the boundaries of the bass as well as musical tunes in general. Love was in his sound and his tone showed his soul and all it's beauty! One of the greatest to ever play music!!
I'm a musician (keyboards) and just hearing the little impromptu at 9:31hit me like a brick. I don't know why, but this man had a style, a sound, a technique and a way to use everything he had ever heard, from Beatles riffs, Jimmy Hendricks riffs, I even heard him put something from "the sound of music" into one of his performances. His drumming on Teen Town is phenomenal, and I could ramble on for hours about this man's ability, not just ability, his absolute deep feeling, which..... that's it. Jaco Pastorius was Incredible, words have failed me. Just an edit to clarify that, I'm a Brit musician, and I have to, and honestly do admit that a musician of Jaco Pastorius' ability and deep feeling for his music would have been something that we in the UK could find only in America. We copied, we aspired, but we never achieved the heights that the American musicians achieved on a daily basis. A precious few of us made names, George Shearing comes to mind, but it would take hours to come up with many more names. Well, I've meandered a long way from Jaco. He is a maestro, something to behold, and a great loss. In such a short life, he did so much.
This is an absolute treasure! Jaco seems a bit troubled here, not his normal boisterous self... Humble and honest. Beautiful to see him a bit vulnerable in this q and a. Love this. Thank you.
1. Intro (jaco talking) 0:01 2. Portrait of tracy 6:17 3. Jaco talks 7:30 4. Donna lee 26:03 5. Jaco talks 26:55 Second half 6. Jam 38:46 7. Guitar solo 39:15 8. Bass solo 41:25 9. Drum solo 44:06 Encore 10. Jam (reprise) 44:18 11. Outro 46:01
First of all I want to thank you for the posting of this series! Wonderful! I am a Jacophile, and can't stop listening to his music. It is great to hear him talk about music and how he thought. You can see the smoke flowing out of ears with all his knowledge of music. He definitely wasn't the talented burned out musician that some unfortunately portray him as. I am now afraid to even look at my bass. He was amazing! I wish I could have met him and just chatted with him. Thank you again for posting.
Jaco was so real in this video. I know first hand if you don't keep practicing hard tunes you can't just play them. You have to go over them. We sometimes forget our heroes in reality are just as human as we are. Jaco was an amazing talent. I'm just glad I got to meet and be one of his students. He made a big impact on life . What to do and not to do. Miss you buddy. N.Y.C. OH YEAH
Jaco was one of the greatest musicians ever and one of the most tragic. I know the guy could be a total ass, but he was also so vulnerable. Gotta love Jaco!
I saw Jaco play a couple of times, with WR in 1979, and in 55 bar in NYC 10 or more years later, but never heard him talk, until now. He has a southern cadence in his voice. Here and there, an actual southern accent. Being from TN, I like that. There was a period in the late 70's when I was a Jaco disciple and attempting to be copyist, Fender fretless bass, but eventually I abandoned that pursuit.
It was always wonderful to be around Jocko He was nice to me He taught me a lot of bass stuff He said someday based purgatory won't matter he'll be the guy playing for 50 bucks in a bar or the guy on TV nothing in between
Such a generous creative soul , and the one and only . A gift to hear Jaco speak about drummers and practice and many other things from his legendary perspective ... a real show of ‘time ‘ and groove at the end when plays with Gambale , you can just feel the experience
This thing is a treasure. Never saw it before though I am the Jaco worshiper of all. The thing about Jaco is even when he talks he doesn't bullshit like so many others do in the clinic setting. What he does say you can take to the bank. I always say- Jaco was touched by God. There simply is no other rational explanation.
Add his natural talent with bi-polar mania and you have Jaco. His humility is common for a bi-polar in his more depressed phase who realizes what and who he has fucked over and abused when they were manic.
He's so level headed and focuses and friendly here, it's hard to imagine he was starting to struggle with mental illness at this time... But all that aside, I really enjoy seeing this and his instructional vid. He was a real pro and inspiration.
It reads While Jaco was still performing with Weather Report in Japan and Joe Zawinul had asked Jaco to lighten up and have a vodka drink with him. It reads that was the start Jaco had a couple of drinks with Joe and right away became destructive and angry Add alcohol to someone with a mental disability and watch the accelerated effects Jaco’s father was an alcoholic, which growing up with his favorite brother was not a welcome experience for Jaco or his brother, and likely the reason for the separation in family Sadly, Jaco didn’t persistently seek professional help for a possible healing solution to his mental illness that combined with alcohol and drugs led him into the downward spiral that led to the inhumanly barbaric death ending the life of such an amazing artist
Met Frank Gambli in My hometown downtown Kansas City at the Midland Theatre with Return To Forever got to meet them backstage compliments of my girlfriend seei a band i have been listening too since 10 th grade with Sir Stanley Clarke , Chic Corea, Lenny White on my birthday John Luc Aponty was there talked to him for a second he wasn't feeling well but that was a evening I'll never forget """ peace be with you all """"
I love to hear him actually talk...everything common u tend to find is usually him speaking thru his hands and heart. But to hear him talk about music and the way he learns his chops, how he speaks of influences with such respect...I never pictured him with a southern accent as a kid, I saw him as some Latin souled wizard from another world, lol. He looks so worn down in this tho, it's so friggin heartbreaking to know what direction things went from here on 🥺
Holy (God of) crap! I thought I had seen ALL of the recorded footage of Jaco... Wow! Never even knew this exhausted till right now... Thanks for uploading! Back in the day we had to use the internet in it's primitive state just to find other fans to tape trade with...
"I never practice anything fast." I hear so many teachers saying to practice slow, but hearing it from one of the fastest players every really makes an impact. Such a shame he never got to play with Miles!
It´s very easy to explain. First you warm up in front of practicing and the slower you begin the faster you can play afterwards. Sounds crazy but it´s a fact. And up from a point of your professionalism speed isn´t an issue anymore, but preciseness is. So of course you practice very slow to get that preciseness. And once you got that you can speed up to almost every tempo.
I heard weather report when I was a kid and was in ove with jazz fusion 4ever..Rip jaco. Blessings to the rest of the band.bought so much joy to my family on that Saturday morning shopping Ride together in the car just feeding good.smh.
JACO hailed a cab on Bleeker street nyc Stopped to pick him up and said could you wait my friend is the store, said no problem He said I am Jaco with a hand shake. I said Jaco Pastorius. He said yeah. You know me I said off course Birdland he smiled. His woman came. Actually it was mothers day. Put the meter on heavy traffic going very slow after about three blocks Javo says, wow he told me he was off duty pointing to the taxi on my side to an older white cab driver on my side that he refused to pick him up. Any one in Ny would have said f..k you any kind of curse He said nothing. Very gentle in my part. Not only his music but I liked him too. I was so Sad when I heard the way he died.
There was a memorial event at Lone star cafe/club in the west village nyc for Jaco. I wanted to say something good about Jaco. But was a long line and was hard to park my cab near there. Jaco never said a bad ward to the cabbie who refused to pick him up. I feel bad to this day not to be there in any way and say a good word about him, that he had that gentle side of him.
Listening to the Ian Hunter album with Jaco for the first time...how did they get Jaco to play like that...vry strange. th-cam.com/play/OLAK5uy_lZ1nU7-2MBajS2MPiSyue_pK_SciDBM2E.html
This is wonderful. I've watched it for the second time. I wish they could fix it up. It's a valuable recording. He is so lucid and at ease here, although you could see he was a little nervous at the beginning. Seems to have been such a sweet guy. He doesn't come across as arrogant at all to me. R.I.P. Jaco. ❤
Jaco looking and sounding nothing like you'd expect considering this period of his life. Sad to hear him make the comment about changing strings nightly - when he could afford it. Listening to him speak is never boring...
I’m so happy that jaco says it hard to play Donna lee slow cause I feel the same way. Whenever I play it slow I always forget where the next note is. Feels good to know that jaco thinks so too lol
Best pocket player and soloist around to me. Every note Jaco plays is so tight and fat. And if he holds one his vibrato is just perfect. I never tire of hearing him go!
Here's Jaco Pastorious funny, sane, sober, engaging, informative, and just a regular guy You see---I discovered him in 1976 ("Heavy Weather"), then backtracked thru "Black Market" and "Jaco" (first album) By the early 80s---the rumors began about his changing behavior up to his murder. And to me that has down thru the decades after his death (3 to be exact) dominant his story This is refreshing to see him like this---and I hope for newer devotees---they aren't biased by the darker stories about his life---but more of info like this
Crazy for me to think I never saw Jaco or Jeff Berlin play live but tons of musicians they both played with live. Tony Williams, Bill Bruford, Hancock, Michael Brecker, Mike Stern, Zawinul, Shorter, Erskine, Gambale, Chambers, Sccofield, Mintzer, Holdsworth and many others, but neither Jaco nor Jeff directly. Pity.
Jaco NEVER practiced with his fender he used that strictly for LIVE work... it was easier for him to play the fretless so unless he was performing live he always used a fretted bass... also his 'fretless' bass still had the wood fill lines that id'd exactly where the frets used to be... more important than the myth surrounding Jaco was the TRUTH- that he could reach any note & make any note instant soup & inside his mind was a top notch compositional mind that never stopped inventing new ideas & concepts... that is what makes a musician special- the choices THEY make that others will not when playing
@@MrAdamNTProtester so glad we have this interview recorded. He makes it clear how he learned, ie figuring out were all the chromatic harmonics are, using his thumb, practicing Bach's inventions. Uncounted hours to develop his skills. Just add his unique sensibilities and creativity. So glad we have his music recorded. Thx TH-cam.
@@jamesrmore 100%- too many awesome talents die young, its very tragic, our gov't needs to stop running drugs into the country to get off the books $$$ to subvert democracy here & abroad... also we need to end the UNCUSA currency- a criminal wealth transfer scheme that puts the criminals in charge of everything... when you PRINT PAPER & make unpayable ever expanding DEBT fungible to that PAPER thru the BS Bond issue- you make everyone a DEBT SLAVE & steal wealth in perpetuity until that criminal venture is halted... that UNCUSA currency is the driver for the war profiteering anarchy & mass murder eugenics programs for profit... IF that criminal cabal framework did NOT exist then culture would be different & nutrition would be taught to everyone from a young age as well as looking after the environment... GOD gave us TWO places to LIVE = our bodies & this earth... we need to respect & take care of BOTH... I hate the state of culture & it keeps getting worse
Around 28m Jaco gets a great question about what is called "visualization". So important to becoming better is envisioning the instrument in your head; seeing the instrument apart from tangibility is one of the most useful techniques. So cool he talks about it. This video could easily be edited and the tracking fixed. The alignment on the vhs transfer deck is off and needs to be adjusted.(harder to find vhs repair guys though nowadays for sure!) Someone should re-transfer this excellent historical footage. Besides that, thanks so much!
I was in the room. I remember how he came in, totally down, without smiling, without speaking and without his bass ! I remember Ron Benson (1986 MI director) had a hard time to start the masterclass, because he was out of the world. Then he borrowed a bass to a lucky guy, and started showing daily exercices he used to practice, starting to warm up with a lot of difficulty and time. And, little by little he got into it, and began to sound like him ! Then he started jamming with Franck Gambale and drummer Patrick Buchmann (a friend of i who was teaching at the summer session this year), and they played a looooong tune including Chicken, Purple Haze, etc... That was a unique day. Such a great musician. Impossible to forget this day.
I bet..some say he was the best ever, some say overrated....one thing for sure-he CHANGED the way we play, can't argue that.
I dont see a jazz bass
@@RisvoldTheGreat You're right ! He first borrowed a jazz-bass, then switched to another one for i don't remember which reason...
@@yannickrobert Is that an alembic or a JD?
What year was this?
This is a great example of the warm, friendly, and generous man that I knew and loved. It’s wonderful to see this. This is how he was, day in, day out. Yes, there were some very tough and terribly sad times when I helplessly watched him suffer, unable to stop it. He was a dear friend, a brother at times, and it is heartbreaking to witness insensitivity to his illness. We are all flawed, and some of us are far too eager to judge another. Please feel only gratitude for the music, empathy for the man and his beautiful family.
What a blessing it must have been to meet this man his musicianship was on another level very few get to shine so brightly. Hes so good it's scary. Phenomenal man the music's so pure.
IXA - Your comment has just made my day. Surprisingly, I rarely hear such positivity spoken about him. We were not only close friends but also coproducers of his Warner Bros releases so my memories of him are vivid and nuanced. Some of the proudest work of my long career was done with Jaco and I’m eternally grateful for that. I have had the great pleasure of watching his kids grow up, have their own kids, and share a real bond with the growing family. That’s special to me beyond words.
Despite mass adulation, musicians never really know if they are reaching someone on so deep a level as you describe, but that is always the real goal. I hope the music brings you some real joy. It was made for people such as yourself, with the hope it would be important forever. Thank you for your wonderful comment and merry christmas.
@@artysanmobile Merry Christmas. Thank you as well for your contributions producing. Every piece counts. Alot of people may not understand Jacos greatness but it's alright because hes one of the greatest that ever lived especially to leave behind what he did in the time he spent here. He broke boundaries and made new sounds with his playing man absolutely wonderful.
The Word of Mouth album is a landmark in modern music. Thank you, Peter, for your contributions in bringing Jaco's vision to the world.
IXA - Hi, and a very, very belated Merry Christmas to you. I’m sorry I missed your wonderful response until just now. Thank you for loving the music, understanding the man. It means a lot to me.
No matter where he was on the ladder...top or bottom...he always sounded like Jaco no matter what brand of bass, no matter if it was fretted or fretless. He has been imitated but he will never be duplicated. He showed all of us that there was so much more you could do on a bass than what was being done at that time. When I started playing bass in 1975, Jaco, Stanley Clarke, Percy Jones and Jeff Berlin were all just coming out. They were so great that I almost gave up. It was truly overwhelming to be hit with these kind of influences when you were just starting out. Glad I didn't quit. Bass is a beautiful instrument. Jaco showed us that in a big way.
I feel you...
You can just tell Jaco’s intellect was off the charts. This dude was extremely smart. He had that “it” factor you just don’t see very often.
I was 100% dialed in when he said "the hardest stuff is to not make noise with the other strings while playing that's harder than playing" and he laughed. that's what I am actually working with right now.
Saw Jaco in 82 or 83 at Berklee, when i was going there with Mike Stern. He had about 100' cord on his bass & he hopped on 1 foot all over the stage for about an hr straight. Unbelievable!! Absolutely the best bass player & maybe musician ever. RIP
it is a pleasure to watch this. A good meal and this video with the mighty jaco
Those in the audience were very privileged to listen to Jaco Pastorius. The greatest bassist in history.
hearing Jaco saying that he will probably play again with Weather report filled me with sadness!
and Miles
2 years later Im Sad too Dan. It's just terrible that someone took him from us.
I got to see him play live in 1977 with Weather Report at the Rainbow Theatre London. Memorable show
@@martinheath5947 I got to see him @ Berklee (Word of Mouth band)
I ANTICIPATED seeing him with Weather Report (Ann Arbor, UofM), but he “JUST” GOT REPLACED (the UN-REPLACEABLE) with Victor Bailey
Crazy, because Victor played in the shadows, playing Jaco “noises”..... Wasn’t until 2nd/3rd song when the Spotlight finally REVEALED it “wasn’t” Jaco!!
(what SHOES to fill, but Victor is great in his OWN way)
Jaco IS “my G.O.A.T.!!!!
I imagine what Jaco and Jeff Beck might have done!!!!
(Jeff is my OTHER G.O.A,T. 😉💜)
Jaco will always have a place in musical history as an innovator, extraordinary musician, stellar signature sound, and his uncanny ability to help push the boundaries of the bass as well as musical tunes in general. Love was in his sound and his tone showed his soul and all it's beauty! One of the greatest to ever play music!!
I'm a musician (keyboards) and just hearing the little impromptu at 9:31hit me like a brick. I don't know why, but this man had a style, a sound, a technique and a way to use everything he had ever heard, from Beatles riffs, Jimmy Hendricks riffs, I even heard him put something from "the sound of music" into one of his performances. His drumming on Teen Town is phenomenal, and I could ramble on for hours about this man's ability, not just ability, his absolute deep feeling, which..... that's it. Jaco Pastorius was Incredible, words have failed me. Just an edit to clarify that, I'm a Brit musician, and I have to, and honestly do admit that a musician of Jaco Pastorius' ability and deep feeling for his music would have been something that we in the UK could find only in America. We copied, we aspired, but we never achieved the heights that the American musicians achieved on a daily basis. A precious few of us made names, George Shearing comes to mind, but it would take hours to come up with many more names. Well, I've meandered a long way from Jaco. He is a maestro, something to behold, and a great loss. In such a short life, he did so much.
This is an absolute treasure! Jaco seems a bit troubled here, not his normal boisterous self... Humble and honest. Beautiful to see him a bit vulnerable in this q and a. Love this. Thank you.
1. Intro (jaco talking) 0:01
2. Portrait of tracy 6:17
3. Jaco talks 7:30
4. Donna lee 26:03
5. Jaco talks 26:55
Second half
6. Jam 38:46
7. Guitar solo 39:15
8. Bass solo 41:25
9. Drum solo 44:06
Encore
10. Jam (reprise) 44:18
11. Outro 46:01
How do you add the time signature links in your comments?
@@eguitarplayer6689 like this 0:01
This man gave us so much ❤️
First of all I want to thank you for the posting of this series! Wonderful! I am a Jacophile, and can't stop listening to his music. It is great to hear him talk about music and how he thought. You can see the smoke flowing out of ears with all his knowledge of music. He definitely wasn't the talented burned out musician that some unfortunately portray him as. I am now afraid to even look at my bass. He was amazing! I wish I could have met him and just chatted with him. Thank you again for posting.
This looks like when I went to GIT back in 1986, before the move to the new building. I love listening to Jaco. Thanks for posting.
I can't hear what he is saying (barely). His playing sounds great.
oh man i could cry !
RIP Jaco..!! If you are in South Florida go to Oakland Park and visit the Jaco Pastorius Park.. where he grew up
What humility and kindness ! This video is a treasure, thank you very much for posting it. Great to see, but tearful at the same time..
A lot of guys have tried to copy his techniques but his feel... Jaco was cool!
Jaco heard the music differently and then made it his. RIP Jaco!
Thank you so much for posting this amazing footage.
Love Jaco. Love listening to him speak. May he Rest In Peace. 🙏
The best bassist that ever lived
..certainly one of..
Certeinly one of the best.Unique voice on fretless.
Jaco JUST HAPPENED to play Fretless (as well)..... Jaco played EVERYTHING
A few upright players would argue…….
@@jazzman1954 bass guitarist
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Jaco was so real in this video. I know first hand if you don't keep practicing hard tunes you can't just play them. You have to go over them. We sometimes forget our heroes in reality are just as human as we are. Jaco was an amazing talent. I'm just glad I got to meet and be one of his students. He made a big impact on life . What to do and not to do. Miss you buddy. N.Y.C. OH YEAH
Truly a legend, a trendsetter, and a genius.
Jaco was one of the greatest musicians ever and one of the most tragic. I know the guy could be a total ass, but he was also so vulnerable. Gotta love Jaco!
I saw Jaco play a couple of times, with WR in 1979, and in 55 bar in NYC 10 or more years later, but never heard him talk, until now. He has a southern cadence in his voice. Here and there, an actual southern accent. Being from TN, I like that. There was a period in the late 70's when I was a Jaco disciple and attempting to be copyist, Fender fretless bass, but eventually I abandoned that pursuit.
It was always wonderful to be around Jocko He was nice to me He taught me a lot of bass stuff He said someday based purgatory won't matter he'll be the guy playing for 50 bucks in a bar or the guy on TV nothing in between
Not many around today would know him as Jocko. You saw him at his best.
THE BEST
Jaco R.I.P. 🌹💔
Such a generous creative soul , and the one and only . A gift to hear Jaco speak about drummers and practice and many other things from his legendary perspective ... a real show of ‘time ‘ and groove at the end when plays with Gambale , you can just feel the experience
Awesome rare interview with Jaco......music speaks for itself.........r.i.p.
This is pure gold.
He is the greatest...!
he left behind and ahead a masterpieces.
finally! thanks alot, signed by all musicians!
Two musical giants! Jaco and Frank!!! Frank Gambale should by all means appear in the video description!!!
This thing is a treasure. Never saw it before though I am the Jaco worshiper of all.
The thing about Jaco is even when he talks he doesn't bullshit like so many others do in the clinic setting. What he does say you can take to the bank.
I always say-
Jaco was touched by God.
There simply is no other rational explanation.
Add his natural talent with bi-polar mania and you have Jaco.
His humility is common for a bi-polar in his more depressed phase who realizes what and who he has fucked over and abused when they were manic.
Nice video of the man...he was and always will be one of the greats
I met him with Joni Mitchell and he was very reserved. This is an awesome look into who he was.
Thanks for sharing this. Cant put into more words how much this is keeping me sane right now. As a musician I'm speaking in this regard
Love you man...
THE BIRD OF OUR GENERATION * A NATIONAL TREASURE * GONE FROM LIVING DANGEROUSLY.... broke our hearts to lose him...
Truly a legacy ! Thanks a ton for posting this. Glad that this material survived up until utube dayz .
Such a treat to see this
Overflowing genius and wisdom.
Rest in Peace, Jaco. You will always be in our heart. ❤️
He's so level headed and focuses and friendly here, it's hard to imagine he was starting to struggle with mental illness at this time... But all that aside, I really enjoy seeing this and his instructional vid. He was a real pro and inspiration.
Brian Mauk He wasn’t starting to struggle; at this point he had already been fired from Weather Report for his drinking, drug use and mental issues.
It reads
While Jaco was still performing with Weather Report in Japan and
Joe Zawinul had asked Jaco to lighten up and have a vodka drink with him. It reads that was the start
Jaco had a couple of drinks with Joe and right away became destructive and angry
Add alcohol to someone with a mental disability and watch the accelerated effects
Jaco’s father was an alcoholic, which growing up with his favorite brother was not a welcome experience for Jaco or his brother, and likely the reason for the separation in family
Sadly, Jaco didn’t persistently seek professional help for a possible healing solution to his mental illness that combined with alcohol and drugs led him into the downward spiral that led to the inhumanly barbaric death ending the life of such an amazing artist
Met Frank Gambli in My hometown downtown Kansas City at the Midland Theatre with Return To Forever got to meet them backstage compliments of my girlfriend seei a band i have been listening too since 10 th grade with Sir Stanley Clarke , Chic Corea, Lenny White on my birthday John Luc Aponty was there talked to him for a second he wasn't feeling well but that was a evening I'll never forget """ peace be with you all """"
wow - first time seeing this one. great stuff! Frank Gambale and Jaco session at the end killed!!
I wrote the horns in about 5 minutes @ 20:00. Love the blues lick ending @ 21:30 ;> and I always keep the melody going in my head.
great to hear the interview all the way through! As soon as they start jammin, A wild Frank Gambale appears.
Wow , I didn't know these videos existed!!! Very cool!! Seen Jaco with Weather Report Rainbow Music hall, Denver Co. 1983.
My Hero.
When I went to BIT, the school was above the Wax Museum and Frank was bald. Jaco sure can make that Mark IV sound incredible.
stil love jaco!! over many many years!!
I love to hear him actually talk...everything common u tend to find is usually him speaking thru his hands and heart. But to hear him talk about music and the way he learns his chops, how he speaks of influences with such respect...I never pictured him with a southern accent as a kid, I saw him as some Latin souled wizard from another world, lol. He looks so worn down in this tho, it's so friggin heartbreaking to know what direction things went from here on 🥺
He looks and sound defeated.
thank you thank you thank you thank you!
Love to Jaco on the universe he is rigth now.
Holy (God of) crap! I thought I had seen ALL of the recorded footage of Jaco... Wow! Never even knew this exhausted till right now... Thanks for uploading!
Back in the day we had to use the internet in it's primitive state just to find other fans to tape trade with...
"I never practice anything fast." I hear so many teachers saying to practice slow, but hearing it from one of the fastest players every really makes an impact.
Such a shame he never got to play with Miles!
The fact that Miles wrote a piece called 'Mr Pastorius', but had to "make do" with Marcus Miller to play it, says it all.
em diar "Mr. Pastorius" is actually a Marcus Miller composition.
It´s very easy to explain. First you warm up in front of practicing and the slower you begin the faster you can play afterwards. Sounds crazy but it´s a fact. And up from a point of your professionalism speed isn´t an issue anymore, but preciseness is. So of course you practice very slow to get that preciseness. And once you got that you can speed up to almost every tempo.
my dad was thrilled to get a lesson from Rafael Mendez
he made him slow down and play every note slowly and perfectly
@@emdiar6588 the author of Mr Pastorius is Marcus Miller not Miles...
I heard weather report when I was a kid and was in ove with jazz fusion 4ever..Rip jaco. Blessings to the rest of the band.bought so much joy to my family on that Saturday morning shopping Ride together in the car just feeding good.smh.
JACO hailed a cab on Bleeker street nyc Stopped to pick him up and said could you wait my friend is the store, said no problem
He said I am Jaco with a hand shake. I said Jaco Pastorius. He said yeah. You know me I said off course Birdland he smiled. His woman came. Actually it was mothers day. Put the meter on heavy traffic going very slow after about three blocks Javo says, wow he told me he was off duty pointing to the taxi on my side to an older white cab driver on my side that he refused to pick him up. Any one in Ny would have said f..k you any kind of curse
He said nothing. Very gentle in my part. Not only his music but I liked him too. I was so Sad when I heard the way he died.
There was a memorial event at Lone star cafe/club in the west village nyc for Jaco. I wanted to say something good about Jaco. But was a long line and was hard to park my cab near there. Jaco never said a bad ward to the cabbie who refused to pick him up. I feel bad to this day not to be there in any way and say a good word about him, that he had that gentle side of him.
This is pure GOLD
Jaco,the real deal,the main man,baddest cat in town.
Nice to see jaco balanced n cool..his son Felix is doin well
Thanks a lot for sharing this MI!
Thank you for sharing this insightful feature!
At many people love Jaco , i am one too, Probably his illness could be treat, point is , we all are alone , when we scream for help.RIP Jaco.
Jaco, the speaking Bass legend on tape... It's cool !
Just imagine if he was still alive, what he would have brought us. Same as Jimi. Lost way too soon.
Jaco... we all miss you ... brother! 🤘
Jaco: Where are these guys that can play?
Gambale: SHREDS
I caught that too lol! Gambale was virtually still unknown then.
@Timothy Lee That's Frank Gambale!
Listening to the Ian Hunter album with Jaco for the first time...how did they get Jaco to play like that...vry strange. th-cam.com/play/OLAK5uy_lZ1nU7-2MBajS2MPiSyue_pK_SciDBM2E.html
Guitar sounds thin and horrible to me here.
he don't play with his jazz bass and his acoustic amp but he have his sound, so the sound is on his hands !!
amazing 🙌
The greatest
This is wonderful. I've watched it for the second time. I wish they could fix it up. It's a valuable recording. He is so lucid and at ease here, although you could see he was a little nervous at the beginning. Seems to have been such a sweet guy. He doesn't come across as arrogant at all to me. R.I.P. Jaco. ❤
gift of a video.
Jaco looking and sounding nothing like you'd expect considering this period of his life. Sad to hear him make the comment about changing strings nightly - when he could afford it. Listening to him speak is never boring...
Real bonus at the end though !... Mr Gambale & Jaco ! ...I had no idea that they ever played together !!!
I’m so happy that jaco says it hard to play Donna lee slow cause I feel the same way. Whenever I play it slow I always forget where the next note is. Feels good to know that jaco thinks so too lol
Best pocket player and soloist around to me.
Every note Jaco plays is so tight and fat. And if he holds one his vibrato is just perfect.
I never tire of hearing him go!
Hes playing on a fretted bass and yet he still has that fretless tone. Its all in the fingers for sure!
What a shame the video ended where it did. Could have quite happily listened to Jaco jamming for another couple of hours or more.
it's about time this video resurfaced
26:00 VERY useful for transcribing Donna Lee
Damn he was great!!!!!!!
Jaco!
Thank you so much for posting this
What a sound 😁👍🏻amazing
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Word_of_Mouth_(Jaco_Pastorius_album)
Here's Jaco Pastorious funny, sane, sober, engaging, informative, and just a regular guy
You see---I discovered him in 1976 ("Heavy Weather"), then backtracked thru "Black Market" and "Jaco" (first album)
By the early 80s---the rumors began about his changing behavior up to his murder. And to me that has down thru the decades after his death (3 to be exact) dominant his story
This is refreshing to see him like this---and I hope for newer devotees---they aren't biased by the darker stories about his life---but more of info like this
Damn... Miles Davis and Jaco Pastorius.... that would've been a bomb ass duo! Hell, just mentioning them both on the same sentence gives me chills.
20:00 Dry Cleaner from De Moines
Nah. That's blues.
Could put a coin in the door of a John and get twenty for one! It's just luck!
@@Frisbieinstein its by joni mitchell on mingus
Peavey represented!
11:33 jeff berlin , wow... this footage is getting more interesting every minute !!! wonderful stuff
Crazy for me to think I never saw Jaco or Jeff Berlin play live but tons of musicians they both played with live. Tony Williams, Bill Bruford, Hancock, Michael Brecker, Mike Stern, Zawinul, Shorter, Erskine, Gambale, Chambers, Sccofield, Mintzer, Holdsworth and many others, but neither Jaco nor Jeff directly. Pity.
.."self taught,..I'm formally self taught."..good one J.👍🐓💕
Here Jaco is playing a different bass (fretted), different amp, still when he plays it totally sounds like Jaco.
Frank Rideau The tone is in the fingers man! The man knew how to get his sound for sure.
Jaco NEVER practiced with his fender he used that strictly for LIVE work... it was easier for him to play the fretless so unless he was performing live he always used a fretted bass... also his 'fretless' bass still had the wood fill lines that id'd exactly where the frets used to be... more important than the myth surrounding Jaco was the TRUTH- that he could reach any note & make any note instant soup & inside his mind was a top notch compositional mind that never stopped inventing new ideas & concepts... that is what makes a musician special- the choices THEY make that others will not when playing
@@MrAdamNTProtester so glad we have this interview recorded. He makes it clear how he learned, ie figuring out were all the chromatic harmonics are, using his thumb, practicing Bach's inventions. Uncounted hours to develop his skills. Just add his unique sensibilities and creativity. So glad we have his music recorded. Thx TH-cam.
@@jamesrmore 100%- too many awesome talents die young, its very tragic, our gov't needs to stop running drugs into the country to get off the books $$$ to subvert democracy here & abroad... also we need to end the UNCUSA currency- a criminal wealth transfer scheme that puts the criminals in charge of everything... when you PRINT PAPER & make unpayable ever expanding DEBT fungible to that PAPER thru the BS Bond issue- you make everyone a DEBT SLAVE & steal wealth in perpetuity until that criminal venture is halted... that UNCUSA currency is the driver for the war profiteering anarchy & mass murder eugenics programs for profit... IF that criminal cabal framework did NOT exist then culture would be different & nutrition would be taught to everyone from a young age as well as looking after the environment... GOD gave us TWO places to LIVE = our bodies & this earth... we need to respect & take care of BOTH... I hate the state of culture & it keeps getting worse
Around 28m Jaco gets a great question about what is called "visualization". So important to becoming better is envisioning the instrument in your head; seeing the instrument apart from tangibility is one of the most useful techniques. So cool he talks about it. This video could easily be edited and the tracking fixed. The alignment on the vhs transfer deck is off and needs to be adjusted.(harder to find vhs repair guys though nowadays for sure!) Someone should re-transfer this excellent historical footage. Besides that, thanks so much!
I don't think people really used the term "visualization" back then.
I remember when it started to become a thing used in sports.
Agree with this.
Agreed
9:26 he played that riff in the Third Stone from the Sun solo video on youtube
That's the funky broadway riff, embellished a bit
Excellent job !
wow!!! Thank you for sharing this! It's a real treasure!
This is great! Cheers
He scuffs on one of his classic licks at 42:31, and then plays it super slowly. Thanks!! :D