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Topic: Documentary on Jaco Pastorius |
robert kramer
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Mike Neer
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Posted 28 Nov 2015 9:55 am |
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Really looking forward to watching this. He was a mad genius. It went beyond his playing--his composing and arranging skills were on par with anyone.
I was lucky enough to see Jaco quite a bit in NYC and I remember attending a memorial concert at the Lone Star Cafe. A big highlight was when Jaco would walk over to the DX-7 that was onstage and start playing coming back from a break. His chords and the voice leading would just melt me.
I think this track is an excellent example of his genius:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2R7eR1s9sjQ
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Joachim Kettner
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Posted 28 Nov 2015 10:21 am
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That track is wonderful! Thanks Mike Neer.
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Mike Neer
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Posted 28 Nov 2015 11:05 am
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You might like this very stripped down version, too. Toots, another genius.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yBhoDaS5SKQ
This one made me cry today. And laugh, too.
Listen to Jaco's ending from about 6:30 to understand what I mean about his piano playing.
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Bill Hatcher
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Posted 28 Nov 2015 5:24 pm
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unless you were playing music when jaco came on the scene..there is no way you can tell people the impact he had on the music world. all this stuff you see folks doing with an electric bass...they all should have a jaco shrine on their dash.
i heard the jaco record when it came out. i never listened to it again. i knew i would be sucked into the jaco black hole. its too bad his life ended so soon. i think he had the ability to become something even more than just the bass titan. |
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Joachim Kettner
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Posted 30 Nov 2015 5:12 am
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| You might like this very stripped down version, too. Toots, another genius. |
I like the orchestrated version better. But thanks!
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Bill Terry
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Posted 30 Nov 2015 8:26 am
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I got turned on to Jaco via Joni Mitchell's Hejira. I don't know how much of the arrangement stuff was Joni, and how much was him, but that was a great combination. It's still one of my favorite records to this day.
Genius..
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QsFqFfJh0qQ
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Charlie McDonald
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Posted 30 Nov 2015 10:25 am
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Outstanding. Zawinul would be proud. Could he get any better players?
Jaco Pastorius- Bass
Herbie Hancock- Keyboards, Synthesizers, Piano
Wayne Shorter, Michael Brecker, Tom Scott- Saxophone
Toots Thielemans- Harmonica
Chuck Findley- Trumpet
Howard Johnson- Tuba
Don Alias- Percussion
Peter Erskine, Jack De Johnette- Drums |
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Mark Eaton
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Sonoma County in The Great State Of Northern California
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Mike Neer
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NJ
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Posted 30 Nov 2015 8:27 pm
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Don't laugh, but Jaco was one of my idols. Even just a few years ago, I wanted to try and play lap steel bass, so I went to the source and tried to learn Teen Town.
https://soundcloud.com/ionahoopii/teentown-lap-steel
As you can hear, I gave up.
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Charlie McDonald
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Posted 1 Dec 2015 3:33 am
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I didn't laugh, but it was short-lived.
You did make a good bass player tho; Teentown makes a nice segue to Ask Me Now.
Nobody has been able to play horn lines on the bass like Jaco. |
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Andy Volk
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Boston, MA
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Posted 1 Dec 2015 5:23 pm
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Jaco's trombone-like fretless sound was everywhere in the 80s but it seems to have fallen from favor.
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robert kramer
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Nashville TN
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Dustin Rhodes
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Owasso OK
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Posted 4 Dec 2015 12:42 pm
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| Jaco's trombone-like fretless sound was everywhere in the 80s but it seems to have fallen from favor. |
I think that was a symptom of Jaco's greatness. He did this amazing thing. Everyone wanted to be him and so many attempted and failed that fretless Jaco impersonations became the cliché. He is a huge influence on me as a bass player. |
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