Your'e most welcome
It's nice to finally receive some gratitude
for my efforts. All these recordings prove
how effortlessly Jaco could walk and solo
over complicated chord-changes, also in
live settings. His solos from Toad's Place
( "Donna Lee", "Fannie Mae", and "Invitation"
in particular) are most likely to be the best
Jaco did during those tunes live.
When it comes to the Jaco/Metheny-shows
(all three of them), pay close attention
to Jaco's solos on both the renditions
of "All The Things You Are". But all the other
solos are amazing too off course. Too bad
that these shows( while excellent in audio-quality)
weren't professionally recorded and officially
released as companions to the more reserved "Bright Size Life". The sets are funky, jazzy, uplifting and
full of energy. Both Jaco and Pat were in their early twenties at the time, but already possessed a compositional wisdom and profiency on their
respective instruments that surpassed people
twice their age. I would give my left arm to get
to attend one of their legendary gigs at the
American east coast. Too bad I wasn't around at
the time.
If you're reading this Jeff Berlin, download
these recordings. And if you still think( after listening
to them) that Jaco couldn't improvise over chord changes, you're either delusional or just jealous
over having "competition" for the title as best
electric bass soloist.
Enjoy the recordings and tell me what you think
after listening to them.
