Real Jaco vs. Imitation

[Bruce Lindfield]

Seem to be a lot of threads about this album - WOM Revisited - maybe could be merged?

[DWBass]

Originally Posted by Peter Parker

This CD confirms my suspicions that Victor Bailey is not a very good soloist. He grooves well which is most important anyway, but can't solo.

I disagree! Listen to Bing Bang Boom from the Metro cd, Tree People. Check out his solo disc, Low Blow. Granted he has a different style than most of todays bassists but he comes from the old school Philly style of bassists. More groove related as opposed to soloing. But the man can play! Plus he's a disciple of Jaco (in his words). He may have just had an off day on this record.

[Wrong Robot]

Originally Posted by Bruce Lindfield

Seem to be a lot of threads about this album - WOM Revisited - maybe could be merged?

I dunno, This thread is kind of a diverged topic based on the recording, the other threads that were just about "hey this CD is great! woo!" have all been merged(or sunken to oblivion), but I don't feel the need to clutter up a single thread when people might be looking specifically for jaco vs imitation jaco discussion.

[JimK]

Originally Posted by JFN

Here is what I found most telling about this disc. I was listening to it and thinking, these guys are great bass players and everything, but they didn't really make the tunes have that "something special".

Then I heard a track that was an 8-bar blues format, and the bass player was really "happenin". When I pulled into work and parked, I thought to myself, man I gotta get the CD booklet out and see who that was, it was great. Turns out, it is the one track that Jaco himself plays on. That kind of said it all for me.

John

Yeah, that's "Wiggle Waggle". Listening to Jaco on that cut always brings a smile to my face.

Again-
...Oteil shoulda been on this project.
Manring, too!