question about jaco youtube videos

nboyer941 · #1 08-02-2010, 08:51 PM

the Jaco youtube videos like this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wOGKbgQmXmw&NR=1

When it says "see exercise 12".....do you guys know what they're talking about? Is there a follow along book or something?

I'd love to follow those exercises.

Thanks.

Schlyder · #2 08-02-2010, 08:57 PM

those videos are excerpts from JP's instructional video Modern Electric Bass.
You can get the DVD with book, or in book form with audio CD.

nboyer941 · #3 08-02-2010, 08:58 PM

I see. Anyone ever use the book/lessons? Is it worth it? It seems like those exercises would help.

Schlyder · #4 08-02-2010, 09:03 PM

It is a great instructional dvd, well worth it.
And if you work on the things that are presented in the video, yes they will help you.

nboyer941 · #5 08-02-2010, 09:09 PM

Its hard to tell what he's doing in the videos because its so fast, I feel like a book that explains it will help. I'm considering it. Anyone have an opinion?

masterfader87 · #6 08-02-2010, 09:12 PM

I own it and its a very cool dvd/booklet. You get a glimpse of Jaco's personality too which is pretty cool. I recommend it.

Schlyder · #7 08-02-2010, 09:13 PM

The book has everything he plays and demonstrates, transcribed...
Oh just a note, there is no tab. It is all in standard notation.

nboyer941 · #8 08-02-2010, 09:17 PM

Good, I hate trying to read tab. I like notation. that's why I like Ed Friedland's Walking Bass line book, which I'm half way through.

edfriedland · #9 08-02-2010, 11:02 PM

While there may be some valuable tidbits in that Jaco video, I find it way too depressing to watch. He was in rough shape then, anyone that ever saw him at his prime will agree. It's not exactly a well conceived, organized instructional tool, and it makes me a little sad that for many folks this is the first and sometimes only exposure they get to the man that changed the game.

Buy his records and learn from him the way we first generation Jaco fans did... by listening.

Schlyder · #10 08-03-2010, 12:27 AM

Although the video is not masterclass level information, I don't think it was intended to be.
The video is aimed more at the intermediate player who is just getting into jazz style playing, IMHO.

I think that every available recording that was made of him playing, every bit of video footage of him playing, and any insight that he gave us into his approach to playing bass, is a gift to the rest of us. Even if he was not at his best when some of these nuggets were recorded.
The loss of such a great talent, and the loss of the music he had yet to create, still saddens me after all these years.

JTE · #11 08-03-2010, 08:37 AM

The fact that the interview is by the greatb Jerry Jemmot, one of Jaco's primary influences and one of his personal heros helps make the video valuable. The explanation of the harmonized scale (I am consantly shocked at how many people on TB don't understand this very primal and basic part of harmony theory) is worth the price of admission alone.

Yeah, he's not magical kike he is in "Shadows And Light" nor the early WR stuff I've seen. But he's lucid, he talks aout the nuts and bolts of MUSIC, and the bass. It's aout the only star player "insructional" video that's worth investing in. Most famous players' videos are utterly useless for insruction and one is better off getting videos from respected and reliable teachers than from famous bass stars. Jaco's is one exception I've found.

BTW, mine is on VHS 'cause that was the only option when I got it decades ago...

John

Roy Vogt · #12 08-03-2010, 08:49 AM

Ray Peterson has condensed his studies with Jaco into this book:
http://www.halleonard.com/product/vi...1&subsiteid=7&
IMO it's worth a look.
The DCI Video is good for what it is-read the Jaco biography for the back story on that.
Also, most if not all of his work has been transcribed and is available through various books from Hal Leonard. Do buy those if you're interested in the transcriptions as the money goes to the estate and Jaco's family.

okcrum · #13 08-03-2010, 03:20 PM

I have the original tape + book. It's been quite helpful over the years, especially in opening up my left hand technique. The most revealing thing is getting a glimpse of Jaco on the way down, sad to say.

I still use a number of the exercises today. Needless to say, the tape is worn out but the video is still around.