Jaco and Joni

BlazinJzZz · #1 11-25-2009, 07:59 PM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n5mVXKiYlmc

the melodies on this song are just so goooood.
i've been stuck on this song for quite some time, so i figured i'd share it. enjoy

jenderfazz · #2 11-25-2009, 08:36 PM

my favorite joni song, thanks in large part to jaco's bassline.

**DAcat** · #3 11-25-2009, 08:49 PM

My fav song of J&J on this Album...its still amazing how many people don't know about this song collection....jusst amazing tone Jaco was able to squeeze out of that Acousric 360 in the studio, and live-because while on tour with Joni, the way he sounded live was almost exactly the way he sounds on this cut...the slides swooning and harmonics jumping right off the stage at you...peace...DAcat

BlazinJzZz · #4 11-26-2009, 12:29 AM

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Originally Posted by jenderfazz

my favorite joni song, thanks in large part to jaco's bassline.

yeah, it really sounds like they're singing to each other.

Bruce Lindfield · #5 11-26-2009, 04:21 AM

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Originally Posted by DAcat

My fav song of J&J on this Album...its still amazing how many people don't know about this song collection....jusst amazing tone Jaco was able to squeeze out of that Acousric 360 in the studio...

There's a famous interview with Jaco from about this time where he insists to the interviewer that in the studio, he goes direct into the board with nothing between his bass and the final output!

http://www.threeviews.com/t/jacomisc1.html

"Do you get that incredible singing bass sound on an ordinary guitar, or are there some special effects that you use?

I don't use anything special... I've actually got less on it! I have a fretless bass, so it's virtually like I'm playing a wood bass. In other words, the strings go into the wood on the neck and then--being that it's a bass guitar --it gets that bright, direct sound. So I'm the first guy to be using a fretless, is actually what it boils down to, and then more, because I'm the first to really get down and play it, because other guys cannot play it in tune, y'know? I've been playing the bass guitar for almost 12 years, and I've been playing fretless for about nine, so I've got quite a bit of mileage in my hands already. I play in tune like a cello player, and use legitimate vibrato. There are no tricks... it's just all in the hands! I just have a standard 1962--I think it is--Fender Jazz bass, that I took the frets out of.

What amplifier do you use with that?

In the studio I don't use an amp, I just go direct, right into the desk. It's virtually acoustic is what I'm doing, you see? And then on stage I use an old Acoustic 360--two of those amps, actually--and you get into all sorts of fun! It's a whole different thing on stage... (laughs) Are you comin' to the show tonight? (smiles) You should really come along, because it's some other stuff completely (laughs). This is some real fun!"

KPJ · #6 11-26-2009, 05:48 AM

Thanks for the link, Bruce!

Mojo-Man · #7 11-27-2009, 03:14 PM

To me, Jaco playing with Joni.
Was in many ways, his most passionate.
Talk To me, just kills me every time.

**Eric Perry** · #8 11-27-2009, 03:22 PM

Amazing. Thanks for posting.

Danny Fox · #9 11-27-2009, 03:44 PM

Check out "The Dry Cleaner from Des Moines" Jaco is killer on it, and Joni's lyrics and singing are amazing!

http://www.myspace.com/bassmandannyfox

blamelouis · #10 12-14-2009, 08:03 AM

I remember reading an interview with Jaco where he said that he had taken Joni's Roland Jazz chorus amp and used that for most of the tour.
And Joni has said in interviews that "jaco took my amp and when i asked for it back he said NO WAY i'm not playing through my piece of junk," so joni lost her amp.

**line6man** · #11 12-14-2009, 08:16 AM

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Originally Posted by Mojo-Man

To me, Jaco playing with Joni.
Was in many ways, his most passionate.
Talk To me, just kills me every time.

+1.
I've always felt the most "life" and "vibrance" in Jaco's playing with Joni Mitchell, due in part to his sweet singing tone.

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Originally Posted by Danny Fox

Check out "The Dry Cleaner from Des Moines" Jaco is killer on it, and Joni's lyrics and singing are amazing!

http://www.myspace.com/bassmandannyfox

Every time I see your signature, I think of the song, and it makes me smile.

engedi1 · #12 12-14-2009, 02:58 PM

+1 to this thread. Jaco's playing with Joni truly shows his versatility and greatness. I love "Coyote" off of Hejira.

Also, I had read different things about recording direct to the board. I have read a quote, can't remember where, but it might in the Bio Book where he mentioned that he got the tone on Coyote by recording in stereo, and using some kind of flange pedal to create a delay between the two amps. You can hear him turn this effect on and off in this song, there are times where a reverb like effect kicks in, and that is what it is.

Also, he often would record two fretless bass tracks on top of eachother, to get a chorusy sound. This is how he recorded Palladium for example. That might have been direct to the board, I don't know. This always blew me away, that he could reproduce his parts that accurately, just for the sake of a bigger tone. He was the man and a 1/2

**Eric Perry** · #13 12-14-2009, 05:58 PM

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Originally Posted by engedi1

...I love "Coyote" off of Hejira...

My personal favorite as well.

Intenzity · #14 12-14-2009, 06:14 PM

"In France They Kiss On The Main Streets" from the live album with Brecker and Metheny is some pretty aweseome stuff too.

James Hart · #15 12-14-2009, 06:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Eric Perry

My personal favorite as well.

mine too

Randy Warren · #16 12-14-2009, 07:19 PM

hello, thread broken, which song is this from the "Shadows and Light" tour? FWIW, Joni said in an interview that Jaco was her favorite bass player, that instead of a thump thump style of bass playing, his was more like singing, heard this on another Joni vid that I have...

bassface33 · #17 01-10-2010, 10:36 PM

Yeah... What's was the song on the original you tube clip? It's not there anymore.