Looking for good jazz like Jaco

[cnl83]

Im looking to purchase some music that is much like Jaco P, but im looking for the Jaco of today. I listen to mostly Metal, and Rock, but its to move on to a bigger range of music.

Any help would be awesome.

[bryan bailey]

Micheal Manring
Jean Baudin
Mahivishnu Orchestra
Attention Deficit
Frank Zappa
John Luc-Ponty

not exactly the answer your looking for, but good stuff to check out if you want to expand your musical horizon.

[edwinhurwitz]

Ahmad Jamal Live in Paris '92. It's not recorded yesterday, but when I heard a cut on the radio from it, I was sure it was Jaco, but it sounded too updated in tone and an expanded harmonic content. Jim Cammack plays the hell out of his fretless Alembic.

Most of the other recordings he plays upright and the drummer is now Idris Muhammed. Go see them if you get the chance.

Edwin

[cnl83]

Most of those guys are not of late. Whats new?

[Lesfunk]

Richard Bona

[caligula]

I'm not sure if there is "the Jaco" of today....anyway.
Might wanna check Jeff Andrews (plays a lot with Mike Stern) and definitely Gary Willis, especially with Tribal Tech.They are a Fusion 4 piece Band but sometimes in a pretty aggressive "rockish" way.
Those two are my post Jaco favorites.

[Pete C]

Hadrian Feraud sounds disturbingly like Jaco.

[santucci218]

Originally Posted by bryan bailey

Micheal Manring
Jean Baudin
Mahivishnu Orchestra
Attention Deficit
Frank Zappa
John Luc-Ponty

not exactly the answer your looking for, but good stuff to check out if you want to expand your musical horizon.

+1

[Baryonyx]

Originally Posted by bryan bailey

Mahivishnu Orchestra
Attention Deficit

Mahavishnu are an obvious chocie because John Mclaughlin is just the man (they were at the best when Jonas Hellborg was a member, imo). AD are brilliant too, and criminally overlooked! Their second album is especially good.

[Snarf]

Originally Posted by cnl83

Most of those guys are not of late. Whats new?

lol

Jaco of today? Man, I really wish people would move on.

I would start listening to: Eldar, Michael Brecker, John Patitucci, Brad Mehldau, the Elektric Band, Hiromi, just to name some off the top of my head.

[JimK]

GARY WILLIS!
...he even has two recent recordings; both are worth checking out.

Matthew Garrison, too.
Check out the Improvisation album with Jeff Sipe.

Oteil Burbridge is another.

[cnl83]

Originally Posted by Snarf

lol

Jaco of today? Man, I really wish people would move on.

I would start listening to: Eldar, Michael Brecker, John Patitucci, Brad Mehldau, the Elektric Band, Hiromi, just to name some off the top of my head.

Thats what im wondering...whats the thing of today"

[santucci218]

check out felix pastorius!

[JimK]

Originally Posted by cnl83

Thats what im wondering...whats the thing of today"

I would say someone that has enough balls/chutzpah to thumb his nose at the status quo.
In the past, it was guys like Charles Ives, Bird, Mingus, Monk, Miles, Coltrane, Ornette, Zappa, etc.

I "get" Snarf's reply("...people need to move on")...I did chuckle when he mentioned Mike Brecker; he's been around since the early 70s.
The Elektric Band & Patitucci have been around since the '80s.

[lefty007]

I recommend John Luc-Ponty as well. Than John is somethin'.

[Otso]

Originally Posted by lefty007

I recommend John Luc-Ponty as well. Than John is somethin'.

Is he related to Jean Luc-Ponty?

[sbunnell07]

Just get on youtube and check out some of the bassists mentioned in your replies from people. Personally I think the only people alive that are even allowed to sound like him are his next of kin.

[winston]

Mark Egan's "As We Speak" with John Abercrombie & Danny Gottlieb is excellent contemporary jazz with lots of great melodic bass.