I like it. Keep it coming.
Marcus , Louis, and Larry all had different techniques .
Marcus , Louis, and Larry all had different techniques .
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Bootsy Collins on Jaco Pastorius
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I know is supposed to be an instructional video, but it was as entertaining as a concert! This is a classic.
So genuinely Larry. I just want to shake the guy's hand some day. I like how he counts himself in. 
Larry is awesome. I saw him with GCS about 5 years ago and he was great, just a nonstop entertainer still full of energy.So genuinely Larry. I just want to shake the guy's hand some day. I like how he counts himself in.
The last “Super-Chopper” jam in that video is probably the best ever.
Jaco was a good composer, technically astute, innovative and stretched the boundaries of what bassists were doing. The best part of him for me was that he was able to do all those asforementioned things but still have the Wayne Cochrane & the CC Riders get your butt off the chair and dance thing going.
There are probably a lot of books on McCartney, Sting and Lemmy. Rock stars in general.
But what about books about solo bass players, bass players who are/were part of the band and session bassists?
There are very few such books.
These are the ones I have on the shelf:
Recently this was released:
But what about books about solo bass players, bass players who are/were part of the band and session bassists?
There are very few such books.
These are the ones I have on the shelf:
Recently this was released:
They should tag the Anthony Jackson segment of that video on the Ken Burns jazz documentary.
What is Ken Burns jazz documentary?
It was a multi-part history of jazz that totally blew off the 70's fusion period, the period Anthony Jackson was talking about at the end of that clip.
Man I could listen to Anthony Jackson ramble about jazz/fusion/music/etc. for hours.
Joni Mitchell: “This was the first time I gave Jaco instruction, which is always a bad thing to do with bass players.” Gotta love it!
Victor Bailey makes some interesting observations. He talks first about being captivated by Jaco’s tone, (which was unique and new at the time), and then he talks about Jaco’s incredible articulation. He says that he learned Teen Town himself, but his didn’t compare to Jaco’s playing. I think this is what Metheny was referring to when he said - people have been trying to do the Jaco thing for 30 years and no one’s even come close; they should stop trying because it’s never going to happen.
In both his fast and slow playing there is considerable precision and nuance to his playing.
Victor Bailey makes some interesting observations. He talks first about being captivated by Jaco’s tone, (which was unique and new at the time), and then he talks about Jaco’s incredible articulation. He says that he learned Teen Town himself, but his didn’t compare to Jaco’s playing. I think this is what Metheny was referring to when he said - people have been trying to do the Jaco thing for 30 years and no one’s even come close; they should stop trying because it’s never going to happen.
In both his fast and slow playing there is considerable precision and nuance to his playing.
That's one of the reasons I wound up completely hating the Ken Burns "Jazz" film, too much Wynton Marsalis and Stanley Crouch. The jazz-fusion era was a time of great creativity and Jaco among others played a huge part in that.
I haven't seen the Ken Burns documentary, but I've heard that he also ignored the '60s (Ornette, Cecil Taylor, Archie Shepp and those people).
