Do you own Jaco Pastorius - Jaco Pastorius?

[tmntfan]

Yes, I bought it back in high school after hearing he was the guy to check out.
At the time I liked the funk stuff and thought he was fast but his tone and most of the music wasn't for me.
As I entered university for music he came up a lot more often. I felt intimidated by it. During second year I learned the head to Donna Lee and got some ideas from his solos and recognized he was good and not super human.
The summer after graduating I learned POT to prove that I could.
Since then my band has covered some of his songs: come on come over, used to be a cha cha, kuru and the chicken. My 16th note grove is not as steady as his but I haven’t been playing 8 hour gigs 7 nights a week since I was 18.
Learning to play donna lee really opened my jazz playing.
Learning POT was tones of fun and I learned so much about finger control, pressure and using different parts of my fingers to play.
To me Jaco started off as a novelty "bass" album then fear and resentment as I was intimidated by his playing compared to my own. now, finally I can move bass his horrible tone and hear the music he was playing.

 

[mellowinman]

No, but I think I'll get it.

 

[zachoff]

No. I don't own any solo bass albums except for the free one I got when I saw Wooten a few years ago.

I generally dislike solo bass albums, and I also generally dislike jazz.

 

[wmheilma]

It is not solo bass except for Portrait of Tracy. Dude give it a listen! Even of you don't like jazz, it is worth 40 minutes of your time.

 

[sonicblue62]

I dig this "do you own" series. It's makes me feel less obsessive to see that many of you also have your favorite albums in every conceivable format (eight tracks, anyone)? Although I have heard this album and have much respect for Jaco and his work, I have not yet acquired it on vinyl, cd, or cassette. There is so much music to keep up with and I end up listening to YouTube or Pandora a lot.

I am ashamed for not owning this one yet, however. It's on my "to buy" list.

 

[Milk]

No. No interest in the genre. I looked Jaco Pastorius up on youtube about ten years ago (knew about him before that of course but had no real way to look him up except buy a record and i wasnt gonna commit to that much), saw what he was all about, shrugged said eh, virtuoso for sure, nothing i can use in the context of what i do though. And that was it.

 

[Lee Moses]

I have it on vinyl. One of my all-time favorites. I prefer Heavy Weather and Shadows and Light, though.

 

[fmoore200]

No. I don't own any solo bass albums except for the free one I got when I saw Wooten a few years ago.

I generally dislike solo bass albums, and I also generally dislike jazz.

I take it you don't own "whims of chambers" then, eh?

If not, you should check it out. It's a stellar album.

Oh, and yes I own "Jaco Pastorious"

 

[roninrindra]

And yess I still have it.I like many kind music style and genres and "Jaco Pastorious" is one of the most inspirational album for me .

 

[JimK]

...saw what he was all about, shrugged said eh, virtuoso for sure, nothing i can use in the context of what i do though. And that was it.

Back in '76, I said the same.
See, everyone I knew were clamoring about "Tracy" & "Donna Lee"...but unknowingly, there was stuff I could use in my context...stuff that I discovered a little later-
"Come On, Come Over", parts of "Opus Pocus" & "Kuru/Speak Like A Child"..."Invitation". Yeah, I wanted to be able to carry that level of intensity if I ever found myself in that situation.

"Barbary Coast" (from Black Market)
"In France They Kiss On Main Street" (Shadows & Light)
"Dry Cleaner From Des Moines" (Mingus)...

FWIW, there are many bad videos of Jaco on youtube (& bad posthumous cd releases)...for me, it's Caveat Emptor.

 

[JimK]

No. I don't own any solo bass albums except for the free one I got when I saw Wooten a few years ago.

I generally dislike solo bass albums...

Me, too.
I would say Jaco-Stanley-Gary Willis-John Patitucci are just a few that have musical albums...that do not sound like a "bass-leader" album...at least to me.

...and I also generally dislike jazz.

What kinda Jazz?
There are as many sub-genres of Jazz (just like Rock music has its many sub-genres)...

 

[KJung]

Bought it the week it came out, repurchased on CD about 10 years ago. Haven't listened to it in years and I am pretty done with the 70's/80's fusion thing (I was there at the time, and saw Jaco with Weather Report a number of times). Classic though, and like other classic Prog and fusion oldies, I drag them out every couple years for a quick listen.

 

[TonyP-]

I really can not get into Jaco.

I like a lot of Jazz to

Hellborg Yes Jaco no

 

[KJung]

I really can not get into Jaco.

I like a lot of Jazz to

Hellborg Yes Jaco no

Yeah, more of an 'innovative' thing than anything I find musically pleasant at this point. I have my dozens of 'inspirational' gun slinger CD's, Hellborg, Wooten, Di Piazza, Garrison, etc. Fun to hear what the true technical masters are doing sometimes. Musically, for the most part, not so much.

Still listen to Jaco's work with Joni on occasion, but even that is starting to sound rather dated and a bit 'self absorbed' at this point. I tell you what though, it was fun as heck to be a bassist in your early prime in 1975. Heady times, with the fusion thing, the funk thing, and even the bass-driven early disco era really putting the bass in the front of the band. Fun times.

Now, it is all about the P Bass and (trying) to play time and leave some space for the band to breath

 

[bass_case]

Yes! Still have the vinyl I bought when it came out. Awesome on so many levels, not just the chops. It actually changed my life in a way... may have influenced - slightly- my decision to attend U Miami in the 80s.
Besides... how can you not dig a record with Sam and Dave on it?

 

[Pudge Fish]

Yes. and the first time I REALLY listened to it, it moved me. Not much does. Grab some good headphones and dig in!

 

[bass_case]

... I tell you what though, it was fun as heck to be a bassist in your early prime in 1975. Heady times, with the fusion thing, the funk thing, and even the bass-driven early disco era really putting the bass in the front of the band. Fun times.

Amen, brother! I wouldn't be caught dead listening to some of the stuff I was playing back then. However, "Disco Inferno" takes on deeper artistic meaning when you're kickin' it in a 10 piece band.

 

[Marial]

I do, but I rarely listen to it. I'm not a big fusion fan or Saturday Night Live-style big band jazz fun. I love his playing, just not a fan of his style, if that makes any sense. That said, I love Joni Mitchell's Mingus album.

 

[zon6c-f]

BOTH: Vinyl & CD. I seldom listen to either. I also enjoy Heavy Weather on CD.
[Funny..I believe Jaco was poking fun at all of us with his pinch harmonic riff..which sounds amazingly like the lead melody form KC & Sunshine Band: "Boogie Shoes"..LOL..]

Saw him live at Rumours in ATL; mid 80's. Stellar show..wall of Acoustic 361's.

I own a fretless but not to be a clone of Jaco. I began on string bass in school symphony..seemed only natural to me to get a fretless..

I doubt I will ever equal the abilities of Stanley Clarke or Jaco. I don't really need to..it is theirs.

 

[KJung]

Amen, brother! I wouldn't be caught dead listening to some of the stuff I was playing back then. However, "Disco Inferno" takes on deeper artistic meaning when you're kickin' it in a 10 piece band.

Hah! Totally agree. Great memories of all those full dance floors, horn sections, bad clothes, and great grooves!