Headphones turned up......34:09 = slight heart attack.
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Herbie Hancock and Jaco Pastorius 1977
- Thread starter Dr. Cheese
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Hmm, did Jaco do multiple tours with Herbie? Is that date correct? I saw them together in 1976, then Jaco with WR not too long after that.
Jaco was the flavor of the month and he had plenty of opportunities. Herbie and Jaco probably recorded 4:00AM about this time:
Jaco crushed on Maiden Voyage too. He gets close to double bass tonality at times.
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Jaco was just amazing when he wasn't trying to do weird solos.
OK some of that was good too but when he just played and grooved, man, killer.
Groove monster.
OK some of that was good too but when he just played and grooved, man, killer.
Groove monster.
That's what stood out to me when I listened last night. He wasn't Jacoing all over the place -- for the most part he kept time and added fills when it served the number. Still sounded exactly like himself the whole time though.
I wonder whether it was because he was playing funkier material than usual, and that style needs the bass on the downbeat.
I wonder whether it was because he was playing funkier material than usual, and that style needs the bass on the downbeat.
Thanks for this post Doc!
This should be required listening (especially to set the record straight for those "doubters" out there).
He was playing what was right for the music. Herbie Hancock didn’t hire him to clown or grandstand. Jaco had his own style, but he certainly understood the assignment.
He was also sober and healthy at this point.
Right!
The last time I saw him with his sextet you could see her was struggling. He came down off the stage and stood off to the side at let folks come and talk to him during the break while he drank a beer. It was hard seeing him that way. Since this was pre-internet no one knew what he was going through, until after he was gone. And even then, it was magazines and books.
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Quadrophonic!
I'm not a huge Jaco fan and like him best before he went out on his own. Never knew he played with Herbie.
I'm not a huge Jaco fan and like him best before he went out on his own. Never knew he played with Herbie.
00:10 "We sent our ace recording engineer... and he brought all his microphones..."
25:52 [squealing feedback]
25:52 [squealing feedback]
What was this, the golden age of radio or something? It was 1977, not 1937. "ace recording engineer"...
As for the music and the event, it is interesting as a historical footnote. But it only serves to confirm the primacy and ineffable uniqueness of Paul Jackson's playing in the Headhunters context. Otherwise it sounds like a cover band, albeit one comprised of superstars playing well.
00:10 "We sent our ace recording engineer... and he brought all his microphones..."
25:52 [squealing feedback]
What was this, the golden age of radio or something? It was 1977, not 1937. "ace recording engineer"...
As for the music and the event, it is interesting as a historical footnote. But it only serves to confirm the primacy and ineffable uniqueness of Paul Jackson's playing in the Headhunters context. Otherwise it sounds like a cover band, albeit one comprised of superstars playing well.
Paul Jackson created the music, Jaco didn’t. I’m sure Paul Jackson could have sat in with Weather Report, and we know it would not sound remotely the same.
But he did not (or if he did then the event was not recorded and published, that I know of), so the legacies of both are better for it.
I don’t think Jaco hurt his legacy because he did not sound bad with Herbie Hancock and nothing can diminish his debut and his peak years with Weather Report.
The recording engineer is not the soundman. He has no control over the feedback....if feedback occurs he records it.
Well, I wasn't present at that event. So unless you were, or it is documented that those roles were distributed among two people, it is reasonable to attribute the feedback to the ace recording engineer.
