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Is it wrong?

#41
JAUQO III-X said:
One can respect and recognize a gifted talent and not be influenced by that talent.
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That's me in a nutshell.

The first time I ever saw or heard of Jaco, I stumbled across his performance on TV, it was the Montreal Jazzfest. He did some solo over top of a riff he laid down with a delay pedal. Very cool, impressed the hell out of me.

Before the end of the song, I turned the channel, it was boring me already. It's just not my music style, I can't sit there and listen to it.
 
#42
This is my theory: anything and everything you hear is an influence in some way. You don't have to enjoy it in the least, but it will affect your style and voice, even "negatively"; that being, you can choose to voice yourself UNLIKE that person/player or not use techniques as they do.
 
#43
About 5 or 6 months after I started playing bass I wanted to get rid of the frets(at the time I didn't know what they were called),at the time I didn't know what a fretless Bass was or had I ever heard of one and I remember I would often say that I want a Bass with out these mettle things on it(the bass was a early 70's Fender J),because I felt they were restricting how I wanted to express myself so I took the frets out(not the J bass but a cheap bass)and then later I was told about the very talented Jaco Pastorius who was playing a fretless.

was I influenced by Jaco ? no but there were moments when I was inspired by him.
 
#44
Chris2112 said:
How come we never see threads of people expressing a dislike for McCartney or Jamerson? Why is it always jaco!
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I <3 Jamerson but I hate McCartney. I hate all the beatles except for George Harrison.

Rano Bass said:
If you use harmonics when you play you are influenced by Jaco, period.
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Jaco did not invent harmonics. My dad has been playing with harmonics since the early 60s, so that must mean Jaco was influenced by him no? Its like saying Flea invented Slap.

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As for when I said hate, it was a figure of speech. And I happen to like jazz very much, and I still think Jaco's music is boring.
 
#53
you know, I dig who Jaco is and I've heard him do some amazing stuff. I liked his later alblums with Weather Report, but the first few he did were waaayyy to random for me. It wasn't until Mysterious Traveler that i really started liking him. Then Heavy Weather came out. Boy, that one totally blew me away .
 
#54
IconBasser said:
you know, I dig who Jaco is and I've heard him do some amazing stuff. I liked his later alblums with Weather Report, but the first few he did were waaayyy to random for me. It wasn't until Mysterious Traveler that i really started liking him. Then Heavy Weather came out. Boy, that one totally blew me away .
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Mysterious Traveler is probably my favorite Weather Report album, but Jaco's not on it. It's Alphonso Johnson and Miroslav Vitous on bass.....mostly Alphonso.
 
#57
jerry said:
Mysterious Traveler is probably my favorite Weather Report album, but Jaco's not on it. It's Alphonso Johnson and Miroslav Vitous on bass.....mostly Alphonso.
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I wasn't a Weather Report fan. The resident Jazzbo from HS had played me the Chick Corea solo improv albums, Coltrane from Impulse years, and Weather Report I sing the body electric. I thought if that's Jazz its not for me. Later I was hanging at a session another friend was engineering the Wayne Shorter was producing. Wayne said he couldn't work the next night Weather Report was playing in town and gave all of us tickets. That was an amazing experinece hearing Weather Report live their music live made sense to me. Also they were doing newer material that was funky as can be. Alphonso Johnson was playing bass with them then. I've been a Weather Report fan ever since.

Then Jaco with Weather Report is great, I was just listening to the 8:30 CD. I remember hearing of Jaco in the 60's from a guy who used to play in Wayne Cochrane's band. I heard Wayne and CC Ryders and a Jaco fan ever since.
 
#58
No, it's not wrong. Everybody has their own taste in music and I've found that the same song can be played by many different groups and I like the song because of a specific group that did their version. It's all in the "tamber" of the presentation. I can probably name a half dozen tunes that the Beatles did that I loved WAY before hearing the originals and it's just because of the sound the Beatles had that makes the tune happen for me that I like it.

The thing about music is that it reaches the "soul". Call it whatever you want, but it effects everyone differently, and it's that difference that makes ever song and person unique.

Listen to what you love, and love what moves you. Don't let others dictate your music!!!
 
#59
giantrobot_69 said:
Have you heard Pat Methenys "Bright Size Life"
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check that song out. it's one of my all-time favorites in any genre. "Soul Intro/The Chicken" is pretty sweet, too. That stuff is more mainstream and a lot easier to appreciate.

Also, I hate to sound philosophical here, but everyone is influenced by Jaco. Even if you've never heard of him before, or don't like his music, you were influenced by someone who was influenced by him. To say you're not is like a physicist saying he wasn't influenced by Isaac Newton. Before Jaco, the electric bass was just a groove instrument. He brought it out of the background and made it a lead instrument. He also single-handedly gave the electric bass some real jazz credit. And don't forget about the harmonics. I'm not saying you have to love him. I don't. But you should know your roots.
 

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