Jaco Pastorius or Victor Wooten?

[GamerMan57]

this is a tough question that alot of people i know have been having. on 1 hand u have the legend, Jaco. but if theres anyone who can be argued against him its Victor Wooten. which do you think?

 

[Epitaph04]

...in a fight?

 

[bassteban]

Tan lines contest

 

[Lesfunk]

I'm pretty sure of what Victor would say.

 

[BananaKing]

Batman.

 

[GamerMan57]

...in a fight?

as a bass player:scowl:

 

[ggoat!!!]

Nikki Sixx.

 

[lowendgenerator]

Seeing as how Jaco is no longer among the living, Victor wins by default. Now if someone reanimates Jaco's corpse, GAME ON!

 

[GamerMan57]

Batman.

come on, be serious :scowl:

 

[bassteban]

this is a tough qustion that alot of people i know have been having. on 1 hand u have the legend, Jaco. but if theres anyone who can be argued against him its Victor Wooten. which do you think?

OK, seriously- what is the 'question?'

BTW *a lot* is actually 2 words.

 

[joe vegas]

also, "you" shouldn't be reduced to tweet-speak "u" in this lifetime.

 

[Matt R.]

 

[BananaKing]

come on, be serious :scowl:

I don't mean to be offensive here, but you're asking us to compare two bass players: One dead, one alive.

Both are very influential, both are great players, and both are soulful masters of their craft. They are both known for two very different sides of the same coin: Victor is known for many things, but mainly his slapping technique that has been copied the world over and his revolution of the bass as a solo instrument in a way that many other players could only dream of. Jaco was responsible, in a large way, for the promotion of the bass as a forward, leadership instrument in an ensemble, not unlike the revolution that came over bass parts in ensemble writing after Beethoven met Domenico Dragonetti (If I'm not mistaken).

To me, this isn't worth comparing, especially since you gave us nothing to compare. Are we talking tone? gear? Attitude towards music? Soloing style?

Both are responsible for a much-imitated tone and playing style that has irritated and inspired a large chunk of the bass playing population and music as a whole.

 

[Metalbasshippy]

come on, be serious :scowl:

That's impossible
This is the Internet

 

[Mystic Michael]

this is a tough question that alot of people i know have been having. on 1 hand u have the legend, Jaco. but if theres anyone who can be argued against him its Victor Wooten.

Jaco Pastorius (not Patstorius) or Victor Wooten what? Anyone "argued against him" how?

which do you think?

I think this is one of the more pointless wastes of good bandwidth that I've seen on TalkBass in quite some time...and that's really saying something...

MM

 

[colcifer]

You're new here! Don't worry, we'll forgive you-eventually.

Seeing as how Jaco is no longer among the living, Victor wins by default. Now if someone reanimates Jaco's corpse, GAME ON!

At the time of his death, Jaco had lost the use of his left arm, permanently.

 

[chadspivey]

V dubs!!

 

[GamerMan57]

im just asking who u think is the better all around bass player (dead or alive) (in jaco's case just think of him when he was in his prime)

 

[lowendgenerator]

Higher tolerance for opiates - Jaco

Higher forehead - Victor

 

[Brian Bromberg]

Look at it this way, does it really matter? Both of their contributions to the instrument speak for themselves. How about we just dig and listen to both of them as they each have their own voice on the bass, and bassworld is certainly better off because of that!........B2