Not to detract at all, but folks with inside knowledge say he played fretted on a lot of stuff. Birdland and Teen town among them. I know, I know. Search around.
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Jaco was a beast
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...there is also the "rock" album. Ian Hunter All American Alien Boy...
A new album "Truth, Liberty & Soul - Live in NYC" was just released, mine is on its way (a birthday present from my kids), has anyone heard it?
A new album "Truth, Liberty & Soul - Live in NYC" was just released, mine is on its way (a birthday present from my kids), has anyone heard it?
I don't need to search, I'll take your word for it. It's a relief in a way. His intonation is just perfect so it makes sense.
This one just came out, great recording of a great band.Yes!! Good stuff. The recording is super clean.
Check out this tune, but on Heavy Weather. Much better, to me. Havona and Palladium are real winners, too. John and Mary. Invitation... Many others.
There is one I must mention. Crisis. It is absolutely terrible, in that it speaks volumes about Jaco's troubled life. It summoned the darkest and most disturbing feelings I did not know existed. It grabs you and drags you down to the depths of despair Jaco lived with. Horrid. Do not listen if in a bad mood. Or do.
Oh man. I love that tune. There's a great story in his bio about recording it. IIRC, he would only pipe in bits and pieces of the recording to each horn player when they were recording their parts. Maybe lots of bass and drums for a section, then only piano for another section, then another horn player's part. He did this for all the folks who played on the track and then used the mixing board as its own instrument when mixing the track. Great tune!
Plus it's a killer line. Massive walking chops
He was even better live, most of the time. I agree with the dudes above, his 1st solo album was highly inspirational to many a lad like me when it came out, and his concert tour with Joni M was one of his best. Saw him a couple of times with WR too, my friends tell me. 
I was always kinda partial to "Portrait of Tracy".
I remember just starting to cop Stanley Clarke's licks when Jaco really opened my eyes.
It's truly a shame that so many brilliant talents either depart too early or devolve into dark shells of themselves, or both.
I remember just starting to cop Stanley Clarke's licks when Jaco really opened my eyes.
It's truly a shame that so many brilliant talents either depart too early or devolve into dark shells of themselves, or both.
Barbary Coast is the most amazing display of being "one with the groove" that I have ever and will ever hear
And his playing on Gibraltar from Weather Report - "The Legendary Live Tapes: The Jaco Years" is goosebumps-inducing every single time. It's as if he and Shorter are battling to take the lead and Jaco is just like, "Yeah? Check this out, pal".
And his playing on Gibraltar from Weather Report - "The Legendary Live Tapes: The Jaco Years" is goosebumps-inducing every single time. It's as if he and Shorter are battling to take the lead and Jaco is just like, "Yeah? Check this out, pal".
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I disagree too! I thought it was one of the best portraits of what might have been going through the artist mind at the time, and what we know about Jaco it seems to reflect that very much.
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In the pocket n' thumpy. So woody, so greasy...
Literally everything. Anything. He used the instrument differently than other people. He thought differently. Even at his worst he was better than most.....
+1 for watching the documentary on Netflix. Very deep and brutally direct perspective from people that knew him very well. Some of the footage in my opinion did not need to be included, downright painful to watch although it does tell the story...
As for favorite Jaco recordings, mine would have to be 4am from Herbie Hancock's Mr Hands album - two of my all-time favorite musicians in an amazing, intricate conversation. Harvey Mason on drums. Wish there was more of that collaboration, don't know if they recorded more and didn't release it, or if that was the only track they did. Herbie btw is interviewed on the documentary but doesn't talk about 4am.
As for favorite Jaco recordings, mine would have to be 4am from Herbie Hancock's Mr Hands album - two of my all-time favorite musicians in an amazing, intricate conversation. Harvey Mason on drums. Wish there was more of that collaboration, don't know if they recorded more and didn't release it, or if that was the only track they did. Herbie btw is interviewed on the documentary but doesn't talk about 4am.
+1000 on this. The film is called "Jaco," and was produced by Robert Trujillo of Metallica. I watched it twice. Really great.
I saw Jaco perform with Weather Report in 1979-80. Before I played the bass and really understood what a giant he was.
I went to a Victor Wooten clinic last month and he talked about Jaco being an influence. Anyways I went to the record store and bought a live album and it just blew my mind. He indeed was a beast. Other than that I don't like his solo bass tone.
I think every Jaco fan should get this album.
It's Jaco's first band, Woodchuck. I think he is around 16 yrs old on these recordings. Just a cool little 3 piece.
His playing is a little more subdued, but still groovin'
It's Jaco's first band, Woodchuck. I think he is around 16 yrs old on these recordings. Just a cool little 3 piece.
His playing is a little more subdued, but still groovin'
