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What has Jaco taught you?
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Liberty City is a killer tune as well.
His horn arrangement on 'Come on, Come over' kicks some serious butt. As do his string arrangements on '(Used to be) A Cha-Cha'.
Brilliant musician.
His horn arrangement on 'Come on, Come over' kicks some serious butt. As do his string arrangements on '(Used to be) A Cha-Cha'.
Brilliant musician.
Jaco was the first bass player to come along and show us that playing bass isnt about using a bunch of slap and tap tricks like many of the bass player of today are doing, but its the amount of love and care that is put into the music. Jaco could play one note and you'd know it's him. That is overwhelming powerful! At that level, music has the power to change people's lives! He certainly impacted mine.
It's important that we study history and allow the people of the past too not only change us as players but as human beings. Thats something I'm taking to the grave.
Rest in peace Jaco and all the other greats who dared to make a musical statement.
It's important that we study history and allow the people of the past too not only change us as players but as human beings. Thats something I'm taking to the grave.
Rest in peace Jaco and all the other greats who dared to make a musical statement.
I'd say listening to the live version of the Chicken made me realise how funky fingerstyle ghost notes can be. Also, his phrasing and use of syncopation is very interesting. I've never cited Him as an influence because Ive never consciously tried to copy him but those are little nuances that have stuck with me.
well i for one loved that video.. ok he might not have been at his best but you could see up close what his style was all about and a little bit about what made him tick and his attitude. Rather than picking up on particular techniques other than the ones already mentioned it was more of an overall insight for me.....like i was hanging with him in a bar for an evening rather than some clinical lesson.
and to all those guys who watched this video and all they could get from it was not to take drugs....well you all must be pretty good players with a great feel because he still had that even at this twilight moment of his career.
and to all those guys who watched this video and all they could get from it was not to take drugs....well you all must be pretty good players with a great feel because he still had that even at this twilight moment of his career.
I enjoy that video even if he seems out of it during the interview sections. I enjoyed watching the jam session because you can see he's having a good time and just enjoying the interaction with other players. I first saw that video years ago when I'd only been playing for a year and that's where I first learned the major scale. It is pretty informative even for those who aren't looking to play the same kind of music or style as him. The man certainly understood the depth of music on the whole and not just bass.
When I first started playing bass, a friend of mine suggested that I look up Jaco. My friend is a drummer in a jazz trio at a some very upscale places around here. So, respecting his advice, I looked him up. I learned that you can play some beautiful bass, and that all bass playing doesn't have to be hard thumping, something even Flea has admitted about his music. Hard bass lines are fun, but really pretty melodic lines are really cool in a way all their own.
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He also taught me that it was o.k. to rip the frets out of my Yamaha. Now I have a BB300 "F Custom".
tripb19 said:Being in a band ***** all over playing solo bass crap that only other bass players want to hear
What, in God's name, are you talking about?
tripb19 said:Being in a band ***** all over playing solo bass crap that only other bass players want to hear
Well, ok. But remember Jaco was a member of Weather Report for their best albums. Jaco was a guy who could do it all. Solo, group, composing, arranging. And to be frank, his work in WR is what I listen to most and I rarely listen to the solo stuff. Portrait of Tracy, Donna Lee, Continuum and all that stuff are ok, but I don't really care for them.
tripb19 said:Being in a band **** all over playing solo bass crap that only other bass players want to hear
Aren't I nice, I got rid of the swearing in the quote...there is no need for it.
For someone calling solo bass "crap" I've got to wonder why you list Stuart Hamm as an influence.
I can rubbish your misconception, however, as my brother, who does not play bass, is a bigger Victor Wooten fan than I am. So yeah, you don't have to play bass to appreciate good music!
But, what has Jaco taught me? Well, he taught me that fretless jazz basses sound awesome, for a start! I also cleaned up my right hand techniques in my early days by playing Jaco lines. It's helped me with stuff like doing triplets over more than one string.
Jaco's playing has shown me that to be a good player you don't need to play 5000000 notes a second. His work has shown me how good fretless bass can sound, and also that bass can be a very emotional instrument and a portrayer of feeling, more than I thought it could be.
Jaco - shine on, you crazy diamond.
Jaco - shine on, you crazy diamond.
Jaco taught me to use very fast playing when necessary and playing his stuff really raised my speed. Also he helped me to realize how important melodic lines and triplets are.
