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You guys need to know where you came from

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Sartori said:
Notice, OP hasn't been back to reply yet.
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I own Jaco's greatest hits, and I am hugely influenced by him, but your post in uncalled for and arrogant.

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#42
Jazz Ad said:
Thank Jaco if you play fusion jazz, like the artists OP mentionned. That's like 2 % of bass playing.
For most other styles there are more important figures who defined bass playing. OP just hasn't discovered them yet or chooses to ignore them.
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Very well put and phrased Jazz Ad.

I am glad that noone has ever turned me down for not knowing how to play any of Jaco's tunes. As far as influences go, James Jamerson, Carol Kaye, Joe Osborne (few more names need to be added here) have influenced (mainly Pop) music to a higher degree than Jaco has. Jaco's talent is undeniable, but I'll take Mick Karn over Jaco any day (Karn has not been influenced by Jaco, and has his own personal style playing the fretless)
 
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Also, while it is important to have an appreciation of all forms of music, one needn't "like" all of it. I don't necessarily "like" opera, free jazz or death metal, but I can appreciate the talent required in creating those forms of music, and I try to maintain an open mind when listening to music that I'd consider to be be out of my "comfort" zone. You never know when you're going to come across a simple riff or passage that changes the way you think about music.
 
#45
pmgleenis said:
If you play the electric bass and don't have Jaco as a major influence, you will NEVER work as a musician.
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that is absolute bull and you know it!

i believe that Jacos influential, but my bass playing derives from the influence of the great James Jamerson!

and i get lots of offers. :D


infact im not surprised that some people don't like Jaco's playing, im a fan but not a HUGE fan.

liking certain bass players more and having them influence us more, is as much personal taste as what we like to listen too ;)
 
#47
WarriorJoe7 said:
Since when did I have to get my "right" to post about bass from you, oh mighty bunghole?
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+1 If Edison didnt patent the lightbulb, Bell patent the telephone, Jonas Salk invent the Polio vaccine, or Jaco invent a different style of playing, somebody else would have.............
The music world can appreciate Jaco's contribution however the Three Stooges will be just as remembered for the work they did to. :eyebrow:
 
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I agree with the person who pointed out that it helps to have lived through the period when he emerged. He showed up doing things that seemed impossible... actually, not only impossible, but previously unimagined. He was one of those visionaries who lets the rest of us peek over the horizon, so to speak. At the same time, he had the basics covered-- he could groove as hard as anyone in history. He did more things better than any other electric bassist.

I'm thinking that the OP was upset because younger people don't feel this impact. It's inevitable, though. It's the same thing that amuses me when I see an analysis of a Jimi Hendrix solo in a guitar magazine and the writer praises Hendrix's command of "dive bombing" or something; by now, his techniques have been thoroughly labelled, categorized and put away. When he was alive, however, there was no "dive bombing"; rather, he gave the impression of a sorcerer pulling unimaginable sounds out of his instrument, with no apparent explanation. It was "magic", not "dive bombing." It's hard to convey this kind of thing to later generations.

Where the OP went wrong was to take on a superior tone, and lecture. And, of course, it's all a matter of opinion. A person can even recognize Jaco's contributions and consider them the *wrong direction* to take the bass!
 
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dougjwray said:
It's the same thing that amuses me when I see an analysis of a Jimi Hendrix solo in a guitar magazine and the writer praises Hendrix's command of "dive bombing" or something; by now, his techniques have been thoroughly labelled, categorized and put away. When he was alive, however, there was no "dive bombing"; rather, he gave the impression of a sorcerer pulling unimaginable sounds out of his instrument, with no apparent explanation. It was "magic", not "dive bombing." It's hard to convey this kind of thing to later generations.
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It was just a tremolo arm and some distortion. People were out of their minds on acid though, so you gotta cut them some slack.
 
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