Saw Jaco live three times. Never seen anything else quite like his playing. The sound alone was awesome. This never gets old. In fact it just gets better with time.
The only time I saw Jaco live was a 1978 Weather Report concert at Jones Hall in Houston. The acoustics of the hall were designed for the performance of unamplified music such as the Houston Symphony. Let's just say the group and the hall were mismatched. There were feedback issues, too much distortion (not an acoustics issue per se) and the reflection of the sound in the rear of the hall (where our seats were) often increased the volume to uncomfortable levels. It was the loudest concert I ever attended, with Ted Nugent performing in a 120-seat club taking second place. A decibel meter would have likely measured the volume well into triple digits. Anyway, my girlfriend and I stuck it out because the music was great, particularly Jaco's solo on Portrait of Tracy. Too bad the venue was the most memorable part.
@@jefferyroy2566 - here in England the Albert Hall in Kensington has similar problems for electric instruments. Designed for orchestral/opera music in the 19th century it over amplifies plugged in instruments and has feedback issues. I was lucky enough to be at Richard Thompson's 70th birthday concert three years back with guests ranging from Dave Gilmour to Eliza Carthy, who sang A Capella which was amazing, but at the start they spent a long time trying to dampen down the feedback and the sound wasn't great throughout. For too loud concerts I put tissue paper in my ears - lol!!
@honeychurchgipsy6 Now we know how many rolls (of TP) it takes to fill (your ears when in) the Albert Hall, I'd love to...etc. Sorry, couldn't help myself. Great comment BTW.
1976 in Boston, went to Paul's Mall to see BB King, the at the last minute went right instead of left into the Jazz Workshop. It was slow, and someone I never heard of was playing, Metheny. He comes out with that big smile full of teeth and said, Jaco is in rare form tonight, hes playing topless. Here comes Jaco, someone else I never heard of, with his bass on his chest. When he started playing my jaw dropped. Saw him again a few years later with Weather Report, also in Boston. A year before I got in this Band in Dallas, they opened for Jaco and Mike Stern, missed it by that much....
Saw him when I was a juvenile delinquent. A double bill weather report with Jeff beck . It spoiled me for the rest of my life. Then I saw weather report again with him ten years later. And I saw him bust in on the on the stage at a Herbie Hancock show in ft Lauderdale. The guy was inexplicably and indescribably gifted. Glad he was here. I'm gonna go cry now...
Dude, you just described me to the T minus the FL. Herbie show, all the way down to the juvenile delinquent, we both made it out of the 80's ok, Peace from Detroit MI.
I was at this very show! When he introduced his band, somebody from the audience yelled "and who are you?" to much laughter. He smiled and said "John Francis Anthony Pastorius III". Just a great little thing in the middle of an incredible show!
I would have loved to see him play live. I went to go see his son play the bass at a tribute concert organized and hosted by Robert Trujillo and his son is pretty good as well.
This is a definite nod to Jaco's talent, 'trad' free jazz, and the void....Recalling my first teenage listen to Black Market- I was utterly and beautifully deviated by his playing!
Hey, when I read your comment I was like, "Uh... but it's not Jaco on Black Market, it is Alphonso Johnson!". Then I realised a couple seconds later that Black Market is a tune AND an album... :D Jaco only plays 2 tunes on 7 on that record, but he is most definitely noticeable! Great album for sure.
@@cab88888 Hello, and yes- totally true. That album was the start of my W.R. journey back in the 70's, and I very rapidly became a huge fan of everyone involved!
I got to see the amazing bass skills of Jaco, at a free gig on a sunday afternoon jam at a park in Ft. Lauderdale in 87, Jaco was killed later that year
Que bueno ver a Jaco, con esa calidad de imagen. Sin dudas, que estaba dándole un sentido musical y protagonista al bajo eléctrico, de nota en los solos. Entonces si, fue gran responsable de llevar al instrumento a otro nivel solista, que antes no se daba. Saludos cordiales🎶 🇨🇱🚴♂️
@truthbtold You may be referring to a different concert. That night it was to be a triple bill; Doc Severenson, Buddy Rich and then Oscar Peterson. Doc's band was held up at the border and Jaco's band happened to be on their way to Montreal for their Jazz festival. Jaco was able to make a detour to TO and play the opening set. They were late coming on and the band started the show without him. They launched into Invitation and Jaco came out a few minutes into the song leaping over the monitors and plugging in while the audience applauded his entrance. It was an incredible night. I don't think the person who posted this video got the date correct either. This show was on the opening night (Friday) of the annual Ontario Place Jazz Festival typically held on the Canada Day long weekend. Plus, the weather in this video is not what you'd expect during the first few days of May; in this case (Wednesday) May 5 of 1982. More likely, it was the evening of Friday, July 2, 1982.
@@jamesknowler912 I think that was Doc Severenson; who was supposed to start the evening's triple bill. Doc couldn't get to the gig so Jaco filled in. The announcer was the late Phil Mackeller from the CBC.
Oddly, I worked for Long and McQuade’s at that time and delivered back-up amps for that show. I met Randy and Jaco in the Green Room. Neither appeared cognizant of where they were or what they were up to before the show. Having progressed into the performing world since then and having left it, it’s not a great surprise. Regardless, being in The Zone, is not a fiction.
Thanks for the post. Pastorius is on form on this gig....wow. Its the first live performance of his I've seen for a while where he is this much on point.
It seems so random but they actually know what they are doing. I could never play that the same way twice. To remember all those notes and the timing is insane.
This is the essence of a jazz musician . To be that familiar with the song structure and able to go way, way out there and come back in after a certain amount of bars or at a point in the progression or even via a cue from another band member. Remember that many times the rest of the band is simply flowing along with the progression and key changes (modulations) of the song as it was written. So there is a bit of a 'guide' for the soloist when to finish up and come back in with everyone . As for "playing the same way twice" you would get bored pretty quick doing that and unless a certain solo passage is a signature part of the song, why duplicate a solo every night after night ?. Thats where Jazz excels because every night its gonna be abit different than the last time they played it. Especially in the solos which is where each musician really shines on his own. Listen to any of Allan Holdsworth's live versions of his studio tracks. As any accomplished jazz musician , he rarely plays the same solo as on an album because its all about feeling on any given nite. Allan really goes way out there and even pushes the songs further, sometimes way better than the studio version. But he is just one example I use because I know his works very well a nd seen him live many times. There are soo many others out there who do the same . You'll never get bored !
You work your way through Donna Lee (for hard cores only) then you find ‘Three Views of s Secret’. It’s the only standard to be added to the canon since Ellington. That in itself is enough. You know when Jaco likes it, he starts singing!
Come on, man…the only standard since Ellington? That’s not remotely true. As much as everyone plays Roy Hargrove’s “Strasbourg-St. Denis”? I love Jaco as much as anyone, but there’s no need for exaggeration. Besides, I’ve heard “Continuum” and “Portrait of Tracy” covered more than “Three Views of a Secret”, so it’s not even Jaco’s most popular composition.
When I was young I played in a piano bass drums trío, playing standards, we had in our repertorie 3 Views, the pianist was fond of Evans and loved it, there is truth in what you say. I want to make an arrangement to play with a symphonic orchestra, one of his nicest tunes, for sure.
I have seen the Donna Lee before but is there a complete video of this concert? Would love to the entire show. Love the audience's face during 3 views...they look mesmerized.
@Abroham are we calling Kenny G a jazz artist now? I thought he was in the “Elevator Music Hot 100” category since about 1990. Contemporary jazz is nothing like the incredible grooves of early 1940’s until the early 1970’s. I’d call Bitches Brew the pinnacle.
Interesting analogy. I understand why you would say that. Sometimes I think I would understand it better if the solos were not so long. I do like Jaco’s solo here.
I love Randy's compositions and ideas but was never so impressed with his solo's. He plays the same things all the time in my view, a bit like Jaco I'm afraid...
@@klapsigaarenbasgitaar1931 I don't understand some of the gushing praise for Jaco's "solo" here. It was basically him noodling a bunch of his trademark licks in amongst the foundation of the song. It was so obvious around this time that when he was "put on the spot" in a gig, he struggled to piece together anything coherent. You do at times get a flash of the brilliance that was, but even his dress sense and stage persona were sure signs that things still weren't great in his life. It's not pleasant to watch, I hate to think what it was like for his friends and band members, and you do get a fair idea from Peter's book.
It's mindboggling that humans can do this. Especially when the ability is just some happy artefact of having our brain. It's not like there is any evolutionary purpose!
I thought it would be erskine, except all I saw was tony Williams yellow drum kit, and he sounds like Williams, hmm..could it be tony? Nope it was Peter
Jaco was much more than just a great bass player. He wrote fantastic music and that is what's makes him special!
Just like Jimi hendrix. They were also supremely gifted at improvising
So, when I die, I can say to God that I heard this wonderful music. I'd then say 'show me something better'!
I bet he couldn't.
Saw Jaco live three times. Never seen anything else quite like his playing. The sound alone was awesome. This never gets old. In fact it just gets better with time.
Lucky!!
Like good wine or hemp :)
The only time I saw Jaco live was a 1978 Weather Report concert at Jones Hall in Houston. The acoustics of the hall were designed for the performance of unamplified music such as the Houston Symphony. Let's just say the group and the hall were mismatched. There were feedback issues, too much distortion (not an acoustics issue per se) and the reflection of the sound in the rear of the hall (where our seats were) often increased the volume to uncomfortable levels. It was the loudest concert I ever attended, with Ted Nugent performing in a 120-seat club taking second place. A decibel meter would have likely measured the volume well into triple digits. Anyway, my girlfriend and I stuck it out because the music was great, particularly Jaco's solo on Portrait of Tracy. Too bad the venue was the most memorable part.
@@jefferyroy2566 - here in England the Albert Hall in Kensington has similar problems for electric instruments. Designed for orchestral/opera music in the 19th century it over amplifies plugged in instruments and has feedback issues. I was lucky enough to be at Richard Thompson's 70th birthday concert three years back with guests ranging from Dave Gilmour to Eliza Carthy, who sang A Capella which was amazing, but at the start they spent a long time trying to dampen down the feedback and the sound wasn't great throughout.
For too loud concerts I put tissue paper in my ears - lol!!
@honeychurchgipsy6 Now we know how many rolls (of TP) it takes to fill (your ears when in) the Albert Hall, I'd love to...etc. Sorry, couldn't help myself. Great comment BTW.
1976 in Boston, went to Paul's Mall to see BB King, the at the last minute went right instead of left into the Jazz Workshop. It was slow, and someone I never heard of was playing, Metheny. He comes out with that big smile full of teeth and said, Jaco is in rare form tonight, hes playing topless. Here comes Jaco, someone else I never heard of, with his bass on his chest. When he started playing my jaw dropped.
Saw him again a few years later with Weather Report, also in Boston.
A year before I got in this Band in Dallas, they opened for Jaco and Mike Stern, missed it by that much....
i attended this. Jaco's band was unique and incredible
Saw him when I was a juvenile delinquent. A double bill weather report with Jeff beck . It spoiled me for the rest of my life. Then I saw weather report again with him ten years later. And I saw him bust in on the on the stage at a Herbie Hancock show in ft Lauderdale. The guy was inexplicably and indescribably gifted. Glad he was here. I'm gonna go cry now...
Dude, you just described me to the T minus the FL. Herbie show, all the way down to the juvenile delinquent, we both made it out of the 80's ok, Peace from Detroit MI.
Thank you for your wonderful comment.
Jaco was dropped from the sky by Aliens. Total Bass GOD. At very least we got to see him. Ima go cry with ya.
I know.
He was only in Weather Report for like five or six years.
So good. Thanks for sharing that video
I was at this very show! When he introduced his band, somebody from the audience yelled "and who are you?" to much laughter. He smiled and said "John Francis Anthony Pastorius III". Just a great little thing in the middle of an incredible show!
Me too! Front row in that crazy spinning stage.
I was the cymbal stand there, I've become a full person now, met my wife there too. She was the trumpet.
That was me. I yelled "And who's on bass?". It was just before he played and sang Fanny Mae.
That’s such a cool fun fact 😂
You're blessed. Would have loved to have seen them live.
I miss the old forum ...great venue great gig. And the stage rotated
You'd be lucky to pack a hotel bar these days with music like this. What a different time it was back then.
The Word of Mouth Big Band filled Yokohama Stadium. Different times and places too.
You'd be lucky to fill an hotel bar with any music performed by musicians :(
The halftime superbowl show let's us know how ridiculous music is these days.
@@emlarstroylken1777 true true
Thanks very much, never seen this one before,,, Fantastic Jaco
The Ontario Place Forum was one of the best venues ever to see amazing Jazz & Fusion musicians …
It is my understanding that he was like Jimmy Hendrix, always practicing. A guitar was never too far from Jimmy, no matter wherever he was.
🇨🇼🇩🇲🇨🇦
Erskine throwing down a wicked groove! It drives the whole ensemble.
Peter is Great.
Everybody want’s to sounds like Jaco but there’s only one Jaco Pastorius the one and only.
C.B. we also as musicians have to realize there is only one of us also with our playing.
Props to Bob Mintzer! I didn't know he also plays the bass clarinet. I've been saving money to buy the instrument.
ジャコが精神的に安定している良い映像ですね、彼の表情がとてもリラックスしているし演奏も素晴らしいです。楽しませて頂きました、ありがとうございます。
真 Shin true
I would have loved to see him play live. I went to go see his son play the bass at a tribute concert organized and hosted by Robert Trujillo and his son is pretty good as well.
VHS recording, great show, great emotion!
Phenomenal! Saw Jaco perform LIVE in Norfolk, Virginia in '77, and in Naples, Italy in '84 or '85.
Awesome video! Jazz History is American History.
Incredible arrangement of Donna Lee
Tragic genius. His passing still gets to me. RIP
Such a unique version of three views of a secret. With the dodgy tracking it's very eerie.
This is a definite nod to Jaco's talent, 'trad' free jazz, and the void....Recalling my first teenage listen to Black Market- I was utterly and beautifully deviated by his playing!
Hey, when I read your comment I was like, "Uh... but it's not Jaco on Black Market, it is Alphonso Johnson!".
Then I realised a couple seconds later that Black Market is a tune AND an album... :D
Jaco only plays 2 tunes on 7 on that record, but he is most definitely noticeable!
Great album for sure.
@@cab88888 Hello, and yes- totally true. That album was the start of my W.R. journey back in the 70's, and I very rapidly became a huge fan of everyone involved!
I got to see the amazing bass skills of Jaco, at a free gig on a sunday afternoon jam at a park in Ft. Lauderdale in 87, Jaco was killed later that year
What a line-up! Young Bob Mintzer, what a cool hippie! (8-))
Que bueno ver a Jaco, con esa calidad de imagen. Sin dudas, que estaba dándole un sentido musical y protagonista al bajo eléctrico, de nota en los solos. Entonces si, fue gran responsable de llevar al instrumento a otro nivel solista, que antes no se daba. Saludos cordiales🎶 🇨🇱🚴♂️
I was at this show too! Amazing!
I was at this concert!…Miles Davis opened up for Jaco!!! No disrespect to Jaco, but that’s another reason for all the people in attendance!!!!!
I was there and seem to remember Jaco being delayed at the border. Remember Jaco being angry when the announcer made some "joke" about him being late.
Miles loved Jaco
@truthbtold You may be referring to a different concert. That night it was to be a triple bill; Doc Severenson, Buddy Rich and then Oscar Peterson. Doc's band was held up at the border and Jaco's band happened to be on their way to Montreal for their Jazz festival. Jaco was able to make a detour to TO and play the opening set. They were late coming on and the band started the show without him. They launched into Invitation and Jaco came out a few minutes into the song leaping over the monitors and plugging in while the audience applauded his entrance. It was an incredible night. I don't think the person who posted this video got the date correct either. This show was on the opening night (Friday) of the annual Ontario Place Jazz Festival typically held on the Canada Day long weekend. Plus, the weather in this video is not what you'd expect during the first few days of May; in this case (Wednesday) May 5 of 1982. More likely, it was the evening of Friday, July 2, 1982.
@@jamesknowler912 I think that was Doc Severenson; who was supposed to start the evening's triple bill. Doc couldn't get to the gig so Jaco filled in. The announcer was the late Phil Mackeller from the CBC.
Why mention it ?
Bob Mintzer was brilliant. I guess the cameraman didn't realize that.
Man, what a treasure !!! until we meet maybe 💚 I can bath in the videos
Oddly, I worked for Long and McQuade’s at that time and delivered back-up amps for that show.
I met Randy and Jaco in the Green Room. Neither appeared cognizant of where they were or what they were up to before the show. Having progressed into the performing world since then and having left it, it’s not a great surprise. Regardless, being in The Zone, is not a fiction.
The lightning speed in which they play the melody in unison is mind boggling.
Thanks for the post. Pastorius is on form on this gig....wow. Its the first live performance of his I've seen for a while where he is this much on point.
It seems so random but they actually know what they are doing. I could never play that the same way twice. To remember all those notes and the timing is insane.
This is the essence of a jazz musician . To be that familiar with the song structure and able to go way, way out there and come back in after a certain amount of bars or at a point in the progression or even via a cue from another band member. Remember that many times the rest of the band is simply flowing along with the progression and key changes (modulations) of the song as it was written. So there is a bit of a 'guide' for the soloist when to finish up and come back in with everyone . As for "playing the same way twice" you would get bored pretty quick doing that and unless a certain solo passage is a signature part of the song, why duplicate a solo every night after night ?. Thats where Jazz excels because every night its gonna be abit different than the last time they played it. Especially in the solos which is where each musician really shines on his own. Listen to any of Allan Holdsworth's live versions of his studio tracks. As any accomplished jazz musician , he rarely plays the same solo as on an album because its all about feeling on any given nite. Allan really goes way out there and even pushes the songs further, sometimes way better than the studio version. But he is just one example I use because I know his works very well a nd seen him live many times. There are soo many others out there who do the same . You'll never get bored !
Fantastic video, with Jaco still in great form
Yeah jaco was top form, having fun🥰
Muy arriba.
Es maravilloso, no lo había escuchado
What he hears and what he plays. No gap whatsoever.
In the 1930s, musician and inventor Paul Tutmarc developed the first electric bass guitar. He was preparing well in advance for JACO.
Beautiful 🖖 Thanks for sharing.
PASTORIUS\ERSKINE\ALIAS perfect machine..
He was great w Joni. She gave him more time for Slang than Weather Report and it paid off, it was the best I heard.
Some of the best musicians ever
Pure awesomeness 🎶👍
When something you didn't remember one day existed wakens inside you
great band, great Jaco outfit
You work your way through Donna Lee (for hard cores only) then you find ‘Three Views of s Secret’. It’s the only standard to be added to the canon since Ellington. That in itself is enough. You know when Jaco likes it, he starts singing!
Come on, man…the only standard since Ellington? That’s not remotely true. As much as everyone plays Roy Hargrove’s “Strasbourg-St. Denis”? I love Jaco as much as anyone, but there’s no need for exaggeration. Besides, I’ve heard “Continuum” and “Portrait of Tracy” covered more than “Three Views of a Secret”, so it’s not even Jaco’s most popular composition.
When I was young I played in a piano bass drums trío, playing standards, we had in our repertorie 3 Views, the pianist was fond of Evans and loved it, there is truth in what you say. I want to make an arrangement to play with a symphonic orchestra, one of his nicest tunes, for sure.
Brilliant and passionate.
I was at this show when I was 93 years old
Jaco is like Wine. It just gets tastier. signed > bass player for 35 yrs.
I have seen the Donna Lee before but is there a complete video of this concert? Would love to the entire show. Love the audience's face during 3 views...they look mesmerized.
And all the band is excellent !!
Brecker,Erskine etc…
back when a jazz band could pack a stadium....
Who cares if the imbecile top 40 folks don't get it.I don't like waiting in lines anyway.
Snarky Puppy sell out some pretty large venues
@@pectenmaximus231 That ain't Jazz dude
@Abroham are we calling Kenny G a jazz artist now? I thought he was in the “Elevator Music Hot 100” category since about 1990. Contemporary jazz is nothing like the incredible grooves of early 1940’s until the early 1970’s. I’d call Bitches Brew the pinnacle.
So fantastic❤️❤️❤️
What a solo !
Thank you 🌐🎶🎵☮
I saw him in Montreal with Weather Report!
Guess you have to be into this to appreciate it.
It can take some time to sort of comprehend it / appreciate it. Everything that is good also requires something from the listener.
JACO FENOMENO D ,ALTRI TEMPI INVENTIVO VIRTUOSO GRANDE
This guy is gonna go places.
What guy?
jaco already left us to join up with hendrix, moon, bonham, elvis 🥲
He locked into the right mode Jazz where you can go baby go to infinity.
great,great feelling
good video.
Don't get me wrong,I like jazz,but sometimes it reminds me of the hopeless flight of a house fly against a window pane.
Interesting analogy. I understand why you would say that. Sometimes I think I would understand it better if the solos were not so long. I do like Jaco’s solo here.
Who does Erskine think he is with that yellow drum set? Tony Williams? That ride though...nasty!
Maya Erskine's father on the drums.
Damien Erskine's uncle!
So many people have tried to be the next Jaco...
Musical pipedreams, LOL!
that’s SICK😍🤩😘💕💞💗💖💝
Fuck, I just realized he died from being beaten. Can't be more tragic. This guy was the hero of one of my roommate when I was student.
can you believe he just left his unique bass with a one a kind tone sitting on a bench?
The tone was not in the bass. It was in his hands.
Three view of a secret!
,, jk comments :: epic as ever,, n so humble at it ...
Fantastic video! Is this from a longer complete version of this concert? Thanks!
After that Donna Lee head, Jaco shakes his head n sais that's a wild tempo. Smh
I had no idea Bill Walton toured with Jaco when he wasn't hoopin' it up with the Blazers (Yes. I know it's Mintzer)
The one and only...
Bob Mintzer...before the Yellowjavkets...
Jazzミュージシャンが世界的なスターだったころ
Whata pretty solo from jaco, geeze
GooD!!
Which model of keyboard does Brecker have at his side, please?
Coollll #thefastshow live 😂😭😅🤣 They make it up as the play you know 😕🤣😂😶😅
What happened to the big band ? Too expensive ?
Nice👌
Once there was a god on bass......
I love Randy Brecker. Jaco was already in serious decline here but sounds really nice on Three Views.
I love Randy's compositions and ideas but was never so impressed with his solo's. He plays the same things all the time in my view, a bit like Jaco I'm afraid...
he was sharp as fuck here
@@klapsigaarenbasgitaar1931 I don't understand some of the gushing praise for Jaco's "solo" here. It was basically him noodling a bunch of his trademark licks in amongst the foundation of the song. It was so obvious around this time that when he was "put on the spot" in a gig, he struggled to piece together anything coherent. You do at times get a flash of the brilliance that was, but even his dress sense and stage persona were sure signs that things still weren't great in his life. It's not pleasant to watch, I hate to think what it was like for his friends and band members, and you do get a fair idea from Peter's book.
I think it was Jaco"s sense of fashion that finally did him in.
Yep. Miami Vice hit and he couldn't pink pastel like Crockett & Tubbs...
Yeah, I'm sure it was next to impossible to sustain that level of hipness...
This song is called INSTANT HEADACHE.
It’s called «Not for Beliebers».
ジャコパストリアはベーストリスのギタリストで言うならばジミヘンやロバートフィリップみたいな存在
逸話で こんな話しが
BSTのメンバーがLIVE会場でとても素敵な可愛いい娘を見つけナンパしようと声かけたら「私の彼氏は世界一のベーシストよ｣ それがジャコでした。
Great musician, terrorífic end of life 😔☝️
Nessa época havia o virtuoso hoje temos o viraliza
It's mindboggling that humans can do this. Especially when the ability is just some happy artefact of having our brain. It's not like there is any evolutionary purpose!
I can hear him on the solo…
Nada antes nem depois.
🌈🌹🥰👌💐🌹🥰👌💐❤️🌈
6:35 nice outfit.
Is That Fretless...
5:30 enjoy
I thought it would be erskine, except all I saw was tony Williams yellow drum kit, and he sounds like Williams, hmm..could it be tony? Nope it was Peter
Are you sure its not Bun E Carlos ?