Hi everyone. For another video clip from this gig( this time with the full trio) follow this link. It's a nice version of "Continuum": ruclips.net/video/eMiHd8qQAsg/видео.html&lc=UgwxDO2N6QNr6bBrEKp4AaABAg
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In that time around 1986-1987 Jaco began going back to his best shape he had in the second half of 70's. He really was recuperating musically after the turmoil of the first half of the 80's. He might have had reinvent himself if it wasn't for his untimely tragic death...
This is new to me. I didn't imagine he had this big boost before the tragedy. I believe that psychiatry nowadays would have saved him. Thanks for sharing this information.
Yes, I have a recording from as late as January '87 where Jaco is killing it sitting in with Randy Bernsen's band. I posted an excerpt from that occasion on my channel a while back, his bass solo on "Elegant People". I'm planning to post the complete set at some point in the near future.
I disagree. Jaco was spiraling out of control both mentally and musically all the way to his tragic end. I had in-depth conversations with some his family members, Jerry Jemmott and others. Jaco required constant “babysitting” when he was obligated to satisfy agreements in performances and when Kenwood Denard agreed to help him by making the instructional video Modern Electric Bass.
Imagine the strength in those fingers to get that strong ass tone as well.. I swear just trying to mimic his style even playing on and off 30 yrs and doing this I have all new blisters on my picking fingers...lol
i have never heard another bass player who has such rhythmic technique where he could play 16th note bar after with so much authority and musicality. To be creative at that speed where there is so little room for error is incredible.
I remember the day like yesterday. The day he was murdered violently. Kinda like the way he played that old rugged bass. Wish to God I met him. Dude is and always will be an Icon in my book.The G.O.A.T. hands down.
Thanks for sharing this video! There are so many videos of Jaco in the later years. I would have loved to see him in the very early days when he first picked up the bass and was playing with local bands in Florida. The 2015 film documentary touched on that time briefly, and it is easy to forget that Jaco was playing in those early days to make a living for himself and his family. He not only had incredible talent but also an incredible amount of motivation to improve and stand out.
This video reminds me of the time I saw him playing like this in Florida in the 80's he was so good back then when only a few people knew who was and what he would do for jazz music and for budding bassist like myself. Miss him so much. ⚘❤🙏😎
This is interesting. I’m a huge fan and know all his big pieces backwards but I’ve also heard a lot of the rough recordings of live stuff when he fell out with record companies. You hear he became very erratic as a person but I never felt he became an erratic bass player. The small club trio stuff is mostly with good musicians, it’s raw and sweaty but I can’t think of anything which just stinks musically, the stuff with Hiram Bullock, Bireli Lagrene, Kenwood Dennard etc is worth listening to! I wasn’t there so maybe it WAS the case that he’d become hit-and-miss on the bass too, I just don’t hear it that way. But he does seem to have been more sinned against than sinning, just couldn’t get the help when he needed it. But I think a recording of Jaco Pastorius tuning up (and adjusting his truss rod on stage!) is more educational than most players’ whole output.
Jaco was living with Brian Melvin around this time in San Francisco 1986, a year before his death. He was sober & sounded his best. But, he went back to NY to be with his girlfriend that was a toxic relationship. Some people said that when Jaco was drunk, he would provoke fights & would never defend himself. Kind of like suicide by cop. Image if Jaco stayed in SF?????
in a more pedestrian vein, I gotta say this fellow really planted his flag on Joni Mitchell's 'Shadows and Light' record. Now I gotta go review my Pekka Pohjola bass solos.
man that was way good, kinda curious what he is using equipment wise, maybe an Acoustic 140 head into some kind of cabinet swt up using 15s ?? bass looks like same base on Stugart Aria with Berli Lagrene, and yes i know im way off on tge spelling!! i know one of his basses he smashed in Washington Sq Park, had a friend a drummer who witnessed that.... man Jaco was crazy but he was still the baddest of them all !!
They look like DiMarzios of the time, but hard to tell with the lighting ? Jaco could have played a washtub bass, and he would have sounded like Jaco. Thanks for sharing this video of our hero
I'm wondering about that too, as it looks like the same bass on the cover of one of the records they did together, I think it's called Stutguart Aria or something like that.
Ps I think that’s the Bass of Doom but he’d mistreated and abused it quite a bit by then, I understand it went down a flight of stairs with the neck hanging off and even might have got chucked into Hiroshima Bay at one point, so it’s possible the pickups went down the road. It’s correct that interest in Pastorius is rising again.
hard to believe this guy, at this point in his life.... was homeless , living in an outdoor ballfield dugout, and tragically lost his life getting beaten down by a neighborhood bar bouncer...shortly after this....crazy....... fricken shame, I tell ya !!
Jaco was the absolute best when he was in peak form. Here, sadly, he was no longer the 'old' Jaco. You can hear him fluffing his lines and drifting out of tune and back in tune and out again.
Ok please don;t shoot me! Yes he was one of the greatest bass players that ever lived but....... If you were blind folded and someone played you this without telling you what it is, would youi recognise it as an improvistion on So What??? I don't think so. Awesome player who could play you the best possbile bass line to an tune but we need to be honest
Na o don't buy it. He is not just playing to arpeggios. Rightly he is improvising and sounding good..But no way would you guess what tune it is if blindfolded and didn't even know or what it is
Zzzzzzźź Hey theres alot of range not being used. Nothing really special here except the Triple threat noodling. So many people spend so much time trying to sound like him. And they never will they should just craft their own musical identity.
I agree. I'm glad this video is blowing up, but I'm not sure this is the best representation of Jaco's playing in 1986. He played many incredible solos during this tour, but this isn't one of those.
He sounded like he was stuck in a strange loop of his phrasing and unrefined melody. If this was 1986, he was probably stone and/or drunk and it truly was just "noodling" around. He died in September next year, 1987. His mental state couldn't have been healthy if he was on the downward spiral.
This phase was closer to the end of his playing but no one knew this until it happened. He was bipolar, which causes a host of issues to happen. One is the feeling of the illness, and as he described it was the feeling of the treatment. He didn’t feel like himself. Drugs then could serve as a substitute for the treatment whereby he could do all the wonderful playing that people didn’t think sucked. Observations of a friend from the outside.
Hi everyone. For another video clip from this gig( this time with the full trio) follow this link. It's a nice version of "Continuum": ruclips.net/video/eMiHd8qQAsg/видео.html&lc=UgwxDO2N6QNr6bBrEKp4AaABAg
晩年のジャコの演奏！でもキレがあって冴えた演奏ですね。彼のこんな雰囲気の演奏はあまり見たことないです。貴重な映像ありがとうございます。
I want to say thanks to everyone who has commented on this video. I appreciate them all, both positive and negative. Freedom of speech is very important to me. It's extremely rare that I delete comments on my channel. Peace and greetings from Norway.
In that time around 1986-1987 Jaco began going back to his best shape he had in the second half of 70's. He really was recuperating musically after the turmoil of the first half of the 80's. He might have had reinvent himself if it wasn't for his untimely tragic death...
This is new to me. I didn't imagine he had this big boost before the tragedy. I believe that psychiatry nowadays would have saved him. Thanks for sharing this information.
Yes, I have a recording from as late as January '87 where Jaco is killing it sitting in with Randy Bernsen's band. I posted an excerpt from that occasion on my channel a while back, his bass solo on "Elegant People". I'm planning to post the complete set at some point in the near future.
@@musicuniverse1986 yes please 🙏
@@musicuniverse1986 hello, is there more from this very set? I'd like to know if there's a recording of the whole song
I disagree. Jaco was spiraling out of control both mentally and musically all the way to his tragic end. I had in-depth conversations with some his family members, Jerry Jemmott and others. Jaco required constant “babysitting” when he was obligated to satisfy agreements in performances and when Kenwood Denard agreed to help him by making the instructional video Modern Electric Bass.
Jaco really had some incredible lines , the tone and his art of flowing -we'll never see the likes again.
This man was a gift
This solo was truly legendary!
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That incredible tone he gets from playing right up against the bridge.
Imagine the strength in those fingers to get that strong ass tone as well.. I swear just trying to mimic his style even playing on and off 30 yrs and doing this I have all new blisters on my picking fingers...lol
This is a real treat you have this footage. It's nice to see him play, as opposed to just listening to a CD, which does not have these arrangements.
i have never heard another bass player who has such rhythmic technique where he could play 16th note bar after with so much authority and musicality. To be creative at that speed where there is so little room for error is incredible.
This is pure gold. Thanks
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Ohh wow! It’s been awhile! Would’ve loved to see him live!
Bass slinger Jaco changed the game inspiring many. He died too early and in horrible fashion. RiP Jaco you are gone not forgotten.
I remember the day like yesterday. The day he was murdered violently. Kinda like the way he played that old rugged bass. Wish to God I met him. Dude is and always will be an Icon in my book.The G.O.A.T. hands down.
He's in great shape here
Beautiful
Thanks for sharing this video! There are so many videos of Jaco in the later years. I would have loved to see him in the very early days when he first picked up the bass and was playing with local bands in Florida. The 2015 film documentary touched on that time briefly, and it is easy to forget that Jaco was playing in those early days to make a living for himself and his family. He not only had incredible talent but also an incredible amount of motivation to improve and stand out.
I've never seen this video. Thanks a lot!
Excellent post, and thanks for it👍👍
Jaco magnifico musico
Muy bueno❤
This is so rare thank you for this vintage piece man!
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Phenomenal
waw ... jaco x
I saw him live a few times and was always better than what anyone realizes. Saw him with Joni Mitchell and Weather Report.
you were lucky to see him with Joni and Pat !
Can't bear Joni or Metheny! 🤢
@@monsterjazzlicks thanks for your positivity! Eesh!
@@elox32 It's up to me who I listen to!
@@monsterjazzlicks that’s right. Just like the positivity you choose to use or not.
Joco RIP brother, your the best
Thank You ♥️ ❤️
Drums & Bass máster.... AVE César 🙏🙂
This video reminds me of the time I saw him playing like this in Florida in the 80's he was so good back then when only a few people knew who was and what he would do for jazz music and for budding bassist like myself. Miss him so much. ⚘❤🙏😎
This is interesting. I’m a huge fan and know all his big pieces backwards but I’ve also heard a lot of the rough recordings of live stuff when he fell out with record companies. You hear he became very erratic as a person but I never felt he became an erratic bass player. The small club trio stuff is mostly with good musicians, it’s raw and sweaty but I can’t think of anything which just stinks musically, the stuff with Hiram Bullock, Bireli Lagrene, Kenwood Dennard etc is worth listening to! I wasn’t there so maybe it WAS the case that he’d become hit-and-miss on the bass too, I just don’t hear it that way. But he does seem to have been more sinned against than sinning, just couldn’t get the help when he needed it. But I think a recording of Jaco Pastorius tuning up (and adjusting his truss rod on stage!) is more educational than most players’ whole output.
I concur!
This is the true j a c o and then some❤❤❤
Jaco ❤️🎸🎸🎸🇧🇷
Jaco n1❤❤❤❤
Gotta be possible to become just as good as JACO.
To believe in yourself & cradle the resonance is where I am focusing instead of speed runs.
Oh man what happened to the rest?
Damn he's playing well here. It was hit or miss at this late stage unfortunately
Everyday there Is a new video of Jaco
Are they real ?
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He is painting a scene and reciting a description.
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Jaco was living with Brian Melvin around this time in San Francisco 1986, a year before his death. He was sober & sounded his best.
But, he went back to NY to be with his girlfriend that was a toxic relationship.
Some people said that when Jaco was drunk, he would provoke fights & would never defend himself. Kind of like suicide by cop.
Image if Jaco stayed in SF?????
That's so sad. I knew the story but never told from this POV.
in a more pedestrian vein, I gotta say this fellow really planted his flag on Joni Mitchell's 'Shadows and Light' record. Now I gotta go review my Pekka Pohjola bass solos.
Its rare to see the repaired Bass of Doom with white pickups
this is not the bass of doom
man that was way good, kinda curious what he is using equipment wise, maybe an Acoustic 140 head into some kind of cabinet swt up using 15s ??
bass looks like same base on Stugart Aria with Berli Lagrene, and yes i know im way off on tge spelling!!
i know one of his basses he smashed in Washington Sq Park, had a friend a drummer who witnessed that.... man Jaco was crazy but he was still the baddest of them all !!
I would already be lost in the changes
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1:24, was that 'the lick'?
Did he change the pickups after this tour, or is this a different bass?
It's a different bass.
They look like DiMarzios of the time, but hard to tell with the lighting ?
Jaco could have played a washtub bass, and he would have sounded like Jaco.
Thanks for sharing this video of our hero
@@gregorymerriman5974 I'm pretty sure they were DiMarzios, although I could remember wrong.
His bass of doom was stolen
@@Steve-mp7by I never mentioned the Bass of Doom.
What planet this guy is from??? 😮
Was that his own fretted jazz bas??
Is he using his fretless the bass of doom? I thought it was stolen by this time?
Is this Bireli Lagrene show?
Good Question.
I'm pretty sure that's the bass on the cover of the Stugart Aria record.
Jaco was the headliner but Bireli was indeed the guitarist.
Is the passing by guitarist Biréli Lagrène ?
I'm wondering about that too, as it looks like the same bass on the cover of one of the records they did together, I think it's called Stutguart Aria or something like that.
Yes, It's Bireli.
percussion ?
Ps I think that’s the Bass of Doom but he’d mistreated and abused it quite a bit by then, I understand it went down a flight of stairs with the neck hanging off and even might have got chucked into Hiroshima Bay at one point, so it’s possible the pickups went down the road. It’s correct that interest in Pastorius is rising again.
That's not the bass of doom
Jako jesteś niesmiertelny
This is my opinion, he is the Jimi Hendrix of the bass world.
Would've really loved some harmonic counterpoint in the background 🤷
There’s only 2 chords. Just listen
hard to believe this guy, at this point in his life.... was homeless , living in an outdoor ballfield dugout, and tragically lost his life getting beaten down by a neighborhood bar bouncer...shortly after this....crazy....... fricken shame, I tell ya !!
Like watching Bruce Lee fight
I regret I didn't spend any time at the Greenwich village club he played at regularly with Stern
In early 1986, Larry Carlton released a live album ‘Last Nite’ whose opening track was ‘So What’. I wonder if Jaco was inspired by it.
Holdsworth on bass.
That really wasn't "so what" (except for the last five notes). But so what? 🙂
He was soloing over drums, not playing the melody with harmony
Wow, bitchy!
Jaco was the absolute best when he was in peak form. Here, sadly, he was no longer the 'old' Jaco. You can hear him fluffing his lines and drifting out of tune and back in tune and out again.
With Pat Metheny no Bireli
Wrong. This is a young Bireli Lagrene on guitar.
Ok please don;t shoot me! Yes he was one of the greatest bass players that ever lived but.......
If you were blind folded and someone played you this without telling you what it is, would youi recognise it as an improvistion on So What???
I don't think so. Awesome player who could play you the best possbile bass line to an tune but we need to be honest
No one needs to be anything…
You can hear the changes, it’s just two chords, but it’s there 🤷♂️
Na o don't buy it. He is not just playing to arpeggios. Rightly he is improvising and sounding good..But no way would you guess what tune it is if blindfolded and didn't even know or what it is
"So What" if you can't guess what tune it is. It's great stuff. :)
Yeah, I would guess it was either 'So What' or 'Impressions', which both have a similar structure.
Zzzzzzźź Hey theres alot of range not being used. Nothing really special here except the Triple threat noodling. So many people spend so much time trying to sound like him. And they never will they should just craft their own musical identity.
This seems really boring tbh, I just don’t get it🤷🏻♂️
It’s technically good but musically crap
People are walking out! Lol
I understand there may be considerable bass playing skill on display here but are we really listening to great music? Emperor has no clothes
That is taste. I fully appreciate that you don't like this, I don't like Jaco like I used to. Still a great player.
I finally understand Jazz.
It all the wrong notes in normal songs.
That solo kinda sucked. Mostly just fiddly noodling around and had no arc.
I agree. I'm glad this video is blowing up, but I'm not sure this is the best representation of Jaco's playing in 1986. He played many incredible solos during this tour, but this isn't one of those.
He sounded like he was stuck in a strange loop of his phrasing and unrefined melody. If this was 1986, he was probably stone and/or drunk and it truly was just "noodling" around. He died in September next year, 1987. His mental state couldn't have been healthy if he was on the downward spiral.
So what?
This phase was closer to the end of his playing but no one knew this until it happened. He was bipolar, which causes a host of issues to happen. One is the feeling of the illness, and as he described it was the feeling of the treatment. He didn’t feel like himself. Drugs then could serve as a substitute for the treatment whereby he could do all the wonderful playing that people didn’t think sucked. Observations of a friend from the outside.
The music has no feeling so therefore it is not good music.
Technically good, but absolutely boring music. 🙄
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