I have to agree with the supporters of Jaco here. His playing is thoughtful and well placed. He has good eye contact and synchronization with the skins at the end and plays counterpoint to the vocal very well by playing harmony notes in his walk that are right off the chord and fall in the same structure just about every time.
He also engages in a playful fast triplet counterpoint line at the end to wrap up this intense jam. As a bassist myself, I'd be very interested in what type of bass player you admire AfricanusSc, just to compare and see what you consider an appropriate bassist.
i like lawjcrg analysis. If you don't like, call it just..punk jazz blues.. but very intersting.. Christian Mc Bride would appreciate..because he palys on Jaco tribute record ....
joni mitchell is a fucking amazing singer, but i have to say she was fuckig LUCKY to have worked with the most important fuckign musician of her time. just sayiun
I had the great pleasure of doing the sheet music arrangement for this song when I was working at Warner Bros. Music in NYC in the 70's. What a challenge! Had to slow it way down to get Jaco's notes accurate, but then, in those pre-digital days, it was so low it was impossible to hear the notes accurately. So then we had to speed it up. What a great album (Mingus).
This might be my favorite performance of anything ever. Jaco dropping the walkingest bass line of all time but not forgetting to mess with Brecker by feeding him harmonic gore to try to solo over. I'm not surprised Michael gave Jaco the cold shoulder afterward but it was iconic so what are you gonna do.
@@G8GT364CI if you’re a purist who likes the smell of their own farts a lot, sure it could be an insult. I personally think Jaco played a big role in the progression of popular music in general.
I could be wrong..but I've always felt Brecker was kinda pissed with Jaco at the end of the tune..his (mike's) expression is like "man you fuckin' overplay" it's my solo on the outtro..I think Jaco seems to sense this and look's surprised by his (mike's) reaction..
it is said that jaco was extremely egocentric, he intentionally raised the volume of his amplifiers to make the bass sound stand out over other instruments, even his voice, and it was precisely, supposedly, for this reason that he died, when he wanted to go on stage where santana played, to play the bass, he used to turn up and take the bass from the bassists and play for them.
Jaco plays all over everyone else on this tune & right in the frequency range of the singer & sax player. Bad taste & impossible to work with regardless of the genius of the individual.
mother fuck Jaco had it there @ 3:38, glad I saw your comment. He used to come into the music store I did Saturdays at. Oakland Park, Fla. Amazing bass player and composer
Yeah, I know what you mean. But it is Joni's music and she had the right to present it the way she wanted. But she must have that live footage you reference someplace in her personal archive. I'd give my right arm to see it.
That was the mastery of Jaco Pastorius, the greatest bass player that ever walked the planet, his Fender and Joni's voice are married in the heavens for all time.
There is way too much to speak about right here. 2 Legends going back to back. You have watch this clip very closely to see what is going on. I witnessed this show and Joni brought these guys together but besides Pat Metheny & Lyle Mays there were no friends aboard. You can see how Jaco challenges the sax player Michael Brecker. There is no love loss, at the end of the piece Jaco turns back to him in acknowledgement but Brecker turns away from him. PRICELESS
+JackinTheWoods You are correct I noticed that also. It looked like Michael Brecker was upset at the end of the gig with Jaco. Jaco played great, nothing was going to hold him back. It was up to the rest of the band to respond to his playing.
I'm down to a roll of dimes I'm stalking the slot that's hot I keep hearing bells all around me Jingling in the lucky jackpot They keep you tantalized They keep you reaching for your wallet Here in fool's paradise I talked to a cat from Des Moines He said he ran a cleaning plant That cat was clanking with coin Well, he must have had a genie in a lamp Cause every time I dropped a dime I blew it He kept ringing bells nothing to it.. He got three oranges, three lemons Three cherries, three plums I'm losing my taste for fruit Watching the dry cleaner do it Like Midas in a polyester suit It's all luck, it's just luck You get a little lucky and you make a little money
This is one of my favourite Joni and Jaco numbers. I bought the DVD about ten years ago. It always annoyed me that they overlaid stock footage over some of the best bass playing Jaco ever did.
I would much rather watch the band perform. Jaco isn't the only brilliant musician on stage here. I did read that Joni Mitchell hired several members of The Weather Report as her backing band at this time so Jaco and his two bandmates are all very accomplished jazz musicians who are very tight and are very experienced at playing with one another. Showing the band without the overlaid Vegas footage would make for a much better visual presentation.
Joni Mitchell must be considered to be amongst the very elite in jazz vocals. Any singer will tell you how difficult it is to sing this; what unbelievable control you have to have. And that bass line...what can one say. Pastorius was at the very top of his profession. Great song, great band. Thanks to all involved.
Jaco was from the planet Pastyourassandwayoveryourhead. Bass God sent from the Heavens. As we say on planet Earth ; RIP Jaco. Truth is Jaco didnt die. He was born a Myth and Legend. It was Destiny. Cheers Brother
I’m not sure where this performance took place, but I saw Joni, Jaco, Michael et al perform this number at the UC Berkeley Jazz Festival in May of ‘79. It’s indelibly etched in my brain as is their rendition of Goodbye Porkpie Hat, and Woodstock.
V1. "I'm down to a roll" 0:18 V2." I talk to a cat" 0:34 V3. "He got three oranges" 0:48 BREAK V4. " I followed him" BREAK 1:19 V5. "He was stacking the chips" 1:49
The way Jaco re-imagined the bass is mind-blowing. No one had even imagined doing that kind of stuff with a bass. I don't know of any other musician doing something similar with any other instrument.
Gutsy move to start a song acapella and be right on pitch when the instruments come in. But then, it's Joni, so not really too big a surprise, just admiration.
This record is absurdly brilliant: the musicians, the interplay, Joni´s voice, the setlist... Since long ago I´m in love with Joni´s music. I have 120+ Joni´s tracks in my smartphone: superlative, mesmerizing, heart-touching!
Joni sentirla cantare e suonare con Jaco, un jazz fresco, diverso dal genere di Joni è stata proprio una bella idea, con il sassofono che incalza, che bei ricordi!
2:09 I’ve always loved the psychosis of this jam with those familiar blues changes beneath. Untethered but grounded and familiar. Good pipes too, Joni.
I was just thinking that! I know it's sacrilege, but I don't like the majority of the music Jaco was involved with. I love his debut album, dislike most Weather Report: But his stuff with Joni was unreal. He needed her fantastic songwriting to give him a perfect structure to work with.
jaco was just from another planet ! but i have to ask , at 4.02 min do you think maybe brecker wasnt too happy with jaco ?when he turns around , he seems to be shaking his head and jaco s reaction ?? maybe he was shaking his head in amazement ??
I'm glad you put this video on. I'm a little mad, that I couldn't see Jaco play his parts, while you were showing that "Same ol, Las Vegas strip. Thanks for the post, steevo.
it's hard to think of any music I like as much as this. All the musical drivers at work here have my highest regard. Mingus, Joni, Jaco, brecker, and don alias. hat's off to them all.
WOW, I only "stumbled" over this one just now, almost 13 years after the upload......and I'm stunned ! What a true musical gem this is. Everything in it is great, it all comes together so well.
hmmm, a couple points. Greatest blues bass line ever played by an electric bassist!!! We can't judge Jaco for his volume on this performance, his level was the decision of the live sound mixing engineer and the mixing engineer responsible for producing this DVD! I don't think brecker shook his head in disgust, it felt more like 'holy F, we just did that at a folk music concert!' That was Awesome! the way Jaco would let those harmonics ring for bars and then drop into the chord change was beyond!
look around 3:37...Jaco is facing the drummer, then at 3:39 he has his back to him, its obvious they spliced the video and audio....I wonder what they cut out..??
I'm down to a roll of dimes I'm stalking the slot that's hot I keep hearing bells all around me Jingling in the lucky jackpots They keep you tantalized They keep you reaching for your wallet Here in fools' paradise I talked to a cat from Des Moines He said he ran a cleaning plant That cat was clanking with coin Well, he must have had a genie in a lamp 'Cause every time, I dropped a dime, I blew it He kept ringing bells Nothing to it He got three oranges Three lemons Three cherries Three plums I'm losing my taste for fruit Watching the dry cleaner do it Like Midas in a polyester suit It's all luck It's just luck You get a little lucky and you make a little money I followed him down the strip He picked out a booth at Circus Circus Where the cowgirls fill the room With their big balloons The Cleaner was pitching with purpose He had Dinos and Pooh Bears And lions, pink and blue there He couldn't lose there It's all luck, it's just luck Des Moines was stacking the chips Raking off the tables Ringing the bandit's bells This is a story that's a drag to tell (In some ways) Since I lost every dime I laid on the line But the cleaner from Des Moines Could put a coin In the door of a John And get twenty for one It's just luck Lucky, lucky, so lucky, real lucky That cat's got luck, that cat's got luck That cat's got luck, that cat's got luck That cat's got luck Really lucky, lucky, lucky, lucky, lucky, lucky Lucky, lucky, lucky, lucky, lucky, lucky
3:40 Jaco looking at Brecker like "Hey I am playing the most fuckin perfect on time groovin bass line ever, are you going to play something great or not??"
Cool bass playing here, but I'm just not crazy about jaco's tone tbh. I'm in no means trying to diminish his abilities as a bassist, just giving my $0.02 on his super mid-heavy tone lol. I mean, I know it's the beloved and revered Jaco Pastorius, but come on man, his bass is so much louder in the mix than all other instrument, even during solos. Like I said, he's got some unarguably top-fucking-notch skills, but his sound just doesn't "click" with me, and I feel like he would've sounded better here with a warmer tone. I mean, jazz bass playing isn't/wasn't really known for having bright, mid-heavy bass tones for a reason. It just distracts our attention away from the soloists; in this case, either Joni's sublime singing, or that awesome sax solo, and really takes up too much presence in the overall frequency range mix. Bass, no matter how good the playing, should never be the loudest instrument in a jazz group mix. Because of his mid-y tone dominating the entire mix, the sax solo (an instrument that thrives in the mid-range frequencies) is totally washed out by the bass. People will probably hate me for saying all this, but these are just my initial thoughts as I watch this vid. To each his own.
De otro mundo!! No se puede creer cómo Jaco acompaña a Brecker en el solo, es un tema que he escuchado cien veces y me sigue asombrando. Pero el que borró las imágenes de ambos músicos para colocar las de Las Vegas es uno de los peores imbéciles que se han visto, como Joni Mitchell permitió eso, no se puede concebir que hayan cortado ese momento de extraordinaria inspiración.
VA ANCHE DETTA UNA COSA, JACO ALLA FINE DEGLI ANNI 70 ERA PROFONDAMENTE INNAMORATO DEL MODO DI SUONARE DI WAYNE SHORTHER. NON HA MAI COMPIUTAMENTE ACCETTATO L'IDEA DI SUONARE CON MICHAEL BRECKER ( CHE IO ADORO). SPESSO SI NOTA NEL FILMATO, COME TROPPO SPESSO JACO GLI VOLGE LE SPALLE, NON LO CERCA MAI NEANCHE CON LO SGUARDO..QUALCHE STORIA LA FACE ANCHE CON DON ALIAS, NON LO VOLEVA ALLA BATTERIA MA ALLA HAND DRUM. IN VERITA' IL PERCUSSIONISTA CHE SI PRESTA ALLA BATTERIA, HA UN APPROCCIO ASSAI PARTICOLARE, TENDE A COLORIRE TANTISSIMO.. QUESTIONE DI "ADATTAMENTO DELLE ORECCHIE NELLA GIUSTA DIREZIONE" battuta di spazio 1999...
Great song. I do wish that they hadn't laid the Vegas footage over the band performance, though. Jaco and the rest of the guys are all masters and I would rather watch them play than watch stock footage of Vegas that I can get almost anywhere. I'm not familiar with any of the musicians in this video aside from Joni and Jaco but the way the bass and the sax intertwine with each other is simply brilliant. Awesome stuff.
Joni Mitchell’s ability to stay on pitch is out of this world.
Notice before she starts singing she walks over and asks Brecker to play a B-flat.
Her being Joni Mitchell nonwithstanding, she does get a pitch from Michael and she wrote the song. Being built different is a major advantage she has.
I have to agree with the supporters of Jaco here. His playing is thoughtful and well placed. He has good eye contact and synchronization with the skins at the end and plays counterpoint to the vocal very well by playing harmony notes in his walk that are right off the chord and fall in the same structure just about every time.
Si tan sólo toda la gente del mundo pudiera escuchar esto, me parece fantástico, larga vida a la música, larga vida a Jaco, larga vida a el Jazz.
Me criei ouvindo Jaco, e até hoje ele me inspira.
Uma das grandes apresentação com Joni Michael.
It’s like what just happened ? Crazy , hot band.
We do things live when playing a song the 100th time that we might not do on the studio recording. ;)
Aha-this was Jaco- around or close to 50 yrs ago, I'm still stunned ! still awesome, who, but who can play like this to-day ??
Thundercat and tetsuo sakurai are the only others at jaco's level imo
Wow! Only one survivor (Joni) out of four. Very sad - all three died way too young (Jaco at 35, Michael at 57, Don at 66).
He also engages in a playful fast triplet counterpoint line at the end to wrap up this intense jam. As a bassist myself, I'd be very interested in what type of bass player you admire AfricanusSc, just to compare and see what you consider an appropriate bassist.
Joni, Jaco and Pat?
Was this thee gig of the 20th century?
all you can do is to show gratitude.....
the groove jaco gets into at 3:38 haunts my worst nightmares
Bom demais!
Agree with other comments, lets be able to see these wonderful musicians. What is going on with the silly footage? Still love HEARING the sound.
Mastery. The communication among all of them is transcendent.
i like lawjcrg analysis. If you don't like, call it just..punk jazz blues.. but very intersting.. Christian Mc Bride would appreciate..because he palys on Jaco tribute record ....
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joni mitchell is a fucking amazing singer, but i have to say she was fuckig LUCKY to have worked with the most important fuckign musician of her time. just sayiun
JONI MITCHELL SUBLIME.
wow
What a shame to put pictures of Las Vegas, lights, cars! KNothing to do with that) meanwhile the chorus of Michael Brecker!
Owes a little to Annie Ross
I had the great pleasure of doing the sheet music arrangement for this song when I was working at Warner Bros. Music in NYC in the 70's. What a challenge! Had to slow it way down to get Jaco's notes accurate, but then, in those pre-digital days, it was so low it was impossible to hear the notes accurately. So then we had to speed it up. What a great album (Mingus).
GREAT story!!!!
Hi donald d you remember who were in charge of horns section?
LuisPrada17 I read somewhere jaco wrote the horns arrangement in s few minutes before rehearsal
That was Jaco too
Thanks for sharing i often wondered about those brilliant people behind the scenes .
This might be my favorite performance of anything ever. Jaco dropping the walkingest bass line of all time but not forgetting to mess with Brecker by feeding him harmonic gore to try to solo over. I'm not surprised Michael gave Jaco the cold shoulder afterward but it was iconic so what are you gonna do.
All too wonderful, let’s not forget the outstanding Michael Brecker (r.i.p)
Too young - like so many of the greats - Jaco included. :(
What an incredible presence in my life. Both of them.
When Michael and Jaco first blow in after Joni’s intro it is just pure laser-like genius.👍
Jaco was one of the most punk rock things to ever happen to jazz
Is that an insult or a compliment?
@@G8GT364CI both
@@G8GT364CI if you’re a purist who likes the smell of their own farts a lot, sure it could be an insult. I personally think Jaco played a big role in the progression of popular music in general.
@@cheapmusicgear You sound kind of dumb, I don't argue with people who use infantile terms.
@@G8GT364CI I would rather sound dumb than sound pompous
I could be wrong..but I've always felt Brecker was kinda pissed with Jaco at the end of the tune..his (mike's) expression is like "man you fuckin' overplay" it's my solo on the outtro..I think Jaco seems to sense this and look's surprised by his (mike's) reaction..
it is said that jaco was extremely egocentric, he intentionally raised the volume of his amplifiers to make the bass sound stand out over other instruments, even his voice, and it was precisely, supposedly, for this reason that he died, when he wanted to go on stage where santana played, to play the bass, he used to turn up and take the bass from the bassists and play for them.
Agree, and Brecker had good reason to be annoyed,
He's definitely too loud in this one. I love Jaco but some of his later stuff isn't that great
Jaco plays all over everyone else on this tune & right in the frequency range of the singer & sax player. Bad taste & impossible to work with regardless of the genius of the individual.
@@WinstonTexas829 its not a tune, its his solo
I can't get enough of the bass line that starts at 3:38. Gives me goosebumps every single time. RIP Jaco.
Jesus Christ he turns into fuckin metronome
Jaco's gimmick _Havona_ like
Stripped it down bare bones and seen what Dude could do with it then gives him the dumb a** look at the end of the song
3:58
mother fuck Jaco had it there @ 3:38, glad I saw your comment. He used to come into the music store I did Saturdays at. Oakland Park, Fla. Amazing bass player and composer
What an incredible vocalist she is !!!
What the FUCK was that? Seriously. The best music ever recorded. In no small way.
Kris H. There isn't a single bass player in the world who can deliver a performance like this. He's on fire.
+Jim Gardner He is on coke too... 1:29 OMG, in another galaxy, far far away.......
4:03 Always wondered if Michael Brecker was giving crap to Jaco or not for that last bass part. Obviously Jaco didn't give a shit lol cool song
Wow,, what a band! The bit where Jaco, Don and Mike start going for it, the visuals start and I'm screaming 'show the fucking musicians!!
Yeah, I know what you mean. But it is Joni's music and she had the right to present it the way she wanted. But she must have that live footage you reference someplace in her personal archive. I'd give my right arm to see it.
@@Kinsale1333 Totally agree!
Did you notice at the end the sax player shakes his head at Jaco for show boating over his Sax solo?? hallarious.
This!!!
i would love to listen to an isolation of just the vocals & bass. The interplay is almost like Bach counterpoint
That was the mastery of Jaco Pastorius, the greatest bass player that ever walked the planet, his Fender and Joni's voice are married in the heavens for all time.
ahaha I've tought about the same thing: sounds like counterpoint
Whacha got against Mr. Brecker?
Lisrening to jaco since 85. A jimi hendrix of bass. He defined big time bass!
@@raymondchollet3199 He also defined loud, obnoxious overplaying unfortunately at times too like in this video.
There is way too much to speak about right here. 2 Legends going back to back. You have watch this clip very closely to see what is going on. I witnessed this show and Joni brought these guys together but besides Pat Metheny & Lyle Mays there were no friends aboard. You can see how Jaco challenges the sax player Michael Brecker. There is no love loss, at the end of the piece Jaco turns back to him in acknowledgement but Brecker turns away from him. PRICELESS
+JackinTheWoods You are correct I noticed that also. It looked like Michael Brecker was upset at the end of the gig with Jaco. Jaco played great, nothing was going to hold him back. It was up to the rest of the band to respond to his playing.
When forming the band, Jaco had wanted to ditch Brecker, who was second choice after Wayne Shorter wasn't available.
Yeah there is definitely a moment there at the end where Brecker kind of shakes his head. Hard to know exactly he was disappointed about though
I'm down to a roll of dimes
I'm stalking the slot that's hot
I keep hearing bells all around me
Jingling in the lucky jackpot
They keep you tantalized
They keep you reaching for your wallet
Here in fool's paradise
I talked to a cat from Des Moines
He said he ran a cleaning plant
That cat was clanking with coin
Well, he must have had a genie in a lamp
Cause every time
I dropped a dime I blew it
He kept ringing bells nothing to it..
He got three oranges, three lemons
Three cherries, three plums
I'm losing my taste for fruit
Watching the dry cleaner do it
Like Midas in a polyester suit
It's all luck, it's just luck
You get a little lucky and you make a little money
Grande, grazie
Superb. Jaco is obviously amazing. Joni’s vocals here are virtuosity!
Joni and Jaco - perfect together. One of the greatest live albums of all times.
Vero
no doubt
This is one of my favourite Joni and Jaco numbers. I bought the DVD about ten years ago. It always annoyed me that they overlaid stock footage over some of the best bass playing Jaco ever did.
Its in the DVD like that huh? I always assumed the uploader did that did get past copyright
it is unfortunately
idiots
Does anyone know if they did it on the Laserdisc or VHS versions?
I would much rather watch the band perform. Jaco isn't the only brilliant musician on stage here. I did read that Joni Mitchell hired several members of The Weather Report as her backing band at this time so Jaco and his two bandmates are all very accomplished jazz musicians who are very tight and are very experienced at playing with one another. Showing the band without the overlaid Vegas footage would make for a much better visual presentation.
who could have thought a song about playing slot machines could be so badass?
Michael Jordan was the Jaco Pastorious of basketball!
The famous "Duel" between Jaco and Michael Breaker!
Jaco couldnt stand Brecker..
BLOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
God must be a singing woman! 💖
Joni Mitchell must be considered to be amongst the very elite in jazz vocals. Any singer will tell you how difficult it is to sing this; what unbelievable control you have to have. And that bass line...what can one say. Pastorius was at the very top of his profession. Great song, great band. Thanks to all involved.
Right - Joni and Jaco could not get better.....insane performance
Jaco was from the planet Pastyourassandwayoveryourhead. Bass God sent from the Heavens. As we say on planet Earth ; RIP Jaco. Truth is Jaco didnt die. He was born a Myth and Legend. It was Destiny. Cheers Brother
I’m not sure where this performance took place, but I saw Joni, Jaco, Michael et al perform this number at the UC Berkeley Jazz Festival in May of ‘79. It’s indelibly etched in my brain as is their rendition of Goodbye Porkpie Hat, and Woodstock.
I’m loving this Joni is a multi talented singer crossing all genre . This combination of Jazz musicians and the icing on the cake JACO!
このライブの動画ってあったのか
ブレッカーのソロが完全にジャコに食われてるの
ベースのフレーズのほうが記憶残る
V1. "I'm down to a roll" 0:18 V2." I talk to a cat" 0:34 V3. "He got three oranges" 0:48 BREAK V4. " I followed him" BREAK 1:19 V5. "He was stacking the chips" 1:49
BLOOOOOOOOOOOO
1st one year 5th the next yee yee
love this alot more than the album version
That's just an amazing amount of talent on one stage. Have to listen a second time to appreciate how great Brecker is as well.
Smae here! had to pay it twice. Actually 4, been here b4.
Only a second time ?!
Jes! Jaco, Joni & MB on top of their game... devastating!
Jaco and Michael’s look after they finish. #priceless
Super, great live. I love Joni, Jaco, Don, Pat and Michael.
Love Joni, Jaco, Michael and Don.
Absurd video editing, as they should have just stuck to filming the artists.
Still enjoyable. Massive Talent.
The way Jaco re-imagined the bass is mind-blowing. No one had even imagined doing that kind of stuff with a bass. I don't know of any other musician doing something similar with any other instrument.
This stock footage on this fantastic bass player is an insult to common sense...
Gutsy move to start a song acapella and be right on pitch when the instruments come in. But then, it's Joni, so not really too big a surprise, just admiration.
I feel like Breckers playing here doesn’t really fit. Generally love his playing but it seems like he has trouble matching Jaco
Yes, it's like he gives up what he was doing and starts accompanying Jaco. Tough night for Michael , I would say.
Yeah i think Jaco is over playing a bit but idk it still sounded inaane
This record is absurdly brilliant: the musicians, the interplay, Joni´s voice, the setlist... Since long ago I´m in love with Joni´s music. I have 120+ Joni´s tracks in my smartphone: superlative, mesmerizing, heart-touching!
Joni sentirla cantare e suonare con Jaco, un jazz fresco, diverso dal genere di Joni è stata proprio una bella idea, con il sassofono che incalza, che bei ricordi!
2:09 I’ve always loved the psychosis of this jam with those familiar blues changes beneath. Untethered but grounded and familiar. Good pipes too, Joni.
JACO licks bring tears to me eyes!! HE'S THE BEST EVER!!
Jaco, the best I ever seen.....And i seen them all. What tone & time.
some of jaco's best work with joni imho..
I was just thinking that! I know it's sacrilege, but I don't like the majority of the music Jaco was involved with. I love his debut album, dislike most Weather Report: But his stuff with Joni was unreal. He needed her fantastic songwriting to give him a perfect structure to work with.
@@notsure4746 Don Juan's Reckless Daughter.....amazing album!
Jaco is superb here, like all the others on stage!
jaco was just from another planet ! but i have to ask , at 4.02 min do you think maybe brecker wasnt too happy with jaco ?when he turns around , he seems to be shaking his head and jaco s reaction ?? maybe he was shaking his head in amazement ??
PASTORIUS WINS!!!!!
67 people fear Jazz.
I know this music well, I was not allowed to comment, FUCK YOU GOOGLE
Please notice Mr. Brecker too. Thanks.
I'm glad you put this video on. I'm a little mad, that I couldn't see Jaco play his parts, while you were showing that "Same ol, Las Vegas strip.
Thanks for the post, steevo.
Jaco Pastorius master !!!!!
Can someone ask Esperanza Spalding make a a cover of this??
Amazing, Joni's voice is incredible and pitch perfect and great phrasing, and Jaco is simply amazing.
And her lyrics! 🤯
it's hard to think of any music I like as much as this. All the musical drivers at work here have my highest regard. Mingus, Joni, Jaco, brecker, and don alias. hat's off to them all.
I was last here two years ago. My love for this woman remains unabated.
Joni... one of the best jazz singers EVER!
WOW, I only "stumbled" over this one just now, almost 13 years after the upload......and I'm stunned !
What a true musical gem this is. Everything in it is great, it all comes together so well.
hmmm, a couple points.
Greatest blues bass line ever played by an electric bassist!!!
We can't judge Jaco for his volume on this performance, his level was the decision of the live sound mixing engineer and the mixing engineer responsible for producing this DVD!
I don't think brecker shook his head in disgust, it felt more like 'holy F, we just did that at a folk music concert!'
That was Awesome! the way Jaco would let those harmonics ring for bars and then drop into the chord change was beyond!
One of the raddest interpretations of the blues ever put on tape. Two absolute titans just going at it, with amazing backup by Don.
おい！令和💢この歌声、バックバンド超鳥肌もの👊
Pastorious better than any piano accompaniment.
Save for Lyle Mays who happened to accompany him and Joni on this occasion.
what a pity..the "artistic" filming is annoying.
Aaaaaaaahhhh!!! Calidad!! Las Calidades de aquellos años pioneros!! Tin Navio
Some kind of band. Joni, Pat Matheney, Lyle Mays, Don Alias and Jaco Pastorious. How lucky we all are.
look around 3:37...Jaco is facing the drummer, then at 3:39 he has his back to him, its obvious they spliced the video and audio....I wonder what they cut out..??
I'm down to a roll of dimes
I'm stalking the slot that's hot
I keep hearing bells all around me
Jingling in the lucky jackpots
They keep you tantalized
They keep you reaching for your wallet
Here in fools' paradise
I talked to a cat from Des Moines
He said he ran a cleaning plant
That cat was clanking with coin
Well, he must have had a genie in a lamp
'Cause every time, I dropped a dime, I blew it
He kept ringing bells
Nothing to it
He got three oranges
Three lemons
Three cherries
Three plums
I'm losing my taste for fruit
Watching the dry cleaner do it
Like Midas in a polyester suit
It's all luck
It's just luck
You get a little lucky and you make a little money
I followed him down the strip
He picked out a booth at Circus Circus
Where the cowgirls fill the room
With their big balloons
The Cleaner was pitching with purpose
He had Dinos and Pooh Bears
And lions, pink and blue there
He couldn't lose there
It's all luck, it's just luck
Des Moines was stacking the chips
Raking off the tables
Ringing the bandit's bells
This is a story that's a drag to tell
(In some ways)
Since I lost every dime
I laid on the line
But the cleaner from Des Moines
Could put a coin
In the door of a John
And get twenty for one
It's just luck
Lucky, lucky, so lucky, real lucky
That cat's got luck, that cat's got luck
That cat's got luck, that cat's got luck
That cat's got luck
Really lucky, lucky, lucky, lucky, lucky, lucky
Lucky, lucky, lucky, lucky, lucky, lucky
Aint Joni just thebest thing everto come out of Canada 💓
What an OUTSTANDING Talent JONI!!! EXCELLENT band to support her incredible body of works!! JACO.......YIKES!!
3:40 Jaco looking at Brecker like "Hey I am playing the most fuckin perfect on time groovin bass line ever, are you going to play something great or not??"
Jaco was WAY OVERPLAYing! Brecker looked PISSEF!
@@ChromaticHarp Yeah, Jaco sounded amazing though
fantastic how can you play like this and not to be the master of the world..trump dit it something doesn't work
One of these days, they're gonna get this edited right!
Cool bass playing here, but I'm just not crazy about jaco's tone tbh. I'm in no means trying to diminish his abilities as a bassist, just giving my $0.02 on his super mid-heavy tone lol. I mean, I know it's the beloved and revered Jaco Pastorius, but come on man, his bass is so much louder in the mix than all other instrument, even during solos.
Like I said, he's got some unarguably top-fucking-notch skills, but his sound just doesn't "click" with me, and I feel like he would've sounded better here with a warmer tone. I mean, jazz bass playing isn't/wasn't really known for having bright, mid-heavy bass tones for a reason. It just distracts our attention away from the soloists; in this case, either Joni's sublime singing, or that awesome sax solo, and really takes up too much presence in the overall frequency range mix.
Bass, no matter how good the playing, should never be the loudest instrument in a jazz group mix. Because of his mid-y tone dominating the entire mix, the sax solo (an instrument that thrives in the mid-range frequencies) is totally washed out by the bass. People will probably hate me for saying all this, but these are just my initial thoughts as I watch this vid. To each his own.
De otro mundo!! No se puede creer cómo Jaco acompaña a Brecker en el solo, es un tema que he escuchado cien veces y me sigue asombrando. Pero el que borró las imágenes de ambos músicos para colocar las de Las Vegas es uno de los peores imbéciles que se han visto, como Joni Mitchell permitió eso, no se puede concebir que hayan cortado ese momento de extraordinaria inspiración.
VA ANCHE DETTA UNA COSA, JACO ALLA FINE DEGLI ANNI 70 ERA PROFONDAMENTE INNAMORATO DEL MODO DI SUONARE DI WAYNE SHORTHER. NON HA MAI COMPIUTAMENTE ACCETTATO L'IDEA DI SUONARE CON MICHAEL BRECKER ( CHE IO ADORO). SPESSO SI NOTA NEL FILMATO, COME TROPPO SPESSO JACO GLI VOLGE LE SPALLE, NON LO CERCA MAI NEANCHE CON LO SGUARDO..QUALCHE STORIA LA FACE ANCHE CON DON ALIAS, NON LO VOLEVA ALLA BATTERIA MA ALLA HAND DRUM. IN VERITA' IL PERCUSSIONISTA CHE SI PRESTA ALLA BATTERIA, HA UN APPROCCIO ASSAI PARTICOLARE, TENDE A COLORIRE TANTISSIMO.. QUESTIONE DI "ADATTAMENTO DELLE ORECCHIE NELLA GIUSTA DIREZIONE" battuta di spazio 1999...
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Michele Iaccarino interessante dove l hai letto?
I love this music and the whole dvd SHADOWS AND LIGHT
3:38 = the greatest showcase of improvisational and musical talent in the history of humanity
Bass players take note. He is THE man.
"bass player" :D
+Jim Gardner bass players need to find their own music, that goes for any musician, there will never be another jaco.
No one will ever replace Jaco but we can all certainly appreciate what he did and learn from him.
Jim Gardner choose a bright tone and overplay constantly. Got it.
@@Meddled lol
Great song. I do wish that they hadn't laid the Vegas footage over the band performance, though. Jaco and the rest of the guys are all masters and I would rather watch them play than watch stock footage of Vegas that I can get almost anywhere. I'm not familiar with any of the musicians in this video aside from Joni and Jaco but the way the bass and the sax intertwine with each other is simply brilliant. Awesome stuff.