@@zombielandakausa7468 No, I've met professional musicians and the majority of them were humble and respectful. I myself know my abilities and I will never think I'm the best at my instrument. An egotistical musician is either never going to progress, or never going to get a gig.
It was a fretted jazz bass that Jaco removed the frets from. It still has its original inlays and anyone playing it can see scars from the frets. There’s a reason why he stuck with the “bass of doom” instead of going to a true fretless. It’s easier to play harmonics if you can see where the frets were.
The drummer on the "Live In Italy" album (recorded on tour in 1986) is fantastic - and he's all but unknown outside of the recordings of that tour! Jaco was a legend and the young Bireli Lagréne (on guitar) was soon to become a major star in his own right, but what about the drummer Thomas Böröcz? Not much known or recorded at all, but his drumming on that album is absolutely essential to the sound of the trio, he has a union of heavy punch and dance-like swing reminiscent of John Bonham (or perhaps Roger Taylor) that gives the other two the powerful floor they need for their improvisations. I have loved that album for twenty years... 🎶🎹
Jaco knew the bass better than I know my existence. The sounds he made with it are incredible and un-replicable, no one can make it sound like Jaco made it.
So, no one has pointed this out but what he is actually playing is an old jazz standard called "dolores" by wayne shorter, he then proceeds to walk it and do a brief bridge solo. Then he has about 20-30 seconds of "A portrait of tracy" and then he plays on out.
Ben Taylor, Absolutely! And this video unfortunately doesn’t even show his entire solo. Only the Dolores/Portrait of Tracy parts. There’s still the amazing third section where he covers Jimi Hendrix’s “Third Stone from the Sun.”
it isn't too difficult, i couldn't understand anything when i first saw this some years ago but now ive been playing guitar for an year so i know much more about music and much better understand what he is doing and all
@@asharbones1183 Quanto è bello quando qualcosa che non capiamo ci incuriosisce, poi studiamo ed entriamo in una parte di mondo musicale per noi nuova, e ci arricchisce!👍
@@CaeridLock. not yet lol. But I "consume" Allan Holdsworth more than Jaco, for some reason, but I don't exactly "get" or enjoy it. Been listening to Cynic a lot, that, somehow, seems to be the metal image of this kind of aesthetic. I would say jazz, but it sounds beyond it, way to "structured". But I digress.
That`s one of the most outstanding imrovisational solo I`ve ever heard on every musical instrument. It`s just out of this world. Just imagine anyone knew bass as a "bass" by that moment and than he comes and plays all kinds of beautiful sounds from his bass. Thats striking
I was in the front row a few meters from Jaco when he played his solo, I was blown away for weeks after. Around 1986 London Hammersmith Odeon. R.I.P. Jaco.
Thank you Mingus, for your contributions to the contra bass, and for being such a brave musician, and inspiring people like Jaco. Thank you Metheny for exposing Jaco to many people, such as myself. Thank you Jaco, for being Jaco.
I'm certain to be the only person here because I've been lucky enough to meet this man's exquisite granddaughter over breakfast at a diner. His musicianship is hardly the only wonderful thing he has given the world. Thanks, Jaco. Much obliged.
Im Just A Water Bottle Im Just A Water Bottle He’s what pops up when you type ‘Jaco’ into the search bar. That kid has less talent than Jaco’s right pinky.
I barely play bass. Although I love it. I play guitar. But what I love is that when learning bass you learn to play clean because it's such a harmonic instrument. But jaco explored that part, which is why he's so amazing. Just a great musical explorer, like all great artists
jedan od naj expresivnijh na planeti, bolna završnica, Kralj bass-a, takvo Čudo ostaje zauvijek u memoriji svih koji ga nemogu prežaliti, vječna mu slava.. Hvala Jaco.. ⚒️⚒️⚒️
The shear and pure musicianship in Jaco is fascinating to watch. It’s like a whole universe was being revealed to us, full of poetry and delicateness, refinement and subtlety. I absolutely love these chords played in natural harmonics. Fretless bass is the shit !
It is disastrous Jaco never had a gig with Jimmy Hendrix! It could have being a gig of a century Jaco is what every bass player wants to be. a true genius and a legend
@@commanderthorkilj.amundsen3426 Sure.. NOW it would seem that way but not back then for sure. A lot of guitarists say well he just made a bunch of noises on the guitar. Like when he did the national anthem. Try it and see how you sound doing it lol. That’s all I’m saying…. Just try it lol
I honestly think that Jaco suffered from what could be called "Instrument displacement"- he plays one instrument in the way he wishes he could play another. D'Angelo describes his own piano playing as playing like a guitarist because that's how he hears things; as guitar parts. So he finally learned how to play it after years of playing his unique piano style. I think Jaco is playing a cello on his bass based off of his riffs but he's playing a style all his own. The man was a true inovator and it's why he polished harmonics the way he did and set a standard that every bass player succeeding him followed.
Since I began to pay more attention to vids of mr Pastorius, this guy keeps blowing my mind with what he accomplished with this instrument. I never would have thought that a bass could move my emotions so much. And the guy just.....does it.
Some of this is musical knowledge, some of it is just raw talent , but All of it is from the human soul . He left it all out there . He gave you everything but the kitchen sink . This is improvisation at its finest 👊🏻🤓 i love jaco like I love miles Davis :) they both did something to their notes that made them different from everyone else . They gave their instruments the sound❤️🌹
with years of experience comes comes the best kind of music this performance is oozing with soul and love that can just be felt from any angle and it's quite beautiful
I'm laughing at all the negative comments written by people here. Some don't understand improvisation. Some think that a solo is only great if the musician is playing as fast as possible. Some are just trolls. The haters have no clue about the talent required to play a bass as well as Jaco did, let alone a fretless bass - the accuracy required for proper intonation etc.
+LISTEN UP! Not exactly random, but that's basically what this is. This video features barely a few seconds of the actual song Portrait of Tracy, but the uploader decided to title it that, and a lot of people hearing about how great that composition is will unfortunately only see this video and wonder what the fuss is about.
Bassmasta8989 In the "statement of theme," the first two measures hint at the Allegro of Mozart's Piano Sonata No. 15, and a few phrases later, 3 descending notes are identical with the 5-and-6 of the 3rd measure of the intro (counted out with the assumption it's in 6/8; it may well be written in 3/4). In Jaco's hands, these are the *gentlest* of teases; not even close to being *thefts*. And, of course, maybe this is all in my head!
Bassmasta8989 There's also a phrase from Joe Hamilton's "I'm So Glad We Had This Time Together," which was Carol Burnett's (1970s-80s TV comedienne, for the youngsters) theme song.
It's like that in pretty much every decent music video. Everybody wants to "get it" more than everyone else. I love playing music, but I fucking hate musicians.
@Chuck Buskee That's just how jazz sounds to the uninitiated ear. If you really knew a thing about music, you'd understand that there is a lot more depth to what he is playing here, it isn't just random noodling - you just don't get it.
@Chuck Buskee Jazz is a highly improvisational music form, especially live like this. It is highly complex, as such it may sound like someone messing around to uninitiated ears like yours, but in fact what he played is connected through musical ideas and he had a deep knowledge of music theory, as all great Jazz musicians do. So I guess you can say it is "messing around", but it's much more complex than that, and it took a great deal of skill to play what he did so that's pretty dumb way of thinking about it.
I am in awe of this prodigiously talented man. I have only dabbled in Bass but recently bought a high-en MusicMan Bass. This video is definitely inspiring me to spend more time with my Bass
Don HItt that is a mischaracterisation of the facts. He bought the instrument from someone who had it illegitimatly and offered to sell it to the family for the purchase price at any time even though it is certainly worth much more than that
still I mean you're in Metallica... they generate about $86 million every 30 shows & being as Jaco died destitute & the family ISN'T in Metallica, after everything they've gone thru, he coulda/shoulda just gave it back to them. What does he need chump change like that for
Loved snow ball fight with Jaco and Yorrma mid eighties My Fathers Place Roslyn NY great memory. The man had such a musical soul and was wild and reckless. What a great contribution, so grateful.
I’m a deaf bassist and I don’t play by ear so it’s hard to catch the subtle nuances in his playing. I understand that Jaco is considered the greatest bassist that ever lived. I enjoy watching his videos even if most of what he’s playing is over my head.
I just picked out this video as it has 7 million views. I just woke up at 12 noon in California, 8/24/21 and in my dream was walking across a parking lot. Coming toward me was Jaco. I said, I know who you are, Jaco! He smiled a BIG smile. He said Do people remember me? I said YES they do and they love you a lot. He said he was doing fine. Then he said, Excuse me, but I got some wiring to do. He waved and walked on. I swear that was one of those VIVID dreams. His hair was cut short. He looked good.
jaco sat down in my living room and showed me some bass licks awhile back. that is before he dissolved back into my wall and satan pissed brimstone through my soul. never doin acid again
Man I'll Probably regret this I think that’s just his tone. He wanted that low fuzzy sound, it’s why he yanked the frets off that bass. It was to mimic an upright bass sound. Also the acoustic amps he used had that deep harmonic sound that amplified the “fartiness” of his sound. It’s all a matter of opinion.
If you are here because you heard about how amazing the composition Portrait of Tracy is, then please watch another video, preferably the album version. This is an unrelated live solo that only quotes a small part of Portrait of Tracy, it doesn't represent the real thing. I can't think of any live performances Jaco did that compare to the original.
His live version of Portrait of Tracy on the Trilogue concert is, in my opinion, better than the original. Among other things, he adds a BRILLIANT harmonic run at the end.
Yeah you know what fuck you man with this "real version" shit. If you want to hear a version with less improv listen to the album version- it's less real than the live version, but just as beautiful. You're comment is everything shitty about jazz listeners today.
They mistitled the video. This barely is Portrait of Tracy by Jaco as it is actually Dolores by Wayne Shorter (his band member at the time in Weather Report). Jaco is performing Dolores on the bass following the form of which leads into Portrait of Tracy at the end.
Jaco put on a clinic at the Musician's Institute around the mid 80's. Someone asked him about harmonics and Jaco stated that he prefers to use them sparingly and not overdo it. Another asked him about Portriat of Tracy and Jaco tried to play it from a long forgotten memory. He struggled, but figured it out for the most part, and then said that he had literally not played it since the laid down the track on that album. He probably didn't remember playing it in the concert's that promoted that album.
Clabbert I also just discovered last night that by slowing down the intro to SWV’s “I’m So Into You”, it is identical to what they sampled in “Rain”. They must love Jaco...but...the connection is odd
Harmonics on a bass guitar, are you kidding me! Jaco was a beast and will ALWAYS be one of the GREATEST musicians of all time. He left us too young. ENOUGH SAID.
I play the guitar majority of the time and can play the bass guitar but don’t play often but I never heard anything like this I didn’t know a bass guitar was capable of making these sounds I’m amazed, A Portrait Of Tracy well Tracy must have been beautiful
I think there's a story that once Jaco was asked, "what's the future of jazz?" and responded with something like, "Well, next week, I'll be in Miami."
he's a tad egotistical, but then again he lives up to it so who cares
John Kolaga He was also once tagged as the “best” in front of himself to which he had replied, “I WAS NEVER THE BEST, I WILL NEVER BE.”
He meant Miami Sound Machine
BADASSNESS!
@@zombielandakausa7468 No, I've met professional musicians and the majority of them were humble and respectful. I myself know my abilities and I will never think I'm the best at my instrument. An egotistical musician is either never going to progress, or never going to get a gig.
The fact that he does that all on a fretless is incredible considering his notes are perfectly in tune and he's still playing that fast.
I think it has frets
He would've had fret markers along the side of the neck
It was a fretted bass that he removed the frets from.
It was a fretted jazz bass that Jaco removed the frets from. It still has its original inlays and anyone playing it can see scars from the frets. There’s a reason why he stuck with the “bass of doom” instead of going to a true fretless. It’s easier to play harmonics if you can see where the frets were.
@@nitsudocsicnarf347right but he can still see the frets lol. This isnt a normal fretless, obviously.
2:57 always the first riff I play after I'm done tuning.
doesn't get any better than that.
im sure this must be your housemates favorite song then
as a drummer I can really appreciate what jaco does with his bass....unbelievable talent but more importantly unbelievable Groove!!!
Sharing in the Grooooove
As a plumber I can appreciate it just as much.
As a bassist I think this is absolute garbage. Offensive to the ears.
As someone who can't play an instrument, Jaco is the chit
The drummer on the "Live In Italy" album (recorded on tour in 1986) is fantastic - and he's all but unknown outside of the recordings of that tour! Jaco was a legend and the young Bireli Lagréne (on guitar) was soon to become a major star in his own right, but what about the drummer Thomas Böröcz? Not much known or recorded at all, but his drumming on that album is absolutely essential to the sound of the trio, he has a union of heavy punch and dance-like swing reminiscent of John Bonham (or perhaps Roger Taylor) that gives the other two the powerful floor they need for their improvisations. I have loved that album for twenty years... 🎶🎹
"It ain't braggin if you can back it up" -Jaco
TRUTH
And he COULD!
It still is bragging though lol
@@brandonyankees1 EXACTLY!!! TY
Jaco heard Dizzy Dean & he is credited with "It Ain't Braggin If You Can Back It Up"
Jaco knew the bass better than I know my existence. The sounds he made with it are incredible and un-replicable, no one can make it sound like Jaco made it.
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@@santiagodunbar2381 I basically a child when I made this comment lol
@@santiagodunbar2381 not even comparable. Two absolutely completely different bassists to even compare lmfao.
Go for it ,you'd be surprised
Charles Berthoud could probably do it if he spends the time.
2:57 i cannot explain the feeling i feel between seeing him play it to actually hearing it, it's like a visceral response. idk, i love this so much.
Yeah that was hard asf
YEAH I GOT A B0NER TOO 🥴
time passes, we are almost in 2024 but Jaco's music and his style are always modern and unique. Matteo
It's like he's playing the bass to tell a story, awesome!
It's a hard life mate. I don't blame you for burying your head in the sand.
every instrument tells a story but not all of the muscian know how to tell it. jako knowed.
Telling the story of the piano that got pushed down the stairs.
pInG pInG PoNg PoNg PiNg bOoM cRaCk
So, no one has pointed this out but what he is actually playing is an old jazz standard called "dolores" by wayne shorter, he then proceeds to walk it and do a brief bridge solo. Then he has about 20-30 seconds of "A portrait of tracy" and then he plays on out.
I figured someone else must have noticed this. You beat me to it.
That's right. When Wayne was with Miles. From "miles smiles" album I believe. I heard it too.
Yupp most people dont have the attentiveness to hear notes like someone like you my good sir!
amazing.
Thanks mate!
How many harmonics do you want to hear?
Jaco: *yes*
2:57 that lick is unreal
John Rosario its gorgeous
It all is, my friend, it all is
Ben Taylor, Absolutely! And this video unfortunately doesn’t even show his entire solo. Only the Dolores/Portrait of Tracy parts. There’s still the amazing third section where he covers Jimi Hendrix’s “Third Stone from the Sun.”
Yeah what about it?
@the epitome of all living things, Ummm.... what?
Every note is so clean. Amazing. How he gets the harmonics to ring so clear I'll never understand
Distortion and compression baybee
A fretless is slightly easier to get harmonics on
Some Downbeat interviewer once asked him "Where is Jazz bass headed?" . Jaco got up and replied " right now it is headed to the bathroom..."
I’ve heard many versions of this story
One of my goals in life is to learn how to appreciate Jaco’s art. For now, I confess this is too abstract for me.
it isn't too difficult, i couldn't understand anything when i first saw this some years ago but now ive been playing guitar for an year so i know much more about music and much better understand what he is doing and all
its basically jazz saxophone but on bass
@@asharbones1183 Quanto è bello quando qualcosa che non capiamo ci incuriosisce, poi studiamo ed entriamo in una parte di mondo musicale per noi nuova, e ci arricchisce!👍
2 years later, wonder if he figured it out and moved on to Allan holdsworth
@@CaeridLock. not yet lol. But I "consume" Allan Holdsworth more than Jaco, for some reason, but I don't exactly "get" or enjoy it. Been listening to Cynic a lot, that, somehow, seems to be the metal image of this kind of aesthetic. I would say jazz, but it sounds beyond it, way to "structured". But I digress.
That`s one of the most outstanding imrovisational solo I`ve ever heard on every musical instrument. It`s just out of this world. Just imagine anyone knew bass as a "bass" by that moment and than he comes and plays all kinds of beautiful sounds from his bass. Thats striking
Jaco is playing through "Dolores" with ease man. So impressive. Beautiful
Im 31, have started playing bass as Jaco and Marcus Miller model and almost 20 years later nobody can be close to these guys.. RIP Jaco ❤️❤️❤️
I watch this every day. True inspiration.
I was in the front row a few meters from Jaco when he played his solo, I was blown away for weeks after. Around 1986 London Hammersmith Odeon. R.I.P. Jaco.
This performance is from 78 in Germany tho....
Johnny Romper Ah really thank you, that dose surprise me, but I did see him in the mid 80s with weather report at H.O.
Are you sure it was Jaco you saw? By 86, he was living in the streets of NY and had not been playing with Weather report for many years...
❤
Thanks for the chance to hear Jaco again, a jazz bass legend.
Thank you Mingus, for your contributions to the contra bass, and for being such a brave musician, and inspiring people like Jaco. Thank you Metheny for exposing Jaco to many people, such as myself. Thank you Jaco, for being Jaco.
I'm certain to be the only person here because I've been lucky enough to meet this man's exquisite granddaughter over breakfast at a diner. His musicianship is hardly the only wonderful thing he has given the world. Thanks, Jaco. Much obliged.
Bass guitar was truly the visible part of his soul, seamless integration!
i love jacob sartorius 😍
O H N O
Im Just A Water Bottle Im Just A Water Bottle He’s what pops up when you type ‘Jaco’ into the search bar. That kid has less talent than Jaco’s right pinky.
Looool
Hey! Its Jaco Pastalvus..okay? Gees!!
Mark Sanders jack plastovarious
The way he so casually plays 7#9 chords with harmonics. And the fluid shredding. And everything else obviously.
just no words to describe how far above and beyond he was with what he was creating on that bass. Still amazes me to this day. RIP Jaco
I love his playing more than anybody. Such a talented individual, so creative, moody, funny at times, just fantastic.
I miss you Jaco. Thanks for making the bass respectable!!
Today's is jaco's birthday !
Biggest bassist ever.
Oh I wouldn't say that. He actually looks trim and rather fit I think.
his not the best James Jamerson is
Chris Squire was pretty big too
I don't get all the adulation??
@@dedasalmeida9047 nah, Jaco redefined the instrument and parts of music itself. James was good, but Jaco overall was more influential in my opinion.
Simply... AMAZING!
Great bassist, great musician, great masterpiece!
Beautiful Jaco❤️Fly free forever in infinity🌺
I barely play bass. Although I love it. I play guitar. But what I love is that when learning bass you learn to play clean because it's such a harmonic instrument. But jaco explored that part, which is why he's so amazing. Just a great musical explorer, like all great artists
Love Jaco. Almost 30 years since we lost him. RIP Jaco your music will live forever.
He's improvising on "Dolores" a tune by Wayne Shorter. Then goes into "portrait of Tracy" at the end.
...and the theme from the Carol Burnett show
jedan od naj expresivnijh na planeti, bolna završnica, Kralj bass-a, takvo Čudo ostaje zauvijek u memoriji svih koji ga nemogu prežaliti, vječna mu slava.. Hvala Jaco.. ⚒️⚒️⚒️
He looks like Smeagol before he becomes Gollum
is that the guy from lord of the strings
Meowth well played
I don't get this quite
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Sadly he does. But I think he was going thru some shit at this time.
The shear and pure musicianship in Jaco is fascinating to watch. It’s like a whole universe was being revealed to us, full of poetry and delicateness, refinement and subtlety. I absolutely love these chords played in natural harmonics.
Fretless bass is the shit !
Just so amazing epic - a song of love or lost love - you decide - RIP Jaco Pastorius
RIP Jaco. Greatest bass player that ever lived.
It is disastrous Jaco never had a gig with Jimmy Hendrix! It could have being a gig of a century
Jaco is what every bass player wants to be. a true genius and a legend
Hendrix, vastly overrated.
@@commanderthorkilj.amundsen3426 nah
@@commanderthorkilj.amundsen3426 im not saying hes the best but he has hes place in the world of guitarists and hes own style
@@commanderthorkilj.amundsen3426 Sure.. NOW it would seem that way but not back then for sure. A lot of guitarists say well he just made a bunch of noises on the guitar. Like when he did the national anthem. Try it and see how you sound doing it lol. That’s all I’m saying…. Just try it lol
@@commanderthorkilj.amundsen3426 I’m sure your favourite shredders couldn’t write a song if their lives depended on it....
I honestly think that Jaco suffered from what could be called "Instrument displacement"- he plays one instrument in the way he wishes he could play another. D'Angelo describes his own piano playing as playing like a guitarist because that's how he hears things; as guitar parts. So he finally learned how to play it after years of playing his unique piano style. I think Jaco is playing a cello on his bass based off of his riffs but he's playing a style all his own. The man was a true inovator and it's why he polished harmonics the way he did and set a standard that every bass player succeeding him followed.
Artists must suffer. Not to mention the fans.
Since I began to pay more attention to vids of mr Pastorius, this guy keeps blowing my mind with what he accomplished with this instrument. I never would have thought that a bass could move my emotions so much. And the guy just.....does it.
Im so blessed just to still be alive to see this right now. Be thankful for the each breath u take..
He was a true Bass Master. He could play it all. I wish he was here to play like so many others who have been taken away.
Some of this is musical knowledge, some of it is just raw talent , but
All of it is from the human soul . He left it all out there . He gave you everything but the kitchen sink . This is improvisation at its finest 👊🏻🤓 i love jaco like I love miles Davis :) they both did something to their notes that made them different from everyone else . They gave their instruments the sound❤️🌹
with years of experience comes comes the best kind of music this performance is oozing with soul and love that can just be felt from any angle and it's quite beautiful
I'm laughing at all the negative comments written by people here. Some don't understand improvisation. Some think that a solo is only great if the musician is playing as fast as possible. Some are just trolls. The haters have no clue about the talent required to play a bass as well as Jaco did, let alone a fretless bass - the accuracy required for proper intonation etc.
This sounds like random noodling with some harmonics thrown in. Doesn't even sound good.
+LISTEN UP! Not exactly random, but that's basically what this is. This video features barely a few seconds of the actual song Portrait of Tracy, but the uploader decided to title it that, and a lot of people hearing about how great that composition is will unfortunately only see this video and wonder what the fuss is about.
He's actually playing a tune at the start that most people take as pure improvisation.
"Dolores" a tune by Wayne Shorter isn't "random noodling."
+LISTEN UP! Get outta here and go listen to kids bop, jazz is for musicians
Thundercat fell in love with him
So, thank you Stephen
😭
@Jay Bee 🤣🤣
THE unsurpassed Grand-Master of Electric-Bass! Nothing less!
So sad he has passed away too soon!
Something tells me I will watch and enjoy this everyday for several weeks.
Jaco Pastorius was such a talented bassist player. So sad we lost him too early, who knows how much larger his impact could have been.
Love the quote from "I Want You (She's So Heavy)." Extraordinary chops, even higher standard of musicianship.
Where does that happen? Am I just crazy for not ever noticing that before?
Bassmasta8989 In the "statement of theme," the first two measures hint at the Allegro of Mozart's Piano Sonata No. 15, and a few phrases later, 3 descending notes are identical with the 5-and-6 of the 3rd measure of the intro (counted out with the assumption it's in 6/8; it may well be written in 3/4). In Jaco's hands, these are the *gentlest* of teases; not even close to being *thefts*. And, of course, maybe this is all in my head!
Bassmasta8989 There's also a phrase from Joe Hamilton's "I'm So Glad We Had This Time Together," which was Carol Burnett's (1970s-80s TV comedienne, for the youngsters) theme song.
Mark McDonnell Dude, none of that is in here. Lay off the hashish.
Beautiful vibrations from the man with strings. Your sounds travel through space and time as does your light, sweet comet ☄️ ❤️
Unique , great to hear innovation like Jaco and .Micheal Manring
My dad says he knew Jaco, never listened to his music before and this the first tune I’ve heard of him.
I haven’t actually seen any negative comments. Only people talking about the negative comments.
Were you just looking at the popular comments? I switched to new comments and there are negative comments right away.
It's like that in pretty much every decent music video. Everybody wants to "get it" more than everyone else. I love playing music, but I fucking hate musicians.
@Chuck Buskee That's just how jazz sounds to the uninitiated ear. If you really knew a thing about music, you'd understand that there is a lot more depth to what he is playing here, it isn't just random noodling - you just don't get it.
@Chuck Buskee Jazz fusion.
@Chuck Buskee Jazz is a highly improvisational music form, especially live like this. It is highly complex, as such it may sound like someone messing around to uninitiated ears like yours, but in fact what he played is connected through musical ideas and he had a deep knowledge of music theory, as all great Jazz musicians do. So I guess you can say it is "messing around", but it's much more complex than that, and it took a great deal of skill to play what he did so that's pretty dumb way of thinking about it.
Its humbling seeing someone so in their element, that youre seeing an extention of themself through their instrument
I never get tired of watching him
Happy birthday, Jaco (1951-1987)!
The world is a worse place without Jaco
What a JOY! Thanks so much for sharing!!!:) JACO LIVES!!!
This is amazing, incredible creativity and skill
MUCH LOVE AND RESPECT!!! greatly missed xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
There is a lot of great content in this solo; nice melodic lines, cool harmonies, clean harmonics, fast runs, and great intonation too.
Today. 30 years ago. Miss your spirit Jaco.
September 21, 1987
When I was 11 I heard this and it inspired me. I'm 34.
I am in awe of this prodigiously talented man. I have only dabbled in Bass but recently bought a high-en MusicMan Bass. This video is definitely inspiring me to spend more time with my Bass
Great documentary on Netflix appropriately called, 'Jaco.'
Apparently the bass player from Metallica was one of the main producers of that movie haha
Ya rob trujillo. Apparently he put down $1 million for the film!
and then asked the Pastorious family to pay full price for the original "bass of doom" he acquired, if they wanted to have it back lol
Don HItt that is a mischaracterisation of the facts. He bought the instrument from someone who had it illegitimatly and offered to sell it to the family for the purchase price at any time even though it is certainly worth much more than that
still I mean you're in Metallica... they generate about $86 million every 30 shows & being as Jaco died destitute & the family ISN'T in Metallica, after everything they've gone thru, he coulda/shoulda just gave it back to them. What does he need chump change like that for
just found this piece. man that bass has some miles on it. like a fine wine to me.
Loved snow ball fight with Jaco and Yorrma mid eighties My Fathers Place Roslyn NY great memory. The man had such a musical soul and was wild and reckless. What a great contribution, so grateful.
なんちゅうギラぶりした音！脇役のように見せかけてめっちゃ目立つって感じ（語彙力）
最高だ…あと客のテンションいいね
You can feel his emotion in his playing
These are the sounds of Jaco's soul. That, is art.
Super GREAT!!! LOVE
I’m a deaf bassist and I don’t play by ear so it’s hard to catch the subtle nuances in his playing. I understand that Jaco is considered the greatest bassist that ever lived. I enjoy watching his videos even if most of what he’s playing is over my head.
I just picked out this video as it has 7 million views. I just woke up at 12 noon in California, 8/24/21 and in my dream was walking across a parking lot. Coming toward me was Jaco. I said, I know who you are, Jaco! He smiled a BIG smile. He said Do people remember me? I said YES they do and they love you a lot. He said he was doing fine. Then he said, Excuse me, but I got some wiring to do. He waved and walked on. I swear that was one of those VIVID dreams. His hair was cut short. He looked good.
Thats rad dude, hope he's off somewhere cool in the cosmos
Man you’re making me emotional😂 Sick
jaco sat down in my living room and showed me some bass licks awhile back. that is before he dissolved back into my wall and satan pissed brimstone through my soul. never doin acid again
An artist on his instrument just feeling out where the muse will take him. Priceless ......... !!!!
Thank you for the video. THIS man is missed. RIP. Too soon Jaco, too soon.
NAJLEPSZY BASISTA jakiegokolwiek w życiu słyszałem !!!!!!
you could be listening to the best bass player in the world, but there is no denying the bass sounds incredibly farty in low quality videos
Nigga shut up , sound fuzzy and nice
It's amazing tone through low quality vid what's ur point?
Smellist.
Man I'll Probably regret this I think that’s just his tone. He wanted that low fuzzy sound, it’s why he yanked the frets off that bass. It was to mimic an upright bass sound. Also the acoustic amps he used had that deep harmonic sound that amplified the “fartiness” of his sound. It’s all a matter of opinion.
If you guys cant hear how massively the bitrate has distorted the audio and think this sounds 'clean' you need to get your ears checked
There needs to be more likes on this, seriously.
Fantastique et merveilleux! Grand maître et poète de la Guitar bass.
He's rocking both physically and musically.
If you are here because you heard about how amazing the composition Portrait of Tracy is, then please watch another video, preferably the album version. This is an unrelated live solo that only quotes a small part of Portrait of Tracy, it doesn't represent the real thing. I can't think of any live performances Jaco did that compare to the original.
His live version of Portrait of Tracy on the Trilogue concert is, in my opinion, better than the original. Among other things, he adds a BRILLIANT harmonic run at the end.
I love both versions
Yeah you know what fuck you man with this "real version" shit. If you want to hear a version with less improv listen to the album version- it's less real than the live version, but just as beautiful. You're comment is everything shitty about jazz listeners today.
They mistitled the video. This barely is Portrait of Tracy by Jaco as it is actually Dolores by Wayne Shorter (his band member at the time in Weather Report). Jaco is performing Dolores on the bass following the form of which leads into Portrait of Tracy at the end.
Jaco put on a clinic at the Musician's Institute around the mid 80's. Someone asked him about harmonics and Jaco stated that he prefers to use them sparingly and not overdo it. Another asked him about Portriat of Tracy and Jaco tried to play it from a long forgotten memory. He struggled, but figured it out for the most part, and then said that he had literally not played it since the laid down the track on that album. He probably didn't remember playing it in the concert's that promoted that album.
2023 and this guy is still insane
Such interesting sounds and cadences. Not only a great musician, but such a unique performer.
There will never be another Jaco.
Thank god
No sólo un gran bajista, también un gran artista.
Hacele un quico
No one could make a bass sing like Jaco. 💔
The sound itself is breathtaking. You can argue about the rest as much as you like it:)
3:00 - 3:10 is what SWV sampled for their song 'Rain' ... awesome.
Could you link to the song?
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TheDwb8402 ...and in slight variation, “Redbone” at the intro.
Clabbert I also just discovered last night that by slowing down the intro to SWV’s “I’m So Into You”, it is identical to what they sampled in “Rain”. They must love Jaco...but...the connection is odd
Harmonics on a bass guitar, are you kidding me! Jaco was a beast and will ALWAYS be one of the GREATEST musicians of all time. He left us too young. ENOUGH SAID.
Check out cliff burton anesthesia pulling teeth
Genius/Madness I know this very well, he was definitely on the Spectrum of both. RIP Brother Jaco
I play the guitar majority of the time and can play the bass guitar but don’t play often but I never heard anything like this I didn’t know a bass guitar was capable of making these sounds I’m amazed, A Portrait Of Tracy well Tracy must have been beautiful
to be tracy... to evoke this kind of sound from this kind of mind
Best bass piece ever, IMHO
The most important man in the history of bass right here. PERIOD.
Broke my heart when he left us.
the improvisation was good man! i dig it!