He doesn't only play bass, he plays over space, time and emotion. With all their far away technical skills, modern jazz harmony usage. I don't know many bassist that can provide this intensity.
His music has such a haunting element to it. Sometimes I listen to his stuff and I get a lump in my throat and my eyes water up because it’s so beautiful.
I stumbled upon this video today and my head was spinning after.The maestro himself threw every conceivable bass technique in this composition from a higher plain and thank Christ no slapping.Double stops,octaves,natural harmonics,false harmonics and pinch harmonics all with perfect intonation on a fretless bass while walking around amongst the audience.Music fans only had Jaco for a brief moment in history but he gave us more in that short period to last a lifetime of pleasure and inspiration.
Jaco is the greatest bassist of all time. I mean, COME ON...LISTEN TO HIM! He's also walking around the audience while playing! Nobody does that! He's the rebel revolutionary of creative playing. One for the ages.
There's something really haunting about how he sings to continuum. He sings and plays directly from his soul. Sometimes I have a hard time watching this because it feels so "intimate"
he was coked out the wazoo tho lol... look at his jaw flailing around.. I had the exact same jaw movements on the powder and later on E. Stimulants just cause the jaw to move out of control, that why we would all chew straws lol
raramente si sente così tanta grazia e talento in un musicista,io che ho avuto il piacere e l'onore di parlarci posso dirvi che jaco era anche una gran persona . tutti noi bassisti dovremmo solo ringraziarlo
I have to breathe very slowly while watching this... The best music is the one that makes me feel like I'm somewhere else. And this is somehow out of space and time.
I saw him live in '81 and '84, amazing shows. This has to be the best live Jaco recording I've ever seen. Continuum is without a doubt the best bass song ever conceived. Just a beautiful song, and so nice that it comes from one bass.
Thank you Garry Trudeau for the link here from Doonesbury today. The Berlin Jazz Festival site archive lists this performance as a SOLO by Jaco, on November 2, 1979. This was recorded months after Jaco's performance on Joni Mitchell's album Mingus. I can recognize many musical references here to his work on "God Must Be a Boogie Man."
this has definitely gotta be one of my all time favorite versions of continuum! and "lummond @massimoselvi"...i seriously thought it was a ridiculously long cord for this one too haha!
It seems like the orchestra section he was playing along to at the end must have been a pre-recorded track? it did not seem like there was an orchestra on stage, but then again everything is kind of shrouded in black...but as a musician experimenting with mixing live instruments with electronic stuff, it would be very interesting to know that Jaco was kind of doing something like that in 1979....
Sometimes Jaco solos start to sound like my digestive system after late taco bell . But I'm a rock & roll bassists. But man that live Jodi Mitchell concert he was playing in impressed the shit out of me. I would have loved to hear him do more stuff like that.
wireless systems in those days sucked unless it was top of the line. I dont hear any dropouts, interference, or CB radios. must have been top of the line
@jasont0815 he made a mistake. do NOT blame that bouncer, because he did NOT mean to kill him. I loved jaco, I LOVE jaco, but it was his fault as well.
Being a bit of a necromancer, but he’s not right here. It’s a mash up of a whole pile of his stuff, and he’s off his head. It’s a real shame that people see this stuff and call it his best. It’s not. And I am a Jaco fan. This is really horrible.
@@jeffwolinski2659 Jeff, he is clearly not with it. The music is disjointed and incoherent. It’s pieces of Continuum with random inserts of string slapping, and bits of vocals from Word of Mouth (John and Mary) interspersed with other random doodling where ever his head was taking him. It’s sad, the last gasp of one of the greatest musicians to visit the planet. That’s why it is horrible.
So he's quoting from various lines that he's played before, I bet most people in the audience enjoyed that. His decline was tragic and his untimely end even more so. That doesn't make this a horrible performance. To each his own. I'll treasure every Jaco video I can find, even when he isn't his best he is still Jaco and that is great.
He doesn't only play bass, he plays over space, time and emotion. With all their far away technical skills, modern jazz harmony usage. I don't know many bassist that can provide this intensity.
i don't think i've ever heard jaco described any better than this! :)
His music has such a haunting element to it. Sometimes I listen to his stuff and I get a lump in my throat and my eyes water up because it’s so beautiful.
Me too.. it's overwhelming. What a generous musician he was!
Same
I stumbled upon this video today and my head was spinning after.The maestro himself threw every conceivable bass technique in this composition from a higher plain and thank Christ no slapping.Double stops,octaves,natural harmonics,false harmonics and pinch harmonics all with perfect intonation on a fretless bass while walking around amongst the audience.Music fans only had Jaco for a brief moment in history but he gave us more in that short period to last a lifetime of pleasure and inspiration.
Brief but timeless. Nonetheless, so very many 'if onlys'... like if only he'd lived to compose for full orchestra!
I agree, but I'm wondering why its seems like you're against slapping?
Nick Valente
For the same reason many guitarists were against hammer ons after the 80’s.
The beauty of Jaco's music always makes my eyes a little wet .
This never gets old
Jaco is the greatest bassist of all time. I mean, COME ON...LISTEN TO HIM! He's also walking around the audience while playing! Nobody does that! He's the rebel revolutionary of creative playing. One for the ages.
There's something really haunting about how he sings to continuum. He sings and plays directly from his soul. Sometimes I have a hard time watching this because it feels so "intimate"
he was coked out the wazoo tho lol... look at his jaw flailing around.. I had the exact same jaw movements on the powder and later on E. Stimulants just cause the jaw to move out of control, that why we would all chew straws lol
I'm sick of people comparing Jaco to God. Don't get me wrong....he's good, but he ain't no Jaco Pastorius :)
He IS god
lol
How's his Freebird?
best UA-cam comment of the century
Jaco was an alar boy. I don’t think he wants people comparing him to God. Just to reflect And be sincere.... if you diss the music you be tone deaf.
I don't believe such beautiful sounds have ever emanated from this instrument before or since.
This is a great moment in musical history, Bass God himself circumventing the audience, everyone stepping out of time along with him.
raramente si sente così tanta grazia e talento in un musicista,io che ho avuto il piacere e l'onore di parlarci posso dirvi che jaco era anche una gran persona . tutti noi bassisti dovremmo solo ringraziarlo
I have to breathe very slowly while watching this... The best music is the one that makes me feel like I'm somewhere else. And this is somehow out of space and time.
From all the Bass solos of Jaco that i ever heard on YuTube, i say that THIS one have something more than special....Thanks Jaco!!!
I saw him live in '81 and '84, amazing shows. This has to be the best live Jaco recording I've ever seen. Continuum is without a doubt the best bass song ever conceived. Just a beautiful song, and so nice that it comes from one bass.
Feels like an apparition gliding in spacetime vibing and creating glowing mellow ripples across the "continuum"
Rest in Peace Genius 🙏
The greatest bass player in the Universe, thank you Mr Pastorius 👌 love you & miss you Jaco ❤️
wow jaco was in so much pain. how do you help somone that powerfull. i miss him and wish he was still here to teach us
The GOD of Bass. Jaco was Godsent. 4:54 ... 5:38 . . after 8:14 this music is in heaven
2:01*
3:21
amazing!
Damn, He just gave those lucky attendees an EXPERIENCE.
Def the best! He was sooooo far ahead of his time that he couldn't live very long.. We are very blessed to be able to hear this impresario!
I don't believe in God, but Jaco was an angel sent from above to inspire musicians. Thanks for the clip. Made my day!
GOD of BASS. R.I.P.
Thank you Garry Trudeau for the link here from Doonesbury today. The Berlin Jazz Festival site archive lists this performance as a SOLO by Jaco, on November 2, 1979. This was recorded months after Jaco's performance on Joni Mitchell's album Mingus. I can recognize many musical references here to his work on "God Must Be a Boogie Man."
Pura emoção! Salve Jaco (Brasil)
Thank you for putting this video on UA-cam.
The music at 8mn14 is from alan hovhaness symphony n°2 "Mysterious Mountain" op132 1955 as I found on youtube. So majestic the bass on it!!!
It's a solo gig at the Berliner Jazztage '79.
...but there is a relation with Joni because Jaco borrowed the wireless system for the bass from her :-)
Just made my exhausting work week complete. Serene.
never saw this before, priceless
woah! this gives me chills...
so beautiful and ethereal.
I'm so HIGH
+Sachin Pandey thank you and I agree
Must have been some good twig. 😀😀😀
Only way to enjoy jazz
Such an amazing player, a true inspiration.
absolutely beautiful🙏
jaco was a major influence...I happen to believe michael manring, brian Bromberg , percy jones, john giblin are up there in jaco's range as well...
Some good stuff! Thank you!
Beautiful X
incredible
This film footage is incredible!
Que genio por dios.... uffff bellos como clavos! The ring 👑🙏❤🌹
Wonderful
Thanks man!
John Francis Anthony Pastorius III: The mad bassist.
Who loves ya?
so far....and i'm not even 2 minutes into this...his pattern at 1:27 ..... 7 figures, chords-harmonics - still resonate ...... holy fuck. ;.)
Majestic. Th.
About the best fretless player ever.
great audio on this thanks
The one and only...
The music at 8:00 is on "Holiday for pans", incredible what he already wrote at this time Genius
Her Majesty
the One and the Only
God Damn.
ganz großartig
that was amazing. thank you so much for posting. i've never seen this clip before a 9 minute plus version of continuum! just wow.
this has definitely gotta be one of my all time favorite versions of continuum!
and "lummond @massimoselvi"...i seriously thought it was a ridiculously long cord for this one too haha!
caraka
ele é melhor do mundo!
lol the mighty Zakk Wylde singing at 6:53 i swear to you.
Holy fuck
nay
@massimoselvi He used a wireless system for this? I thought it was a really, really, really, really, really, really, really, REALLY long cord.
:P
Misha Rosolak lol my thoughts exactly
Now I know that God Its a bass player
@lummond yes, it's a really long cord progression...
forever-man
Been there.... Time to go home
It seems like the orchestra section he was playing along to at the end must have been a pre-recorded track? it did not seem like there was an orchestra on stage, but then again everything is kind of shrouded in black...but as a musician experimenting with mixing live instruments with electronic stuff, it would be very interesting to know that Jaco was kind of doing something like that in 1979....
🖐️👋🤚✋
4:30; that guy in the striped sweater, the luckiest man on Earth. :)
@jryuwah
It's Alan Hovhaness' Mysterious Mountain
God is God!
fr just playing to NPCs what’s happening in this room lol
Sometimes Jaco solos start to sound like my digestive system after late taco bell .
But I'm a rock & roll bassists.
But man that live Jodi Mitchell concert he was playing in impressed the shit out of me.
I would have loved to hear him do more stuff like that.
'Jodi' Mitchell?? Christ on a bike...
@alexjrmarino lol
i know ,i was just kidding.
"Mysterious Mountain" by Alan Hovanness
When art and religion are one=Continuum
Hi
nico assumpçao the best
is this real life
I hope.
Is this a fantasy.
@@jaliebs3988 Caught in a landslide...
what is the music from 8:10?
Was a super long cord? Or was it remote?
Surely he is on the top of the gotha.
Jaco had it all, except peace of mind!
The only living bassist who is anywhere near Jacos convention-breaking creativity is a man named Gary Willis!
@Carehuea well if you got the time to spend...why not with this?
No dislikes. That's how it should be lol
@panhead1219
Hey man what do you mean?
Jaco➕
Memory Eternal➕
IC XC
Sep 21 1987🌹
@Bocatoofficial That guy happens to be Jaco himself aaha
:D
MTV injured?
wireless systems in those days sucked unless it was top of the line. I dont hear any dropouts, interference, or CB radios. must have been top of the line
someone mind telling me what song he was playing at the very end. the instrumental
Mysterious Mountain, composer Alan Hovhaness
One person has haemorrhoids instead of ears...
Charles Hoernemann he has no feelings or he wants the video in HD...lol
Sofia Noiti Haha Sofia. You might be right ;-)
oscar franke sadly
Richard Bona?
Its very funny when a guy starts to sing the bass voice lol
Bocato that's jaco lol
@jasont0815 he made a mistake. do NOT blame that bouncer, because he did NOT mean to kill him. I loved jaco, I LOVE jaco, but it was his fault as well.
This would not have been possible without drugs
Oh, shut the fuck up. You know NOTHING!
日本だな！正直静かに聞け！って日本人に言いたい笑笑
jaco was amazing but 4:13 🤣a percussive bassist he was not
That's a special technique he used for percussive effect.way cool.
then don't watch it
the ignorants should be flogged!!!
I love Jaco but this goes on a bit...
Being a bit of a necromancer, but he’s not right here. It’s a mash up of a whole pile of his stuff, and he’s off his head. It’s a real shame that people see this stuff and call it his best. It’s not. And I am a Jaco fan. This is really horrible.
He may be a bit out there but to say this is "horrible" is going way too far.
@@jeffwolinski2659 Jeff, he is clearly not with it. The music is disjointed and incoherent. It’s pieces of Continuum with random inserts of string slapping, and bits of vocals from Word of Mouth (John and Mary) interspersed with other random doodling where ever his head was taking him. It’s sad, the last gasp of one of the greatest musicians to visit the planet. That’s why it is horrible.
So he's quoting from various lines that he's played before, I bet most people in the audience enjoyed that. His decline was tragic and his untimely end even more so. That doesn't make this a horrible performance. To each his own. I'll treasure every Jaco video I can find, even when he isn't his best he is still Jaco and that is great.
4:30; that guy in the striped sweater, the luckiest man on Earth. :)