Jaco Pastorius live "Continuum" unaccompanied '79

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  • Опубліковано 4 лис 2009
  • Jaco from the '79 Berlin Jazz Festival, solo performance.
    #Jaco #JacoPastorius

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  • @AverageHuman7026
    @AverageHuman7026 3 роки тому +40

    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.

    • @robsou64
      @robsou64 2 роки тому +2

      Me too.. it's overwhelming. What a generous musician he was!

    • @Oldscoolify
      @Oldscoolify 2 роки тому +1

      Same

  • @chromaticbass
    @chromaticbass 11 років тому +57

    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.

    • @jjaniero
      @jjaniero 6 років тому +3

      i don't think i've ever heard jaco described any better than this! :)

  • @josephalvaro5244
    @josephalvaro5244 4 роки тому +30

    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.

    • @ivanhoe8591
      @ivanhoe8591 3 роки тому

      Brief but timeless. Nonetheless, so very many 'if onlys'... like if only he'd lived to compose for full orchestra!

    • @nick.valente_bass
      @nick.valente_bass 3 роки тому

      I agree, but I'm wondering why its seems like you're against slapping?

    • @AntwhaleNearfar
      @AntwhaleNearfar 2 роки тому

      Nick Valente
      For the same reason many guitarists were against hammer ons after the 80’s.

  • @jacksonarmstrong4635
    @jacksonarmstrong4635 Рік тому +3

    This never gets old

  • @sverigetv1
    @sverigetv1 2 роки тому +13

    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"

    • @JonHop1
      @JonHop1 Рік тому +1

      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

  • @garybourke468
    @garybourke468 6 років тому +14

    The beauty of Jaco's music always makes my eyes a little wet .

  • @sabrinasanna8450
    @sabrinasanna8450 10 років тому +11

    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

  • @CooManTunes
    @CooManTunes 10 років тому +41

    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.

  • @theCheesemonger
    @theCheesemonger 13 років тому +9

    I don't believe such beautiful sounds have ever emanated from this instrument before or since.

  • @Popexify
    @Popexify 13 років тому +17

    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!!!

  • @rosslarsen7993
    @rosslarsen7993 5 років тому +7

    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

  • @smithcreekmandolin
    @smithcreekmandolin 13 років тому +10

    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.

  • @mcnowski
    @mcnowski 2 роки тому +4

    This is a great moment in musical history, Bass God himself circumventing the audience, everyone stepping out of time along with him.

  • @Zaragil
    @Zaragil 2 роки тому +1

    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.

  • @_v7t
    @_v7t 3 роки тому +3

    Feels like an apparition gliding in spacetime vibing and creating glowing mellow ripples across the "continuum"

  • @tina.singh27
    @tina.singh27 3 роки тому +2

    Rest in Peace Genius 🙏
    The greatest bass player in the Universe, thank you Mr Pastorius 👌 love you & miss you Jaco ❤️

  • @Tedroy
    @Tedroy 14 років тому +2

    I don't believe in God, but Jaco was an angel sent from above to inspire musicians. Thanks for the clip. Made my day!

  • @ruffian1868
    @ruffian1868 12 років тому +194

    I'm sick of people comparing Jaco to God. Don't get me wrong....he's good, but he ain't no Jaco Pastorius :)

    • @pax_9365
      @pax_9365 4 роки тому +2

      He IS god

    • @brucemacnaughton3602
      @brucemacnaughton3602 3 роки тому

      lol

    • @StevesSpot
      @StevesSpot 3 роки тому +1

      How's his Freebird?

    • @nick.valente_bass
      @nick.valente_bass 3 роки тому +3

      best UA-cam comment of the century

    • @nancyromero7965
      @nancyromero7965 2 роки тому +4

      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.

  • @MassimoSelvi
    @MassimoSelvi 14 років тому +6

    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 :-)

  • @karlvanbeckum9029
    @karlvanbeckum9029 2 роки тому +2

    Damn, He just gave those lucky attendees an EXPERIENCE.

  • @sebastianduk9584
    @sebastianduk9584 9 років тому +6

    GOD of BASS. R.I.P.

  • @adrianwilson1705
    @adrianwilson1705 8 років тому +1

    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!

  • @sofianoiti
    @sofianoiti 8 років тому +20

    The GOD of Bass. Jaco was Godsent. 4:54 ... 5:38 . . after 8:14 this music is in heaven

  • @nickmcn9985
    @nickmcn9985 6 років тому +2

    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!!!

  • @marcosrebello7439
    @marcosrebello7439 3 роки тому +2

    Pura emoção! Salve Jaco (Brasil)

  • @TheFratHouse69
    @TheFratHouse69 5 років тому +3

    Thank you for putting this video on UA-cam.

  • @HairyThorax
    @HairyThorax 8 років тому +3

    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."

  • @timpascale4151
    @timpascale4151 3 роки тому +1

    never saw this before, priceless

  • @vibefrequencyable
    @vibefrequencyable 10 років тому +7

    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...

  • @puregravy9086
    @puregravy9086 8 років тому +33

    I'm so HIGH

  • @El_Bicho_Feo
    @El_Bicho_Feo 13 років тому +2

    woah! this gives me chills...

  • @martymetcalf
    @martymetcalf 8 років тому +1

    Just made my exhausting work week complete. Serene.

  • @JW-rd7wd
    @JW-rd7wd 11 років тому +1

    Such an amazing player, a true inspiration.

  • @slappymckracken7935
    @slappymckracken7935 5 років тому +1

    so beautiful and ethereal.

  • @JerryT21
    @JerryT21 3 роки тому +2

    absolutely beautiful🙏

  • @karlvanbeckum9029
    @karlvanbeckum9029 2 роки тому

    This film footage is incredible!

  • @rastapastrychief
    @rastapastrychief 8 років тому

    Some good stuff! Thank you!

  • @Harbaksh1234
    @Harbaksh1234 8 років тому

    Beautiful X

  • @stanleyscott9786
    @stanleyscott9786 9 років тому +2

    so far....and i'm not even 2 minutes into this...his pattern at 1:27 ..... 7 figures, chords-harmonics - still resonate ...... holy fuck. ;.)

  • @davismania
    @davismania 6 років тому

    Wonderful

  • @ShrimpsTonic
    @ShrimpsTonic 7 років тому

    incredible

  • @manuelrinconlopez3323
    @manuelrinconlopez3323 4 роки тому

    Que genio por dios.... uffff bellos como clavos! The ring 👑🙏❤🌹

  • @pleximanic
    @pleximanic 11 років тому +1

    Thanks man!

  • @yekri2398
    @yekri2398 7 років тому +1

    The music at 8:00 is on "Holiday for pans", incredible what he already wrote at this time Genius

  • @StashStainlessBass
    @StashStainlessBass 11 років тому

    Majestic. Th.

  • @theMarsFusion
    @theMarsFusion 14 років тому +7

    John Francis Anthony Pastorius III: The mad bassist.

  • @crimsondrifter01
    @crimsondrifter01 14 років тому +1

    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!

  • @matthewwynne5046
    @matthewwynne5046 5 років тому

    The one and only...

  • @sebastianduk9584
    @sebastianduk9584 10 років тому

    Her Majesty

  • @kawliga55
    @kawliga55 12 років тому

    great audio on this thanks

  • @UliGutzeit
    @UliGutzeit 6 років тому

    ganz großartig

  • @jazz65
    @jazz65 2 роки тому

    the One and the Only

  • @blackarrow9072
    @blackarrow9072 7 років тому +3

    About the best fretless player ever.

  • @lummond
    @lummond 14 років тому +11

    @massimoselvi He used a wireless system for this? I thought it was a really, really, really, really, really, really, really, REALLY long cord.
    :P

    • @bcancun123
      @bcancun123 4 роки тому +1

      Misha Rosolak lol my thoughts exactly

  • @iloveknights
    @iloveknights 14 років тому +1

    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.

  • @trefina
    @trefina 14 років тому +1

    caraka
    ele é melhor do mundo!

  • @josh4106
    @josh4106 3 роки тому

    God Damn.

  • @1313zingaro1313
    @1313zingaro1313 7 років тому

    Been there.... Time to go home

  • @lanebeckstrom8654
    @lanebeckstrom8654 8 років тому +2

    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....

  • @doomkeeper67
    @doomkeeper67 7 років тому +16

    lol the mighty Zakk Wylde singing at 6:53 i swear to you.

  • @angelcomunycorriente6594
    @angelcomunycorriente6594 5 років тому +3

    Now I know that God Its a bass player

  • @Hops1221
    @Hops1221 6 років тому

    forever-man

  • @PaulMcMartin
    @PaulMcMartin 14 років тому +1

    @lummond yes, it's a really long cord progression...

  • @mountaindewzilla
    @mountaindewzilla 13 років тому

    @jryuwah
    It's Alan Hovhaness' Mysterious Mountain

  • @pchelpdave
    @pchelpdave 13 років тому +1

    4:30; that guy in the striped sweater, the luckiest man on Earth. :)

  • @vulfpack7296
    @vulfpack7296 7 років тому +26

    is this real life

  • @jiyujizai
    @jiyujizai 4 місяці тому

    🖐️👋🤚✋

  • @saverdelux
    @saverdelux 14 років тому

    God is God!

  • @flamethrower2002
    @flamethrower2002 Рік тому +1

    fr just playing to NPCs what’s happening in this room lol

  • @aeroslipton
    @aeroslipton 12 років тому

    "Mysterious Mountain" by Alan Hovanness

  • @drewjeers3301
    @drewjeers3301 5 років тому +1

    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.

    • @34hedgehog
      @34hedgehog 4 роки тому +1

      'Jodi' Mitchell?? Christ on a bike...

  • @godofthunder3087
    @godofthunder3087 5 років тому +1

    Hi

  • @SidLaw500
    @SidLaw500 6 років тому

    When art and religion are one=Continuum

  • @ShareTheSphere
    @ShareTheSphere 13 років тому

    @Carehuea well if you got the time to spend...why not with this?

  • @dreamtheater1500
    @dreamtheater1500 12 років тому

    nico assumpçao the best

  • @BocatoJr
    @BocatoJr 12 років тому

    @alexjrmarino lol
    i know ,i was just kidding.

  • @BarriDuty
    @BarriDuty 3 роки тому

    what is the music from 8:10?

  • @lorrainetorres1516
    @lorrainetorres1516 Рік тому

    Was a super long cord? Or was it remote?

  • @AguirreFurorediDio1
    @AguirreFurorediDio1 12 років тому

    Surely he is on the top of the gotha.

  • @saverdelux
    @saverdelux 13 років тому

    @panhead1219
    Hey man what do you mean?

  • @pchelpdave
    @pchelpdave 13 років тому +1

    No dislikes. That's how it should be lol

  • @sanmarinojr
    @sanmarinojr 12 років тому

    @Bocatoofficial That guy happens to be Jaco himself aaha

  • @a.w.f.m.4252
    @a.w.f.m.4252 8 років тому

    :D

  • @pleximanic
    @pleximanic 11 років тому

    MTV injured?

  • @AECJ1
    @AECJ1 5 років тому

    Jaco➕
    Memory Eternal➕
    IC XC
    Sep 21 1987🌹

  • @pleximanic
    @pleximanic 12 років тому +2

    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!

  • @jryuwah
    @jryuwah 14 років тому

    someone mind telling me what song he was playing at the very end. the instrumental

    • @TheJacogroupie
      @TheJacogroupie 5 років тому +1

      Mysterious Mountain, composer Alan Hovhaness

  • @charleshoernemann8661
    @charleshoernemann8661 9 років тому +24

    One person has haemorrhoids instead of ears...

    • @sofianoiti
      @sofianoiti 8 років тому +1

      Charles Hoernemann he has no feelings or he wants the video in HD...lol

    • @charleshoernemann8661
      @charleshoernemann8661 8 років тому

      Sofia Noiti Haha Sofia. You might be right ;-)

    • @deathmetalmaui
      @deathmetalmaui 4 роки тому +2

      oscar franke sadly

  • @PhuckHue2
    @PhuckHue2 14 років тому +1

    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

  • @BocatoJr
    @BocatoJr 13 років тому

    Its very funny when a guy starts to sing the bass voice lol

  • @DavidClashIcon
    @DavidClashIcon 12 років тому

    Richard Bona?

  • @buefyYT
    @buefyYT 13 років тому

    @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.

  • @_Majoras
    @_Majoras 5 років тому +2

    jaco was amazing but 4:13 🤣a percussive bassist he was not

    • @williambradley8004
      @williambradley8004 2 роки тому

      That's a special technique he used for percussive effect.way cool.

  • @dasinhaberlicht3998
    @dasinhaberlicht3998 6 років тому +3

    This would not have been possible without drugs

    • @34hedgehog
      @34hedgehog 4 роки тому +1

      Oh, shut the fuck up. You know NOTHING!

  • @user-zw2db6ro9m
    @user-zw2db6ro9m 3 роки тому

    日本だな!正直静かに聞け!って日本人に言いたい笑笑

  • @Ingezz
    @Ingezz 10 років тому +1

    the ignorants should be flogged!!!

  • @zechariahfrink3707
    @zechariahfrink3707 11 років тому

    then don't watch it

  • @Carehuea
    @Carehuea 13 років тому +1

    I love Jaco but this goes on a bit...

  • @escon
    @escon 4 роки тому

    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
      @jeffwolinski2659 2 роки тому +1

      He may be a bit out there but to say this is "horrible" is going way too far.

    • @escon
      @escon 2 роки тому

      @@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.

    • @jeffwolinski2659
      @jeffwolinski2659 2 роки тому +4

      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.

  • @pchelpdave
    @pchelpdave 13 років тому +1

    4:30; that guy in the striped sweater, the luckiest man on Earth. :)