Jaco Pastorius - Opus Pocus

[Trinitoou]

MASTERPIECE



[robdelabassist]

wish this bass god was still alive :(

[RedCross2k4]

jajaaj tocan para el culo por dios que payasos de mierrrrrda jaja me meo

[LennyRuffin]

Wayne Shorter!!

[skinbiscuit]

The bassline change that comes in at 1:59 blows my mind every damn time...My joints get all loose, my head drops all the way forward, and I fall into an uncontrollable head sway for the remainder of the track... The moving power of real talent and feeling, being driven through the instruments... Unlike anything the mainstream media tries to force feed us in all forms of media...Death to pop music!

[doc2skate]

First heard this song on a jazz radio station and knew I had to have the album. It was one of those rainy nights just like it is outside at this moment. Guess the weather reminded me of this. Excellent post.

[ropy89]

who the hell sampled the beginning of this track again ? o.O

...Jaco inspires me everytime...after my todays bass lesson imma groove hard at home ^^

[przewrocony456]

@ropy89 j dilla strip club

[ropy89]

@przewrocony456 - first i thought it might be a Madlib track :) thanks mate

[Thegodfather847]

Top 5 favorite songs from Jaco. Best groove ever!!!

[jseithbot]

This is the most beautiful thing I've ever heard.

[ell3y]

Genious

[FunkyBassPlayer1]

FUCK Carlos Santana

FUCK Luc Havan

sons of a bitches killed him...

[crayZtaco7]

@FunkyBassPlayer1

no man, the bouncer did. how you gonna get mad at carlos santana for just playin a regular ol gig. you just sound like a dumbass man.

[spoonforleg]

when i walk i stomp out messages.

[johanbubulle]

One word : GROOVE.

[everhatewithouttheN]

This is music

[151devinknight]

this song jams, I could listen to it all day.

[anibalventura123]

jaco es un maestro!

[Yapostadodat]

Steel drum is so evocative and atmospheric, his sliding bass goes perfectly with it.

[souricetteism]

Quelle grande perte ! il avait encore tellement de moments à nous faire partager ...

il est l'élégance de la Basse

[bassandspaceable]

How the hell did he accomplish those dissident sine waves? So much detail and activity in every note!

[SumRealShitMan187]

Rest in peace Jaco ! Primo sampled that for his Shyheim's "On & On" remix.

[luridtoons]

does anyone know where the photo is for 4:08 in the phillies hat?

[petsBenham]

@luridtoons im asuming philadelphia

[MrJadePinwheel]

@luridtoons it's from a show called trilogue it's here on youtube

[luridtoons]

@MrJadePinwheel thank you!

[free2bpoppie]

#!?

The lonelisest number for now!

his genius, is missed! You won't shed a tear, for the likes of the backstreet boys, or Snoop Dogg, but this guy's legacy, is still having an impact!

Even in the throes of his illness, he was far ahead of most of his contemporaries, with few, exceptions!

[GuitarExplicit]

Fucking hell at 2:22...

[yoorheinez]

on a rainy saturday afternoon like this in sweden i put this on and dream of caribbbean beaches and parties

[davomusic]

He and his bass became just one i hope for young musicians to learn from his musicality but also from his mistakes. We will cherish his music for eternity rest in peace Jaco.

[BrotherDevious]

Wow - three people hit the 'dislike' button by mistake.

[bottlesowater]

Can't believe J dilla sampled this haha

Jaco, man...what a sensational musician.

[KICKBUTTmooTwenT2]

@bottlesowater what song did Dilla sample this for?

[bottlesowater]

@KICKBUTTmooTwenT2

it's on one of his beat tapes, I'll probably upload it so you won't have to search around...

[KICKBUTTmooTwenT2]

@bottlesowater yeah i actually just found it already on youtube. it's called strip club by Jaylib.

[bottlesowater]

@KICKBUTTmooTwenT2

haha wow stupid me

glad ya found it. goes to show that JD had a solid taste in music!

[addyr100]

is that wayne shorter it sounds a lot like him.

[Musicenthusiasm]

@addyr100

Yes, it's Wayne Shorter.

[MrBjnelson]

company flow tragedy of war

[TheHaqueCity]

help me! what's the name of the song that starts with the sound of trains leaving a station?haven't taken the train in a long time.so i'm waiting for my train while an other 1 leave's.I know the song,but don't know the name.so i'ts on my mind,but not on my playlist. DOOOOO!!!!!! tanks!

[weiner66]

@TheHaqueCity Too late, the train has already left the station, you will be destroyed! That's the name of the song I think.

[Musicenthusiasm]

@TheHaqueCity

I'm rather certain that "Barbary Coast" is the song you're looking for.

[TheHaqueCity]

the good old day's

[silfama69]

The guy has got the rhythm in bood, awesome!

[GuitarExplicit]

@diogo1eli no.

[diogo1eli]

he looks like shwarzeneger sometimes hahhahaaahu

[thimacek]

Some awesomeness

[immasuperninja]

DILLA

[ElectricBlueOil]

this was sampled by ice cube for color blind.

[Saccomani]

best bass swing ever!!

[woodchuck40]

He would've been 59 today.

[dannyhood66]

What year is that picture taking by newspapers at 1.37

[dannyhood66]

Did this guy die in 84 from heroin overdose living on the streets of Miami?

[kishanna09]

@dannyhood66 absolutely not heroin! Jaco was killed, beated to death, by a staff man in Fort Lauderdale, in 1987. But, yes, he was a consumer.

[dannyhood66]

@kishanna09 No shit! Beaten to death by a staff man?

[dannyhood66]

@kishanna09 That club bouncer got out in 4 months on good behavior accoroding to wikipedia,' you know he was scared shitless at first...Paco was done with everyone by the eighties,'' Being rejected by santana ''snecking onstage'' gimmie a fucking break the crowd would have gone ape shit for that!..Maybe he did get to play then they escourted him off the premisises

[kishanna09]

@dannyhood66 that's incredible! I play bass guitar since were teen, didn't know Paco until 1983/84, when a friend of mine, bass player too, make me listen to this amazing artist. He was crazy for Paco! I guess, in the 80s every young bass player dreamed to be a little "Paco". Thanks.

[dannyhood66]

@kishanna09 I never listened to him a lot..I learned about him from all those other untalented assholes from that one night in san francsico pink panther shit in haten it 1983 a merman i should turn to be like john mclaughlin, and that dude that always looks like his favorite pupil al dimeola? You are the same age as me then.. We missed out believe me!

[yayibass]

jaco, god of the four strings

Jaco is not dead, is alive in his music

Saludos a todos los fanaticos de jaco ;)

[MrStrangeSensation]

The 3 different parts of this song are so flawlessly joined together, it blows my mind. This is one of my favorites, if not my absolute favorite, Jaco song. GOD I love those steel drums. Where else can you hear pans paired with a soprano sax? GENIUS!!! GENIUS!!! GENIUS!!! GENIUS!!!

[obeolojumeji]

He'll be back; hopefully with a reformed sense of propriety. He was talented.

[doublethumpbass89]

im 20 years old..and my favorite genre is jazz fusion..

[somenoobz]

@doublethumpbass89 yeah and some one is propably 3 years old

[doublethumpbass89]

@somenoobz what?

[somenoobz]

@doublethumpbass89 age doesnt matter.

[MyKidC]

Greazy Meal, the 8-piece, soul collective from Mpls, introduced me to this cut and other Jaco. They also did the Sam&Dave-led "Come On, Come Over", with Herbie and Wayne Shorter in tow. Great Music breeds more great music and a deeper apreciation......

[ludzikzpiernika]

The outro is bloody amazing.

[ocean4315]

That is one heavy groove at 2:00. I think it's really set up well by the previous section. It hits you like a ton of bricks.

I like the way Jaco used so many different types of instruments. He was able to listen to may different types of music on the radio in Florida where he grew up and drew in the influences like a sponge. What does that bode for this generation of musicians that only gets to listen to the same type of pre-programmed crap on the radio every day?

[headyrhody]

well actually if you think about it we are at a time where people can hear other types of music muchhh easier because of youtube and the internet. I mean, who the hell really listens to the radio anyways except for gangsters and wiggers and little girls who don't know better

[Davidsim1]

@headyrhody Taxi Drivers

[FictionaryMusic]

@headyrhody Yeah, but the trade off is loss of culture/cultural statement, which whether we like it or not has an enormous impact on the quality of music being made. I personally believe that without the internet we'd have much more interesting and diverse music being made subculturally which might then feed through to bigger channels. But the "NWO" seem hell-bent on homogenising human beings...

[doublethumpbass89]

wahhhhh hmmm da ummm da um daaaaa

umm ba bo ooooooooooooooooh

hah maybe yall can figure that one out for yourselves

[doublethumpbass89]

i learn from jaco just by listening to him..

[novakefele]

this arrangement is sick!

[DRAshley1980]

Smooth tune!

[pechumaster]

103 likes. 2 gaga fans

[ConCarneBlues]

@pechumaster I'm pretty sure they're not Gaga fans, because those guys can't even spell "Jaco"

[peetzenekar]

JACO LIVED JACO LIVES and JACO WILL LIVE TILL THE EARTH IS EARTH

[mishun1]

My pops took me to see Weather Report back in like 78 at Glassboro State in Jersey when I was like 8 yrs old. I asked my pops who is that skinny dude jumping around the stage and he said that's JACO. Been a fan ever since. RIP JACO.

[noasmama]

Really great upload !! Thanks:)

[Davidpsz]

The best...

[jryuwah]

man who da think that j-dilla had some taste for jaco 

[Thegodfather847]

Most bass players started playing bass because of Jaco, last Christmas i asked my parents (I'm age 15) for a Jaco tab booklet, it was almost sold out, even til' this day hes one of the most known/respected/influential people in the music world.

[ambinautic]

Jaco was to the bass, as BruceLee was too martial arts!!!!!!!! :D

[WahkibaJ]

OH SHIT!!!! MADLIB sampled this lol

[atarijenkins]

@WahkibaJ for real? what song?

[WahkibaJ]

@atarijenkins "Strip CLub" by jaylib

[Beatz4Life96]

@WahkibaJ actually it is J Dilla

[RENATE184]

Buenisiimo!! despues de Pasaje Nocturno, despues de escuchar ese viaje completo, este tema es el puerto lo que le sigue para los demas temas geniales! Jaco es mi amor platonico. Aguante Zawinul en las teclas, buen compañero del bass Patorius.

[Skeedaddy91]

Jaco keeps on teaching new bass players like me the real spirit of rhythm and the variegated essence of music...it's really great: I think we all owe it to him for every single note he played when he was here among us! R.I.P jaco I really wish I could see him playin' live!

[ghui6]

best reason to play bass, jaco

[TheBassMan533]

we had jaco for 35 years.

god will enjoy him forever.

[TR1PIMP]

totaly awesum

[ThePK1973]

dU CARALHUUUUUUUUU

[guitarwiz93]

Wow Jaco is a true legend!

[thunderstruck665]

Wayne Shorter on soprano sax. One of the sickest sax solos I've ever heard in my life!! Herbie Hancock also played all of the piano and electric keyboards on this album. David Sanborn played on this album too.

[FaLaTiCi]

OMG AwEsOmE !! : D

[GeneralApe300]

JAYLIB - STRIPCLUB

[KwazyTwang]

It's annoying I have to go back and refavorite some things because they keep getting removed.

[free2bpoppie]

When Jaco ignited from the pad, it illuminated his talents, and allowed for the music-listening community, to appreciate the bass and the payer, as more than just background implements to be used as foundations for others to stand upon!

He was a part of what he palyed, and it showed through his brilliant paying and composing!

Genius with focus and relevance!

As important today, as when he releases his solo debut over thirty years ago!

[nellster66]

i dont use the term genius very often at all, but i feel that jaco has charmed his way into that catagory... in my personal opinion anyhow.

R.I.P

[lastdaysguitar]

Such a waste of amazing talent.

Why did they throw him offstage? - a Carlos & Jaco jam would've been legendary!

[AmayasSukai]

The story goes that they didn't know it was him :)

I agree through, the combination would've been mind-blowing!

[crhymes104]

"His heart continued to beat for three hours after the life support machine was disconnected."

man if that is true that boy had some rhythm....God Bless His Soul R.I.P.

[d2theutchgold2]

@crhymes104 Ha while they were waiting for his heart to stop beating apparently his father cracked a joke saying "I knew Jaco had rhythm but this is ridiculous"

[spacepatrolman]

@crhymes104 it is unclear what happened before that he had a problem with somebody in a bar and on the sidewalk

[JuanOmegaIota]

@crhymes104 My friend, how could that be true?? His heart is still beating brother........Can't you feel it??.

[bradlaypamp]

@crhymes104 why did he die?

[jammieman0793]

@bradlaypamp he was punched in the face by a bouncer

[libertine40]

@jammieman0793 The 'bouncer' was a back belt, lost it and beat Jaco's face so badly you couldn't recognize him. His hands were basically lethal weapons & they tried to bring that out in court, yet the cat only got 5 years. My old man & Jaco were good friends--they used to play handball on W4th. J could be a real pain in the ass when he was drinking. My OM intervened a few times when J was pissing someone off & ready to bust him one. He has an awesome PIC of him & Jaco on the court. Miss u Jaco.

[crhymes104]

if it wasn't for some producers who sampled I wouldnt have gotten into half the music I listen to now whether they sampled them or not so please dont thumbs SMUFNYS down

[musicbassoff]

Awesome Keyboard and Bass man!

[SMUFNYS]

yo

there are prdoucers who sample stuff it sounds reallyg great!

jaylib - strip club...rip j dilla he made the beat

[crhymes104]

@SMUFNYS

God bless Jaco and Jay Dee they are in heaven making music together now

[ZachValkyrie]

And let's not forget Jamerson, Entwistle, and now ZodiakIronFist.

I guess god needed bass lessons!

[codebabe]

@ZachValkyrie Chris Squire and Jack Bruce too! Jaco is the most amazing bassist ever though ; )

[ZachValkyrie]

Chris Squire and Jack Bruce are still with us today unlike our fallen brothers that I mentioned

[codebabe]

@ZachValkyrie my apologies i didn't notice that my friend.

[Shrevan]

awesome use of the octatonic scaleee :D

[Pastorius333]

When are you going to post the live bootlegs?

[Krenorg]

Perfect....just like Portait of Tracy, Punk Jazz, Teen Town and the Bach like Chromatic Fantasy.

Simply awesome.

[bixthebeid]

I think this is one of the best stroke of genius of the great Jaco!!! I listen this song 5093475097075097 times a day=)=)=)=)=)

[joaco3223]

2:00 that is GROOVE men amazing long live to jaco

[joeglimmix]

@joaco3223 that IS the groove, I agree

[skok65]

Great music. . .

5 X 5. . .

[Kissanruoka4400]

= 25

[Jela1527]

50 cent - P.I.M.P

sampled

[justanobserver00]

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[Jela1527]

50 cent - p.i.m.p

sampled

[benixo]

5:21 wtf

[547soo]

like a tune from Tom and Jerry :)

[lietz13]

2:20 omg how.

[ttop9999]

rest in peace, jaco

[TheBassMan533]

@ttop9999

he's not gonna rest in peace!

now god wants jaco to play for him~_~

(and maybe replace him every now and then).

[katitamarinkovic]

shaaaaa hermano la pulenta el loco es terrible de seco pa la bola de pegarle al tarro ql,

[haladisch]

disculpa.... ¿¿queee??