Joni Mitchell-The Dry Cleaner From Des Moines

[EversoleKid]

Thank you Joni for this unique and superbe memorial for both Mingus and Pastorius! This is truely your finest album ever. I've listened millions of times to it and danced and sang along and chuckled like crazy as Jaco's fingers scuttled up and down the neck of his bass as if he would do this on my own neck – o world, what a cool time we're livin' in and what a misery, that all this has to end like this song!

[kloppaman]

Love you Jaco

[eastlake93]

My ALL-TIME favorite bassline!!! Listen how the bassline and drums lock no need for keyboards.

[atlantarubber]

wish this song had 27 more verses

[alembicbassguy]

Everybody wants to talk about Jaco, thats fine & well - but that particular subject has been debated for time eternal...what about Joni's vocals?? She is incredible when singing jazz!!

[Xenobia10]

joni+jaco=HEAVEN

[Dengee]

is that Wayne Shorter on sax? sounds like 'Weather Report' back-up for Joni

[Karwash24]

@Dengee  actually it's most likely Michael Brecker dude.

[Musicenthusiasm]

@Karwash24

No, it's Wayne Shorter. Michael Brecker replaced him on the live tour that followed.

[Musicenthusiasm]

@Dengee

Yes, it's Wayne Shorter.

[06Niceart]

@Dengee 

[06Niceart]

@Dengee 

[MCGEHEE1]

What an honor... Jaco played it for God. Thank you.

[dojufitz]

No one has been able to able to combine bass and horn section riffs like Jaco.......it is a tragic situation he wasnt able to evolve into a more mature artist and work with many artists.....like Quincy.......still the work stands up and not too many bass players can top it........he was the most exciting jazz artist of the 1970s........

[acewizard44]

@dojufitz very well put.

[Listendudeok]

@dojufitz I think Gary Willis has absolutely achieved Pastorius' level; he even surpassed it in some points. Yet of course there is bass before and after Pastorius.

[dojufitz]

@Listendudeok I'm more dissapointed that Jaco did not go on to work with many other artists who would have opened him up even more.........he had alot to give.....as far as playing goes.....there are alot of clones out there but what do they come up with.....? Bass that sounds like Jaco.....

[Listendudeok]

@dojufitz You are right. Even the great Gary Willis (don't know if you are familiar with him) sounds a bit like Pastorius sometimes, admittedly. The problem is Pastorius had a difficult personality, with tendency to abuse alcohol and other things. It deteriorated him as time went by. He was bipolar, and ran into difficulties with other people. Nevertheless, he's a monument and a musical genius. No doubt.

[dojufitz]

@Listendudeok My feelings about Jaco are.... he left some stunning gems for us to marvel at but he got into drugs and booze that affected his employment......many musicians have suffered the same fate......i don't know if Gary Willis writes horn arrangements....but that aspect of Jaco's really elevated him into special status......Jaco also limited himself by saying silly things like 'I won't work with other keyboard players outta respect for Zawinul'. What! No wonder he turned to drink! lol!

[Listendudeok]

@dojufitz lol that's interesting. But you can't conclude that poor Zawinul turned him to booze, ha ha

[nealkassanoff]

You get a little lucky and you make a little money.

[tikirun974]

trop bon jaco et elle bien sure

[pmjr56]

thanks MCGEHEE1.it's nice to breathe the rarified air of "enlightened" music lovers & Jaco was indeed a master arranger as well. i think his & Joni's collaborations are some of the best music ever produced!

[MCGEHEE1]

"Master Level" horn Arrangement and Performance!

[pmjr56]

god DID play bass on this song-JACO ARMY FOREVER!

[MCGEHEE1]

@pmjr56 Thank you...I stand corrected.

[opertain]

Just incredible groove!

[dancertm]

I remember choreographing this work, was fun, and very loose.

[MCGEHEE1]

If God played the bass...it would sound like this!!

[xquesmuah]

@MCGEHEE1 Jaco did it for Him

[06Niceart]

@MCGEHEE1 Like Jaco Pastorius. I suppose he's with God now...

[theozilla]

This song changed the course of my life as bass player

[derhexenmann]

Its a pity nobody plays the bass like Jaco.

RIP BASS LEGEND

[EamonnCagney]

This is fantastic music, amazing

[weyzo09]

awesome,,,best voice ever

[Kamisamadesu1]

Joni and Jaco...perfection.

[philmccrackinslocker]

I just jazzed my pants !

[bernadoff]

pERFECT M-tch ..sorry but my clvier is miissing someletters...lovely j ///////

[NOOBYbenji]

Awesome song. 5 stars.

[acalbatross2]

Jaco, you changed the whole world of music. We miss you so much..... why in the world the doctors didn't help you being bipolar.... you would be with us....

[MattieSongbird]

In Da Pocket!

[rickrudd]

This is absolutely awesome!

[djdjany]

Jaco is far way the best.

[TheTore71]

Beautiful voice. And el jefe on bass.

[AMES942]

joni mitchell is amazing.

but jaco, man, he steals the show here.

he's got the best groove, the best pocket ever. man, he can play. jaco keeps living.

[actormanic]

Wonderful......but, couldn't you have posted these in stereo???

[robertothemoose]

best bassist that ever lived! RIP Jaco.

[evry1shout]

awesome bass!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[CH3MIS7RY]

Jaco sure could bump that bass around...

[cavanation]

this is one of those songs that you just kick back too and smoke a cigarette even if you dont smoke lol. love love love this song

[Saggitarius12th]

groovy :)

[TinkleFIEND]

jaco pastorius made this song as great as it is, in my opinion. it kinda helps, you know... if you have the world's best bassist playing with you. JACO FTW

[daverask91]

i'm a bassist at heart, and i only stumbled into joni mitchell because of her work with jaco, but i gotta say the vocals in this song are as good as the bass line.

[Pastorius333]

@TinkleFIEND

Yes it does :)

Jaco improved every song he participated

in, and brought them to another level.

In this song he demonstrates his unique

ability to combine extremely groovy licks

with blazing fast runs. Perfection!

[mrcndrn]

@Pastorius333 also don't forget thie horn arrangement is Jaco's.

[Pastorius333]

@mrcndrn

Yes, that's also a great contribution Jaco

made to this song. It wasn't Joni's intention

to have a horn-section in this song, but in

the recording-studio Jaco told her that he

felt that a horn-section would make it even

better so he wrote out the horn-lines/arrangements

at night and went back to the recording-studio

the next morning. A true musical genius.

[Merstheman]

holy motherfuckin shit, this is good

[bassplayer142]

This stuffs so great I want to scream

[psyne000]

Funk

[LifeRemixd]

I love this song. Especially Jaco's intro. He makes all songs good! ^^