Jaco Pastorius - Solo part of jam

[thedearpsychonaut]

i see the top comments and someone is hating on jaco? calling him TONE DEAF? fuck you guys.

[markfogarty1954]

Jaco had both a fretted '62 Fender Jazz bass (or was it '60?) and a fretless '62 jazz bass. Fender didn't make a fretless in 62 so Jaco or someone else pried off the frets, the stories go both ways. Jaco fnished it with boat epoxy (!). He played both these guitars to pieces as you can see here. Unfortunately both basses were stolen from him. The fretless "bass of doom" showed up again 20 years later.

[TheDsheike]

Read down.... Frets or not Jaco was a terrific bassist.... The best? No, certainly not but he was still fantastic. There are loads of other basssts out there that are all as good and better.

There, that should start something

[BassmrDK]

@TheDsheike Comparing musicians is immature. The true fact is that there only exist more talented musicians then others.

[woodshopart]

holy canoli, thanks floem88!

first time seeing this

[fnkdrmmr]

See more of Kenwood Dennard on SoulDrummers . com.

[visog]

I know Jaco is ripped on this but he still plays amazingly. As does the drummer here him echo an improvised phrase at 0:44 with rim shots.

[teecubed333]

@visog yeah that part's killin

[brucemoeller]

Has anyone seen his accordion solo? All I can say is. . . that accordion was happy.

[dr05guitar]

that calypso thing they go into is sweet

[XrisikosTonPernei666]

without jaco their would be no others

[colmcb311]

My anesthesiologist for my wisdom teeth had Jaco and the guys from Weather Report stay at his apartment back in the day... that or the anesthesia was making me trip balls. I believe him tho lol

[InNomineNostriSatan]

Blastbeat at 6:11

[ericwolff6]

listen to scofield walk!

[bellsonrich]

Jaco Pastorius is only as good as the bass he holds!

[TheDsheike]

@bellsonrich What???? That's like saying that a Michael Jordan was only as good as the shoes he wore..

[oleisss]

como tocan!! y encima al final le tiro el bajoooo!!!

[vzsozs]

love that reggae tone!!!

[bandagdobrasil]

12 people are crazy

[lukascabrera]

amazing really amazing. the Hendrix of the four strings!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[eliezeralpr]

este jaca era un lokoo ... jajaja el mejor bajista de todos los tiempos .. digo creo...

[ShareTheSphere]

I get the feeling Jaco probably played things like this everyday for a long period of time,

And all we got is like half an hour on youtube.

[SlyMcdoogal]

 i can't believe this is him at his worst.....wow

[dwsabianguy]

wait... that bass has frets? what kind of sick joke is this? Where is Jaco's normal bass?

[A2KID420]

@dwsabianguy calm down

[dwsabianguy]

@A2KID420 that was sarcasm, dickhead

[A2KID420]

@dwsabianguy oh. haha well it pissed me off! wasnt thinking it was a joke. like who is this DUMBASS!? haha.

[ShareTheSphere]

@dwsabianguy calm down

[SaintUdnitz]

@dwsabianguy he always had wo jazz basses. one fretted, one fretless. he bought them both for 90 (!) bucks. chill, dude. and read the history of jaco. could be useful

[4rainbowed]

Someone stole my Jaco! (It was you God, wasn't it?) Damn. I could complain to anyone else... RIP Jaco. Terribly missed.

[ezwind76]

super drunk and fading into mental illness...and still a bad ass

[tapkae]

Dude. What are those shiny lines across his neck? I want my money back! :-)

[A2KID420]

@tapkae thats not really funny. 

[tapkae]

@A2KID420

I don't get what's not funny. What are frets doing on his bass?

[jazznfusion68]

@tapkae

Thats one of his two main basses.

[TheDsheike]

@tapkae The frets ARE missing... He pulled the frets and filled the holes (voids) back in.

[eloC311]

@TheDsheike they arent dude, just by the tone he is getting you can tell its fretted

[JoKeRzCaRdProDucTion]

@TheDsheike then you wouldent see shiny bars of metal where the frets should be

[TheDsheike]

@JoKeRzCaRdProDucTion

I don't see "shiny bars" but either way it wouldn't matter. The guy is great, WAS great. Doesn't matter now, he's dead. Still love listening and playing along with my iPod. Jaco's timing sensabilities were incredible and his ear for pitch incredible as well.

That is all

[yewwtube]

anyone else love the other musicians aswell? is that kenwood on the drums? unreall

[jcookonbass]

Man. I love Jaco.

[pronkim4]

Jaco was one of my favorite bass player and still is. Listen to James jamerson from the funk brothers ( Motown) and you will that he stands on James aka the hooks shoulders.

[BassicallyMusic]

value village is the place to shop, just ask jaco

[nepotistical]

jazzturbation



[A2KID420]

@nepotistical no it wouldnt be masturbating itd be like..getting jazz laid.

[e2200535]

Jaco is the best and that's all !!

[kwmoonccmoon]

難しいようで実は優しいJacoですね！

[biiiiirdman]

@kwmoonccmoon whatever u said there!

youtube.com/v/WgdjDgX784g&amp

[MrListenerman]

Did jaco rehearse the throwing (of the bass at the end) beforehand...or did it come as a bit of a shock to Mr Dennard...me wonders...eccentric behaviour (plays a part) and is closely related to genius. A wonderful craziness Mr Jaco..P

we miss you...

[VoodooVideo888]

Jaco had more music inside him than any of you haters could ever dream of having. Try putting your pick down and learn Teen Town or Chromatic Fantasy and see if your still saying he is no good.... RIP JACO

[JPastorius3]

@VoodooVideo888 Good point very well made.

[MarekCartoonJay]

i wonder why he has the nut this way...?

[jw22345]

that

was

so

coooooool

[Greefus]

no soup for you

[smnmntl]

This sucks so horrendously

[durpadoo]

Don't listen to pillywee20. He's an idiot that just found youtube in 2010 and thinks no one is allowed to have opinions of their own.

[dankgeetar]

lame ass cameraman is vibing the dudes out, especially jaco. he couldnt even play in his solo

[pillywee20]

its only lame players or guys who dont play that bring up "the best ever" who the hell set out or at all wants to be "the best ever"

[dankgeetar]

what does that have to do with the cameraman?

[aresnirvana]

The solo Jaco does over the reggae song is awesome and kinky. I think Scofield and Jaco have a different approach to melody though. The fact that they make it work is amazing.

[esprite101]

i love that reggae part, some heavy notes in that

[livvyluv12]

Jaco is absolutely, without a doubt, the Torch Carrier, number one, innovative, revolutionary bassist! He is the gold standard by which others are compared. Period!

[walklikeawarrior]

without jaco their would be no cliff burton

[killer6662012]

@walklikeawarrior jaco was a bass player cliff burton was a guitar player on a bass with distortion. im sure there would be a cliff burton without a jaco

[bassentence]

@killer6662012

about cliff burton,you don't know what you are talking about,cliff was a true bass player.

people are so much ignorant about the bass !!!

[LiLVeSt23]

@walklikeawarrior no cliff burton that sounds great

[Membrax03]

@walklikeawarrior  ???

[TheDsheike]

@walklikeawarrior

No, no, no.... Without MR BURTON and MRS BURTON there would be no Cliff Burton...

[groovingsoul]

mydodateitfilms, I love Cliff Burton but sorry dude; your statement is overstated.

[mulchdiggums]

@groovingsoul cliff brton stands no where near this man.

Get out.

[SalvationHasCome]

@groovingsoul

LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL ROFLMAO!

[groovingsoul]

mulchdiggums and Why are you telling me this?

Have you even read my comment properly?

My comment was directed toward (mydodateitfilms) who thinks Cliff Burton was better.

HERE IS MY ORIGINAL COMMENT AGAIN (Simplified for your Head)

Cliff Burton was good but No where near Jaco.

I can't simplify it more than this, so I hope you got it this time....Cheers

[jbassman666]

come on you cant compare cliff to jaco there both great innovators in their genres its comparing apples to oranges

[CrudeScience]

lol you make me laugh all cliff burton did was use a wah and distortion pedal

[calprior]

The best player ever.

[TheJsdrewes]

Don't let the "music is competition" people get to you. There are pleny of trolls online who get a kick out of messing with people.

The point of music isn't to be the best but to be unique and find your own voice.

[walklikeawarrior]

i guess youve never played bebop

its ll about constant improvement

being better than you were the day before

if its not a competition with other people it a competition with yourself

[TheJsdrewes]

I agree with that. I was actually referring to the constant "______ is the greatest bass player"

There is no objective way to judge greatest player of all time becasue everyone has their own personal choice.

[walklikeawarrior]

yea i can dig that

[FuryMuso]

@TheJsdrewes A great comment ot make. I'm a 23 year old bass player, i've been playing just over 5 years and it's taken me that long to figure that out. Use technicality and theory to your advantage, learn it and discover what aspects of it make you tick and you're on your on your way to being your own player and a more complete player.

[jrd20x]

@ianonfire. #7? There is a rating system for bass players? You're talking some shit now. Rated by whom? Either way, Jaco is #1 - and no one, including son #7, even comes close

[birdonawi]

the drummers is great also! very sutil.

[29dave]

LOL at Peter Erskine w/o shirt on...

[Tibi1q2w]

OMG! It's so cool!

[bassvirgin17]

Dude i so wish i could get my MIM jazz bass to look like that, Jaco rocks!!!!

[birdonawi]

only years can do that.

[tmvps]

I simply love him!! my master jaco haha

[gibwi]

i'm old school.

j jamerson

[willthethrill129]

Justin and Jaco are SO different

[crotalus269]

Justin Chanceller from Tool is way better than Jaco

[iwuedqw]

LOL

i think that's only bullshit :)

[y05cahillj]

no he really isnt justin is just a shitty poser

[cortgb]

hahaha you jester!

[KristopherApa]

Fail.

[WeCamefortheDead]

Jaco came first. Jaco was the inovator. Jaco was the genius. Justin is the (pardon the pun) tool.

[thedj437]

Soz no jaco is quite possibly the best bass player who ever lived. And I need to log off before anyone gets on my profile next time

[swinepantz4]

triumph, you should listen to some of jaco's stuff before posting comments like this.. you're making yourself look foolish. <3

[KreatorOfDeath1985]

i notice around 2:33 he tries sweep picking coool ;D

[WrestlerFRK09]

i would NEVER trust any drummer that i kno to catch my bass 3 seconds after playin a song lol

[MrNicespaces]

I was a Stanley fan in the '70's. Was I wrong? Did Jaco do more for the art?

[MrNicespaces]

Triumph -- You have to be a fusion bass player from the 70s to have an opinion.

XO

[1980Triumph]

not so, music is not subjective. in the end all music is about melody, jaco doesn't know much about melody. only time i ever heard him play good was on "the chicken" everything else was terrible, even this performance, how does this warrant "the greatest" title he gets????

[PinkFloyd312]

what the fuck dude?!? are you a bass player cuz i am and thats about as melodic as you can get with a bass!

[MrNicespaces]

1980; Whats more subjective than art? But if you want objectivity, let go of your modern day perspective and look objectively at the context. Bass playing changed enormously in the 70s. JP helped. Art requires change. Not who was the better bass player (everyone I knew said SC, rather who did more for the art? The answer lies beyond that all music is about melody canard you got fed by an elite jazz snob who thought they had something cool to say.

(cont)

[MrNicespaces]

Melody is just one of a handful of components -- another of which is instrumentation. Play a dirge on a xylophone and see if you gets tears or laughs. JP played like it was some other instrument. I didnt even like it much, but that was a change and that rhymes with P and that stands for art.

Do you think Sarah Palin is hot?

[1980Triumph]

@Pastorius333

maybe I will check them out because Jaco's live performances are altogether terrible, except the one where he plays keyboards, I do like that one.

[PinkFloyd312]

you obviously dont play bass or you would shut the fuck up and enjoy you bastard

[d2theutchgold2]

Listen to the Three Views of A Secret and see if you still have the same opinion. If you do after that your a dumbass, or just a trollin motherfucker.

[thedj437]

Ok for someone who thinks the beatles are overrated, I dont think anyone will listen to you

[1980Triumph]

The Beatles are overrated, great lyrics, but not great music plus the vocals were just ok.

Now back to Jaco, he could play but he is corny, he is overrated by Jazz snobs who snort coke

[ianonfire]

OK stop trolling these vids on jaco just because you cant handle the fact that he raised the bar for bass players everywhere and you cant play for shit

and that 14 year old bass players (like my son) who have been playing for half the time you have, can play incredibly (my son is number 7 under 20 in the city) all because they are in love with jaco's music. so if you say that jaco did nothing. you are retarded. he has inspired great bass players everywhere in the world, in the past, and today.

[ianonfire]

but how many of these bassists opened new concepts. its not about his ability (which was incredible) but the fact that he inspired SO MANY people in this world with the things he did for the bass. He would explore things no one would touch with a 10 foot pole. So please do us all a favor, (and yourself) stop trolling these videos, leave the inspiration to the kids and the other million bass players, keep the remains of your shattered dignity, and give jaco some respect. He earned it. unlike you.

[CptChaos88]

@ianonfire

well spoken.

[ProfessorJones7]

Your son is number 7 under 20 in the city ? What the fuck does that mean ? Are we talking about tennis or what ? See, the problem is with people like you who think making music is a competition. People always feel the need to say that X is better than Y, why the fuck is that ? The goal of real musicians is to express themselves, not to be "better" (an adjective that is completely irrelevant when it comes to music) than others.

[ledzeppelin64]

@ProfessorJones7 You are 100% right. people like that guy are the exact reason why I think people should be tested for mental retardation before being given their internet connection.

[TomBass411]

@ProfessorJones7

I have been seeing your comments everywhere. All being the highest rated, and for good reason too.

Keep kicking ass.

[Auntkekebaby]

@ProfessorJones7 Yes...couldn't have said it better myself. The competition shit is thoroughly annoying.

[jaystern71]

@ProfessorJones7 Jaco is BEST at being Jaco. Right on Professor. If you wanna keep score, go back to the golf course and play with your putz.

[centerfielder45]

@ianonfire

jaco is great.

where does your son come into the picture?

[ledzeppelin64]

@ianonfire stfu n00b

[1980Triumph]

@Pastorius333

Hey buddy, its you again I see.

Dude, Stanley is an overall better bassist even when playing scales. Also Stanley is a lot more fluid and creative, something Jaco is not. Jaco is near tone deaf and can't play with the music

[Pastorius333]

@1980Triumph

Are you serious?? Jaco tone deaf?? Well this "tone deaf" and "overrrated" bassist composed music that Stanley Clarke hasn't been able to come close to( and he is alive today), and he could function in any setting. I guess jazz/fusion legends Zawinul and Shorter decided they wanted to hire a "tone deaf" bassist for their legendary band...What nonsense! Even Stanley would ridicule that comment. Besides, stop using youtube as a reference for what Jaco could do live.

[taufoofar]

@1980Triumph Jaco > Stanley. That's all there is to it. You see, I love Stanley, he's awesome. But Jaco is someone just not from this earth. And if you're blind to that fact, you know nothing about the bass.

[WrestlerFRK09]

lol did jaco chuck his bass at the Dennard?

[kalisteboat]

I guess the group Police took inspiration from them.

At one moment i hear Sting and Andy !

[Dudedontbelikeluke]

genious

[libertatus]

Jaco Pastorius -Modern Electric Bass- Oh yes! I still play this video (VHS) from time to time. Check out 1:30 to 1:42.... When I was a beginner, this is where my jaw would hit the floor. Now, even though I understand what's happening, my jaw still hits the floor. Also, dig Scofield's walking "bass". I wonder what Kenwood is doing these days.

[thomaskrag]

I know that he's playing with an Indian fusion band called Karyshma. Think they had Janek Gwizdala on bass for some time.

[turntapzap]

I like the way his bass growls.

[mackans1983]

Daniel fuckin radich couldnt play this...

[MsMarco43]

troppo forti ke jam...

[rianbrito]

0:44 how the hell the drummer guess THAT???...so much music chemestry going on..

[rodcrippler]

maybe that part of the jam consisted in an actual song meddley

[bassmanvic]

man what a great bass player,sad how he died,but we all got to leave here oneday,so enjoy every minute of your music and playing,great video and infromation on his dying.i thought he was in his mid 20's when he died.but hey thanks for the worth it infromation on him.bass players for life Peace!!

[allenlevelle]

Jaco is the best bass player who ever lived!!! Period.

[rodcrippler]

Jaco looks so old for 35!

[porcuspine]

due to drugs and alcol abuse..

[Philantrops]

This is timeless (and great).

[hydr0p0tamus]

i wish i could play like him 8)

[JIOREO]

Referring to the bass-toss at the end - Jaco kept people on their toes with such stunts. He once tossed his bass over and behind his amp stage right but told the roadie who was supposed to be back there to catch it to stand stage left. (oops) It shattered the headstock which was pieced together later. So rehearsed no, anticipated yes.

[gijoe294]

i was privileged to take classes and lessons from kenwood...the guy is a living legend and a pure genious. Jaco, the best bassist of all time, is only one of the many cats that kenwood jammed with....great clip, thanks for sharing

[stratocastermax]

i have the dvd from this song and he is putting the irons out his frets watch your self the dvd

[JIOREO]

love the band horseplay at the end w/Jaco tossing his bass to Kenwood and him not missing a beat while he caught it one handed!

[SlyMcdoogal]

I wonder if that was rehearsed.........you never known with jaco.

[dizmix]

who is the jerk doing the bass line????????!!!!!

[aakkoin]

it's the guitarist scofield

[midibass1]

fuck you dead

[stratocastermax]

its not fretted he only puts the irons out of the frett it are only holes left of the iron

[SimplyUncouth]

That bass is fretted. He had two. The one with the rosewood neck is the fretless one. He played this one alot so he didnt ware down the neck of his fretless one was the strings eat into the neck.

[bunkabusta01]

i think its the same bass he just used to swap necks. He had a fretless rosewood jazz neck for performances but used to practice with the fretted maple precision neck

[JanoElBozo]

I heard a different version. It was actually one bass but he changed necks, the fretted one was from a Precision Bass. I think i heard he said that in one of his interviews (might be even from he same lesson video tape. not sure) I might be wrong on that.

The cause he changed necks was he used normal round-wound strings which in prolonged use could wear down the wood on fretboard. If he used he wouldn't even have to worry about fretboard, but he stayed with normal strings for their sound.

[midibass1]

Are you blind and deaf i dont think so hear and see

[Phurry33]

his hands are even bigger than mine :o

[bassist101maty]

Look at those fingers and how they are so perfectly spaced out and almost designed to play bass!!! haha that prob sounds liek bull shit lol, just think hes got gud technique

[dogdirts]

I hate this video, it makes me feel so jealous. The single greatest player.

[turntapzap]

The grandaddy of them all.

[bebrowskis1]

Jaco plays both fretted and frettless basses :)

[BLACKMAGICMETALMAN12]

Is that bass fretted?So weird so see him play a fretted 1,still awesome never the less

[happyslappysoong]

Its fretted...how weird!

[frennamen]

this is mos def 100% Jaco. check out his instructional video and you will see him playing a fretted bass

[generatrix999]

By 2:24 Sco's rhythmic phrasing has Jaco 'twisted'. Who could solo over that shit?

[lqdreality]

GREAT ENDING

[ernieballsting]

ohh yeah absolutely love this

[cmgill2]

Never seen him playing a fretted bass before!

[lordlemmingman]

i think this is titled wrong, that's not Jaco Pastorius. The bass is a replica of Jaco's only with a different type of wood for the neck and frets

[Jonnyfriday]

no its his original bass body...just with a maple p-bass neck, its not hard to switch bolt-on necks.

[funkspasm]

its jaco. i've seen the vid this is from.

[TheTravelingThumb]

In the beginning was the groove and Jaco Pastorius was the groove and the groove was Jaco!

[bhebrews1214]

john scofieid!!!!!!omG!!!

[kevinkmny]

always loved his playing on this!

[randyreal6]

Say what u want, without Jaco, Larry Graham, James Jamerson, bass would still be in the backround