Patitucci has a very unique soloing style for a bassist. I personally dont think he makes use of what the bass does best, he focuses instead on these fast phrases high up that kinda get lost. He solos like a sax or some guitar players, not a bassist.
For goodness sake, the people hating on him for soloing, well... It's a damn solo!! Listen to the rest of the stuff he plays in various other projects he's involved in. This guy can groove! Morons, judging a player based on a few youtube videos...
Great music, but honestly, most people who are into this care more about if one bass player is better than the other or if one guitarrist can play more chords than the other more than they care about the music itself.
@camelius Eso lo decis por que no entendiste ni la cuarta parte de la comlejidad que paso en ese solo en toda la banda, te parecio que tocaba cualquier nota sin ningun sentido melodico ni de estructura musical. Empeza a consumir mas de este tipo de musica,trata de analizarlo a ver si pensas igual! Hace 9 años estoy en al musica,me canse de Wooten,Laboriel,Flea,Stuart Hamm y todos esos muñecos que pensaba que estaban en otra galaxia. Esto es la maxima expresion del lenguaje experimental del Jazz!
Yeah Chick is in is genius of master mind! Pattitccci has to be one of the greatest Bass players that has lived! I have studied many, and even Wooten would have a problem keeping up with this master of instruments! Bravo! Incredible talent!
Its a bass Guitar, please note Guitar,the 4 string bass, designed in terms of the double bass,more portable, listen to james jamerson what instrument does it sound similar to? anthony jackson- the first true six string player, may have created the instrument. i don't know. it's just logic, more range. I'm a guitarist bassist and drummer, i want to have freedom on all those instruments,including bass everyone check out a 6 string bass player called JON STOCKMAN from the band karnivool
Why all the hating on 6 string basses? It's just an approach that gives you more options, and doesnt make you any better OR worse a player for it. Would you give a keyboardist shit for having a few extra keys?
@stonedparyah I am a bassist and particulary I don't "hate" it, I'd like to have one but the 6 strings is much more difficult to play, due to his more large and long scale, its weigth, it's more expensive and you really have to spend much more if you want one with a good quality, and the maintenance, that requiers a lot of visit to a luthier.
@spoofzilla Patitucci covers the range of his instrument pretty well, though he does prefer going up higher to solo. You can solo all over, but going up higher makes it jump out more. He has the flexibility to play almost like a sax player, and that gives it a new dimension.
@spoofzilla A 6-string bass is technically called a contrabass actually. That's what Anthony Jackson called it when he first came up with the idea of the 6-string.
@gordeteh ANOTHER scared guitarist, why do you ALWAYS think you are the ones doing the solos?? Afraid of competition? Soloing on a guitar is EASY, add distortion and you're all set with some legato... soloing on a bass is like pulling of a high speed Metal guitar solo on a nylon acoustic guitar. I know cause I play both, guitar is a lot easier, bass is a lot cooler...
from the perspective of a bassist and guitarist, bass can be much easier to solo on (in jazz at least). you can reach the chord changes so much easier, not to mention the tone and sound of it gives it an inherently more flexible medium for you to express yourself. guitars are inherently better for expressing genres such as blues, metal, etc, while the bass is drowned out; they dont need to fear us, bass solos usually dont fit anyway
It all just sounds like Flight of the Bumblebee to me (sorry, but I just DON'T like jazz).
I just wanna walk out on-stage and tap John and say "Dude, there's an E and B string on that fucker... why not have a pluck at those dude? And slow the fuck down and GROOVE!"
@tombokickass - hey there, thanks for replying to my comment. I must disagree - this IS a form of jazz - but I still don't dig it...
I mean for bass solos I wanna hear melody, funk, technique, effects... as well as some silence (yes that's right kids, SILENCE (as in, NOT shredding non-stop on the fretboard) is also a great technique for enhancing what you DO play on your instrument).
Patitucci DEFINATELY is a great bass player... but is just too damn 'typical' in his playing here.
"Someone toss me a chicken sandwich. It's so cool playing with these cats. I could take a lunch break and come back in and no one would even care." thought Chick...
@Wigof99Flowers I agree. The only person who in my opinion gets as nice of a tone way up high on the C string as down low is Janek Gwizdala. His simple answer for everything tone related is "It's in the fingers". Unfortunately you can't buy those....
Dont get me wrong Patitucci is a MADMAN...insane solo. But I did a clinic with Eric Revis a great bass player and he complained about how bass players get "guitar player envy" and get 6-8 string basses. What ever happened to the 4 string electric?
to me playing melodically (expressively and having a great ear/improvisational skills) and still being able to maintain a high degree of proficiency/technicality (utilization of several techniques, combining said techniques, dynamic control, muting) on your instrument is kind of the goal. plus adding your own soul to it :)
I think you've said it all! I saw him a couple of years ago and JP played much differently. Not as frenetic--much slower with strong melodic lines. Peace,
see, a GOOD solo would stay in the effing kay, he just goes crazy on the bass, and to MY ear, it sounds like a jumbled mess of CRAP. yeah, hes talented, yeah hes fast, yeah hes good, but THIS PARTICULAR SOLO just does not do it for me. i want MUSIC.
fast yes, but i wouldn't say dudes like alex webster or even steve digiorgio (i think that's right lol) are on par with legends like patitucci. they are really good don't get me wrong and they influenced me early on in my playing, but fusion music is ten times harder when it comes to actual fingerings,memorization (especially memorization), emotion (expressiveness and feel), and time than heavy metal is in my opinion from playing both and being really into both.
yes, jeff hughell from braindrill is sick but like i said it's not really well rounded playing. i couldn't see him playing jazz or even just laying down tight ass funk grooves. his tapping is phenonmenal but braindrill is kind of tasteless imo. it's utterly amazing on a technical level, but it's kind of devoid of creativity or songwriting ability imo (that's kind of my opinion on most tech death outside of some early stuff, death,atheist,cynic,even sadus and a few modern bands like anata).
that makes sense i suppose i don't really know the history of digiorgio but that doesn't change anything i said. when it comes to jazz music patitucci is a bass legend. he's played with a shitload of people and has some of the best improvisational chops around (as well as being stellar on the upright too!). both players are big influences on me, but when it comes to musicality i would give it to patitucci anyday. but by no means am i discrediting the serious skill of digiorgio.
and when i said he can do better....I would let a guy fuck my ass if it would for some reason it would mean I'd be as good at MUSIC as John Patitucci...But like most rediculous beast ass jazz musicians, he's just going to keep workin and fuckin. just..i hate everything about both of your comments domogunner, they suck and you are stupid and again. Id get fucked in my ASS to have a CHANCE at being HALF as SWEET AS FUCK as John Patitucci.
Uh the solo was about being incredibly talented, sounding incredibly good and, yeah, John Patitucci is pretty much on top of his shit, he can do better unbelievably he will probably still work on getting better at bass, I'm guessing or assuming that you dont play jazz, this solo made me cum, these three players play off of each other at a level similar to Lafaro and bill evans, only these mother fuckers are playing fast insane latin. no you suck ass domorunner
i play guitar, bass guitar, trombone, tuba, cello, mandolin, bari saxophone, tenor saxophone, baritone/euphonium, i have perfect pitch, i also sing in an operatic choir. so yes, i would have to say that i do play an instrument, thanks. :]
Be capable? I personally dont think you need "undestand" music when listening to it . More like feeling, listening and living it and then say if you like it. I Love patitucci, but I just feel he can do a lot better.
also...the lick @ 1.25 (ish) is one of the best ever musical expressions I have seen...reminds me of the 'use to be a cha cha' solo ( jaco) , at the end of his solo...just beautiful !
I'm not sure of his reasoning behind it, but a solo in the normal bass range combined with the bass timbre would likely be a bit mushy. Check out Mike Pope's solo in Got a match in the video titled "Chick Corea Elektric Band - Got a match? (parte 1)." If you listen closely, you'll notice he's playing really some really nice lines, but it seems to get all jumbled together.
I enjoy watching the skill it takes to perform like this. not so much how it sounds. i wouldnt want to have a CD of this stuff. i'd like a DVD, but not a CD.
It's fast, it's clever, but it's entirely unmemorable. James Jamerson didn't have a tenth of Patitucci's technique, but you go away humming Jamerson's lines!!
Thanks for your reply. My comparison is legitimate, I think. I am not really talking about technique. I am saying that interesting phrasing is a concept crossing stylistic boundaries. There is no reason why a complex jazz-fusion solo cannot be laced with memorable melodic phrases. For me, Patitucci's isn't. Jaco Pastorius knew how to do it.
I think slower music gives the brain more time to access the emotional context. You need a very quick mind to understand jazz fusion or progressive music. This is my theory.
He isnt trying to make something memorable, catchy, or mainstream. It is abstract music, he is just soloing away. It is entertaining, and sounds good. So to compare improvisational soloing to written out groovy basslines, just doesnt quite make sense to me.
What you say doesn't make full sense to me either, I have to say. Patittucci's solo is not "abstract", but based on a set of written down chords which the band follows. And Jamerson also improvised bass under a set of chords. He didn't read his lines then play them.
There's a thing called TIMBRE, play the same pithched note on a sop, alt, ten and bari sax, you get different timbres, THAT's why extended bass isn't as simple as 'playing it on a guitar'. Who said bass should only have 4strings? The roster of world class bassists in EVERY genre that use more than 4 strings blows your statement out the water.
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GregMagDrums 1 month ago
Patitucci has a very unique soloing style for a bassist. I personally dont think he makes use of what the bass does best, he focuses instead on these fast phrases high up that kinda get lost. He solos like a sax or some guitar players, not a bassist.
but different strokes for different folks!!
HonkeyTonTon 1 month ago
Lol @ the drummer has talent ... you know if he keeps practicing, one day Dave Weckl might even be good!
rockin982 1 month ago
John Patitucci killed it! No hands on that!!! Such a great bassist!
MeShaJGolden 1 month ago
he's a mad man
TheSmoothJazzer 2 months ago
At 1:45, it seems like John was spooked by those cymbals..!
Rizilo 2 months ago
For goodness sake, the people hating on him for soloing, well... It's a damn solo!! Listen to the rest of the stuff he plays in various other projects he's involved in. This guy can groove! Morons, judging a player based on a few youtube videos...
DeceptionOfTheState 2 months ago
@DeceptionOfTheState "Morons"
You've just summarized in one single word the whole essence of Youtube - at least the forum section...
TheTranslator100 2 months ago 2
The drummer has talent, but he plays so soft. Oh well, it all sounded amazing.
MrJackpot776 4 months ago
Great music, but honestly, most people who are into this care more about if one bass player is better than the other or if one guitarrist can play more chords than the other more than they care about the music itself.
camelius 4 months ago
@camelius Eso lo decis por que no entendiste ni la cuarta parte de la comlejidad que paso en ese solo en toda la banda, te parecio que tocaba cualquier nota sin ningun sentido melodico ni de estructura musical. Empeza a consumir mas de este tipo de musica,trata de analizarlo a ver si pensas igual! Hace 9 años estoy en al musica,me canse de Wooten,Laboriel,Flea,Stuart Hamm y todos esos muñecos que pensaba que estaban en otra galaxia. Esto es la maxima expresion del lenguaje experimental del Jazz!
paraguayanshecter 4 months ago
Tabs?! ha ha! good call! ya, no $hit.
1awaken33 4 months ago
Paul and the Pattuccis love John Patitucci...
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GabrielDhalaman 5 months ago
too many strings on that bass! :)
SupernalOne 6 months ago
1:45 he looks like a drummer hit him along with that crash cymbal :D
Paun12 6 months ago 2
Yeah Chick is in is genius of master mind! Pattitccci has to be one of the greatest Bass players that has lived! I have studied many, and even Wooten would have a problem keeping up with this master of instruments! Bravo! Incredible talent!
phatdic11 7 months ago
Chick never looks like he's having fun.
CoachG1000 7 months ago
Tabs???
henniebogan1 7 months ago
@henniebogan1 you dont learn anything from reading a tab just learn it by ear if you dont know anything about music
deepfriedpankakes 7 months ago
@deepfriedpankakes
I know bro it was a joke :)..... i agree with you 1000%%
henniebogan1 7 months ago
Patitucci looks like Sean Penn
arturviey 8 months ago
Someone know how this bass tuned?
Royzilber 9 months ago
@Royzilber I think just B-E-A-D-G-C, which is normal for a 6 string.
linuxpyro 8 months ago
aah please stop! you guys are just too good! ;p
when i hear something like this, i'd rather quit making music.. hehe ;p
JeffreyMiddelveld 9 months ago
@JeffreyMiddelveld When I hear something like this I want to woodshed until I'm that good. Which is pretty much the rest of my life.
feedingfiction 8 months ago
Its a bass Guitar, please note Guitar,the 4 string bass, designed in terms of the double bass,more portable, listen to james jamerson what instrument does it sound similar to? anthony jackson- the first true six string player, may have created the instrument. i don't know. it's just logic, more range. I'm a guitarist bassist and drummer, i want to have freedom on all those instruments,including bass everyone check out a 6 string bass player called JON STOCKMAN from the band karnivool
yan123456789AZ 9 months ago
Why all the hating on 6 string basses? It's just an approach that gives you more options, and doesnt make you any better OR worse a player for it. Would you give a keyboardist shit for having a few extra keys?
stonedparyah 9 months ago 11
@stonedparyah I am a bassist and particulary I don't "hate" it, I'd like to have one but the 6 strings is much more difficult to play, due to his more large and long scale, its weigth, it's more expensive and you really have to spend much more if you want one with a good quality, and the maintenance, that requiers a lot of visit to a luthier.
joaopireslemos 1 month ago
Why is he so opposed to the low end of his bass?...it is called a bass after all.
spoofzilla 10 months ago
@spoofzilla Because it's not a good range to solo in.
mrmadman86 9 months ago 5
@spoofzilla Patitucci covers the range of his instrument pretty well, though he does prefer going up higher to solo. You can solo all over, but going up higher makes it jump out more. He has the flexibility to play almost like a sax player, and that gives it a new dimension.
linuxpyro 8 months ago
@spoofzilla A 6-string bass is technically called a contrabass actually. That's what Anthony Jackson called it when he first came up with the idea of the 6-string.
feedingfiction 8 months ago
@feedingfiction contrabass really just means low pitched.
there are contrabass flutes and saxaphones. If you want to be "technical" do it right. Jackson called it a contrabass guitar
HonkeyTonTon 1 month ago
1:46 looks like the symbol hit him.
thedonofnapoli 10 months ago
This is kinda too "shreddy" for me... I dig the rests.
dengulejakke 10 months ago
this is my idol on the bass mr patitucci
dalehaslam 10 months ago
buy a guitar! bass has 4 strings!!.... fucking assholes
GonzaloCabaleiro 11 months ago
@GonzaloCabaleiro Buy an acoustic guitar, a guitar isnt fucking ELECTRIC. Its called development you moron, deal with it
nengstro 10 months ago
get a fucking guitar asshole
gordeteh 11 months ago
@gordeteh ANOTHER scared guitarist, why do you ALWAYS think you are the ones doing the solos?? Afraid of competition? Soloing on a guitar is EASY, add distortion and you're all set with some legato... soloing on a bass is like pulling of a high speed Metal guitar solo on a nylon acoustic guitar. I know cause I play both, guitar is a lot easier, bass is a lot cooler...
nengstro 10 months ago 2
@nengstro Maybe you just make too simple solos on guitar? Also I believe that gordeteh's comment was mostly trolling and you fell for it.
mikkaramies 10 months ago
@nengstro
from the perspective of a bassist and guitarist, bass can be much easier to solo on (in jazz at least). you can reach the chord changes so much easier, not to mention the tone and sound of it gives it an inherently more flexible medium for you to express yourself. guitars are inherently better for expressing genres such as blues, metal, etc, while the bass is drowned out; they dont need to fear us, bass solos usually dont fit anyway
"you're all set with some legato"
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ragglefraggle09 8 months ago
@ragglefraggle09 This is so untrue it hurts....
FinestxGB 2 months ago
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ragglefraggle09 2 months ago
muito bom seu estilo me parece nico assumpção repito "lembra" rsrsrs....
erikbass2 11 months ago
..always love to see and hear the fella who REALLY started the 6 string movement for me.....DAYUM the lil dude can play!!!!!
cagonzalez1965 11 months ago
these guys are masters reminds alot of dream theater O.o
Guitar1sti 11 months ago
wow all the geniuses are making their comments here! i bet all of you can play a better solo! let me hear it and bash it!
burnspaul04 1 year ago
looks a little like DeNiro too
jmillzz2 1 year ago
It all just sounds like Flight of the Bumblebee to me (sorry, but I just DON'T like jazz).
I just wanna walk out on-stage and tap John and say "Dude, there's an E and B string on that fucker... why not have a pluck at those dude? And slow the fuck down and GROOVE!"
freakystyley4000 1 year ago
@freakystyley4000 i agree, although i do quite like jazz, but this isn't jazz
tombokickass 1 year ago
@tombokickass - hey there, thanks for replying to my comment. I must disagree - this IS a form of jazz - but I still don't dig it...
I mean for bass solos I wanna hear melody, funk, technique, effects... as well as some silence (yes that's right kids, SILENCE (as in, NOT shredding non-stop on the fretboard) is also a great technique for enhancing what you DO play on your instrument).
Patitucci DEFINATELY is a great bass player... but is just too damn 'typical' in his playing here.
freakystyley4000 1 year ago
Nico Assumpção
892isteria 1 year ago
putain il a vieillit correa !
seithange 1 year ago
He looks like Rimmer from Red Dwarf... :)
Intruder051 1 year ago
too many notes
lanebrain55 1 year ago
Yo le enseñe a Johny como requintear el bajo! ...echenle un vistazo a mis videos!
eddynaco 1 year ago
@pleaseutube i play this bass too
patitucci is my biggest influence
fredbass77 1 year ago
Got A Match?
ianidinuse 1 year ago
Omfg! With that Technical he shoul play the classic guitar!! =D
danomoko 1 year ago
I love how Chick can just echo exactly what he plays note for note and this is 100% improvised.. Incredible musicians!
AdamDallas 1 year ago
"Someone toss me a chicken sandwich. It's so cool playing with these cats. I could take a lunch break and come back in and no one would even care." thought Chick...
keepntyme 1 year ago
john patitucci.....john petrucci.... two gods who kill people when they play lol
42littlebit 1 year ago
That guy standing behind chick at the 27 second mark and again at the 43 second mark looks exactly like Jon Lovitz from saturday night live.
foderahead 1 year ago
men that 6 string Yahama bass is as awesome as John is :-D another reason why i should keep on practising now i see this awesome craftwork on a bass!
Basstard22 1 year ago
@Basstard22 i also play on this bass
and play some compo and patitucci covers
fredbass77 1 year ago
You're all going to hate me but I don't really like his tone. Especially on the high notes. Not my taste.
Wigof99Flowers 1 year ago
@Wigof99Flowers I agree. The only person who in my opinion gets as nice of a tone way up high on the C string as down low is Janek Gwizdala. His simple answer for everything tone related is "It's in the fingers". Unfortunately you can't buy those....
Zombbg4 1 year ago
@langerzoriginal blatantly is.
lilliexvengeance 1 year ago
Rocks! Detona tudo tudo tudo e mais um pouco! Adoroooooo!
gvt76 1 year ago
awesome :D
ekybasscort34 1 year ago
Dont get me wrong Patitucci is a MADMAN...insane solo. But I did a clinic with Eric Revis a great bass player and he complained about how bass players get "guitar player envy" and get 6-8 string basses. What ever happened to the 4 string electric?
nyuknyuknyuk101 1 year ago
@nyuknyuknyuk101 i play a 4
alexmishchuk 1 year ago
is roger federer
protreking 1 year ago
@protreking yeah he looks like him
they are two monsters who mark history in their category
fredbass77 1 year ago
the best!
mochesax88 1 year ago
Tomorrow I'll assist to a master class given by him in my university!!!!!!!!! GRAWERAWE&SE$/&W$%&(#"!!!!!!!!!
Trioptio 1 year ago
This is marvelous. & String Basses are extraordinary instruments and fucking sexy.
FunkySkunk90 1 year ago
Yep , he looks like Spencer Tracy in Fleming's Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde
MrStoobaworld 1 year ago
Chick look like my grand'ma
filipo71470 1 year ago
0:25 C# Rhodes fail!!! ahahaha :)
FrankBimBumBale 1 year ago 2
1:05 he looks like Federer
Doz303 1 year ago 18
haha its true!
Funkyskunk01 1 year ago
@Doz303 noup he looks like Maljke
mineralturbo 1 year ago
great solo!!
diegobass21 1 year ago
aaa Fcking awesomee ! the beat of the drum is orgasmic
bassmanbtb 2 years ago
John is The God
the same versality expressivity and virtuosity on the acoustic bass
the roger federer of the bass and music!
fredbass77 2 years ago
That just freaked me out !!!!
Normally I only give !!!
Great show. Got my vote.
MyVinylFetish 2 years ago
John is the god of bass, Victo Who?
TheTomasito1971 2 years ago
I love Nico assumpcao but john Patitucci is great too....
marazul2008 2 years ago
Dude, just play guitar already! How many strings do you need?
bombpop13 2 years ago
@bombpop13 lolololol man. i got a six string too. its pwnage
watersrunning48 2 years ago
I dont like jazz at all.... this is why, but patutucci is very talented
pallyfan92 2 years ago
The best musicians by far !
Jazzelegance 2 years ago
Dude, i have yet to see someone who goes as crazy as patitucci, but i love it:) Rock on or jazz it up!!!!
bassvirgin17 2 years ago
ELECTRIC
Zaceroco1170 2 years ago
omg hes a madman.
chick's like.. bass players can do that.
fendergasm11 2 years ago 2
Nice!
studiomanuel 2 years ago
kronier is a megacocksucker and his opinions don't count because I said so! I own him and he is my bitch!
justusleejolliffe 2 years ago
God damn, a 26 fret, 6 string bass.
darkcheef 2 years ago
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IMHO, and only IMO, this is pretentious and everything that is irritating about jazz.
kronier 2 years ago
he looks like a mad scientist here!
73h1337kiwi 2 years ago 26
@73h1337kiwi He is. But nobody knows!
DrummerRF 1 year ago
@73h1337kiwi Oh my god I was just thinking that as I watched it. That's awesome.
jeduadams 1 year ago
to me playing melodically (expressively and having a great ear/improvisational skills) and still being able to maintain a high degree of proficiency/technicality (utilization of several techniques, combining said techniques, dynamic control, muting) on your instrument is kind of the goal. plus adding your own soul to it :)
Yontar 2 years ago
I think you've said it all! I saw him a couple of years ago and JP played much differently. Not as frenetic--much slower with strong melodic lines. Peace,
OrisLover 2 years ago
see, a GOOD solo would stay in the effing kay, he just goes crazy on the bass, and to MY ear, it sounds like a jumbled mess of CRAP. yeah, hes talented, yeah hes fast, yeah hes good, but THIS PARTICULAR SOLO just does not do it for me. i want MUSIC.
TheyCallMeLedford 2 years ago
sry i didnt read your last comment before replaying :P
i agree.
also, it sounds pretty good , but with the music i listen, the bass players are much more skilled and extreemly fast
geganobo 2 years ago
fast yes, but i wouldn't say dudes like alex webster or even steve digiorgio (i think that's right lol) are on par with legends like patitucci. they are really good don't get me wrong and they influenced me early on in my playing, but fusion music is ten times harder when it comes to actual fingerings,memorization (especially memorization), emotion (expressiveness and feel), and time than heavy metal is in my opinion from playing both and being really into both.
Yontar 2 years ago
I totaly underastand where you're comming from, but listen to tech death metal.
bassists like jeff ... something...
from brain drill + look for "I came to hate" its a work of art :)
geganobo 2 years ago
yes, jeff hughell from braindrill is sick but like i said it's not really well rounded playing. i couldn't see him playing jazz or even just laying down tight ass funk grooves. his tapping is phenonmenal but braindrill is kind of tasteless imo. it's utterly amazing on a technical level, but it's kind of devoid of creativity or songwriting ability imo (that's kind of my opinion on most tech death outside of some early stuff, death,atheist,cynic,even sadus and a few modern bands like anata).
Yontar 2 years ago
Steve DiGiorgio was a jazz bassist originally. Still is, too. That's why he plays fretless. (And yes, fusion)
Steve128967 2 years ago
that makes sense i suppose i don't really know the history of digiorgio but that doesn't change anything i said. when it comes to jazz music patitucci is a bass legend. he's played with a shitload of people and has some of the best improvisational chops around (as well as being stellar on the upright too!). both players are big influences on me, but when it comes to musicality i would give it to patitucci anyday. but by no means am i discrediting the serious skill of digiorgio.
Yontar 2 years ago
he is in key most of the time. it's just that he's playing over bizarre changes and just going off!!! he he ;)
Yontar 2 years ago
we must not be listening to the same thing.
or we are just hearing it differently.
TheyCallMeLedford 2 years ago
exactly, we hear it differently.
Yontar 2 years ago
Tell me, anyone. Do you see that Chick is starting to look like Jerry Lewis these days?
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A2KID420 2 years ago
and when i said he can do better....I would let a guy fuck my ass if it would for some reason it would mean I'd be as good at MUSIC as John Patitucci...But like most rediculous beast ass jazz musicians, he's just going to keep workin and fuckin. just..i hate everything about both of your comments domogunner, they suck and you are stupid and again. Id get fucked in my ASS to have a CHANCE at being HALF as SWEET AS FUCK as John Patitucci.
A2KID420 2 years ago
Uh the solo was about being incredibly talented, sounding incredibly good and, yeah, John Patitucci is pretty much on top of his shit, he can do better unbelievably he will probably still work on getting better at bass, I'm guessing or assuming that you dont play jazz, this solo made me cum, these three players play off of each other at a level similar to Lafaro and bill evans, only these mother fuckers are playing fast insane latin. no you suck ass domorunner
A2KID420 2 years ago
how do you say feo in english? ugly?
cuacuicuo 2 years ago 2
this solo is about talent, not about sounding good.
TheyCallMeLedford 2 years ago
lol , you obviously dont play an intrument :)
geganobo 2 years ago
i play guitar, bass guitar, trombone, tuba, cello, mandolin, bari saxophone, tenor saxophone, baritone/euphonium, i have perfect pitch, i also sing in an operatic choir. so yes, i would have to say that i do play an instrument, thanks. :]
TheyCallMeLedford 2 years ago
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geganobo 2 years ago
I dont know if I really like this solo. If i just close my eyes then well... its wellplayed but not especially pleasing to my ear.
domogunner 2 years ago
If it's not pleasing to your ear it's because you're still not capable of understanding it.
CORONAMUZIC 2 years ago
Be capable? I personally dont think you need "undestand" music when listening to it . More like feeling, listening and living it and then say if you like it. I Love patitucci, but I just feel he can do a lot better.
domogunner 2 years ago
I think that the quality of the video is too low to really appreciate the stuff he is playing. You have to really hone in.
diablofire12 2 years ago
this preople are crazy
bluesteelMCN 2 years ago
Wow, it's been awhile since I've heard John ... you almost forget how great he is.
LOVED this, thanks for posting it.
5/5
UK2AK 2 years ago
vgnfgfg
teokiatuan2 2 years ago
what a great lesson....the fretboard views on the left hand and sound quality is wicked...I thank you for the post. cheers !!
GrantSmithBass 2 years ago
also...the lick @ 1.25 (ish) is one of the best ever musical expressions I have seen...reminds me of the 'use to be a cha cha' solo ( jaco) , at the end of his solo...just beautiful !
GrantSmithBass 2 years ago
what song is this in?
BassDrumsGuitarMasta 2 years ago
Got A Match
Mopreme75 2 years ago
He is one of my biggest influences ..check out my video reply:))
stratrov 2 years ago
melhor do mundo!!!!!!!!!!!!!
fabiodesousamatias 2 years ago
im not doubting his talent, but why are his solos way up there on the neck, and not actually in a bass range?
heresmycardjoker 2 years ago
I'm not sure of his reasoning behind it, but a solo in the normal bass range combined with the bass timbre would likely be a bit mushy. Check out Mike Pope's solo in Got a match in the video titled "Chick Corea Elektric Band - Got a match? (parte 1)." If you listen closely, you'll notice he's playing really some really nice lines, but it seems to get all jumbled together.
gotmilk1289 2 years ago
Haha
I came here to rip on the horrible misspelling of "John Petrucci".
Never heard of this guy, he's awesome.
Skeletine 2 years ago
one of the biggest icons in bass evolution
jazzin4bass 2 years ago
I can see why.
Skeletine 2 years ago
na amasing solo man
Draxx420 2 years ago
i've seen much better from him
2007anonimus 2 years ago
i am a bass player but does anyone really like these solos!
grazer770 2 years ago
I used to hate them, but now i like them just cos i respect the musicianship. not for how it sounds.
73h1337kiwi 2 years ago
you should ALWAYS base your musical appreciation on how it SOUNDS and no other reason.
grazer770 2 years ago
but you can also WATCH videos and enjoy them based on how they LOOK.
73h1337kiwi 2 years ago
still dont understand how that relates to sound and music.
grazer770 2 years ago
I enjoy watching the skill it takes to perform like this. not so much how it sounds. i wouldnt want to have a CD of this stuff. i'd like a DVD, but not a CD.
73h1337kiwi 2 years ago 2
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Yontar 2 years ago
I've come to the conclusion that Patitucci is a robot.
gotmilk1289 2 years ago 7
@gotmilk1289 You can see how he stopped time from 0:00-0:06 but still kept the band playing.
ianidinuse 1 year ago
hes a baddd asss!
davidhilton 2 years ago
Yeah! he is bass dictionary book player!
No coments!
BassBRplayer 2 years ago
hail John Patitucci!!!
fearless4u107 2 years ago
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I don't like it, sorry, i think it sounds just like nothing
Elimnio 2 years ago
THE GUY ON THE CAMERA IS ON DRUGS!!!
nice solo!!!
abebass90 2 years ago 3
Is that Al Bundy playing bass? If he could play the bass that good, why did he have to sell shoes to support Kelly's habits? ... who knew?
3skin 3 years ago
Everyone who buried you has no sense of humor.
discolando 2 years ago 3
Lol
itachi456789 2 years ago
thats extremely trippy.
myusernameissocool 3 years ago
prettynsweetbunny: Do try to think about something else instead of sex.!!!
Communicate properly with people, discuss the music; that's far more satisfying than leaving silly tease comments.
drwinkle101 3 years ago
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drwinkle101 3 years ago
I am going to rape you in your sleep, Joseph Mumford.
OhShize 3 years ago
oh man, Chick's Acoustik band is insane! John tears it up every session!!
twentymoreyears 3 years ago
It's fast, it's clever, but it's entirely unmemorable. James Jamerson didn't have a tenth of Patitucci's technique, but you go away humming Jamerson's lines!!
drwinkle101 3 years ago
Comparing an R&B James Jamerson Motown bass part to a jazz fusion solo is a pointless thing to do. Talk about an apples and oranges comparison.
Catspas 3 years ago
Thanks for your reply. My comparison is legitimate, I think. I am not really talking about technique. I am saying that interesting phrasing is a concept crossing stylistic boundaries. There is no reason why a complex jazz-fusion solo cannot be laced with memorable melodic phrases. For me, Patitucci's isn't. Jaco Pastorius knew how to do it.
drwinkle101 3 years ago
I agree all the playing is great but the first time I enjoyed the sound was the very end when they went back to the groove for a couple of seconds.
Sunderlanding 3 years ago
I think slower music gives the brain more time to access the emotional context. You need a very quick mind to understand jazz fusion or progressive music. This is my theory.
fingerboy18 3 years ago
NOT
DeepSeaSeamus 2 years ago
He isnt trying to make something memorable, catchy, or mainstream. It is abstract music, he is just soloing away. It is entertaining, and sounds good. So to compare improvisational soloing to written out groovy basslines, just doesnt quite make sense to me.
KarateMastR57 3 years ago
What you say doesn't make full sense to me either, I have to say. Patittucci's solo is not "abstract", but based on a set of written down chords which the band follows. And Jamerson also improvised bass under a set of chords. He didn't read his lines then play them.
drwinkle101 3 years ago 4
The only thing I don't like about John, is if he wanted to play like this, he could have just bought a guitar.
XxdieformetalxX 3 years ago
Ah, but that'd be taking half the fun away, wouldn't it? :)
awaken1001 3 years ago 3
There's a thing called TIMBRE, play the same pithched note on a sop, alt, ten and bari sax, you get different timbres, THAT's why extended bass isn't as simple as 'playing it on a guitar'. Who said bass should only have 4strings? The roster of world class bassists in EVERY genre that use more than 4 strings blows your statement out the water.
bigwm 2 years ago 23
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men
Nuxunumo 2 years ago