[Bass Lesson] Jaco Pastorius - Modern Electric Bass - 10

[zozoh]

one of the best displays of musicianship ive ever seen

[Prettyflyforabassman]

2:04

what song is that??? i rly wanna learn it now haha

[JsusDI]

@Prettyflyforabassman i think it's the benny hill theme song

[Prettyflyforabassman]

@JsusDI

is it? it dont sound like it, if u get wat i mean

[JsusDI]

well i'm 99% sure it's that song, obviously it's not gonna sound the same since jaco is playing it with a bass but yeah i think it's that one

[Prettyflyforabassman]

@JsusDI

wow, good find :)

[trioutj]

wat bass is jaco playin at the start?

[cottonfever1221]

@trioutj His jazzbass(pre-cbs,"its not a true Fender unless its an original pre CBS") with a 70's fretted maple p-bass neck which he used only to practice with because it had a wider/flatter neck than the narrow fretless jazz neck he gigged with,"It keeps my fretting hand in shape so when I play the narrow neck live it's a breeze"

[deadzior]

Scofield.... OUT OF NOWHERE!!

[rockrock3090]

is that a thomson-bass?

[eddynaco]

no one plays better than me.

[StupidObamaNigger]

alchahol

[waliver15]

mccartney??? whuut?

[radiohm3]

@waliver15 paul is a good bass player

[crimsondynamoo]

@waliver15 easily the most influential bass player in music- most people didn't even know what a bass guitar was AT ALL until he showed everyone. Literally overnight, teenagers in America started asking their parents for guitars and basses after seeing the Beatles. No hyperbole, he made more people aware of bass as an instrument than anyone.

[SaintUdnitz]

@crimsondynamoo your whole comment decribes jaco's achievements, not paul's. and I adore macca as well as jaco.

[davebuchan81]

@SaintUdnitz It describes Pauls achievements, and Jacos. It also describes James Jamersons and John Entwistles ...........No one is literally THE most influential ever.......so keep your ears open, one and all :)

[hogansteel]

The complete musician....oh yeah he could play a lil bass......He changed it all...thanks for making our instrument a front runner..............cheers to all my bass

playin bruthas far and wide.

[TAbassndrums]

Every time I search Jaco Pastorius I always go to this video.....this keeps on inspiring me to play and play and play and learn and learn more about music. Jaco has been a tremendous inspiration in my music life. Thanks Jaco.

[bassbymichele]

can somebody tell who's the one that jaco's quoting at 0:52 I can't really understand..

Thank you

[tbcass]

@bassbymichele He's not quoting anybody but at 0:52 he sites Robert "Kool" Bell of Kool and the Gang as an influence.

[diegokillua]

exelente jazz

[pianinhodabahia]

Marcão é o melhor do mundo!!!!!

[kdjfnvjvd]

@Doderhultarn89 he wasn't bi-polar !!! Maybe did some drugs but he no bi-polar.

[Bmadink]

it was kindof obvious that he was

[alexia72007]

@kdjfnvjvd Obvious He was Bi polar... i read it somewhere... But only people who was near to him only Know... But if he was taking drugs and was drinking you cant know actually cause they have effects like Bipolar...

[tbcass]

@kdjfnvjvd Wrong, Jaco was diagnosed as Bi Polar. Before you show how stupid you are by spouting false information maybe you should do a little research.

[johnwiseman17]

@kdjfnvjvd He was diagnosed in 1982 as Bi-Polar by Dr. Fred Erskine. Dr. Erskine is the father of Peter Erskine, the drummer in Jaco's Word of Mouth Band. Like many people with Bi-Polar disorder, it is very possible that Jaco used drugs and alchahol to level himself off, (self medicating.)

[karrowarro02]

Actually, I thought so too but I read his biography and it says that during the recording of this video, they actually brought in a guard to watch over him and make sure he didn't do anything funny. Of course we'll never know, Jaco always found some way to get what he wanted.

[cottonfever1221]

@karrowarro02 Its more on the lines of they put him up in a hotel for 3 days prior to his vid shoot because they paid him once already and he took off and came back a little worse for wear so they kept him "safe"from getting high as to do the video straight. As a recovering addict of 9 yrs MOST addicts/alcoholics are duel diagnosed with a mental illness as well along with the fact that addiction IS a mental illness,would everyone talk shit about him if he was diabetic ? or had M.S ? WHY NOW ?

[jazzciggarette]

nothin wrong with a little mid-day mid-interview drinking.

[doublethumpbass89]

he talks like alot of jazz musicians i know lol...they just got those soulful voices..jaco was one of them...rip

[litlewing]

what a pure creation on god.. they are the jazz

[hammzbone]

who is the interviewer

[EddieG1888]

Jerry Jemmott, a fantastic bassist in his own right.

[tonyiommi87]

Does someone know whats the name of the song which starts around 2:02?

[Zeitgeist74]

Sure do, it's "I Want You So Bad", off of B.B. King's, Llive and Well recording. That was around the same time BB recorded, The Thrill is Gone. Classic stuff, mate!

[dojufitz]

He looks tired and drunk.....i loved his style of bass and his word of mouth band.

Alot of Jaco clones have awesome technique but no music in them - Jaco r.ip.

[doublethumpbass89]

yup :)

i like studying jacos technique

but IN MY OWN STYLE i dont wanna be just some wannabe jaco...

if u gonna study jaco....put it with your own style :)

greatest bassit of all time

then stanley clarke :) lol

[Bmadink]

mingus jaco and milt hinton are the 3 best...clarke is just fast

[hauntedOak]

thats probably why the 3 you mentioned is among the 4 bassists that have been inducted to the Down Beat Hall of Fame.

[Bmadink]

wait whats the 4th?

[bert1086]

jerry definitely farts at 2:58 Right after he says "he plays it better than I do."

[willpacey]

hahaha! holy sh*t, he does! that made me lose my shit

[aBassist111]

thats too funny man

[wrh1984]

hahahahahahhhahahahahahaha

[cottonfever1221]

@bert1086 Looks like the volume was off on the bass,his "farts "are your best chops.

[0Oclockmusic]

@bert1086 he does not. that's his laugh. 

[flaxys112]

Nice... That's a Mörch bass! Google it.

[mattcribbin]

I dont know much about the man, but I like the way he talks. I thought he would be some far-out art type dude. But he speaks real down to earth type. Not to mention his virtuosity on the bass.

[62erPrecision]

i think a musician should be down to earth... everything else would affect the music, i think... he plays his personality...

[WitteBandera]

I wish I could play on one of his basses..

[LostFlashlight]

wat was that lick he played

[camster4153]

so good

[waynealarsen]

I love this tape. so close to the end. ""Just Get me a GIG!"""""

[wysiwyg248]

waynealarsen,

I think he expressed with that comment how much he missed playing with WR since at the time this was taped he was out of work.

[waynealarsen]

he had made himself un reliable and a bit of a liablity by then. so when he is lauded as this greatest player he spouts out "just get me a gig" like I'm in trouble now, some one give me another chance. but that was his crarm, his going off with the fuzz box in his amp and playing star spangled banner on 4th of july and then swimming in the east river. LEGEND.

[evd91]

yesssssssss cheesy hi 5's.

gotta love em

[z1chuckster]

Jaco`s thoughts at 3:08 are so tuue...

[rwlane]

likewise at 4.01

[jbgsk]

It's great how just a bass line is enough to bring them joy.

[waynealarsen]

I remember watching this with Jon Garrippo around 1990 and being knocked out by the VHS. of all the Jaco on youtube this is my FAVE!

[totosmeels]

good exept the guitar player!!

[GingaPlayer2]

the guitar player is John Scofield he's one of the best guitarrist in Funk

[waynealarsen]

did Scofield play sundown amps? I have an old artist model and it sounds just like the amp he's using

[damhate]

yeahh john scofield is the best guitarrist in jazz funk...and jaco is the best bass player in all muscic!!!!