just noticed 55 people dislike this. You have to be special kind of prick to dislike this, shows there are still cavemen out there. This vid is a formative event in my life, just superb.
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u will always & 4EVeR be remembered in my heart my friend & teacher (JACO) for less than an hour that we shared & laughed together with friends in front of the worlds famos West Village "The Bottom Line Club" that no longer exists in NYC c.1986 on a Saturday evening the night "Tower of Power" was performing there, Cheers! x0]
Must this be "who's best"? If so: Milt Hinton. If my witnesses were alive I'd say: ask Ray Brown, ask Mingus, & yes, ask Jaco. Born 1910, on bass since '27, the top guy soon after, he began in a very different era, but kept up w/changing styles thru his 60+year career. In his 60's, he began doubling on fretless Ampeg electric bass guitar, on which he played stuff that could just's easily've been Jaco. Hinton's contribution to the bass lexicon is unequalled, & his playing's never been bested.
@squaqtoast. No what I'm saying is that as you evolve in your bass playing you evolve as a musician as well. All the great bass players have something in common. Their bass playing is highly affected by their musicianship. As you study your craft more you go from being a bass player to a bassist. Spend a week practicing one on one with a keyboard player (if you play bass) and see how it affects your playing. Bassists are musicians who found therirvoice on the bass. Jaco used to play drums too.
Jaco was great without a doubt but I never got on that bandwagon. So many cats still are jocking his style. No pun intended. What I did like about Jaco however was that he was a musician first. He just happen to play bass as his main instrument.
Personally, I think the concept of labeling ANY of the greats "the best" is ridiculous! At most, you can argue who is NOT "the best". It become a circular debate since the designation is subjective with nebulous criteria to begin with.
"Best" at what? Technician, innovation, speed, feeling, what? Best combo of all?
I think we'd do better by asserting our "favorite and leave it at that. Victor Wooten might be better than Jaco. Jaco is my favorite. Pat Martino is better than Jimi Hendrix but...
its all about what scofield said , every musician has his own voice , you learn by copping others, but in the end you won't sound like them, they have their own groove feeling tempo to their notes, and you have yours... so john could probably play anything hendrix played, hell maybe even i can do that, but capture and create the same feeling no, as hendrix could not copy scofield, so in my opinion if ur not in a crappy band like NIRVANA , THE KILLERS, etc... your voice will have a special meanin
The best part of this artist is that they pass they're talent to next generation.....And the greatness they have depend on how we learn they're innovative musicianship..
Jaco amazes me every time i hear him play, and i'm not bassist. He is soooo addictive, like Hendrix was. A thing you cannot explain, kind of strange... Miss him.
Certi musicisti potranno morire anche 50 volte; ma la loro vitalità creativa, il "respiro" con il quale hanno vissuto il loro ruolo di Artisti li hanno resi ETERNI. NON MORIRANNO MAI!! Frank Zappa, Ludwig van Beethoven, Jaco Pastorius, Jerry Goldsmith, John Bonham, Alberto Ginastera, Denis "Piggy" D'Amour, Jimi Hendrix, Karlheinz Stockhausen, Art Blakey, Chuck Schuldiner, ... e TANTISSIMI altri nella Storia della Musica; ... come si fa a considerarli morti?! A me riesce un po' difficile. B-)
@Element404 This is true about everything except bass playing. Jaco was the best ever. It's almost as if the definition of best is built around him, and not so much the other way around. So it's really almost impossible for anyone to ever be better than him, because he defines what best is. You can only reach his level, kind of like the speed of light.
@DiscipleOfPog i disagree, jaco was technically perfect, but again, there are were and will be so many more perfect bassists out there. jaco is just one~
insane how jaco dominates the tune, the stage, and everything else, even playing with giants such as these two. the man just oozes pure music out of every pore. killer groove, timing, taste, and all so effortlessly. it's almost like he's "dancing" the tune, if that makes any kind of sense. a real shame he had do pass away so untimely :(
thanks helping hand and fjord I went to wiki and search it .. well according to them it was alfred pee wee ellis who composed the chicken however jaco made it famous... thx 4 d help guys
@Fjord76 I had no idea. i had heard the maceo parker version way before i heard a jaco recording of this song, and for the longest time i didn't know who wrote the song (i guess i just assumed it was Jaco)
one thing is to be a guitar prodigy and another thing is to develop a unique style with a new sound and that was what jimy did. Of course there are thousands of guitarist better than hendrix but jimi was unique in his art and almost all rock n roll guitarist steal from hendix music or were highly influenced by him. thats why they say he was the best. Same happens with jaco, his sound is so unique that makes him almot a number 1.
one thing is to be a guitar prodigy and another thing is to develop a unique style with a new sound and that was what jimy did. Of course there are thousands of guitarist better than hendrix but jimi was unique in his art and almost all rock n roll guitarist steal from hendix music or were highly influenced by him. thats why they say he was the best. Same happens with jaco, his sound is so unique that makes him almot a number 1
one thing is to be a guitar prodigy and another thing is to develop a unique style with a new sound and that was what jimy did. Of course there are thousands of guitarist better than hendrix but jimi was unique in his art and almost all rock n roll guitarist steal from hendix music or were highly influenced by him. thats why they say he was the best. Same happens with jaco, his sound is so unique that makes him almot a number 1
Jaco was his own man and his own musician. This is a rarity for most bass players. So often are they relegated to the vision of other instrumentations, not to say they aren't great bass players, but Jaco was not one of those guys. People hate on him for this reason. He had to much to say on his axe to just be a supportive bass player. People don't understand that virtuosity and power from the bass, its so often the guitar has that role.
Jaco is great but his fame is mainly because his face fits. It's always been that way in music especially Jazz. The mass can relate more to a non African American musician playing that type of music. Joe zawinal repeatedly stated that Jaco was never his best bass player. Sure Jaco after Monk Montgomery put the bass guitar on the Jazz map, but If those fans really searched their feelings they'll know that him being white is a big part of why the idolise him so much.
@CaraminTim Er I think you have totally missed my point. Listing a few Jazz greats then insulting me is what I would describe as a dumbass nitwit response. How about you make a comparism of Jaco views to other great bass players. If you can't accept the truth too bad. Maybe Jaco isn't the best example of the point I'm making but it still applies. btw those greats you mentioned; they would agree with me 100%.
these guys names you all keep mentioning were never in a competition 'to be the best' so youre arguing over nothing. i prefer bass with some funk. and jazz guitar with some soul. thats why im watching this video. suck my jeuvos.
@dezziwood555 It's not a stack knob. Stack knobs have only two concentric potentiometers. It's a regular Fender Jazz Bass body with a 70s fretted Precision neck.
@Musicenthusiasm See, that's what I thought. Doesn't really change his sound much, but that's because it's always the player creating the music; not the instrument. :-)
I know that the rest of the body is a Fender Jazz. However, when the whole neck is from a p-bass I refer to it as a p-bass since that is what it's going to sound like. The bass was by the way not Jaco's. He borrowed it from Jeff Andrews for the session.
@Musicenthusiasm I beg to differ. The bolt-on neck of a fretted electric bass would not have such an observable effect on the tonal characteristic of the instrument. As long as the scale length stays the same and this instrument has two single coil jazz bass pickups, no matter what you attach as a neck it would still sound like a jazz bass, not a precision.
I remember my band director showing a few of us drummers this video tape in high school. I think it was a DCI release. I could be wrong. I just remember watching Kenwood Dennard just as much as Jaco. Great jam!
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Bass? this Jaco guy is plain terrible. Who the hell is keeping this song together. His bass farts all over the place. Leave the clever stuff to the guitarist - well anyone except the bassist.
I met him in fat city when he was playing with Wayne Cockrin ( can't remember how to spell last name) . THey had a three piece rhythm section and an eight piece horn section. the show band I played in was on the same circuit in the early 70's. this was before he was famous. We were to play the next night and had gotten to the club just in time to hear the last show. I had never heard such a drivin rhythm section. Jaco played that same over the top funk style that made him famous.
To me Jaco is the Tony Williams of bass. They are both very very good players; however, in my opinion, they are too showy, and try to do too much. There are others on both their instruments that i would rather play in my band.
@alembicbassguy : yeah..he hanged out w/ lots of his crewnies in the city borough where he stayed @ the time..though i had the up most experience in meeting Mr. Pastorious in front of the Bottom Line Club (no longer there) in the East Village NYC after a Tower of Power gig..he was funny..friendly & very gracious!..i also had the opportunity to visit Mr. Jaco @ Bellevue hospital for a few moments!..i really miss him! :ol
@alembicbassguy : absolutely!..& thank u..i felt very BLESSED to have met the amazing person on this video i'm listing & viewing playing the "electric bass guitar" as i'm typing these words w/ tears!..i will never forget those great short moments we had together!..be well friend! :o]
for those who dont know -- this videoclip is from an instructional bass guitar video that some company put together with Jaco in the late 80s/early 90s -- i bought it at the time and still have it somewhere
at this point Jaco was at the end of his career and he looked terrible in most of the video, like they'd just brought him in off the street to film the video
in spite of it tho, he still played better than most bass players, but he was hardly at the height of his powers on this stuff
@vibrationinstitute Actually 1985 was the recording. He died in 1987. He was not doing well in life here but by accounts from Scofield and some others they kept him in check for this taping. Scofield said they kind of kept him under lock and key and he only had a couple of beers during the taping. He's fairly lucid for this time period and he was always known to be gracious to a fault when he was not out of his mind (on chemicals)
Yes, I have dozens of John's CD, I have once shaken hands with him at Sweet Basil with honor, and I really love his guitar playing(particular from Grammavision years, impressive!(maybe around the time of this shot)), however, ..... here, even while playing his solo, Jaco IS The Man On Stage... (you say needless to say ?)
Idk why people are being so stupid and criticizing the playing of these guys. I would say this is more like a jam session song they're doing. In the context that they played the head once and it wasn't really the melody. And they're just really jamming over the chords. So guys just listen and enjoy
It's ok if you don't understand why or how or simply THAT Jaco was the best. Ask YOUR favorite bass player. That's what they all say, every one of 'em. He was the Caruso of bass -- there's Jaco, and then there's everyone else. We can only wonder how much more he would've been capable of if he hadn't gotten into drugs, as if reinventing the instrument AND the music genre wasn't already enough.
Hendrix changed the sound of the Electric guitar.
Partorius changed the way the Electric Bass sounds and feels
And I would say Drums would be a difficult one to call, there's Bonham, Moon, Rich, Haynes, Papa Jo Jones, Earl Palmer....I;d run out of space before I ran out of names :-)
@Element404 "It's stupid to compare and compete." Yet you 'compare and compete' yourself by stating us your retarded opinion (saying Jaco is NOT the best).
If you don't feel like he's the best, it's probably your lack of music knowledge and/or a tasteless ear. He is definitely the best, also the first; he is simply a pioneer. Everybody who comes remotely close to this style, will in the end automatically find themselves trying to copy Jaco. There is no better, he is the only and most refined.
one thing is to be a guitar prodigy and another thing is to develop a unique style with a new sound and that was what jimy did. Of course there are thousands of guitarist better than hendrix but jimi was unique in his art and almost all rock n roll guitarist steal from hendix music or were highly influenced by him. thats why they say he was the best. Same happens with jaco, his sound is so unique that makes him almost a number 1
@Element404 well, i agree wid u, thank God there are many good musicians, well prepared and probably always progressing and there is a lot of good music. And I can even admit that Jaco wasn´t probably the best from a mere technical point of view. See V. Wouten for ex.
Nevertheless the personality and talent of Jaco was and will always be gigantic in comparison with many other very good, very talented and very honest musicians. He will always be a great inspiration for every jazz bass player.
@Element404 That's the best thing I've heard in a while. Though you put it so succinctly there will always be those that will continue to post Kirk Hammett vs Dimebag videos on youtube.
@Element404 the really important thing to realize is just how revolutionary jimi's playing was. of course today, being distanced from it and whatnot we take for granted how mindblowing what he did really was. good arguments watch?v=o4jbCDfSXS0
of course he wasn't the best, and though it is a vital distinction, its just a matter of picking the wrong word while trying respect his grandiosity.
just so its clear (have to be careful here on the tube) i'm agreeing with you haha
@Element404 So true. My bass professor's philosophy on the matter is this: everybody sucks. Jaco is fucking incredible in the jazz and funk and big band gigs, but if you stuck him in a rock n roll gig, he wouldn't be nearly as good as rock players like JPJ or Chris Squire. Same goes for every other player out there, myself included
@djbot hmm, technically prolly yes, but scofield burning his guitar on stage, singing voodoo child? hendix was more than just a guitar player.
He brought something new, a new style to music, mclauglin said once that he went together with miles to a hendrix cinema movie and miles was deeply impressed when he saw hendix the first time, he just said "damn" after, and this guy was damned hard to impress with music.
he was very special, indian-afroamerican, left handed quite mystic..
@Element404 I actually agree with you. But one thing that I have to say is that Jaco is the world's most unique bass player and Jimi is the most unique guitar player in the world. They are both one of a kinds and in the most impressive of impressive part of the impressiveness-meter.
@Element404 ...except that 'who you like the most' has NOTHING to do with who is actually the BEST. Two very different things. No one compares with Jaco, as your favorites will all attest, period. There is no argument to that.
It's also woefully ignorant to pretend there is no 'best' in music -- the best opinions from the best minds who have studied the longest and hardest are the best qualified, would you deny that? (Probably, you can't help it.)
@esroberto1 Dude, there is no best or worst in music. It's such a subjective thing that people are all going to have different answers. Even if it wasn't, there are so many great, completely unknown musicians that to say someone like Jaco is "the best" is to always speak from a position of ignorance. Have you personally listened to every bassist in the world, and graded them in order of technical ability, "soul", how well they can play each genre and how well they play with others?
@forsythdaniel A good point. Go tell that to the people at the Grammies, the Oscars, the ones that control what we see and hear and all the power holders of the entertainment media who feed us abundance of mediocrity and then award it. I believe that when we music lovers proclaim one to be the best, it is either out of appreciation of technical skill, aritstic talent or both. I personally stay away from absolutes. I prefer to say that Jaco was ONE of the best in his genre.
just noticed 55 people dislike this. You have to be special kind of prick to dislike this, shows there are still cavemen out there. This vid is a formative event in my life, just superb.
nockle 17 hours ago
Fabulous. Any idea what year this was ?
gouldenshow 1 day ago
what is the name of this garage band ?
NikoisBack 5 days ago
He never looses the groove !!
lucasvincentcardoso 1 week ago
the kitchen !!
betao1970 1 week ago
Had the opportunity to meet Kenwood a few times- an amazing musician, gentleman, and all about music. Good to see him here with two other greats.
MoreGarbage 1 week ago
that face jaco makes when looking at john at the last point when they feel each other perfectly
epic
Raoulistical 2 weeks ago
fantastic!!!!!
xxkeepitsurrealxx 2 weeks ago
love how you can just see how much he enjoys playing music as easily as breathing
chinesmonke 2 weeks ago
54 dislikes? WTF.
three gods got together to play awesome music.
karenn11jm 3 weeks ago 4
thanks for uploading, awesome stuff!
sebastiaobarrosvale 3 weeks ago
love that line jaco plays starting around 04:51
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CatClemonsOfficial 1 month ago
One of the best jams. The Derek Trucks Band could nail this one too. But, this is the ONE. Jaco!!!
mrsoulmark 1 month ago
Jaco your still the best. i love you.. god bless your soul bro
786Burn 1 month ago
Scofield is a genius!!
ImJustLikeY0u 1 month ago
真是感動^^
bp6cjo45 1 month ago
u will always & 4EVeR be remembered in my heart my friend & teacher (JACO) for less than an hour that we shared & laughed together with friends in front of the worlds famos West Village "The Bottom Line Club" that no longer exists in NYC c.1986 on a Saturday evening the night "Tower of Power" was performing there, Cheers! x0]
tornmask1 1 month ago 8
Must this be "who's best"? If so: Milt Hinton. If my witnesses were alive I'd say: ask Ray Brown, ask Mingus, & yes, ask Jaco. Born 1910, on bass since '27, the top guy soon after, he began in a very different era, but kept up w/changing styles thru his 60+year career. In his 60's, he began doubling on fretless Ampeg electric bass guitar, on which he played stuff that could just's easily've been Jaco. Hinton's contribution to the bass lexicon is unequalled, & his playing's never been bested.
lazur1 1 month ago
This was a soul bath for me.
SeerTrulth 1 month ago
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ljleclaire 2 months ago
hes playing for himself not for the music.
ljleclaire 2 months ago
54 sordos -.-
jogitooOooOo 2 months ago 2
@squaqtoast. No what I'm saying is that as you evolve in your bass playing you evolve as a musician as well. All the great bass players have something in common. Their bass playing is highly affected by their musicianship. As you study your craft more you go from being a bass player to a bassist. Spend a week practicing one on one with a keyboard player (if you play bass) and see how it affects your playing. Bassists are musicians who found therirvoice on the bass. Jaco used to play drums too.
phillybass101 2 months ago
@phillybass101 are you saying bassists aren't musicians?
swagtoast 2 months ago
Jaco was great without a doubt but I never got on that bandwagon. So many cats still are jocking his style. No pun intended. What I did like about Jaco however was that he was a musician first. He just happen to play bass as his main instrument.
phillybass101 2 months ago
Personally, I think the concept of labeling ANY of the greats "the best" is ridiculous! At most, you can argue who is NOT "the best". It become a circular debate since the designation is subjective with nebulous criteria to begin with.
"Best" at what? Technician, innovation, speed, feeling, what? Best combo of all?
I think we'd do better by asserting our "favorite and leave it at that. Victor Wooten might be better than Jaco. Jaco is my favorite. Pat Martino is better than Jimi Hendrix but...
greasedog 2 months ago
its all about what scofield said , every musician has his own voice , you learn by copping others, but in the end you won't sound like them, they have their own groove feeling tempo to their notes, and you have yours... so john could probably play anything hendrix played, hell maybe even i can do that, but capture and create the same feeling no, as hendrix could not copy scofield, so in my opinion if ur not in a crappy band like NIRVANA , THE KILLERS, etc... your voice will have a special meanin
juliovac 2 months ago
Bass tone sound rather like Fleas
projecthowl 3 months ago
my god..its like 3 masters from different disciplines. what a nice show :)
pepehorhae 3 months ago
What beautiful bass sound!
firezblood00 3 months ago
Esse timbre do Jaco é o mais gostoso de se ouvir, na moral!!!
th1a60 3 months ago
このチキンが一番いい。
musikahaus 3 months ago
Thank you for posting this vid..
THEEsaxmaniac 3 months ago
jaco looks clean on this one... how weird
DrTijn 3 months ago
very very nice post! thx!
crocotone 3 months ago
From Jaco's lesson tape. How cool to see Jaco play a fretted maple neck on his Bass o Doom
shrigg 3 months ago in playlist YouTube Mix for Jaco Pastorius
This is the only time Jaco every played good, everything else was trash
1980Triumph 3 months ago
Sco and Jaco together, sweet mary....
FunkySkunk90 3 months ago
DAT SHIT IS YUMMIE !! JACO ,,,, THE NAME SAYS IT ALL !!
MrJerryrights 3 months ago
You're all wrong. John Scofield wrote The Chicken!
oFISHnCHIPSo 3 months ago
@oFISHnCHIPSo Pee Wee Ellis
nipperooney 3 months ago
The best part of this artist is that they pass they're talent to next generation.....And the greatness they have depend on how we learn they're innovative musicianship..
keksfairwind 4 months ago
they were the best,, at rating themselves
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ElKitty95 4 months ago 11
I luuuuuuuv it! That groove deliscious!
gleonardops 4 months ago
My dad was at the bar in Ft Lauderdale Florida the night Jaco Pastorius died. Very sad story. But him and John Scofield are monsters in the video!
JeffFulksMusic 4 months ago
I love how Jaco starts strutting at about :48. He's in his element here ....stone grooving like a motherfucker!!!!
MrJohnnycrabcake 4 months ago
Thank you very much for your update, the song I like very much. From YB6529 Tokyo Japan,
YB6529 4 months ago
I used to have this tape,but my machine ate it
cybershakey 4 months ago
Jaco amazes me every time i hear him play, and i'm not bassist. He is soooo addictive, like Hendrix was. A thing you cannot explain, kind of strange... Miss him.
dumbletone 4 months ago
Certi musicisti potranno morire anche 50 volte; ma la loro vitalità creativa, il "respiro" con il quale hanno vissuto il loro ruolo di Artisti li hanno resi ETERNI. NON MORIRANNO MAI!! Frank Zappa, Ludwig van Beethoven, Jaco Pastorius, Jerry Goldsmith, John Bonham, Alberto Ginastera, Denis "Piggy" D'Amour, Jimi Hendrix, Karlheinz Stockhausen, Art Blakey, Chuck Schuldiner, ... e TANTISSIMI altri nella Storia della Musica; ... come si fa a considerarli morti?! A me riesce un po' difficile. B-)
VertigoHarvest 5 months ago
@Element404 This is true about everything except bass playing. Jaco was the best ever. It's almost as if the definition of best is built around him, and not so much the other way around. So it's really almost impossible for anyone to ever be better than him, because he defines what best is. You can only reach his level, kind of like the speed of light.
DiscipleOfPog 5 months ago
@DiscipleOfPog i disagree, jaco was technically perfect, but again, there are were and will be so many more perfect bassists out there. jaco is just one~
27dedrummer 4 months ago
@DiscipleOfPog Victor Wooten?
forsythdaniel 4 months ago
Every bird has it's own tune and makes life worth livin'. They're all great musicians!
gordman46 5 months ago
Dear Jaco, miss u so much....
quidsummiser 5 months ago
What year was this???
jdubs12888 5 months ago
THE GUITAR PLAYER LOOK LIKE "RADZINZKY" FROM LOST!!! AWSOME SONG!!
fachas54 5 months ago
look at the chemistry between jaco and kenwood from 1:23 to 1:36
theyre all so good...
jlimproj 5 months ago
we've got the right to say that pastorius' music is boring to listen
lindros21 5 months ago
insane how jaco dominates the tune, the stage, and everything else, even playing with giants such as these two. the man just oozes pure music out of every pore. killer groove, timing, taste, and all so effortlessly. it's almost like he's "dancing" the tune, if that makes any kind of sense. a real shame he had do pass away so untimely :(
carstenneugebauer 6 months ago
i can't understand how there are some people who dislike this video
TuGinecologo 6 months ago
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well im new to it im only 10 haha
raimagene 6 months ago
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raimagene 6 months ago
thanks helping hand and fjord I went to wiki and search it .. well according to them it was alfred pee wee ellis who composed the chicken however jaco made it famous... thx 4 d help guys
raimagene 6 months ago
@raimagene lol every musician know about that for ages, way before wikipedia was even an idea ;)
this tune was legend amongst musicians before Jaco covered it
Fjord76 6 months ago
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raimagene 6 months ago
Componist called Jaco Pastorius
What a dude
xx0Marije0xx 6 months ago
whos the original of this song... it was played as well by dave weckl band
raimagene 6 months ago
@raimagene written by jaco
halpinghand123 6 months ago
@halpinghand123 Nope, written by Pee Wee Ellis (James Brown's saxophonist) and released in '67 (Jaco was 16 and already had big ears ;)
Fjord76 6 months ago 12
@Fjord76 I had no idea. i had heard the maceo parker version way before i heard a jaco recording of this song, and for the longest time i didn't know who wrote the song (i guess i just assumed it was Jaco)
halpinghand123 6 months ago
one thing is to be a guitar prodigy and another thing is to develop a unique style with a new sound and that was what jimy did. Of course there are thousands of guitarist better than hendrix but jimi was unique in his art and almost all rock n roll guitarist steal from hendix music or were highly influenced by him. thats why they say he was the best. Same happens with jaco, his sound is so unique that makes him almot a number 1.
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one thing is to be a guitar prodigy and another thing is to develop a unique style with a new sound and that was what jimy did. Of course there are thousands of guitarist better than hendrix but jimi was unique in his art and almost all rock n roll guitarist steal from hendix music or were highly influenced by him. thats why they say he was the best. Same happens with jaco, his sound is so unique that makes him almot a number 1
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one thing is to be a guitar prodigy and another thing is to develop a unique style with a new sound and that was what jimy did. Of course there are thousands of guitarist better than hendrix but jimi was unique in his art and almost all rock n roll guitarist steal from hendix music or were highly influenced by him. thats why they say he was the best. Same happens with jaco, his sound is so unique that makes him almot a number 1
loombaron 5 months ago
it was a great bass jazz funk .. sorry always very good Jaco Pastorius improvising!
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alcalcelserandres 6 months ago
Jaco sounds tasty!
DavidLlewelynJones 6 months ago
I love that Kenwood and Scofield are dressed like they're accountants in a small midwestern city.
discolando 6 months ago 2
Jaco was his own man and his own musician. This is a rarity for most bass players. So often are they relegated to the vision of other instrumentations, not to say they aren't great bass players, but Jaco was not one of those guys. People hate on him for this reason. He had to much to say on his axe to just be a supportive bass player. People don't understand that virtuosity and power from the bass, its so often the guitar has that role.
HotRats787 6 months ago
Jaco is great but his fame is mainly because his face fits. It's always been that way in music especially Jazz. The mass can relate more to a non African American musician playing that type of music. Joe zawinal repeatedly stated that Jaco was never his best bass player. Sure Jaco after Monk Montgomery put the bass guitar on the Jazz map, but If those fans really searched their feelings they'll know that him being white is a big part of why the idolise him so much.
otnas001 6 months ago
@otnas001 There are no words to describe the insanity you just shat onto youtube...
graveljaw 6 months ago 3
@otnas001 Okay I'm gonna give you a few names: Miles Davis, Charles Mingus, Thelonius Monk, John coltrane, Philly Joe Jones, Max Roach.
They are two things: black AND key figures in the history of jazz.
You are one thing: a total dumbass nitwit.
CaraminTim 6 months ago
@CaraminTim Er I think you have totally missed my point. Listing a few Jazz greats then insulting me is what I would describe as a dumbass nitwit response. How about you make a comparism of Jaco views to other great bass players. If you can't accept the truth too bad. Maybe Jaco isn't the best example of the point I'm making but it still applies. btw those greats you mentioned; they would agree with me 100%.
otnas001 6 months ago
you could tell kenwood loved jaco
aaronamccoy 6 months ago
favorite sco.
jamobg 6 months ago
M A G N I F I C O !!!
Vittorione62 7 months ago
2:32
trumpetdumpet 7 months ago
Wow.
5891jonathan 7 months ago
BEST BASMENT JAM SESSION EVER I WISH THIS WAS IN MY HISTORY BOOK SO I COULD DO MY HOME WORK AND PASS
TBproudoctions 7 months ago 3
amazing
3Dudelsack3 7 months ago
How old is this sh*t?
MrFootball102 7 months ago
@MrFootball102 Obviously older than you. Now you can start asking yourself whos the most grown up, you or this music.
struvah 7 months ago
i rape the replay button
morphbal1234 7 months ago
these guys names you all keep mentioning were never in a competition 'to be the best' so youre arguing over nothing. i prefer bass with some funk. and jazz guitar with some soul. thats why im watching this video. suck my jeuvos.
elephantpoo4u 8 months ago
Jaco=Tone. What a brilliant musician! Looks like a 1960 Fender stack knob Jazz Bass. Looks fretted-I thought he just used fretless??
dezziwood555 8 months ago
@dezziwood555 It's not a stack knob. Stack knobs have only two concentric potentiometers. It's a regular Fender Jazz Bass body with a 70s fretted Precision neck.
Bottomdweller 7 months ago
Did that guy say Wayne Cockring?
coreymineard 8 months ago
Are those frets I see on Jaco's bass? It doesn't sound quite the same...
Jimmytuba08 8 months ago
@Jimmytuba08 no they are fret stripes what you see were frets
morphbal1234 8 months ago
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@morphbal1234
No. Jaco actually played a fretted bass during this session.
Musicenthusiasm 8 months ago
@Jimmytuba08
Yes, Jaco played a fretted p-bass during this session.
Musicenthusiasm 8 months ago
@Musicenthusiasm See, that's what I thought. Doesn't really change his sound much, but that's because it's always the player creating the music; not the instrument. :-)
Jimmytuba08 7 months ago
@Musicenthusiasm It was not a fretted p-bass. He only attached the neck of a fretted p-bass to the body of a j-bass for the video.
Bottomdweller 7 months ago
@Bottomdweller
I know that the rest of the body is a Fender Jazz. However, when the whole neck is from a p-bass I refer to it as a p-bass since that is what it's going to sound like. The bass was by the way not Jaco's. He borrowed it from Jeff Andrews for the session.
Musicenthusiasm 7 months ago
@Musicenthusiasm I beg to differ. The bolt-on neck of a fretted electric bass would not have such an observable effect on the tonal characteristic of the instrument. As long as the scale length stays the same and this instrument has two single coil jazz bass pickups, no matter what you attach as a neck it would still sound like a jazz bass, not a precision.
Bottomdweller 7 months ago
@sigriuk
"This Jaco guy?"
Check out your Weather Report, open your ears....and learn!!
Lovely soulful player....
gregwood88 8 months ago
Three of my all time favourite musicians on their respective instruments!!
I am a drummer and cannot understand why Kenwood Dennard is so underrated....that amount of technique, taste and restraint is staggering.
Having said that he is not widely known to the public, he is spoken of in hushed tones by the pros. They know the score!
gregwood88 8 months ago
What an AMAZING performance.
jwalk121 8 months ago
I remember my band director showing a few of us drummers this video tape in high school. I think it was a DCI release. I could be wrong. I just remember watching Kenwood Dennard just as much as Jaco. Great jam!
drewper73 8 months ago
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AxelMcFly42 8 months ago
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Magic, funky and awesome.
AxelMcFly42 8 months ago
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AxelMcFly42 8 months ago
great classic video
MOSKII58 8 months ago
sco is a beautiful blues monster with serious avant garde soulful jazz leanings.
dexfx69 8 months ago
Ok, he's got some skill! His version of Blackbird is just beautiful...................
sigiriuk 8 months ago
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Bass? this Jaco guy is plain terrible. Who the hell is keeping this song together. His bass farts all over the place. Leave the clever stuff to the guitarist - well anyone except the bassist.
sigiriuk 8 months ago
@sigiriuk lol, troll.
codyatsiena2 8 months ago
@sigiriuk You're a TROLL
fattirevsbud 8 months ago
See more of Kenwood Dennard on SoulDrummers . com.
fnkdrmmr 8 months ago
QUE PEDASOS DE ANIMALEEEEEEEEEES (en argentina eso significa moustros genios y un monton de cosas mas jej)
ernesto07051981 8 months ago
I love how difficult it is to tell when Jaco is soloing or basslining. This is how all bass players should do it.
theinvisiblelight 8 months ago 2
Incredible!!1 Goooooo Jaco!!
jeustor 9 months ago
I met him in fat city when he was playing with Wayne Cockrin ( can't remember how to spell last name) . THey had a three piece rhythm section and an eight piece horn section. the show band I played in was on the same circuit in the early 70's. this was before he was famous. We were to play the next night and had gotten to the club just in time to hear the last show. I had never heard such a drivin rhythm section. Jaco played that same over the top funk style that made him famous.
pudinheadwilson 9 months ago
Three of the best musicians EVER-----This is the kind of music I would play every day---Funky,Jazzy.Hip.Cool----
ralfodrum 9 months ago
To me Jaco is the Tony Williams of bass. They are both very very good players; however, in my opinion, they are too showy, and try to do too much. There are others on both their instruments that i would rather play in my band.
drummerman558 9 months ago
tabs somebody?
sk8man182 9 months ago
ROTFLMFOA - Really? Arguing over how to categorize Jaco, was he a 'jazz' bassist or a 'fusion' bassist??? Really? Again ROTFLMFAO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
brianvbonini 9 months ago
& now introducing the Rhythm Section! =0]
tornmask 9 months ago
@tornmask Very true! Actually, at the time of this recording Jaco was of no fixed abode & bumming around New York.
alembicbassguy 9 months ago
@alembicbassguy : yeah..he hanged out w/ lots of his crewnies in the city borough where he stayed @ the time..though i had the up most experience in meeting Mr. Pastorious in front of the Bottom Line Club (no longer there) in the East Village NYC after a Tower of Power gig..he was funny..friendly & very gracious!..i also had the opportunity to visit Mr. Jaco @ Bellevue hospital for a few moments!..i really miss him! :ol
tornmask 9 months ago
@tornmask Thanks for sharing - you were blessed to have met him, he truly was a genius. Such a tragedy :-(
alembicbassguy 9 months ago 2
@alembicbassguy : absolutely!..& thank u..i felt very BLESSED to have met the amazing person on this video i'm listing & viewing playing the "electric bass guitar" as i'm typing these words w/ tears!..i will never forget those great short moments we had together!..be well friend! :o]
tornmask 9 months ago
for those who dont know -- this videoclip is from an instructional bass guitar video that some company put together with Jaco in the late 80s/early 90s -- i bought it at the time and still have it somewhere
at this point Jaco was at the end of his career and he looked terrible in most of the video, like they'd just brought him in off the street to film the video
in spite of it tho, he still played better than most bass players, but he was hardly at the height of his powers on this stuff
vibrationinstitute 9 months ago
@vibrationinstitute Actually 1985 was the recording. He died in 1987. He was not doing well in life here but by accounts from Scofield and some others they kept him in check for this taping. Scofield said they kind of kept him under lock and key and he only had a couple of beers during the taping. He's fairly lucid for this time period and he was always known to be gracious to a fault when he was not out of his mind (on chemicals)
Gossage54 9 months ago
White people sure can play the bass....Grrrrrroovy!
khi972 9 months ago
White people sure can play the bass....Grrrrrroovy!
khi972 9 months ago
Yes, I have dozens of John's CD, I have once shaken hands with him at Sweet Basil with honor, and I really love his guitar playing(particular from Grammavision years, impressive!(maybe around the time of this shot)), however, ..... here, even while playing his solo, Jaco IS The Man On Stage... (you say needless to say ?)
techno4beer 9 months ago
unless you can make any tune groove like this any criticism is lost in a sea of nothingness
orbital14 9 months ago
never bored to watch this
RizkyDwiPP 9 months ago
Shit im speechless. all i can say is this video made me cum in my pants
taylor420nielsen 9 months ago
FUCKING AMAZING.
taylor420nielsen 9 months ago
Idk why people are being so stupid and criticizing the playing of these guys. I would say this is more like a jam session song they're doing. In the context that they played the head once and it wasn't really the melody. And they're just really jamming over the chords. So guys just listen and enjoy
WrestlerFRK09 9 months ago
Love that Jazz!
nefferteri2 10 months ago
i think bireli could swing harder than scofield
aaronamccoy 10 months ago
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This video is too good...
Protozua 10 months ago
fuck you
maiiammaiiammaiiam 10 months ago
@bedtime4bonzo - everyone is entitled to an opinion, I guess. even you.
5891jonathan 10 months ago
Grande Maestro! Great playing, they got an excellent groove these guys...
eufon2 10 months ago
It's ok if you don't understand why or how or simply THAT Jaco was the best. Ask YOUR favorite bass player. That's what they all say, every one of 'em. He was the Caruso of bass -- there's Jaco, and then there's everyone else. We can only wonder how much more he would've been capable of if he hadn't gotten into drugs, as if reinventing the instrument AND the music genre wasn't already enough.
esroberto1 10 months ago 10
@esroberto1
Here Here Buddy...well said...
Hendrix changed the sound of the Electric guitar.
Partorius changed the way the Electric Bass sounds and feels
And I would say Drums would be a difficult one to call, there's Bonham, Moon, Rich, Haynes, Papa Jo Jones, Earl Palmer....I;d run out of space before I ran out of names :-)
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@esroberto1 this is not the best of jaco if you want to now why he is the best check a portrait of tracy that is the best and he is here not on drugs
simonhaneveld 6 months ago
@esroberto1 Every guitarist I talk to said Jimi was the best. I completely disagree, even as a guitarist myself.
Same with Jaco.
These guys were great, and did things differently, and of course influenced many on their chosen instruments.
However, the concept of there being a "best" at anything in music is just ridiculous to me.
Every musician is different, and has something to offer, even if some are more impressive than others.
It's stupid to compare and compete.
Element404 6 months ago 90
@Element404 "It's stupid to compare and compete." Yet you 'compare and compete' yourself by stating us your retarded opinion (saying Jaco is NOT the best).
If you don't feel like he's the best, it's probably your lack of music knowledge and/or a tasteless ear. He is definitely the best, also the first; he is simply a pioneer. Everybody who comes remotely close to this style, will in the end automatically find themselves trying to copy Jaco. There is no better, he is the only and most refined.
trapfman 6 months ago
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@trapfman "If you don't feel like he's the best, it's probably your lack of music knowledge and/or a tasteless ear."
"Yet you 'compare and compete' yourself by stating us your retarded opinion"
"Everybody who comes remotely close to this style, will in the end automatically find themselves trying to copy Jaco."
"There is no better, he is the only and most refined."
I'm just making sure you realized what you said.
Element404 6 months ago
one thing is to be a guitar prodigy and another thing is to develop a unique style with a new sound and that was what jimy did. Of course there are thousands of guitarist better than hendrix but jimi was unique in his art and almost all rock n roll guitarist steal from hendix music or were highly influenced by him. thats why they say he was the best. Same happens with jaco, his sound is so unique that makes him almost a number 1
loombaron 5 months ago
@Element404 well, i agree wid u, thank God there are many good musicians, well prepared and probably always progressing and there is a lot of good music. And I can even admit that Jaco wasn´t probably the best from a mere technical point of view. See V. Wouten for ex.
Nevertheless the personality and talent of Jaco was and will always be gigantic in comparison with many other very good, very talented and very honest musicians. He will always be a great inspiration for every jazz bass player.
quidsummiser 5 months ago
@Element404 Thank you !
michaelwolteche 4 months ago
@Element404 you used "there" in the wrong form. Shows how much you know.
loudrussell 4 months ago
@Element404 jimi was the best because he reinvented the guitar playing technique..
OMERTA011 4 months ago
@Element404 Don't take like that bro, its just their opinion, think as if they were saying "they are the best [for me]" cuz in their minds they are.
ToguroKun 4 months ago
@Element404 @esroberto1 I totally agree with you !
PEPILLOFRANCESITO 4 months ago
@Element404 Only because Victor Wooten is the best. =D
maximusrvb 3 months ago
@Element404 That's the best thing I've heard in a while. Though you put it so succinctly there will always be those that will continue to post Kirk Hammett vs Dimebag videos on youtube.
robotsforever 3 months ago
@Element404 the really important thing to realize is just how revolutionary jimi's playing was. of course today, being distanced from it and whatnot we take for granted how mindblowing what he did really was. good arguments watch?v=o4jbCDfSXS0
of course he wasn't the best, and though it is a vital distinction, its just a matter of picking the wrong word while trying respect his grandiosity.
just so its clear (have to be careful here on the tube) i'm agreeing with you haha
lralbrecht 3 months ago
@Element404 So true. My bass professor's philosophy on the matter is this: everybody sucks. Jaco is fucking incredible in the jazz and funk and big band gigs, but if you stuck him in a rock n roll gig, he wouldn't be nearly as good as rock players like JPJ or Chris Squire. Same goes for every other player out there, myself included
squashbucket70 2 months ago
@Element404 True, although I wouldn't say best, Jim Hall and Joe Pass and also Scofield could play anything Jimi could play but better
djbot 2 months ago
@djbot hmm, technically prolly yes, but scofield burning his guitar on stage, singing voodoo child? hendix was more than just a guitar player.
He brought something new, a new style to music, mclauglin said once that he went together with miles to a hendrix cinema movie and miles was deeply impressed when he saw hendix the first time, he just said "damn" after, and this guy was damned hard to impress with music.
he was very special, indian-afroamerican, left handed quite mystic..
pacodemic 2 months ago
@pacodemic very true, i was biased in my opinion cus i was focusing only on notes and theory n what not
djbot 2 months ago
@Element404 I actually agree with you. But one thing that I have to say is that Jaco is the world's most unique bass player and Jimi is the most unique guitar player in the world. They are both one of a kinds and in the most impressive of impressive part of the impressiveness-meter.
BassmrDK 2 months ago
@Element404 ...except that 'who you like the most' has NOTHING to do with who is actually the BEST. Two very different things. No one compares with Jaco, as your favorites will all attest, period. There is no argument to that.
It's also woefully ignorant to pretend there is no 'best' in music -- the best opinions from the best minds who have studied the longest and hardest are the best qualified, would you deny that? (Probably, you can't help it.)
The concept of 'worst' exists in music, too.
esroberto1 2 months ago
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forsythdaniel 1 month ago
@esroberto1 Dude, there is no best or worst in music. It's such a subjective thing that people are all going to have different answers. Even if it wasn't, there are so many great, completely unknown musicians that to say someone like Jaco is "the best" is to always speak from a position of ignorance. Have you personally listened to every bassist in the world, and graded them in order of technical ability, "soul", how well they can play each genre and how well they play with others?
forsythdaniel 1 month ago
@forsythdaniel A good point. Go tell that to the people at the Grammies, the Oscars, the ones that control what we see and hear and all the power holders of the entertainment media who feed us abundance of mediocrity and then award it. I believe that when we music lovers proclaim one to be the best, it is either out of appreciation of technical skill, aritstic talent or both. I personally stay away from absolutes. I prefer to say that Jaco was ONE of the best in his genre.
ampheat 1 month ago
Kenwwod Dennard .Is that him been slappin the skins with Maceo for some years now?
bcjake01 10 months ago