Jaco Pastorius Word of Mouth- Donna Lee

[blackandtanful]

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[cliffworks4321]

in the 80's I was at rehearsals in tokyo when jaco challenged alias to a slap fight, alias slapped the shit outa him and told me never fuck with a drummer, we make our living with our hands :-) RIP my brothers

[valeriogiulianelli]

Le parole non bastano per far capire la sua grandezza nel suonare il basso..............

[sanguinesurfer]

whos the guy with the rainbow colors hes fun

[leonrodr]

Demais!!! Muito bom!!!

[namtil]

Thanks for posting this! I was there, in the audience, on a beautiful summer day. The Ontario Place Forum, revolving stage and all, right beside Lake Ontario. It was some of the best music and I was so lucky to hear it live.

[mistersloppy]

@namtil i am envious.... Jaco died about 3 months after i heard of him.....that must have been such a heavy concert. and boy do i miss the Forum. such a great venue.

cheers

[namtil]

@mistersloppy Hello - Yes, the Forum was a wonderful setting for a lot of good concerts. I was lucky to catch many of them - a case of right place, right time. If I remember correctly, Jaco's concert that day was the conclusion of a triple bill that included the Buddy Rich Big Band and the Oscar Peterson Trio. For a couple of tunes, Buddy came out and sat in with Oscar, whose trio included Niels Henning Orsted Pederson! It was a great day for bass players and for everyone in attendance.

[free2bpoppie]

When I hear people who ged angry at others for calling Jaco a great player; it reminds me of why I think that he was: He ahad his voice on the instrument, and he spoke his songs, through that voice. If you are never willing to let your opinion be heard, this makes you mediocre!

I have heard some very "out front" players, who had nothing worth hearing to say, on their instruments, but Jaco, was hardly ever in that place!

His 'voice", allowed others, to speak their oipinons, as well!

[Pastorius333]

@Icynene

Thank you for sharing that story, you're incredibly lucky to have been able to see that band live. I would have given my right arm to witness this band in action!

[19FLA69]

Great footage

[selmansax]

Anyone my age from Toronto recognizes the Ontario Place Forum. Even though the acoustics were questionable it was still t a great place to hear some great music. They tore it down, why?

[FuryMuso]

My bass teacher idolises Jaco and having not seen much of Jaco before he told us about him, I can see why. His musical feel and interpretation is insane and almost not human. The groove he creates is phenominal and not many, if any, have been able to reach that standard again.

[victorgonzalez18]

amazing

[Pastorius333]

@Icynene

Hi. Since you were at the gig do you remember the setlist? I've done some research and all I've found is info for three of the tracks( "Invitation", "Donna Lee" and "Three Views Of A Secret"). If you remember it would be very helpful. Thanks.

[PhuckHue2]

07:18 - 07:28 holy shit !

[loveyoufolks]

yawn

[PhuckHue2]

@loveyoufolks fag

[stewthebassman]

Fantastic video, thank goodness for the internet!

I guess that's Don Alias on the congas too.

[davebeeboss]

Wow, thanks for posting this amazing performance of this seriously under recorded band. Jaco is on fine form here, fantastic bass solo.

[tobto1]

nice

[diagreen]

im no great musician but i can read and write a bit. in my opinion when jaco was on he was untouchable.some folks like j berlin better because hes so loud and tight but for me i like jaco.hes not always loud and out front like berlin.he comes in and out.lots of dynamics.

[MrIlvis]

Bob - the Bumble bee. :D I mean the sound. :D

[bogeybast]

I saw this band at the Houston (Rockefeller's) show. They played 2 hard hitting sets on a rather small stage. Jaco extended his left hand when I offered a shake. He said his right hand was broken from shaking hands in the Weather Report days. He was also concerned about his wife who was expecting twins, possibly that night or that week. He also asked me if I could turn him on to some blow between sets. Even though the man was troubled, his playing was untouchable. What a legend!

[jryuwah]

7:30 jaco is playing so good he gives his own self the chills

[bigwhitesugar]

Randy kicks ass

[skafskaf]

I kinda dislike the sound of the drums here... just my feedback.

But of course it's a great track :).

[PhuckHue2]

@skafskaf Erkskine's kit sounds great. the source recording is badly miced

[hammy9912]

this is awsome

[Modes9]

I wish there was a lot more of this sort of thing on youtube. It's always great to hear Randy Brecker and Bob Mintzer. The only way this could be better is if Mike Brecker was on board.

[logosthedestroyer]

Nice drumming but that first ride DOES sound like a dustbin lid :D

[latebop]

Logostherdestroyer! Erskine's ride is supposed to sound like a "dustbin lid"!

[titisanz]

por siempre jaco!

[blunt1]

Even Jaco acknowledges thats a tough head.

[DimondR]

Man, real, real deep!

[tothgergo90]

Awesome!

[BOYOLIMPIO]

musica al extremo, que tremendo!

[intrinsecolook]

Wow!!! vaya pedazo de banda, Jaco como siempre sobresaliente, aunque pareciera incomodo al principio.

No habrá nadie como tú nunca Jaco God Bless!!.Tín Navío

[brownztone]

0:27 Looks like Jaco turns to Erskine and says, "Sorry buddy, Mintzer's tryin to kill me." Maybe Bob's intro was set at a faster tempo than usual. Jaco still nails it (no surprise there). Thanks for posting this great vid.

[mistersloppy]

...when i originally posted this video , at that point ,i put a word bubble above Jaco saying, "shit Pete, i forgot my crack pipe in the green room.." but someone got offended so i took the bubble off .

[grrrroink]

@mistersloppy lol too bad I missed it.

[connorbassplayer]

@mistersloppy hahahaa thats funny!

[th1nk21]

Wow. Jaw dropping skill

[copedogg888]

man...I hate Bob Mintzer's shirt

[mistersloppy]

it wa either that or his Green Lantern outfit...which believe it or not is even tighter....i just love the helmet fro he's got...

[oOJimmySueOo]

@copedogg888 it's a mean shirt!

[romainlabaye]

@copedogg888 This is very important for us to know !

[copedogg888]

@romainlabaye I'm glad you think so

[Jazzbasssmd13]

That man on pans would be Othello Malineaux

[dingadang]

Sweet JESUS!! That gent is playing Donna Lee on the steel drums!

[davidjholt68]

Notice how Jaco moves to the front pick up when walking, for a nicer rounder sound... great clip

[marcosjoy]

that's perfectly normal.

[davidjholt68]

thats perfectly nice of you to say!

[marcosjoy]

didn't get it.

[davidjholt68]

didnt get your reply either

[dingadang]

Chill out you two.

[bluesquidd]

Were can I get a copy of this on DVD.  This is much better than the Montreal on. He's on fire here

[joshholdridge220Sb]

6:05-06 is the best part!!

[francisbaphomet]

This is really tough to do for Jaco and the audience because he is essentially improvising over no chord changes. So everyone is forced to concentrate more. It forces you to play pretty much the same ideas every chorus but it works perfectly. He is comping and soloing at the same time. Very few people can do this, alive or dead.

[fralgiemo]

there are chord changes for donna lee you know...

[GassyMaskz]

Yea, but he's doing a free solo, no backing except drums to ensure timing.

[ronzococo]

He's still playing over the chord changes, which makes it really difficult (no comping)

[aubreylear]

anyone here heard of flea?

[mistersloppy]

nope ...never.

[GassyMaskz]

I'm gonna be serious here, get the hell out. and don't comeback until you go through a musical epiphany into something that can allow you to move over to somehting like this.

[mistersloppy]

are you talking to me?

[GassyMaskz]

Not talking to mistersloppy.

[aubreylear]

come on, that was an obvious joke.

[uzebfan]

Great performance, thanks for posting it.

[hawkwind5]

WOW! JACO on the famous rotating stage at Ontario Place (RIP for both JP and the stage). This is one incredible clip! Thanks for posting!

[BaphometsWarrior]

ha, that IS a rotating stage! didnt know about it.

[Ariesalpha]

You know man I was my cups a bit as they say when I wrote that but I just get sick of people making negative comments about Jaco who can't play that well themselves and trust me, with all due respect I studied the man since I was 19, I'm 26 now, my dad plays bass, been playing since I was 15 and I can play!, so sorry if got a little 2 raw dawg, btw Great Video, Thank You Sincerly!

[bassmansteve]

It's nice to see a Jaco video when he's in in his prime, I find them hard to come by.

[Ffwee]

Quite possibly the most amazing Jaco video clip I've ever seen - thanks much for posting!

[mistersloppy]

as a courtesy to all fans and to the man himself, i have removed the speech bubble from the video. just a little fun .

[GITTZA]

Hey mistersloppy I want to thank you for the video. I am a big fan of Jaco. Btw, was that speech bubble what Jaco actually said, or were you just messing around?

[mistersloppy]

you are welcome...and yes, i was just messing around with the dialogue.

[911jesse]

Too bad Jaco isn't here today. I really believe he would have gotten straight and taken the electric bass to even newer heights. If people want to talk crap about him-it's a shame, but they have a right to their own opinion.

[mistersloppy]

jeeeeeeeesus christ, bud.. you got problems....read the shit you wrote (badly, btw), and write yourself a post-it note to find therapy as soon as possible. either that, or can you possibly get off my planet?

[NreeKelBastardos]

I hadn't seen this video. It's sad that he ended up quoting himself and more often than not misquoting himself. He's a lot more fluent here than in the other crap in his later life.

[rubberbandballs]

hey pierre jaco is not swinging in this video

[Markgr122]

One of the best ever.The smart ass remark bubble is real classy.He actually was a snorter not a smoker.Suffered from Manic Depressive/Bi Polar Disorder.Played with more groove than most,smoking 16th notes,playing,that is.

[mistersloppy]

dude, i know everything about Jaco too, but just having a little fun with the bubble. not meant to be classy.

people with no sense of humour need not reply.

[Markgr122]

now thats REALLY classy

[mistersloppy]

.....uh...thanks...i guess.

[Markgr122]

Thanks for posting the videos and I apologize for the harsh intial posting about the speach bubble.I know that Jaco had a bad drug problem that may have brought on his bipolar mental disorder earlier then it would have or maybe its the other way around but I just dont wanted to glorify destructive behaivor that brought on his demise.Thanks again for the great videos.Also,I did come of like a hipster cat talking about Jaco.I know many are aware of his talent.Have a nice day

[carloscs5]

I agree with you. Jaco hated drugs early in his life. Alcohol tore up his parents marriage. He was the best but that was his demon. Not to be made fun of. Could happen to anyone.

[pierreolivierbass]

In my point of view its a good solo of Jaco for this time in his career. But for me, the think we must kept from this video is how is walking bass swing like no one were able to do it at this time. You guys compare Jaco with recent players. You guys must deserve more respect to the man who made all those bassist band leader possible today.

[rubberbandballs]

jaco's solo was bullshit, just licks

[Pastorius333]

I think Jaco's solo was great. Ok, he used a few familiar licks, but who doesn't?

[catalystdrums123]

its one thing to use a few familiar licks, but almost all his later solos sounded like this, its a huge shame

[moonsnake42]

@rubberbandballs: I'm going to have to call bullshit on you here, dude. This song is totally conducive to the type of solo Jaco did, and if you were paying attention to the video, he was clearly in the zone and playing with palpable passion, not reciting licks. If you didn't like it, you didn't like it. Doesn't mean it's bullshit.

[teleport87]

nice speach bubble

[Fr3eStyle2]

lol i wish i knew what jaco said after the head

[mistersloppy]

...probably something about leaving his crack pipe in the green room....

[Fr3eStyle2]

hahaha qquuuooootteeess!!!!!!

[jibcraip]

Jaco was so precise rhythmically !! that's 1 big element that made him one of the best bassists.

[VashPlayer77]

Splendido!

[fluffybal]

a good solo by jaco

[mistersloppy]

hey guys...i'm the guy that uploaded this video...can anyone tell me if there is a way to get a good resolution upload without it being 500 meg in size.? the quality on the original is very good, but i had to compress it so i could upload it quicker....any tricks out there from you YouTuve veterans..?? thanks Sloppy

[tbcass]

I wish I knew. May I suggest splitting it up into two files. We could then download it and put it back together.

[perplitto]

il più pirla!!! come fa un genio simile a farsi ammazzare ubriaco!!!!!

[giputti]

nel 1999 mentre mi firmava un autografo su una sua fote del 1980 con jaco feci vedere a peter erskine una foto di jaco scattata nell'infame concerto del novembre 82 a milano....picchiettando il dito sulla foto mi disse :"..questo non è jaco...questa è una persona differente", Aveva ragione quello che si è fatto ammazzare così non era Jaco. Jaco è ancora vivo!!!! viva jaco!

[giputti]

...il più grande!...il più grande!!!!

[rathjena]

A ripping solo by Jaco - he's flowing better than he 'normally' does.

[Pastorius333]

rathjena, what do you mean with Jaco flowing

better than he normally does? Have you only heard his solos from his less than great late-life gigs ? When Jaco wasn't clouded by drug-abuse and his mental illness, one of the characteristics of his playing was the great fluidity in his solos.

[jamomo1371]

Thank you so much for this!! Does anyone have the concert in Nice '83, with Jaco wearing a Phillies cap?

[javijazztazz]

first time that i see this video... thanks where can i get ??

[Pastorius333]

Wow! Thank you!

[francky85]

Hey man !!! That's great !!! never heard about thi video !! Thank you so much man ! this day start good to me !

[MrCleCle]

salut franck, oui c'est énorme de découvrir quil y a encore des vidéos de JACO. Reste encore celle de nice 83. à plus, clément.

[romainlabaye]

elles sont sur Youtube celle de nice en 83 !! mises par Franck!!

[francky85]

Ou, mais pas le concert filmé par la TV française.

[romainlabaye]

greatt!!

[flirtbasse]

Thanks! Please Transfer Three views of a secret!

[kki]

Fantastic, thank you! Would be cool to see more of this show.

[THATMEALLRIGHT]

wow great!

Do you have more from this concert. Please upload.

[mistersloppy]

yeah i have Three Views of a Secret also...just have to transfer it.