Jaco RIP, I do not think this is a true representation of the mans genius, I find it sad to watch, he was so into booze & drugs, they should show this as a warning to musicians / everyone to point out dangers of excess. Don't forget he was stabbed begging on the streets. A sadly missed GENIUS.
@C4VA1 he wasn´t stabbed begging on the streets. He received a beating from a bouncer in Ft Lauderdale... Also he was into booze and all that, but he was also manic depressive.
i didn't know bass could be played like that. Honestly. It kinda sounded like a bass/guitar which is cool but the thing is......u know its a bass which makes it cooler
@neilp19401 no offense, i love hendrix, but he wasnt in jacos league, they are miles away from each other, hendrix was an excelent guitarrist, jaco was a musical genius, they werent at the same level,
@neilp19401 you see....I dont think that at all. You just say that cause they played funky shit and wore crazy hippy clothes. Jaco was so much better at music than Jimi
@neilp19401 "he was to bass what Hendrix was to the guitar" Sorry, but Jaco is far better than that. Hendrix couldn't do anything that a thousand other guitarists couldn't do. He just did it on an upside down guitar. that's it
He doesn't look well in this video. He's caught up in the adulation, but he's having trouble keeping it together. I saw him perform in 1980 and he (and Weather Report) were magnificent. The best concert and the best performance by a musician I have ever seen live. This performance is inferior. I think his mental health was compromised around this time. After this period he became homeless and was later murdered by a bouncer in '87.
@IDIRIEIWI sometimes musical ability and musical talent are different things. Les is tied with flea as a slapper, but jaco is better. Was Beethoven the most talented pianist? Maybe. The fastest? I doubt it. I love primus, but come on.
@IDIRIEIWI Claypool's music is really technical and extremely difficult, but Jaco's is better put together. Claypool is the better bassist, Jaco is the better MUSICIAN!
@Orangemongoose1 I almost have les claypools entire discography minus have a cigar and purple onion. I've figured out every song on there minus jerry was a race car driver because i dont tap. I've also got Jaco's portrait of tracy, i was able to play only 3 songs.. trust me im a GIANT claypool fan but Jaco... well, is better in almost every way minus the one thing he didnt do... slap.
@IDIRIEIWI no way listen punk jazz by weather report the band jaco was in les claypool is so overrated and listen to teen town by weather report it will blow you away
It's so difficult to see Jaco in decline -- he's a wreck at this point in his short career. Between his bipolar condition, the cocaine, the alcohol... it just hurts to see such brilliance diminished.
Now for those critics bashing Jaco, please do yourself a favor and check out his solo work "Jaco Pastrorius" from 1976. He was clean and brilliant, at the zenith of his creative production.
@libralala I like how you fail to realize that there are OTHER VIDEOS of him on youtube when he's in his right mind.... do yourself a favor and WATCH them before making an idiotic commen...
Not Jaco at his best -- obviously drunk and rambunctious. He's one of the great innovators on bass -- but here, he's kinda wanking. (Though there are a few cool things).
@2bluefor1 considering when that infamous bass was rediscovered it was in several pieces... maybe he caught it, maybe he didn't. if you know anything about the jaco mythos you know that the bass and the man went through a hell of a lot of hard times and abuses.
@ryan3685able For someone to understand the level of talent of Jaco, I personally feel they need to play or have at one time played music. He played at such an advanced level compared to most other people. In the same way, most people may not understand the music someone like Al Di Meola played, but it was incredible.
@ryan3685able sid didnt even play you idiot listen to the songs punk jazz and teen town by weather report that was jacos band that stuff is insane especially punk jazz sid couldnt play that for his life
Awesome!!!! That tune is "America the Beautiful" (most likely mentioned before here) and he plays it beautifully with ace harmonization - all on an old beaten 4 string fretless bass (Fender P-Bass perhaps? I'm not an expert). Flawless, not one single note out of tune or failing. Those right hand thumb harmonics are very tough to play - for Jaco it seems effortless. Pure genius!!!
@buefyYT c'mon man, you know the answer. Mr. DeltaGaryWhatever came along trying to call me a smartass with some pseudo-clever remarks (please don't tell me it ain' the truth). So what can I say? O.K. You are all geniuses and I'm a fuckin' loser with no knowledge whatsoever about music and I am also an asshole. Satisfied?
@buefyYT Are you trying to improve your trolling skills? I was making a nice comment about Jaco and suddenly I am being bullied by semi-analphabets. What the shit is this? Somebody is trying to "teach" me that the correct word is "artificial harmonic". Hi Genius! C'mon this is trolling, nothing more, nothing less. I do this shit called music for a living and I know what I know. Now let the trolling begin. The only way anyone can prove me that it's not trolling, is to be nice and polite.
@buefyYT yeah sure, whatever. I'm outta here. Anyway: I would like to make the huble comment that it might be a good idea if you would improve your English skils - unless you are trying to fool me that is. I am just writing this because I have some time to spare, otherwise I would recommend that you cut off your tiny penis and stick it into your arse - nah, my education would not allow me to write such a thing. :-)
@aihoschema I've been reverse trolled. Excuse my mistake. I think I'm just going to let this unsuccessful troll fade away because I have royally screwed myself. Cheerio, chap.
Years ago I downloaded this video somewhere, and I just wondered who this weird guy was and how the crowd screamed even if he didn't play about anything...
There are hundreds of greatest bassplayers, but Jaco is not only one of them, but he is the most inspiring bassplayer ever lived. There are maybe 10 another inspiring bassplayers.
But I dont say that ten of those hundreds aren't inspiring, those hundreds bassplayers (and not only bassplayers) had born with style of those ten.
Just a shadow of his former self. When he was on, there was no bassist that came close. It's all there in the recordings pre 1982. Every bassist since feels the influence he left. He, Mick Karn ( R.I.P ) Percy Jones and Pino Palladino are the true masters of fretless bass ( IMHO ).
P.S. Wouldn't see many bass players doing that to a 62 Fender Jazz these days !
I don't get it, it really sounds like he's just plucking random notes. This honestly sounds like nothing. Clearly he's talented (I can tell from his songs) but his solos seem like pointless excercises in random noise.
It sounds like he keeps hitting wrong notes too, and his style is very sloppy.
I have such mixed feelings about Jaco...he is genius, but at the same time I dont know why so many people list him as such a massive influence. Maybe its just me but I definitely feel that the talent has been amplified by the tragedy surrounding it.
I can list a ton of players that do more for me than Jaco ever could. But, he is an undeniable talent. I guess you just know what floats your boat and what doesnt. :-)
@Bassrock18@Bassrock18 And they all did it after Jaco. There's players faster than Hendrix, but he showed what a guitar could do. Jaco took the bass and made it a lead instrument. He created modern bass
the crowd are very easily pleased arent they... i know he is a legend... but for fek sake.... let him play more than 4 notes before going mental with noise !!
@kokomojosiphus I read an interview with him, he's very remorseful about it. the man did his time and has apologized to the family, it's just an unfortunate tragedy. I keep wondering why his family was letting him live on the streets and not having him institutionalized. it's more like a failure of society that he's gone.
you can't compare Jaco to other bassplayers,because the others are bassplayers. Jaco is one of the great musisians. He is someone you put next to Coltrane,Mozart,Beethoven, Charlie Parker, MIngus, Monk. Off course Bootsy, KIng, Wooten, Miller en all the others are wonderfull and brougth a lot to the bassworld. But Jaco is in an complete other league.
@TheGpfan Well I'd certainly put Stanley Clark, Victor Wooten and mac miller in that category either but it doest mean they're better...you reach a certain level of musicianship where it plateaus and you cant call this guy better or worse, they're just different
@TheGpfan Bootsy? I doubt Bootsy is even CLOSE to Jaco's chops and skill level and knowledge. On the same token - I would not put Jaco up with Beethoven! Coltrane was worlds beyond anything Jaco ever did - Jaco played some Charlie Parker - but the differenes in all these guys are too large to actually GROUP them all together and say "you put Jaco next to them" Jaco was entirely his own phenomenon. His playing opened up a new world for electric bassists. But not Beethoven comparison!
Many famous players are known cause they have technic, are good in one style, belong to great band or are good side men.. ok..but this man is just a part of Bass history and also of modern music..
Instead of writing bad things people should try to understand why...
Anyway he was just "himself" and you can dislike but if you're musician don't forget to say Thanks&Respect Mr Pastorius.
If you all didnt know.. If you know Julius Pastorius and Felix Pastorius ( Jaco Pastorius's sons) Jaco is my Uncles Dad. Im Julius Pastorius's nephew.
@TeraaHD wouldn't that mean.. hes your grandpa? Your uncle is your dad or moms brother..meaning your dad or mother's father is the same as your uncles. so Jaco's your grandfather. Bad ass.
@DNBJerk Yeah, quite possibly dude :).... But as I'm listening on Youtube, I wish I could hear it a bit more clearly. Goddamn, didn't people at concerts in the 80's realise that Youtube would be coming along!!??
what was that I hear of this Jaco and I come across this video, it sounds average to me the Kings of Bass are Bootsy Collins, Larry Graham and Stanley Clarke.
@poppinthangs ehy poppinthangs..........listen: two are the best bassist in the planet and are MARK KING AND JACO PASTORIUS!!!!!!!!!!!! FULL STOP, CLIK. BYE BYE
@funkmaster921 Jaco I am not to impressed by hell I think Pino Palladino is better than him, and Mark is good fuck Mark is great but all he does is slap, I need more traditional style of playing but these are our personal opinon and I respect yours my friend play on.
@poppinthangs I'm laughing pretty please ............... Mark King burns you with your fingers over the slap ..... Pino Palladino is a baby in swaddling clothes than Pastorius and king
first man ever played bass guitar
WhiskeyWithMusic 1 week ago
Not great... he's wasted in this video
visog 2 weeks ago
MERCURY HENDRIX PASTORIUS BONHAM GOD'S MUSIC BAND
MrNap100 2 weeks ago
At 1:00 it's a 5 string bass then at 1:23 it's a 4 string bass.
prenticeanyonywright 2 weeks ago
@prenticeanyonywright its BASSicaly the same thing
YoungEfficient 2 weeks ago
Jaco RIP, I do not think this is a true representation of the mans genius, I find it sad to watch, he was so into booze & drugs, they should show this as a warning to musicians / everyone to point out dangers of excess. Don't forget he was stabbed begging on the streets. A sadly missed GENIUS.
C4VA1 1 month ago
@C4VA1 he wasn´t stabbed begging on the streets. He received a beating from a bouncer in Ft Lauderdale... Also he was into booze and all that, but he was also manic depressive.
nomonkeymind 1 month ago
The Greatest !!!!!! Poor soul ! He went so young !
MrBassdog 2 months ago
forever young at heart
inketu999 3 months ago
Jaco never played the bass. He just gave him life and made him talk to us.
quidsummiser 3 months ago
could it be... the bass of DOOM?!?!?!
GunsNRosses1 4 months ago
Music for chin strokers ...
CardiffBoy1927 4 months ago
@yogsothoth.. BS-- Hendrix was a musical GENIUS as well.
alternativelandscape 4 months ago
@jeffharper47 no i believe the body cracked in half and he had to get it repaired
Robert Trujillo has it now :(
tbhsul 4 months ago
@tbhsul actually, i think dave pastorius' family has it now. he lives in my town in melbourne...trujllo and dave are friends.
jontheliar 3 months ago
i didn't know bass could be played like that. Honestly. It kinda sounded like a bass/guitar which is cool but the thing is......u know its a bass which makes it cooler
hahehetok 4 months ago
does anybody else notice that he has a funny face whenever he plays the bass.
TheRHCPNUT 4 months ago
@PsychFoxPigeon you know it's jaco;it HAS to be good...he's so drunk it's embarrassing actually :/
Fjord76 4 months ago
um, this here solo is legendary
BassFever74 5 months ago
Now I'll never know if he caught it.
PayatLumpia 5 months ago
@PsychFoxPigeon heheheheheheheheheheheheh
unclejunglebass 5 months ago
He totally looks like a serial killer! Only that he kills with his bass...?
tohsmir 5 months ago
the greatest bass player that ever lived .
he was to the bass that hendrix was to the guitar
neilp19401 5 months ago 16
@neilp19401 AGREED!!!!!
DONALDALFORD 5 months ago
@neilp19401 ...maybe you mean, hendrix was to the guitar that he was to the bass!!! ;)
InUteroAcousticBand 4 months ago
@neilp19401 no offense, i love hendrix, but he wasnt in jacos league, they are miles away from each other, hendrix was an excelent guitarrist, jaco was a musical genius, they werent at the same level,
yogsothoth2099 4 months ago
@yogsothoth2099 dude you got it all wrong ... no offense but hendrix was a creative genius just listen to his shit goddamn it !!
JusticeWar 3 months ago
@neilp19401 you see....I dont think that at all. You just say that cause they played funky shit and wore crazy hippy clothes. Jaco was so much better at music than Jimi
MichRockHop81108 3 months ago
@neilp19401 "he was to bass what Hendrix was to the guitar" Sorry, but Jaco is far better than that. Hendrix couldn't do anything that a thousand other guitarists couldn't do. He just did it on an upside down guitar. that's it
Numlocq 1 week ago
the greatest bass player that ever lived .
neilp19401 5 months ago
@neilp19401 In my opinion YES he is!!!!
DONALDALFORD 5 months ago
why isnt he playing on the bridge pickup he usually does at 1:24
TheIllegalKind 5 months ago
Would it hurt the crowd to shut the fuck up and listen???
arcemant1 5 months ago
dont know why but juz watchin this guy smilin and havin fun makes me cry man....JACO u'l alwaz live on in our hearts, rip BOSS of BASS
osho0390 5 months ago
He doesn't look well in this video. He's caught up in the adulation, but he's having trouble keeping it together. I saw him perform in 1980 and he (and Weather Report) were magnificent. The best concert and the best performance by a musician I have ever seen live. This performance is inferior. I think his mental health was compromised around this time. After this period he became homeless and was later murdered by a bouncer in '87.
thcia 6 months ago
this mother f***** right here is sweatin' and swayin' like crazy.
TheFunkym0nks 6 months ago
0:20 Headstockstand!
PoisonTester 6 months ago
este man era lo mejor
TheRichardcuellar 6 months ago
1:10 wow, I never knew Robin Williams played bass
PanekPL 6 months ago
かっこいい！！！
HOW COOL!!!
cfc610 6 months ago
SHUT THE FUCK UP AND LET THE MAN PLAY HIS GOD DAMN BASS!!!!!!
spicyMcHAGGIS9green 6 months ago
CAN THERE NOT BE A "WHO IS BETTER" ARGUMENT GOING ON IN EVERY VIDEO I WATCH!!!
FUUUUUUUUCK
gumbalooza 6 months ago
@gumbalooza
maybe youre watching the wrong videos
markusoberleitner 6 months ago
ummmm.. did he catch it???
jeffharper47 7 months ago 22
@jeffharper47 i dont think so ive heard he didnt
TheIllegalKind 5 months ago
@jeffharper47 man i miss this guy
STEVE25406 4 months ago
from 0:00 - 4:18 was to me believed to be the best part about this vid =))
shushi1234 7 months ago
although in decline, he was still a genious!
R.I.P Jaco
Zampa51 7 months ago
damn...speechless
CrypticSnares 7 months ago
I'll admit that he has a lot of talent, but Les Claypool could rip him apart.
IDIRIEIWI 7 months ago
@IDIRIEIWI
what? Claypool?! come on... seriously
bassmajor 7 months ago
@IDIRIEIWI sometimes musical ability and musical talent are different things. Les is tied with flea as a slapper, but jaco is better. Was Beethoven the most talented pianist? Maybe. The fastest? I doubt it. I love primus, but come on.
disturbedbass49 7 months ago
@IDIRIEIWI 'rip him apart'? les can surely play but JACO.......... whatchootalkinabout??????????
TheJezzka01 7 months ago
@IDIRIEIWI Claypool's music is really technical and extremely difficult, but Jaco's is better put together. Claypool is the better bassist, Jaco is the better MUSICIAN!
Orangemongoose1 7 months ago
@Orangemongoose1 I almost have les claypools entire discography minus have a cigar and purple onion. I've figured out every song on there minus jerry was a race car driver because i dont tap. I've also got Jaco's portrait of tracy, i was able to play only 3 songs.. trust me im a GIANT claypool fan but Jaco... well, is better in almost every way minus the one thing he didnt do... slap.
warboar316 7 months ago
@Orangemongoose1 God i said minus a lot didnt I ?
warboar316 7 months ago
@IDIRIEIWI no way listen punk jazz by weather report the band jaco was in les claypool is so overrated and listen to teen town by weather report it will blow you away
TheIllegalKind 5 months ago
@IDIRIEIWI LMFAO NO!!! the only one that i think comes CLOSE to jaco is Victor wooten!
buefyYT 4 months ago
He might of been in a sad physical state but his playing here is some of his best.
4578a 7 months ago
he is rippin in front of a huge crowd! no one could ever touch jaco.
ironwoodestudios 7 months ago
God I wished to hell I had sean him live! What a fuckin' talent! Thank you allah for john francis pastorious!
erijoey3 7 months ago
Wow, he's pissed out of his mind. Nice to see the BOD before it was refinished...
lptomtom 7 months ago
No offense, guys...but what the hell is this?
jakedruegarcia 7 months ago
It's so difficult to see Jaco in decline -- he's a wreck at this point in his short career. Between his bipolar condition, the cocaine, the alcohol... it just hurts to see such brilliance diminished.
Now for those critics bashing Jaco, please do yourself a favor and check out his solo work "Jaco Pastrorius" from 1976. He was clean and brilliant, at the zenith of his creative production.
123paddle 7 months ago
@123paddle
you idiot his drug addiction is just the real side of his week personality
but without depression hes was been a ordinary postal employee like you
Bundloc 7 months ago
@Bundloc WHAT WAS THAT?
4578a 7 months ago
@Bundloc hahaha,very true!
TheJezzka01 7 months ago
quit tyn to xplain music and listen.its freedom man like the wind and the sea.fa sho
MrSaxaddict 7 months ago
0:22 wtf why would he do that with his Fender, just imagine it would fall... 0_0
daltonauto 7 months ago
who is this drunken, fucked up loser? why is a video of such a shitty bass player on youtube? gene simmons blows away this wasted douchebag.
libralala 7 months ago
@libralala I like how you fail to realize that there are OTHER VIDEOS of him on youtube when he's in his right mind.... do yourself a favor and WATCH them before making an idiotic commen...
stefuwahiscool 7 months ago
Not Jaco at his best -- obviously drunk and rambunctious. He's one of the great innovators on bass -- but here, he's kinda wanking. (Though there are a few cool things).
plangentmusic 8 months ago
Please tell me he caught the bass........
2bluefor1 8 months ago
@2bluefor1 considering when that infamous bass was rediscovered it was in several pieces... maybe he caught it, maybe he didn't. if you know anything about the jaco mythos you know that the bass and the man went through a hell of a lot of hard times and abuses.
intrepgun 8 months ago
This is a joke right? It's that guy that does the shred videos were he plays some crappy guitar over a great performer?
spoddie 8 months ago
28 people cant play bass
tutancamon456 8 months ago
did he catch the bass at the end??
Fl3tch3rb0y 8 months ago
Ryan,
Sid Vicious? Really......
SteveAZ1969 8 months ago
@SteveAZ1969 No , we all know Sid wasnt much of a bass player , however I dont see all the hype about Jaco , although he is very talented.
ryan3685able 8 months ago
@ryan3685able For someone to understand the level of talent of Jaco, I personally feel they need to play or have at one time played music. He played at such an advanced level compared to most other people. In the same way, most people may not understand the music someone like Al Di Meola played, but it was incredible.
SteveAZ1969 2 months ago
@SteveAZ1969 to mention jaco and al di meola in the same breath is sheer folly.
cliffworks4321 2 months ago
"My name is John Francis Pastorius III and I'm the greatest bass player in the world."
-Jaco Pastorius
The man-god's ego was huge but by Jove, it was well-deserved. We miss you, Jaco.
DickEnchilada 8 months ago
It would have been better if the crowd had shut the fuck up so we could hear what hear what he was doing.
AmbientCelt 8 months ago
Romantic =D 1:57 =)
Jhon0319 8 months ago
28 people dont know what means groove
StingrayBassist 8 months ago
Sid Vicious was a better bass player
ryan3685able 8 months ago
@ryan3685able
lmao
SteveAZ1969 8 months ago
@ryan3685able And you're a huge cunt.
Meph761 8 months ago
@Meph761 and your a wanker : )
ryan3685able 8 months ago
@ryan3685able sid didnt even play you idiot listen to the songs punk jazz and teen town by weather report that was jacos band that stuff is insane especially punk jazz sid couldnt play that for his life
TheIllegalKind 5 months ago
@TheIllegalKind
ryan3685able 5 months ago
@TheIllegalKind Wow ...it was a joke ...and it was months ago ...put your helmet back on and empty your spit cup : )
ryan3685able 5 months ago
@ryan3685able well you didnt say that earlier
TheIllegalKind 5 months ago
Toda esa chusma que no se puede callar un minuto...sabía en donde estaban y a quien estaban escuchando?
alinareyes21 9 months ago
Jaco is totaly effn drunk here
justink140 9 months ago
Who are these dumb shits saying Jaco is over rated. Idiots
One2three4abc 9 months ago
Awesome!!!! That tune is "America the Beautiful" (most likely mentioned before here) and he plays it beautifully with ace harmonization - all on an old beaten 4 string fretless bass (Fender P-Bass perhaps? I'm not an expert). Flawless, not one single note out of tune or failing. Those right hand thumb harmonics are very tough to play - for Jaco it seems effortless. Pure genius!!!
aihoschema 9 months ago
@aihoschema You really aren't a player. There are plenty of out of tune notes. What is a right thumb harmonic?
DeltaGaryGordon 9 months ago
@DeltaGaryGordon you tell me, you are obviously the bass player.
aihoschema 9 months ago
@aihoschema I have no idea. That's what I'm getting at!
DeltaGaryGordon 9 months ago
@DeltaGaryGordon You have no idea? Good. Leave it at that.
aihoschema 9 months ago
@aihoschema Oh, now I get it, it's an artificial harmonic.
DeltaGaryGordon 9 months ago
@DeltaGaryGordon what? What is an artificial harmonic? Is it a harmonica made of plastic?
aihoschema 9 months ago
@aihoschema
are you serious?
buefyYT 8 months ago
@buefyYT c'mon man, you know the answer. Mr. DeltaGaryWhatever came along trying to call me a smartass with some pseudo-clever remarks (please don't tell me it ain' the truth). So what can I say? O.K. You are all geniuses and I'm a fuckin' loser with no knowledge whatsoever about music and I am also an asshole. Satisfied?
aihoschema 8 months ago
@aihoschema
No, I'm saying that's the single stupidest thing. instead of actually wondering about what it is, you say DUR HUR A PLASTIC HARMONICA.
You're the one with the douchey comments, just stop.
buefyYT 8 months ago
@buefyYT Are you trying to improve your trolling skills? I was making a nice comment about Jaco and suddenly I am being bullied by semi-analphabets. What the shit is this? Somebody is trying to "teach" me that the correct word is "artificial harmonic". Hi Genius! C'mon this is trolling, nothing more, nothing less. I do this shit called music for a living and I know what I know. Now let the trolling begin. The only way anyone can prove me that it's not trolling, is to be nice and polite.
aihoschema 8 months ago
@aihoschema
No it's not, haha. I'm telling you, you're comment was ignorant.
buefyYT 8 months ago
@buefyYT yeah sure, whatever. I'm outta here. Anyway: I would like to make the huble comment that it might be a good idea if you would improve your English skils - unless you are trying to fool me that is. I am just writing this because I have some time to spare, otherwise I would recommend that you cut off your tiny penis and stick it into your arse - nah, my education would not allow me to write such a thing. :-)
aihoschema 8 months ago
@aihoschema I've been reverse trolled. Excuse my mistake. I think I'm just going to let this unsuccessful troll fade away because I have royally screwed myself. Cheerio, chap.
DeltaGaryGordon 8 months ago
my 2 favorite bass players are jaco and les claypool, both awesome!
chpsoh 9 months ago
1.32 the guy in the background is !@#!!@ enoying., shut up
arturxareb 9 months ago
holy shit wat a crowd!
mrfish4lyfe 9 months ago
acoustic amps, 360's of course!
tek1001 9 months ago
he was the Buddy rich of Bass players Cocky and fuckin talented!
83DrumProdigy 10 months ago
wait, wait, wait.. am i dreaming? for once a recent jazz artist getting the crowd praise he deserves???? god damn
ragglefraggle09 10 months ago
I hope he caught that. O_O
taufoofar 10 months ago
Jaco really has star power, really knows how to get the crowd going.
taufoofar 10 months ago
this is ridiculous, every fucking single note he plays all the people starts to scream like crazy teenagers...
8werty8 10 months ago
Years ago I downloaded this video somewhere, and I just wondered who this weird guy was and how the crowd screamed even if he didn't play about anything...
aakkoin 11 months ago
There are hundreds of greatest bassplayers, but Jaco is not only one of them, but he is the most inspiring bassplayer ever lived. There are maybe 10 another inspiring bassplayers.
But I dont say that ten of those hundreds aren't inspiring, those hundreds bassplayers (and not only bassplayers) had born with style of those ten.
But who inspired those ten? You should know. ;)
MrIlvis 11 months ago
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MrIlvis 11 months ago
Just a shadow of his former self. When he was on, there was no bassist that came close. It's all there in the recordings pre 1982. Every bassist since feels the influence he left. He, Mick Karn ( R.I.P ) Percy Jones and Pino Palladino are the true masters of fretless bass ( IMHO ).
P.S. Wouldn't see many bass players doing that to a 62 Fender Jazz these days !
ruffian1868 11 months ago
stop complaining and dig his playing
grooveabilities 11 months ago
very sad, he was really gone here, a shadow of the genius we saw in his 1976 debut
unclebobscabin 11 months ago
i wanna see his bass shatter into pieces at the end....just like that bouncer did to his skull...anybody got that clip??
miamigroove 11 months ago
jocko homo (Devo)
miamigroove 11 months ago
I don't get it, it really sounds like he's just plucking random notes. This honestly sounds like nothing. Clearly he's talented (I can tell from his songs) but his solos seem like pointless excercises in random noise.
It sounds like he keeps hitting wrong notes too, and his style is very sloppy.
GRIFpenguin 11 months ago
@bassrock18. Ar
Kaliguitar 11 months ago
I have such mixed feelings about Jaco...he is genius, but at the same time I dont know why so many people list him as such a massive influence. Maybe its just me but I definitely feel that the talent has been amplified by the tragedy surrounding it.
I can list a ton of players that do more for me than Jaco ever could. But, he is an undeniable talent. I guess you just know what floats your boat and what doesnt. :-)
Bassrock18 1 year ago
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SimbosanYT 11 months ago
@Bassrock18 @Bassrock18 And they all did it after Jaco. There's players faster than Hendrix, but he showed what a guitar could do. Jaco took the bass and made it a lead instrument. He created modern bass
SimbosanYT 11 months ago
the crowd are very easily pleased arent they... i know he is a legend... but for fek sake.... let him play more than 4 notes before going mental with noise !!
mrbassman25 1 year ago
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ElectricBlueOil 1 year ago
why bother to write negative comments... he is a legend, and you are not.
pirhala 1 year ago 19
What ever happened to that scum who murdered Jaco? I hope that scum rots in hell.
gmlasam 1 year ago 2
@gmlasam I read somewhere that the dirtbag sells insurance in Fla. and supposedly has never had any remorse for his actions.
kokomojosiphus 1 year ago
@kokomojosiphus I read an interview with him, he's very remorseful about it. the man did his time and has apologized to the family, it's just an unfortunate tragedy. I keep wondering why his family was letting him live on the streets and not having him institutionalized. it's more like a failure of society that he's gone.
TheZappawizard 1 year ago 6
@TheZappawizard the guy who killed him really didn't mean to kill him. I mean, yeah it sucks dick, but it really was not his intention
buefyYT 1 year ago
Jaco was the most normal guy i know of!
Most other people are VERY strange exept for a VERY few!
lidesnowi 1 year ago
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this guy was an overrated piece of shit
MackCockstack 1 year ago
@MackCockstack well then "MackCockstack" i dont you you knew that he is the best bassist in the JAZZ catagory.
you cant compare Jaco to Cliff cause their totally different generes. Jaco is a GOD and by this time a bass solo like that was pretty damn amazing.
J A C O P A S T O R I O U S.
obssedwitmabass 1 year ago
@obssedwitmabass blah blah blah whatever your name is...GOD my ASS
MackCockstack 1 year ago
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was this like 2 weeks before he died?
arbiqued 1 year ago
you can't compare Jaco to other bassplayers,because the others are bassplayers. Jaco is one of the great musisians. He is someone you put next to Coltrane,Mozart,Beethoven, Charlie Parker, MIngus, Monk. Off course Bootsy, KIng, Wooten, Miller en all the others are wonderfull and brougth a lot to the bassworld. But Jaco is in an complete other league.
TheGpfan 1 year ago 29
@TheGpfan your grammer is terrible
arlencarroll 11 months ago
@arlencarroll How do you spell grammar?
agerlach 10 months ago
@TheGpfan Well I'd certainly put Stanley Clark, Victor Wooten and mac miller in that category either but it doest mean they're better...you reach a certain level of musicianship where it plateaus and you cant call this guy better or worse, they're just different
Noseheros 8 months ago
@TheGpfan I dunno if I'd put him not to Mozart, Beethoven, Mingus, or Monk...
DaneCookIsntDatFunny 8 months ago
@TheGpfan Bootsy? I doubt Bootsy is even CLOSE to Jaco's chops and skill level and knowledge. On the same token - I would not put Jaco up with Beethoven! Coltrane was worlds beyond anything Jaco ever did - Jaco played some Charlie Parker - but the differenes in all these guys are too large to actually GROUP them all together and say "you put Jaco next to them" Jaco was entirely his own phenomenon. His playing opened up a new world for electric bassists. But not Beethoven comparison!
pebberbrown 8 months ago
one crazy mofo
addyr100 1 year ago
At 3:09, he tells the crowd to be quiet.
skatermgee 1 year ago 4
i want a poster of 4:08-4:09...
GuitarExplicit 1 year ago
Many famous players are known cause they have technic, are good in one style, belong to great band or are good side men.. ok..but this man is just a part of Bass history and also of modern music..
Instead of writing bad things people should try to understand why...
Anyway he was just "himself" and you can dislike but if you're musician don't forget to say Thanks&Respect Mr Pastorius.
chromaticbass 1 year ago
What happened to his bass guitar did it get hamered to the floor or did he caught his instrument?
saulsalt8 1 year ago
Will there ever be another Jaco? If there is, I hope that it's my lifetime.
daleleavitt 1 year ago
Everyone is going to yell at me.. but near 1:40 he plays a relatively easy lick and everyone's like :OOOOO
buefyYT 1 year ago
High as a freakin kite, if you ask me.
mulcajbm 1 year ago 3
poetical...
8matic 1 year ago
If you all didnt know.. If you know Julius Pastorius and Felix Pastorius ( Jaco Pastorius's sons) Jaco is my Uncles Dad. Im Julius Pastorius's nephew.
TeraaHD 1 year ago
@TeraaHD wouldn't that mean.. hes your grandpa? Your uncle is your dad or moms brother..meaning your dad or mother's father is the same as your uncles. so Jaco's your grandfather. Bad ass.
Nufu7861 1 year ago
Obviously near the end...lousy solo, dirty clothes, bloated...very Sad
MrSuperbartok 1 year ago
jaco and that particular bass have been through alot
hollismarshall 1 year ago 2
I just wish the crowd would shut the f*&k up.
jamesioski 1 year ago 72
@jamesioski If you would have been there, you would have done the same thing. I know I would have.
DNBJerk 1 year ago 2
@DNBJerk Yeah, quite possibly dude :).... But as I'm listening on Youtube, I wish I could hear it a bit more clearly. Goddamn, didn't people at concerts in the 80's realise that Youtube would be coming along!!??
jamesioski 1 year ago
@jamesioski yeah but like honestly lets face it if any of us were there wed be freakin out too
addyr100 1 year ago
@jamesioski they probably had had too much saki by then...;-)
Deco70Dias 11 months ago
@jamesioskiLOL, music is about uplifting the spirit, if jaco makes u yell then yell!!!!!!
fuck this fossilizing jazz bullshit where ppl gota sit in lincoln center like a opera listening to dixieland music
mrfish4lyfe 9 months ago
@jamesioski I know lool
arturxareb 9 months ago
@jamesioski hell yes! Show a little respect, for crissake!
gilbert20 8 months ago
The bass god!!!!
smoothbeer4u 1 year ago
WOW
WolrdMusic 1 year ago
what was that I hear of this Jaco and I come across this video, it sounds average to me the Kings of Bass are Bootsy Collins, Larry Graham and Stanley Clarke.
poppinthangs 1 year ago
@poppinthangs ehy poppinthangs..........listen: two are the best bassist in the planet and are MARK KING AND JACO PASTORIUS!!!!!!!!!!!! FULL STOP, CLIK. BYE BYE
funkmaster921 1 year ago
@funkmaster921 Jaco I am not to impressed by hell I think Pino Palladino is better than him, and Mark is good fuck Mark is great but all he does is slap, I need more traditional style of playing but these are our personal opinon and I respect yours my friend play on.
poppinthangs 1 year ago
@poppinthangs I'm laughing pretty please ............... Mark King burns you with your fingers over the slap ..... Pino Palladino is a baby in swaddling clothes than Pastorius and king
funkmaster921 1 year ago
@poppinthangs hey dill weed how bout you respect this amazing bass player cuz i am pretty sure he could blow your ass out of the water
TheDREWSKI1222 1 year ago
@TheDREWSKI1222 Thanks man people judged him by the way he looked but he was was the best at what he did hands down!!!!..and im from his home town...
basssheasd4 1 year ago
@TheDREWSKI1222 Thanks man people judged him by the way he looked but he