Re: The amazing Jaco Pastorius
Hi. I'm a bass player and Weather Report fan and came across this posting. I'm not a mandolin or mando(x) player but I love the instrument(s).
Regarding where in Birdland you can hear Jaco playing the mandocello: 3 minutes and 25 seconds. It's brief. I'm not aware of any other occasions he played it or anything similar.
Re: The amazing Jaco Pastorius
It was said around south florida back in the day that no matter what instrument you play, you should not let jaco play it. He could have made a very good living as a reed player, pianist, drummer or guitarist. I don’t know whether he also played brass but would not be surprised. He might have done much more had he gotten the help he badly needed.
Re: The amazing Jaco Pastorius
Seems to me there was a good bio on netflix recently - hope you all caught it.
I was nuts for Weather Report back in the day, got to see Jaco do his Hendrix thing live, etc. I also studied Peter Erskine materials for a couple of years (back when I was drumming).
Re: The amazing Jaco Pastorius
Jaco is one of my favorite musicians of all time.
Apart from his amazing solo albums and Weather Report, his work with Joni Mitchell is some of his most unique and lovely playing.
The way his playing supports Joni's performances is breathtaking.
Song with just her guitar and singing, along with his bass, are complete and full.
His albums with Joni are:
1976 Hejira.
1977 Don Juan's Reckless Daughter.
1980 Shadows and Light (Live album)
I am particularly fond of Hejira.
Coyote kills me.
Re: The amazing Jaco Pastorius
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CWRoyds
Jaco is one of my favorite musicians of all time.
Apart from his amazing solo albums and Weather Report, his work with Joni Mitchell is some of his most unique and lovely playing.
The way his playing supports Joni's performances is breathtaking.
Song with just her guitar and singing, along with his bass, are complete and full.
His albums with Joni are:
1976 Hejira.
1977 Don Juan's Reckless Daughter.
1980 Shadows and Light (Live album)
I am particularly fond of Hejira.
Coyote kills me.
I agree, the Joni Mitchell sessions and concerts really highlighted Jaco.
You forgot one Joni album, the best for my taste. Mingus.
This track drives me crazy! Jaco did this fully sick horn arrangement too. https://youtu.be/dgx9e-5_fE8
Re: The amazing Jaco Pastorius
I've often wondered how Joni Mitchell's bass player got that amazing sound. One of the things they did was to use the bass as a second voice in the arrangements. A new idea considering that bass usually supports the melody. Who would have thought of doing melody on bass as a duet with a vocalist?
I like how he uses vibrato and harmonic techniques. And he was one of the first to create a 'chorus' of bass sounds.
So I've been 'binge watching' on Jaco. Here are a few favorites.
(And Joni, I'm in love all over again.)
Re: The amazing Jaco Pastorius
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DougC
I've often wondered how Joni Mitchell's bass player got that amazing sound. One of the things they did was to use the bass as a second voice in the arrangements. A new idea considering that bass usually supports the melody. Who would have thought of doing melody on bass as a duet with a vocalist?
I like how he uses vibrato and harmonic techniques. And he was one of the first to create a 'chorus' of bass sounds.
So I've been 'binge watching' on Jaco. Here are a few favorites.
(And Joni, I'm in love all over again.)
Using bass as a 2nd melodic voice was not a new idea, but yes pretty new for pop music. Famously, Bill Evans and Scott LaFaro explored that idea extensively. Both of those names should be preceded by "the great".
If you only have a couple of jazz albums, this one should be a contender.
https://youtu.be/gZ_rZZusz90
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=gZ_rZZusz90
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Not much mandolin content, but lots of music!
This is the documentary that Jaco deserves.
https://youtu.be/TviJ3ccaSXM
Re: The amazing Jaco Pastorius
Watched this last week and agree - nicely done doc on a fascinating, visionary musician. Be sure and watch through the end credits, for some great playing.