Jaco Pastorius

Lupino wrote:

Let's talk a bit about this great one?

A musician who managed to be harmonic and melodic while maintaining an impeccable sense of rhythm, endowed with a limb that in first position covered about eight keys, a technique outside of any pattern, and a mind-blowing execution speed (listen to his reimagining of Bach's chromatic fantasy, or the solo in Point of Entry), had such an elevated vision of music that whatever instrument he played would have become great... (he composed most of his pieces on the piano and this could say a lot about his preparation)

There are many current bassists who should be mentioned for their great skill (John Patitucci, Alain Cheron, Alphonso Johnson, Marcus Miller....) but Jaco managed to communicate everything with his instrument, he went beyond the notes, it was pure emotional communication and the secret is in the sound; not just execution speed, he was pure expression and when he recorded the album that revolutionized this instrument, he was only 24 years old!!!

To the point that Marcus Miller titled one of his most famous records "Mr. Pastorius" 😉

Gibson wrote:

A musician who managed to be harmonic and melodic while maintaining an impeccable sense of rhythm, endowed with a limb that in first position covered about eight keys, a technique outside of any pattern, and a mind-blowing execution speed (listen to his reimagining of Bach's chromatic fantasy, or the solo from Point of Entry), had such an elevated vision of music that whatever instrument he played would have become a great... (he composed most of his pieces on the piano and this could say a lot about his preparation)

There are many current bassists who should be mentioned for their great skill (John Patitucci, Alain Cheron, Alphonso Johnson, Marcus Miller....) but Jaco managed to communicate everything with his instrument, he went beyond the notes, it was pure emotional communication and the secret is in the sound; not just execution speed, he was pure expression and when he recorded the album that revolutionized this instrument, he was only 24 years old!!!

To the point that Marcus Miller titled one of his most famous records "Mr. Pastorius" 😉

Thank you Gibson, so much passion... you really like him, eh!!!

One of his most famous tracks:

Teen Town Baby!!!

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...and clearly this 😉

Jaco Pastorius- Soul Intro- The Chicken (Live 1982)

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Pastorius is certainly the soul of the bass! Warm and dense sounds....very capable and meditative.

diapasuono wrote:

Pastorius is quite literally the soul of the bass! Warm and dense sounds....very capable and meditative.

I think so too, definitely a musician to cultivate 😉

Too strong! I have a bassist friend who bought a bass similar to his in the first video...

I saw him live, in a tent theater in Rome, in the very early '80s (or late '70s...). With him there was a 16-year-old guitarist (Bireli, I think) who played a Bach organ fugue in an extraordinarily clean way (not like certain metal guitarists...).

At one point, someone from below the stage shouted something, perhaps an insult, and Patorius played a very heavy, violent solo, as if he wanted to burst his eardrums. It was a "strange" concert; I must say I didn't come out of it as impressed as with others I attended during the same period (of Pfm, for example, which I remember minute by minute!)...