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Jaco Pastorius 
The Fretless Bass master and progenitor of "Punk-Jazz", Jaco launched Electric Bass from the back of the band to the Front Lines, while retaining its' role as the anchor, and, along with Stanley Clarke, Larry Graham, and Bootsy Collins, helped redifine the insrument... My Favorite Jaco Tracks: Continuum, Three Views Of A Secret, Teen Town (with Weather Report), A Remark You Made (w/ Weather Report), Portrait Of Tracy, John and Mary, Hejira (with Joni Mitchell), Black Crow (Shadows and Light '79, with Joni Mitchell), Donna Lee, In France They Kiss on Main Street (Shadows and Light '79, with Joni Mitchell), Bright Size Life (w/ Pat Metheny), Chromatic Fantasy, Kuru/Speak Like A Child....   
  
 
... [Edited 5/9/05 12:28pm] " I've got six things on my mind --you're no longer one of them." - Paddy McAloon, Prefab Sprout | |
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he was a cool cat.
i was very impressed with his work. yes SIR! | |
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Jaco was one of the reasons i wanted to play Bass | |
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Some faves..
Weather Report: Barbary Coast Harlequin Palladium Havona River People Punk Jazz The Pursuit of the Woman With the Feathered Hat Sightseeing Slang Madagascar Solo: Opus Pocus Donna Lee Blackbird Crisis Liberty City Outside projects: I Can Dig It Baby (w/Little Beaver) Good Question (w/Herbie Hancock) Upside Downside (w/Mike Stern) And last but not least, Amelia... 
...w/Wayne Cochran 
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http://www.soundclick.com...rmusic.htm "Ya see, we're not interested in what you know...but what you are willing to learn. C'mon y'all." | |
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theAudience said: ...w/Wayne Cochran
Ahhh Yessss... and The CC Riders.... ... " I've got six things on my mind --you're no longer one of them." - Paddy McAloon, Prefab Sprout | |
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theAudience said: Some faves..
Weather Report: Barbary Coast Harlequin Palladium Havona River People Punk Jazz The Pursuit of the Woman With the Feathered Hat Sightseeing Slang Madagascar Solo: Opus Pocus Donna Lee Blackbird Crisis Liberty City Outside projects: I Can Dig It Baby (w/Little Beaver) Good Question (w/Herbie Hancock) Upside Downside (w/Mike Stern) And last but not least, Amelia... ...w/Wayne Cochran
Great Tracks! I also love three cuts he recorded with Michel Colombier: "Dreamland", "Spring", and "Bird Song"... ... [Edited 5/9/05 13:53pm] " I've got six things on my mind --you're no longer one of them." - Paddy McAloon, Prefab Sprout | |
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paligap said: Great Tracks! I also love three cuts he recorded with Michel Colombier: "Dreamland", "Spring", and "Bird Song"... 
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...Jazz Street, he grooves hard on No Slack tA Tribal Disorder
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theAudience said: paligap said: Great Tracks! I also love three cuts he recorded with Michel Colombier: "Dreamland", "Spring", and "Bird Song"...
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...Jazz Street, he grooves hard on No Slack Was that one of Brian Melvin's albums? I Gotta Check that out! ... " I've got six things on my mind --you're no longer one of them." - Paddy McAloon, Prefab Sprout | |
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yeah hes pretty cool..i have a copy of THE BIRTHDAY CONCERT that i got a few years ago from a fellow musician friend ..hes good but his moments arent quite as funky as larry or bootsy ..and even nu skoolers like victor wooten
i find those 3 at least ,are much more funkier bass players | |
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I love some of the bootlegs he did with Hiram Bullock in the early 80's in NYC and his work with Joni Mitchell. | |
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