Here we have jaco pastorius with his word of mouth big band, live at nycs avery fisher hall in the summer of 1982 for george weins kool jazz festival, regaling listeners with minutes of music in which his evervirtuosic bass work is neatly folded into a larger group dynamic. Despite this, the purpose of this essay is to examine a few key works that clearly exemplify some of the musical and pedagogical contributions that metheny is alluding to. Jaco pastorius, one of the greatest bass players of all time, forged a landmark bass style that still permeates music today. On an irregular basis in the early 80s, the innovative electric bassist jaco pastorius led a big band that he called word of mouth. Heres liberty city from the invitation record, in my opinion the best version of this tune. Jaco pastorius download ebook pdf, epub, tuebl, mobi.
This special anniversary edition features new interviews with jaco s childhood friends, prominent bass players of jaco s era and afterward, and girlfriend teresa nagell, who was with jaco in the last few years of his life. A delicate part of man who had been taking the action opposite to zeal to the original mind that he really had though it was already a wellknown fact until he died in the 80s and music might have been in the place where understanding had been always exceeded. Raised in southern florida, jaco played bass in local cover rnb bands up until 1974 after which he started playing and recording jazz fusion with guitarist pat metheny. Rezagiant stepsreza reprise jaco pastoriusjohn coltrane 10. Amerika birdland blackbird the chicken chromatic fantasy come on, come over continuum donna lee invitation liberty city opus pocus portrait of tracy river people soul intro teen town word of mouth.
Bass tablature for exercise 2 from modern electric bass by jaco pastorius. Heres a group dedicated to greatest bass player of the world jaco. Pastorius may well have been the last jazz musician of the 20 th century to have a made a major impact on the musical world at large metheny, cd booklet jaco pastorius. Jaco pastorius anthology the dry cleaner from des moines duration. Over a funky thochord pattern jaco has a ball playing around with the time as he is allowed to play indefinitely. A member of weather report from 19761981, pastorius once. John francis anthony jaco pastorius iii was an american jazz bassist who was a member of. Feb 03, 2012 jaco pastorius anthology liberty city zurzian. His melodic sense, delicate touch, and groundbreaking bass grooves have influenced.
With bass tablature, standard notation, chord names and bass notation legend. Tom copi i n his short life, jaco pastorius revolutionised the bass guitar, and lifted the music of key jazzfusioneers pat metheny and weather report in the 1970s. Jaco pastorius liberty city invitation bass cover youtube. Recording jaco pastorius on allmusic 2017 resonance records goes out of its way again to. As played by jaco pastorius on piano at the end of the modern electric bass. Composed by soul intro jaco pastorius composed by the chicken alfred james ellis 6. Rezagiant stepsreza reprise jaco pastorius john coltrane 10. John scofield, kenwood dennard and jaco pastorius example 8jam in e thinking ahead with specific ideas is the only way to achieve this level of improvisational clarity and direc tion. In the mid80s, jaco visited musicians institute and talked about his process and more. Mi recently discovered this rare footage in their vault and made the entire segment available for us all to enjoy. While his debut album showcased his eclectic and impressive skills on electric bass, word of mouth focused more on his ability to compose and arrange for a larger band. The essential jaco pastorius bass recorded versions pdf. Annotated bibliography john francis pastorius iii aka. Fannie mae buster brown, clarence lewis, morgan robinson 2.
Annotated bibliography john francis pastorius iii aka jaco books milkowski, bill. On june 27, 1982, electric bass innovator jaco pastorius, who had recently parted ways with weather report, performed at. Learn how to play jaco pastorius songs for bass online. Liberty city solo, by jaco pastorius with keyboard diagrams vimeo. The essential jaco pastorius by jaco pastorius on spotify. Sophisticated lady duke ellington, irving mills, mitchell parish 5. The extraordinary and tragic life of jaco pastorius. Jaco pastorius biography jaco pastorius is one of the most influential bass players of all time, not only in jazz and fusion, but in all styles of music. His bass playing employed funk, lyrical solos, bass chords, and innovative harmonics. This has been stuck in my head almost constantly for. He worked with pat metheny and joni mitchell, and recorded albums as a solo artist and band leader. This is a live album recorded at various venues during a tour of japan, featuring his word of mouth big band. A method for electric bass improvisation via a detailed analysis of the improvisational techniques of. Now i see what people meant when they said that jaco music tended to be more harmonically complex.
Listen to the essential jaco pastorius in full in the spotify app. A method for electric bass improvisation via a detailed. These days, theres a plethora of recordings, originally made for radio or television broadcast, being released by labels ranging from thoroughly legit to highly suspect. While his debut album showcased his eclectic and impressive skills on the electric bass, both invitation and his previous album, word of mouth focused more on his. Over a funky thochord pattern jaco has a ball playing around with the time as he is allowed to play indefinitely until tommy strand decides to reel hum back in.
Mi recently discovered this rare footage in their vault and made the entire segment available for us all to. Notefornote transcriptions with tab of jaco s brilliant bass work on 16 songs. Invitation was the third album by jaco pastorius, released in 1983 while the bassist was a member of weather report. Word of mouth is the second album by jaco pastorius, released in 1981 while he was a member of weather report, and also the name of a big band that pastorius assembled and with whom he toured from 1981 to 1983. Apr 25, 2019 here we have jaco pastorius with his word of mouth big band, live at nycs avery fisher hall in the summer of 1982 for george weins kool jazz festival, regaling listeners with minutes of music in which his evervirtuosic bass work is neatly folded into a larger group dynamic. The complete npr recording, today at all about jazz. Essential jaco pastorius bass recorded versions jaco. Jaco pastorius 3 views of a secret pp 1 7 keys bass. Jaco pastorius was a oneoff, a highly gifted bassist, composer and arranger whose death at the tender age of 35 in 1987 left the world of contemporary jazz bereft of. Liberty city jaco pastorius piano solo arrangement and. May 27, 2017 there have been many guitar gods, but theres never been an electric bassist as deified as jaco pastorius.
Introduction this dissertation seeks to firstly, provide a detailed analysis of jaco pastorius fonnative years from a historical perspective focusing on. The essential jaco pastorius by jaco pastorius on amazon. The essential jaco pastorius by jaco pastorius bass. December 1, 1951 september 21, 1987 was an american jazz bassist who was a member of weather report from 1976 to 1981. Bass tablature for liberty city intro by jaco pastorius. Aug 10, 2017 jaco pastorius was a oneoff, a highly gifted bassist, composer and arranger whose death at the tender age of 35 in 1987 left the world of contemporary jazz bereft of perhaps its foremost free spirit. As played by jaco pastorius on piano at the end of the modern electric bass video. All sheet music is available for download on pdf and mp3 format. Shop and buy the essential jaco pastorius sheet music. There have been many guitar gods, but theres never been an electric bassist as deified as jaco pastorius. Jaco pastorius liberty city transcription realized in notion. By far,the most accurate, best transcription available and i have seen quite a few in the last 20 yrs. Notefornote transcriptions with tab of jacos brilliant bass work on 16 songs. The extraordinary life of jaco pastorius, backbeat books, san francisco, 1996 my name is john francis pastorius iii, and im the greatest electric bass player in the world.
This excellent lp documents pastorius 30th birthday party, a concert at which he was joined by the peter graves orchestra consisting of 14 horns, two steel drums, and two percussionists plus drummer peter erskine, don alias on conga, and both michael brecker. For a long time, i reisisted jaco because i was a stanley clarke fan and back in the 70s some people tried to make it stanley versus jaco. Original mobile recording by record plant remote truck. Liberty city musical techniques musical compositions scribd. The essential jaco pastorius, an album by jaco pastorius on spotify we and our partners use cookies to personalize your experience, to show you ads based on your interests, and for measurement and analytics purposes.
Liberty city jaco pastorius piano solo arrangement and tutorial mathieu baudoux. Sophisticated lady composed by duke ellington, irving mills, mitchell parish. The extraordinary and tragic life of jaco pastorius pdf. The contributions of jaco pastorius to electric bass. These days, theres a plethora of recordings, originally made for radio or television broadcast, being released by. Available as a limitededition, 3lp, 180gram vinyl boxed set exclusively for record store day april 22, 2017, followed by the deluxe 2cd and digital sets on may 19, 2017, this release includes more than. Recorded at avery fisher hall, new york city, june 27, 1982, as part of george weins kool jazz festival. Continuum donna lee invitation liberty city opus pocus portrait of tracy river people soul intro teen town word of mouth. Annotated bibliography john francis pastorius iii aka jaco. The brilliant music found on it serves to underscore that jaco was more than a brilliant, singular bassist though that would have been enough. Only effects he used was the distortion in his acoustic amp and a 2 second delay set to infinity. On june 27, 1982, electric bass innovator jaco pastorius, who had recently parted ways with weather report, performed at new york citys avery fisher hall with his word.
The activity after jaco pastorius had seceded weather report was exactly continuous of the misfortune. Pastorius in new york city with jorma kaukonen behind him, left, march 1986. Modern electric bass jaco pastorius exercises tabs pdf. This special anniversary edition features new interviews with jacos childhood friends, prominent bass players of jacos era and afterward, and girlfriend teresa nagell, who was with jaco in. The thing everybody likes to tell you but is afraid of doing or so it seems. Fannie mae is a hardswinging blues shuffle that features his vocals and bass playing in call and response with thielemans and mintzer as the band wails. As played by jaco pastorius on piano at the end of the modern.