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Jaco movie
« on: November 23, 2015, 01:45:44 AM »
No idea if it's any good, and I can only take moderate doses of Jaco, but I'll probably see this:
http://jacopastorius.com/film/
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Re: Jaco movie
« Reply #1 on: November 24, 2015, 01:59:26 PM »
Trujillo seems very likable. That wasn't always the case with Jaco. As a person.
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Re: Jaco movie
« Reply #2 on: November 24, 2015, 04:03:09 PM »
I heard about it from this:   http://www.wtfpod.com/podcast/episodes/episode_656_-_robert_trujillo_flea_aziz_ansari
I've been listening to WTF for quite a while, my favorite interview show... he usually interviews comedians and actors, but there's a fair number of musicians too.
(Rarely bassists, but there's a typically incomprehensible Watt interview in the archives.)   Oh, and there was one with the head of some state or other ;-)
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Re: Jaco movie
« Reply #3 on: November 24, 2015, 09:46:45 PM »
I can't summon up any interest, but then I'm not a Jaco fan.
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Re: Jaco movie
« Reply #4 on: November 25, 2015, 06:29:52 AM »
Nor am I - I prefer Stanley Clarke when it comes to fusion bass gods -, but Jaco is of course an influence. And 90% of all fretless bass recording sounds in popular music today still borrow from his sound vision.
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Re: Jaco movie
« Reply #5 on: November 25, 2015, 09:22:07 AM »
(Rarely bassists, but there's a typically incomprehensible Watt interview in the archives.)

I've listened to the Watt one. I didn't learn much that I hadn't already picked up from the We Jam Econo documentary. Does Watt get baked before these shows? He seemed like the guy that was just on the annoying end of being stoned. The stuff about his medical issues wasn't especially interesting, but he blabbered on at length!

As for Jaco, I doubt we will ever see the return of a time when a bass solo can basically comprise endless fidgeting and amp adjustments, interspersed with short licks and runs. I appreciate what Jaco did, but whatever message he was putting in his music is pretty comprehensively lost on me. Far too convoluted and intellectually highbrow to be worth the grief, in my opinion.

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Re: Jaco movie
« Reply #6 on: November 25, 2015, 09:42:14 AM »
I heard about it from this:   http://www.wtfpod.com/podcast/episodes/episode_656_-_robert_trujillo_flea_aziz_ansari
I've been listening to WTF for quite a while, my favorite interview show... he usually interviews comedians and actors, but there's a fair number of musicians too.
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Re: Jaco movie
« Reply #7 on: November 25, 2015, 09:52:09 AM »
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RXiYkOEBv8U
The best rock bass solo ever and people don't even know about it.
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Re: Jaco movie
« Reply #8 on: November 28, 2015, 12:42:03 PM »
Ewww no. A hopelessly mundane boogie with Jaco adding nothing.  :bored:

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Re: Jaco movie
« Reply #9 on: November 28, 2015, 03:14:23 PM »
Jaco, shmaco.

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Re: Jaco movie
« Reply #10 on: November 28, 2015, 09:25:10 PM »
I'm merely repeating Trujillo's sentiments. Best rock bass solo is a completely subjective topic of course. Jaco wasn't the rockingest cat but his proficiency on the instrument was undeniable. It was cool to hear him throw in Hendrix quotes in his solos. Third stone from the sun often I think.
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Re: Jaco movie
« Reply #11 on: November 29, 2015, 03:10:40 AM »
Can't think why I'd end up with a fretless Jazz... :mrgreen:
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Re: Jaco movie
« Reply #12 on: November 29, 2015, 05:39:29 AM »
I just got a streaming link to the movie for my magazine. No fan, but curious!

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Re: Jaco movie
« Reply #13 on: November 29, 2015, 06:26:43 AM »
Always liked Jaco before he got famous...even liked most of the earlier Weather Report stuff.   I must have practiced "Teen Town" a zillion times back in the day...also Birdland...note for note.

Anyone who wants to know about Jaco, should look up a Pat Metheny album called "Bright Size Life"...Jaco at his warmest, most beautiful and lucid self.  Just Jaco, the bass and a B15N along with guitar and drums...sort of a jazz power trio.

Everything on that album was breathtaking, and appropriately played.  Not sure how he got where he ended up...drugs, alcohol, mental illness, and ego problems...point is, if you work at it, there is a wealth of Jaco's recorded playing  that is unique and spectacular in the early years.  Not so much after he was a star.

Gotta admit I liked Hejira, also. Oh well.

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Re: Jaco movie
« Reply #14 on: November 29, 2015, 03:10:34 PM »
The best rock bass solo ever and people don't even know about it.

Maybe because it sounds like a jazz solo, not a rock solo
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