Now on Amazon prime. Just a really good look at his life and music/innovations.
Jaco was a big part of my adolescence with Weather Report, John McLaughlin, Joni Mitchell’s Hijra, Pat Metheny, etc.
Comments from his family, sting, geddy, flea, wayne shorter, bootsy, et al. Sad story but worth the 2 hours imo.
"Pacifism is a shifty doctrine under which a man accepts the benefits of the social group without being willing to pay - and claims a halo for his dishonesty." ~Robert A. Heinlein
Posts: 26758 | Location: dughouse | Registered: February 04, 2003
Living and growing up here in South Florida I've heard Jaco play a couple times. He was extremely popular. Thanks for posting this I've got to download "Birdland" on my iPhone to listen with headphones and the car. Just hearing it brings back some very fond memories and music back in the day.
Regards, Will G.
Posts: 9660 | Location: 140 mi to Margaritaville, FL | Registered: January 02, 2008
I knew Jaco for a couple of years before his death, his younger brother Rory was my band's manager in the mid 80's. (I was the bass player) Amazing talent but a difficult person to deal with. My stepfather was hanging around with and doing electronic stuff with Al Di Meola, Todd Rundgren and Pat Metheny at the time. I was much more of a punk rocker so I thought all that jazz stuff was pure pretentious crap.
MOO means NO! Be the comet!
Posts: 2769 | Location: The Tidewater. VCOA. | Registered: June 24, 2009
Honestly, I had never heard of him until this thread. That said, listening to a couple of his solos, I see where Cliff Burton got his inspiration for Anesthesia Pulling Teeth. There are some similarities in some of Les Claypool’s solos as well. Definitely an inspiration of the bass players of the 80’s to present.
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Originally posted by sigmonkey: I'd fly to Turks and Caicos with live ammo falling out of my pockets before getting within spitting distance of NJ with a firearm.
Originally posted by CaptainMike: I knew Jaco for a couple of years before his death, his younger brother Rory was my band's manager in the mid 80's. (I was the bass player) Amazing talent but a difficult person to deal with. My stepfather was hanging around with and doing electronic stuff with Al Di Meola, Todd Rundgren and Pat Metheny at the time. I was much more of a punk rocker so I thought all that jazz stuff was pure pretentious crap.
