wombatboter Posted December 23, 2008 Share Posted December 23, 2008 (edited) Although I do like Jaco a lot I do find it hard sometimes to hum any of his solo's since they are so weird in notes and phrasing. I still love a bit of melody, you know (that's why my favorite Jaco track is "Refuge of the roads" on which he plays like a God. I even talked about Jaco with Toots Thielemans in person (he's Belgian too like me) and he was so kind to play "Three Views of a secret" only for me. About his musicality : Zawinul said that while Weather Report was on the road and Jaco was playing his solo-thing Zawinul's very young daughter suddenly uttered "Daddy, why is Jaco playing the same thing every night ?". It had already struck everyone that he kept on repeating himself (read the book about his life) but it took a child to mention the problem. He was one of the best bassplayers ever but you can also see his illness during his performances... He was a pain in the ass a lot of times, humiliating his friends, spitting on the audience, etc.. but I would like to remember him through "Hejira", "Birdland" etc... Edited December 23, 2008 by wombatboter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jase Posted December 23, 2008 Share Posted December 23, 2008 That video on youlube for me starts to show signs of a struggle??...the one with Toots, unless he was just in awe of Thieleman. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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