Edith and the Kingpin - Jaco Pastorius bass-line

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Edith and the Kingpin by Joni Mitchell on Shadows and Light [Live] with Jaco Pastorius on bass. One of the hardest things I’ve attempted to play. I assumed he was hitting all sorts of crazy notes all the time, so I figured out the notation and tab. Surprisingly, he hits root notes (including octaves) more than 50% of the time, fifths ~20%, sevenths ~10%, and sixths 5%. He hits seconds, thirds and fourths only ~3% of the time and adds only one or two ninths, elevenths and thirteenths each. He clearly knows when to play each note at the right time.
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Marcus Miller Sire v7 alder body. D'Addario Chrome flats XL 132-45. Bridge pickup with tone fully on. Action low for mwah. Mids boosted a little. Touch of Logic chorus and reverb (MXR pedals if live). No compression - it dulls the dynamics required for this.
Compare the bass tone with the following video where light gauge La Bella Gold White Nylon Tape Wounds were used, offering more mids.
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@jeffkaluga997 8 ай бұрын

When I studied Jaco, in depth. I notice the same thing, No, it's not a bunch of crazy notes..To my shock, it's all rudimental or chord tones..But, his note placement is like no other. on this planet." HE KNEW HIS SHIT".. Thanks for your work...I love this tune...I play parts of it daily..

@quogir1 5 ай бұрын

da discipline

@JonHop1 21 күн бұрын

Only an ignorant fool would think Jaco is just playing notes.. Anyone with ANY musical knowledge would know everything Jaco did had purpose and was intentional. Its abstract to the untrained ear, but not to people that understand music.

@jeffkaluga997 15 күн бұрын

@@JonHop1 Recognizing the ignorance of others doesn't make one sound smart. Because so many understand the meaning of this word. They know everyone is ignorant about so many things, this includes you, my friend.

@JonHop1 15 күн бұрын

@@jeffkaluga997 bud, lay off the soy. What I said is factual and not a put down. Pointing out people don't know jazz or music theory doesn't make me smart. Being ignorant about something doesn't make u dumb either. So I fail to understand your defensive comment.

@JonHop1 15 күн бұрын

@jeffkaluga997 like I understand why untrained people see Jacos playing as abstract. But saying he's just playing random notes is disrespectful, and a foolish person says these things about Music they don't understand

@scatnav 2 жыл бұрын

It's a beautiful tune and shows Jaco could really interpret Joni's material and add to it.

@martinturco3668 5 ай бұрын

Serious people playing and remembering Jaco, thanks for this, great job!!!!

@intarsienschrankzwetschgen4224 6 ай бұрын

Finally soneone who wrote the right chords. Thanks.

@kennethschweighardt4920 5 ай бұрын

This song touches the heart so deeply.. The bass line is masterful. Everything about this song is beautiful. You played it beautifully, tone, touch, time, and talent. Thank-you for sharing.

@stephenbornemann1778 5 ай бұрын

Thanks. I remember the first time I heard this. It still brings a tear to my eye.

@melvinmcmannis4144 5 ай бұрын

Great job Stephan👍🏼thanks for sharing with us!I saw &met Jaco@my HS in’72 when he was playing with Wayne Cochran &CC Riders.Still resonates with me to this Day☀️

@alanhowell3646 Ай бұрын

Beautiful

@ueleBassPlayer Ай бұрын

What a lovely tone!

@westwindpainting 7 ай бұрын

Beautiful. Jaco sadly let poison into his life. I did too. Sad he was killed. This playing keeps his memories of him alive.

@tonyjones7373 4 күн бұрын

Thanks Stephen

@Jaycee37 4 ай бұрын

Wow, nicely played

@thomasoleary970 6 ай бұрын

Thank you so much for this. Genius presentation. I do not read music but I can see the flow and have watched the video of this song 1000 times 💯🙏💯

@pauljacques2278 6 ай бұрын

Thanks for your analysis. Fascinating and great playing and tone!

@mohaiminkarimbass 2 жыл бұрын

Amazing playing and transcription! Very inspiring.

@fiveshorts Жыл бұрын

Beautiful.

@marcglassman6590 7 ай бұрын

Awesome job!

@stevebadachmusic 2 жыл бұрын

great playing and transcription!

@macduff14 Ай бұрын

Good job man

@rastapastrychief 5 ай бұрын

Excellent tone and notation! That sound is so great. Love Jaco's famous tone. Just the BEST IMO. I love that 5 tring fretless you have there. That's a Fender, no? I know, Jaco "only needed 4 strings", but I wish he would have recorded and played with a 5 string, as I could imagine him hitting those low C's & B's with that sound of his, & I imagine it would be glorious, though I'm grateful we have plenty of his work out there to enjoy. I imagine he would probably use a high C string, though, more often than a low B if he had a 5 string, but who knows! I know he once had a custom 5 string acoustic. Anyway, good stuff!

@stephenbornemann1778 5 ай бұрын

Thanks. It's a Sire Marcus Miller v7 alder body - and use the low B string for other tunes

@johannbogason1662 Жыл бұрын

mesmerising

@CMI2017 Жыл бұрын

Wonderful. Thanks.

@perfectlygoodslouch5212 4 ай бұрын

Nice Job

@Thejogasa02 Жыл бұрын

fantastic, man

@onemanwining1913 Жыл бұрын

Lovely!

@phillipcharles1937 4 ай бұрын

Stellar...

@fabiooggioni5710 2 жыл бұрын

Bravo!

@mikaelzerbib 8 ай бұрын

FUCK YEAH!

@MOROZOVVADIM 4 ай бұрын

👍👍👍

@JackNoonan-rd4jq 3 ай бұрын

Sounds awesome! What strings are you using?

@stephenbornemann1778 3 ай бұрын

D'Addario Chrome flats on this. Very dark. Trying La Bella Gold Tapes right now and getting way more mids like Gary Willis

@MJ98774 2 ай бұрын

Love your sound....I know "the sound is in your hands" and you have that "mwah" down, but can you share what effects you use in your signal chain (if any)...chorus, delay, compression? And what brands of gear you use? Thanks! Excellent job!

@stephenbornemann1778 2 ай бұрын

Thanks. Added details in description.

@MJ98774 2 ай бұрын

@@stephenbornemann1778 Hey Stephen, thanks. Sorry to be a PITA...can you tell me what brand(s) of chorus/delay you use? Im getting ready to make a purchase, your tone is amazing. TY

@stephenbornemann1778 2 ай бұрын

@@MJ98774 For live, I use MXR Bass Chorus Deluxe and Reverb. For studio (like this video), I use Logic Chorus and Fabfilter R2 (but the Logic reverbs are quite good too - GarageBand probably uses the same Chorus and reverbs as Logic).

@stephenbornemann1778 2 ай бұрын

@@MJ98774 The key thing is the action and how the strings are plucked more than the effects. I've recently changed strings to tapes to get more mids and posted a short comparison video recently - I now prefer them. Soon I'll try some half rounds to see how they are before settling on a set for a while.

@MJ98774 2 ай бұрын

@@stephenbornemann1778 Thanks for the detailed post. Screenshotted and saved. Will watch that comparison video as well. Great playing and explanation.

@bonephone2729 7 ай бұрын

What is your signal chain? Tone is glorious man

@stephenbornemann1778 7 ай бұрын

Flat wound strings, bridge pickup, action optimised for the mwar fretless sound, mids boosted a bit, touch of chorus, touch of reverb, how and where the string is plucked makes a difference too

@stephenbornemann1778 7 ай бұрын

Sometimes I also add a delay with an extremely short single repeat which acts as a doubler to big up the sound. Jaco often did something similar with an MXR rack-mounted effect (worth a Google - a plugin emulator is available). I don’t think I used it on this recording though.