Lucky!!

Like good wine or hemp :)

The only time I saw Jaco live was a 1978 Weather Report concert at Jones Hall in Houston. The acoustics of the hall were designed for the performance of unamplified music such as the Houston Symphony. Let's just say the group and the hall were mismatched. There were feedback issues, too much distortion (not an acoustics issue per se) and the reflection of the sound in the rear of the hall (where our seats were) often increased the volume to uncomfortable levels. It was the loudest concert I ever attended, with Ted Nugent performing in a 120-seat club taking second place. A decibel meter would have likely measured the volume well into triple digits. Anyway, my girlfriend and I stuck it out because the music was great, particularly Jaco's solo on Portrait of Tracy. Too bad the venue was the most memorable part.

@@jefferyroy2566 - here in England the Albert Hall in Kensington has similar problems for electric instruments. Designed for orchestral/opera music in the 19th century it over amplifies plugged in instruments and has feedback issues. I was lucky enough to be at Richard Thompson's 70th birthday concert three years back with guests ranging from Dave Gilmour to Eliza Carthy, who sang A Capella which was amazing, but at the start they spent a long time trying to dampen down the feedback and the sound wasn't great throughout. For too loud concerts I put tissue paper in my ears - lol!!

@honeychurchgipsy6 Now we know how many rolls (of TP) it takes to fill (your ears when in) the Albert Hall, I'd love to...etc. Sorry, couldn't help myself. Great comment BTW.

Dude, you just described me to the T minus the FL. Herbie show, all the way down to the juvenile delinquent, we both made it out of the 80's ok, Peace from Detroit MI.

Thank you for your wonderful comment.

Jaco was dropped from the sky by Aliens. Total Bass GOD. At very least we got to see him. Ima go cry with ya.

I know.

He was only in Weather Report for like five or six years.

Me too! Front row in that crazy spinning stage.

I was the cymbal stand there, I've become a full person now, met my wife there too. She was the trumpet.

That was me. I yelled "And who's on bass?". It was just before he played and sang Fanny Mae.

That’s such a cool fun fact 😂

You're blessed. Would have loved to have seen them live.

真 Shin true

Peter is Great.

The Word of Mouth Big Band filled Yokohama Stadium. Different times and places too.

You'd be lucky to fill an hotel bar with any music performed by musicians :(

The halftime superbowl show let's us know how ridiculous music is these days.

@@emlarstroylken1777 true true

C.B. we also as musicians have to realize there is only one of us also with our playing.

I was there and seem to remember Jaco being delayed at the border. Remember Jaco being angry when the announcer made some "joke" about him being late.

Miles loved Jaco

@truthbtold You may be referring to a different concert. That night it was to be a triple bill; Doc Severenson, Buddy Rich and then Oscar Peterson. Doc's band was held up at the border and Jaco's band happened to be on their way to Montreal for their Jazz festival. Jaco was able to make a detour to TO and play the opening set. They were late coming on and the band started the show without him. They launched into Invitation and Jaco came out a few minutes into the song leaping over the monitors and plugging in while the audience applauded his entrance. It was an incredible night. I don't think the person who posted this video got the date correct either. This show was on the opening night (Friday) of the annual Ontario Place Jazz Festival typically held on the Canada Day long weekend. Plus, the weather in this video is not what you'd expect during the first few days of May; in this case (Wednesday) May 5 of 1982. More likely, it was the evening of Friday, July 2, 1982.

@@jamesknowler912 I think that was Doc Severenson; who was supposed to start the evening's triple bill. Doc couldn't get to the gig so Jaco filled in. The announcer was the late Phil Mackeller from the CBC.

Why mention it ?

Hey, when I read your comment I was like, "Uh... but it's not Jaco on Black Market, it is Alphonso Johnson!". Then I realised a couple seconds later that Black Market is a tune AND an album... :D Jaco only plays 2 tunes on 7 on that record, but he is most definitely noticeable! Great album for sure.

@@cab88888 Hello, and yes- totally true. That album was the start of my W.R. journey back in the 70's, and I very rapidly became a huge fan of everyone involved!

Yeah jaco was top form, having fun🥰

This is the essence of a jazz musician . To be that familiar with the song structure and able to go way, way out there and come back in after a certain amount of bars or at a point in the progression or even via a cue from another band member. Remember that many times the rest of the band is simply flowing along with the progression and key changes (modulations) of the song as it was written. So there is a bit of a 'guide' for the soloist when to finish up and come back in with everyone . As for "playing the same way twice" you would get bored pretty quick doing that and unless a certain solo passage is a signature part of the song, why duplicate a solo every night after night ?. Thats where Jazz excels because every night its gonna be abit different than the last time they played it. Especially in the solos which is where each musician really shines on his own. Listen to any of Allan Holdsworth's live versions of his studio tracks. As any accomplished jazz musician , he rarely plays the same solo as on an album because its all about feeling on any given nite. Allan really goes way out there and even pushes the songs further, sometimes way better than the studio version. But he is just one example I use because I know his works very well a nd seen him live many times. There are soo many others out there who do the same . You'll never get bored !

Come on, man…the only standard since Ellington? That’s not remotely true. As much as everyone plays Roy Hargrove’s “Strasbourg-St. Denis”? I love Jaco as much as anyone, but there’s no need for exaggeration. Besides, I’ve heard “Continuum” and “Portrait of Tracy” covered more than “Three Views of a Secret”, so it’s not even Jaco’s most popular composition.

When I was young I played in a piano bass drums trío, playing standards, we had in our repertorie 3 Views, the pianist was fond of Evans and loved it, there is truth in what you say. I want to make an arrangement to play with a symphonic orchestra, one of his nicest tunes, for sure.

What guy?

jaco already left us to join up with hendrix, moon, bonham, elvis 🥲

I'd hardly called Ontario Place a stadium lol. But, some concerts can still pack a crowd (saw Return to Forever around 2011 and it sold out). Just depends where and what. Not enough big jazz concerts though for ure.

Who cares if the imbecile top 40 folks don't get it.I don't like waiting in lines anyway.

Snarky Puppy sell out some pretty large venues

@@pectenmaximus231 That ain't Jazz dude

@Abroham are we calling Kenny G a jazz artist now? I thought he was in the “Elevator Music Hot 100” category since about 1990. Contemporary jazz is nothing like the incredible grooves of early 1940’s until the early 1970’s. I’d call Bitches Brew the pinnacle.

It can take some time to sort of comprehend it / appreciate it. Everything that is good also requires something from the listener.

Damien Erskine's uncle!

Interesting analogy. I understand why you would say that. Sometimes I think I would understand it better if the solos were not so long. I do like Jaco’s solo here.

The tone was not in the bass. It was in his hands.

I love Randy's compositions and ideas but was never so impressed with his solo's. He plays the same things all the time in my view, a bit like Jaco I'm afraid...

he was sharp as fuck here

@@klapsigaarenbasgitaar1931 I don't understand some of the gushing praise for Jaco's "solo" here. It was basically him noodling a bunch of his trademark licks in amongst the foundation of the song. It was so obvious around this time that when he was "put on the spot" in a gig, he struggled to piece together anything coherent. You do at times get a flash of the brilliance that was, but even his dress sense and stage persona were sure signs that things still weren't great in his life. It's not pleasant to watch, I hate to think what it was like for his friends and band members, and you do get a fair idea from Peter's book.

It’s called «Not for Beliebers».

The music industry is full of insecure people. At this time, cocaine was rife. Cocaine makes insecure people selfish and paranoid. Jaco needed treatment for an illness that constantly told him everything’s fine. Bad things coming together.

Speaking generally, you can’t help people who won’t take help. Tragic but true.

@@brianmeese1641 So easy for you to say.

Jaco was bipolar/ manic depressive, there wasn't too much information or treatment for it at that time. He was being misdiagnosed as substance abuse, when in fact he had a mental disorder.

Who wasn't where and how do you know?

Are you sure its not Bun E Carlos ?