Jaco dosen't good to you ? what a strange comment.

Thanks Luke, it was quite a controversial video. There are a lot of interesting comments coming in but its nice to read something positive.

A GENIUS like Jaco MUST follow their own vision whether it fits into many others musicians' bands, projects, and records or not. An innovator like Jaco Pastorius is rare on ANY instrument, and TRUE innovators should realize and develop that innovative contribution to music and their instrument NO MATTER WHAT. Coltrane, Holdsworth, Jaco etc etc should offer THEIR own music first and foremost because their vision is their prime directive. It is that prime directive of realizing their breakthroughs that stands the test of time.

Glad you enjoyed it!

Everything you say about Jamerson is true, a real Master of ENSEMBLE bass playing. But Jamerson wasn't a virtuosic soloist and composer like Jaco was. I'm not interested in comparing two MASTERS like this either because I LOVE Them both, but if you are REALLY being fair you would also admit that Jamerson couldn't play like Jaco either, or write music like Jaco. BOTH GREAT!

this is a really great idea for my next video. thanks!

Hi Patrick, thanks for checking out the video. I don't have a patreon, just a buy me a coffee. No obligation though! www.buymeacoffee.com/howtobassdave If you'd like a tutorial drop me an email.

They have their reasons, and many of them are articulate well, which shows their intelligence. Intelligence is not measured by the ability to be on the bandwagon of referring to someone as a genius if they think otherwise.

Thankyou for the correction

@@HowToBass Well the reason I'm pointing this out to you is because saying "I'm the greatest bass player that ever LIVED" implies that Jaco didn't respect any bassists that came before him in previous eras etc. Saying "I'm the greatest bass player in the WORLD" means, I'm the greatest bass player in the world RIGHT NOW. Also, I just want to be clear about exactly what Jaco said to Zawinul.

I appreciate it ❤

True there is a distinction, but the statement was still one of arrogance. Also, he was not the best bass player in the world. He was the best at doing what he did. What he did is not the criteria for calling yourself the greatest when there are so many great bass players, who do/did their thing, and did it in the way that it displayed their greatness while still complimenting the other musicians (the music). His playing was to compliment himself. Also, Jaco's legacy is not like the legacies of a Jamerson, a Larry Graham, Louis Johnson, Felder, McCartney, Donald Duck Dunn, Verdine White, or even Marcus Miller who knew how to display their genius of complimenting music in such a way that caught the ears of non-musicians and musicians alike and inspired many to pickup a bass as their instrument of choice.

@@charlesurdy-barnes413 If you think Jaco didn't "inspire many to pick up a bass" then you really aren't living in reality. Jaco, whether you like it or not, probably inspired more people than any to "pick up a bass," so you couldn't be more wrong there. Secondly, you're not entirely accurate when you say Jaco's playing "was to compliment himself." Yes and no. In the early stages of Jaco, younger Jaco on record, he played wonderfully as a sideman. Listen to the records he did with Joni Mitchell. BEAUTIFUL! ABSOLUTELY complimenting her songs and music AND AT THE SAME TIME making a very personal statement on his instrument. Not easy to do, and you definitely don't see that all the time in bassists. But I hear you man, Jaco did get more and more self indulgent, and did later on, begin to neglect his priorities as a BASSIST. But don't kid yourself for a second dude, Jaco Pastorius was a very rare type of GENIUS that doesn't come around this world too often. Those types of geniuses have to follow their vision. Jaco Pastorius singlehandedly expanded the possibilities of the bass guitar in many ways. He expanded the role of the bass to become a more melodic instrument, he showed that a deeper and more sophisticated harmonic language could be realized and expressed on the bass guitar, and he brought to light MANY different sonic textures that mankind didn't know the bass guitar could even produce until he did that. So, don't undersell EXACTLY who this guy was; A BRILLIANT INNOVATOR AND GENIUS. BTW, Jaco is still THE GREATEST COMPOSER that was an electric bass guitarist that has ever made a solo album that this world STILL has seen to this day. Listen to the compositions on his debut record and Word of Mouth. Would you think an electric bassist wrote that music if you didn't know about Jaco??? Brilliant genius, get that straight. It's true either way you cut it.