I think that unless the difference is super obvious, and always within the same style, these discussions don’t make much sense. But these two guys were… how can I say? like overly enthusiastic and assertive. This kind of person who likes to say that this or that is the BEST EVER thing, etc. Things got awkward really fast xD
Oh come on…it’s Jaco or no one.
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I want to know why you say that, apart from the joke.
I mean, people consider him like the father of the electric jazz bass, and I know his compositions are hard to play, but… do you guys consider his music specially tasteful? it’s a honest question, and I’m not saying his music is bad or anything.
Talking jazz standards and the most obvious one hasn’t been posted yet!
When he wasn’t grandstanding his playing was very tasteful. Just listen to the playing on Joni Mitchell’s Heijra. I think he’s unique because his playing was a quantum leap on what went before. And everything he did became essential additions to any electric bass players repertoire. Fast harmonics, fretless chords etc. He was also a colossal pain in the butt, partly due to cocaine abuse.
Yeah, his death doesn’t speak much good about him…
Any suggestions about what I should listen from him? I had some record from him and a French guitar player… let me find it… metal and jazz? nope, this one:
I couldn’t get into his music too much from what I heard (really not that much, though). I liked his “Third Rock from the Sun” and maybe another tune or so. “The Chicken” I’ve heard maybe a hundred times and just love it. Why not more like that? Couldn’t find any. But maybe I’m just not sophisticated enough, since most bass players worship him. On the other hand, I can really appreciate the bassline in “Darling Dear” by The Jackson 5 that bass players rave about.
I need to explore more. It takes some patience to listen through some of Weather Report songs, to be honest. And I don’t always have the ear to pick out the bass. But as former trumpet player in middle and high school, of course I love Birdland! And the bass does rock in that tune.
Right, Weather Report. I forgot about that one. Jow Zaniwul or something, that cool drummer I don’t remember and then that sax player whose name I don’t remember even if I’ve watched him live. Sonny something? Wayne Shorter, I think.
Now I’m going to check the lineup and feel shame…
Right, hard to remember things like this:
I saw the original bassist, Miroslav Vitous, live with Stanley Clarke and Larry Coryell once.
Omar Hakim is my fav drummer of them.
Omar Hakim sounds familiar. Need to look for him on youtube.
I just remembered what the drummer’s name was: Tonny Williams.
Ok, listening to that drummer… and then I thought I knew that piano. It’s the fuckin’ M1, I knew it!
That’s how I feel about Ella. My favorite songs of hers are when she’s being backed by a big band and it’s not a slow song (Sarah does the slow songs better, definitely). The result is a special kind of swing. Add in a bit of her scat singing and it’s magical.
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Autumn in New York. The haunting yet beautiful voice of Billie Holiday. From Wikipedia:
“Autumn in New York” is a jazz standard composed by Vernon Duke in Westport, Connecticut in the summer of 1934. It was written without a commission or for a specific show, but was offered by Duke to producer Murray Anderson for his Broadway musical Thumbs Up! which opened on December 27, 1934 (and closed in May 1935) and was performed by J. Harold Murray[1]. Many versions of the song have been recorded over the years by numerous musicians and singers. The only version to achieve chart success as a single in the USA was that by Frank Sinatra which reached No. 27 in 1949.[2]
Jazz versions have been performed by Charlie Parker, Billie Holiday, Bing Crosby, Stan Kenton, Sarah Vaughan, Sheila Jordan and Salvador Sobral. A duet of the song was also recorded by Louis Armstrong and Ella Fitzgerald as well as Jo Stafford. Among the instrumental performances of the tune is a legendary version by guitarist Tal Farlow.
Lying bastard!
Will listen to it.
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I got into that album in the early 90s. Not for everyone but I really did enjoy it at the time. But my favorite trumpet tune is this. Not a standard, I don’t believe, but just awesome in every way. Just a highly technical trumpet player with his bassist. So simple and yet profound (that’s me trying to sound sophisticated).
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I always tried to enjoy music provided by classics and musicians with a name, even if it’s just because of the technique or the exploration of the musical language. I’ve listened several times to that brew by Miles and his bitches but well, I’m not dying for listening it again. Still I guess I’ll do it again some day.