Jaco Pastorius "That Incredible Chops"

  That Incredible Chops

Jaco Pastorius In Memoriam
December 1, 1951 – September 21, 1987

Jaco was widely regarded as perhaps one of the best Technical to play the low end.

He was popularly known as a jazz bassist mainly as a member of Weather Report from 1976 to 1981. but has have worked and collaborated with so many artists like Pat Metheny , Herbie Hancock and Joni Mitchell. He also have recorded albums as a solo artist and band leader. 

His bass playing employed funk, Precision timing, and innovative harmonics. in 2017 He was inducted in the  DownBeat Jazz Hall of Fame, and has been lauded as one of the best electric bassists of all time.

I learned about Jaco through, and shortly after i discover Dondi Ledesma, it was just an overheard conversation from fellow fan , that he's the local Jaco Pastorious when it comes to technical playing on Bass Guitar.... from that point on, the name Jaco never left my mind, thinking, who on earth supposed to be was Jaco Pastorious?
it wasnt easy to find his record, and that yearning took sometime, before i finally hear Jaco's work myself... admittedly i had so much different expectation on his music that i almost dissed listening to him.. until one day, i was playing his record, and it was "Havona" by Weather Report, while lying idle...(perhaps a good time to listen closely ) that literally i fell , and thought, dang! That was sick bass line...
And that sparked my love for Jaco's works...

The thing about incredible chops is that there is always going to be someone that comes along that is "great" in some different way. and will do something incredible technically .
But Jaco... he’s so much more than just his impeccable technique. His phrasing, those lines, his melodicism and his rhythmic sensibility. It was next level at the time and somehow still is. Jaco was like Hendrix, he blew the door open on a technical level but also played with such emotion and sensitivity it’s hard to match even if you’ve got the chops for it