It's really easy to play harmonics, anyone can do it. It's another thing to be able to swing, to make to make a band swing, to create a groove. Harmonics ain't everything. Being able to play harmonics certainly does not make you a good bass player. Cleverness is no substitute for true awareness.
A chimpanzee could learn what I do physically, but it goes way beyond that. When you play, you play life. - Jaco Pastorius
A chimpanzee could learn what I do physically, but it goes way beyond that. When you play, you play life.
- Jaco Pastorius
It's really easy to play harmonics, anyone can do it. It's another thing to be able to swing, to make to make a band swing, to create a groove. Harmo… - Jaco Pastorius
It's really easy to play harmonics, anyone can do it. It's another thing to be able to swing, to make to make a band swing, to create a groove. Harmo…
I'm not a star. I'll never be a Frank Sinatra or Elvis Presley or a Ray Charles. I'm just an imitator, man. I'm doing a very bad imitation on the bas… - Jaco Pastorius
I'm not a star. I'll never be a Frank Sinatra or Elvis Presley or a Ray Charles. I'm just an imitator, man. I'm doing a very bad imitation on the bas…
Women and rhythm-section first!? - Jaco Pastorius
Women and rhythm-section first!?
I took the frets out of my bass after I was getting into jazz a lot and I wanted to have that upright sound. - Jaco Pastorius
I took the frets out of my bass after I was getting into jazz a lot and I wanted to have that upright sound.
Trumpets! Can you bring your... uh... extracurricular tubing necessities next rehearsal? - Jaco Pastorius
Trumpets! Can you bring your... uh... extracurricular tubing necessities next rehearsal?
The secret to the sound is to drop the bass on the floor! - Jaco Pastorius
The secret to the sound is to drop the bass on the floor!
Music is the only thing keeping the planet together - Jaco Pastorius
Music is the only thing keeping the planet together
I'm not a star. I'm just backing up the cats. - Jaco Pastorius
I'm not a star. I'm just backing up the cats.
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