Now this is just plain good, and cool…
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Very smooth, and seems to go fairly high in the range.
I’ll jump in here Joseph…I saw Jaco Pastorius with Weather Report (One of the top fusion bands of the time) in Melbourne in 1978 I think…he played a truly brilliant ‘accompanied’ solo using a sequencer. Here he uses a fretted bass and a fretless bass. so the contrast in sound, tone, is easy to absorb. Hope you like it 
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I met Jaco twice.
When I was young and we had a musical culture in NYC, they would have jam sessions at a dark little club on 8th avenue call Barry Harris Workshop. Famous for jazz bugs. Just some tables and chairs. If you wanted to get your drink on, you brought a brown bag.
There was some wiry guy in the corner that my friend was talking to. My friend, a musician and just retired from military service came over to me and asked if I knew who that was. I said no. It’s Jaco Pastorious. I knew the name because I had weather report cassettes but at that time I’m not sure I got it.
I asked him, what did Jaco say to you? He said he, Stanley Clarke, and Ron Carter together could move the earth. For those of you don’t know, those are considered three of the greatest bass players in jazz history.
Jaco was a bit odd but charismatic. He got on the bandstand, jam session, with an upright bass. No video’s of him playing upright exist. There was some Japanese pianist who was annoyed that Jaco was horsing around. Jaco is famous for his rendition of “America” like Jimi Hendrix is famous for his rendition of the Star Spangled Banner.
Jaco turned to the piano player and asked him if he could play America. Piano player was like get out of here. Call a normal tune. So Jaco picked one of the most basic jazz tunes you could call. Satin Doll.
I’d been around the greatest musicians back in the 80’s. I actually took improvisation class with Ron Carter who is the most recorded bass player in history. Ron was a tough guy. Rick Beato interviewed Ron a couple of years ago. If you were a slacker, he’d let you know.
The band started playing and I was blown away. There is a joke in jazz. Oh no, bass solo. Because it can be boring. But every note that came off Jaco’s bass was like it flew through the air and you could touch it. It was a psychedelic moment and I became a Jaco fan right away. It was apparent this dude was a genius.
One week later, I’m hanging in Greenwich Village early in the AM and I go in the subway and there is a guy at the end of the subway platform with no shirt and no shoes strumming a Ukulele. I look at him and think to myself. That can’t be the worlds greatest bass player. So I walk to the end of the platform up to the guy and indeed it’s Jaco Pastorious. So I say hello, introduce myself, told him I briefly met him last week at the club. He doesn’t remember. Told him he talked to my friend and promised to help him get a gig and he says oh yeah. Doubtful he remembered
Do you have 5 dollars for breakfast? He asks me.
I knew damn well he wasn’t going to use that 5 bucks for breakfast and here is one of the worlds greatest musicians penniless. I gave him 5 bucks and he told me to come down to the basketball courts where he hung out and talk music. That’s the lottery!!
Anyway, about a week or two later, the news hit. Jaco was killed in Florida when he got into some scuffle with a bouncer at a club.
And that was my interaction with a musical genius that changed the instrument forever. He was a good dude but had some struggle with mental health issues at the end.
There is no dirth of youtube video’s on Jaco’s life, his music and his legacy.
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I didn’t know he was so interesting. I only have one Weather Report CD but I like it. I have to be in a very certain mood to enjoy fusion though. It can be very pretentious.
Speaking of interesting weirdo bassists I want to read MIngus’ autobiography 
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I’m not a huge Weather Report fan either. I watched their documentaries. I really don’t get it but I don’t mind some fusion depending on what it is. I really didn’t care for Chick Corea’s Elektric band but when Chick played straight ahead, it was as good as it gets. Jaco could play straight up jazz too. Not being a bass player, I probably wouldn’t have picked up on Jaco’s genius if I didn’t see him play live. He wasn’t normal.
Another meeting Jaco story.
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