Jaco Pastorius - Dolphin Dance( HD VIDEO!)
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- Live video footage of Jaco Pastorius' performance of "Dolphin Dance" in Belgium in February of 1985. Jaco is joined by Jon Davis on piano, Azar Lawrence on saxophone and Paco Sery on drums. Guitarist Paul Mousavizadeh is also on stage, but for some reason he doesn't solo at all during the performance. If you want to hear another RARE live Jaco Pastorius version of "Dolphin Dance" that I uploaded, click this link: • Jaco Pastorius - Dolph...
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Hi everyone. I'm overwhelmed by the amount of comments that have poured in. THANKS to each and every one of you for interacting and sharing your opinions on this video. If you want to hear another RARE live Jaco Pastorius version of "Dolphin Dance" that I uploaded, click this link:
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If you have more of this concert i'd love to see the rest...Paco talked to me about it ...but on a différent level...lol
I love these musicians.
Thankyou for sharing this video.
✌❤💃🐈
no thanx , thats enough .
Gyg
He is smoother than smooth!Fantastic!
And no one to mention my brother Paco Sery on drums,from the Ivory Coast 🇨🇮 a legend we are proud of in Africa ❤️
Man that drum set is amazing too!
Respect to your brother Paco. He's a hell of a player. Takes a lot of work and dedication to get to his level of playing.
@@ericbevel1495 yeah man ! Respect ✊🏼
Paco france's Bad boy on drum's ....lololol !!!!! We love you Paco !
Paco's on est tes fan bro'...
This video made me enroll in some jazz piano lessons starting tomorrow.
Wish me luck, friends.
How’s the lesson going, mate?
Lol, moved on to guitar funnily enough, and I've been having a blast. Never thought I'd get good at guitar.@@beatbatz3410
Hows it going
@@beatbatz3410 If he fails, he can always go back to playing thrash metal.
I saw them in Germany during that Euro tour. Same group. Jaco was like an hour and 45 minutes late. And worth EVERY moment of the wait. Pure genius, even in his struggles.
He seemed a bit altered but turned in a solid performance, plus or minus a few queues
....waiting for his fix.😮
When Jaco hit the scene, it was remarkable. Nobody had ever played bass or any instrument like that. Then, like a comet he was gone....a streak of bright light across a dark sky
The words man.........the words. But ya know....the music just remains here for generations to listen to.
Hard to believe that he was living on the streets just two years later. What a loss. He is large part of what drove me to study bass in Miami. HIs legacy is still hugely felt in South Florida. Nice to see the renewed interest in Jaco and his music.
The best Art ever .... Still alive with a few of us ....
Hey Walt! Hope all is well with you!
Do you know there's a movie out?
Nathan Santos Doing well my friend; living in Slovakia right now. Good to see your musical success.
einaarabelc... man , I didn't know they had a movie out on Jaco... is it his life story or just a documentary... tell me more... title please... would love to see that such a great character/player with such a tragic ending... I read the book of his life story
Guy plays some amazing piano licks. Cameraman zooms in on his NOSE... WTF?
The cameraman was probably as high as every single one of the musicians in this video.
This is a problem with all of them!
"Hey, you're about to film the best musicians of our era, do a great job, pls."
"OK, lemme focus on this guy's nose and expressions. I think they'll like it"
The pianist had a great nose for jazz
Classic camera op who knows nothing about musicianship, happens all the time.
I think you are the only one that saw it, or drew attention to it. Now the guys going to have to really practice to distract the audience. Back to the keyboards.
My Dad loved Mr. Pastorius because he was able to play bass traditional as well as frontman. Here, he shows class in that he doesn't grandstand. He plays enough to stand out, but keeps it lowkey .
It's so nice to see Jaco looking healthy and energetic. So many performances of his have him seeming wasted and collapsed inward. Here, he just seems happy and free from it all. I wish he would have stayed like that. RIP Jaco. You live on in our hearts!
I just see him high. Hardcore addicts will still have days where the drugs work well-enough to look happy & “healthy”, especially for the cameras.
Working with addicts always tempers the vibe for a working band. I can see it. They’re relieved he’s functioning, putting on a good show, but they also know he’ll get his pay and disappear for a while, perhaps not making it to the next thing. It’s why the greatest bassist who ever lived couldn’t get gigs. No one trusted him at this point. It’s a terrible feeling.
Jaco isn’t right in this video. His playing is spot on, but he is in a phase of his sickness at this moment. You can see it in his face and movements. How unfortunate
Crazy how he still had the chops at that time, despide his health.
It is realy a fine performance.
He looks anything but healthy. He’s clearly under some medication, self or administered. This is like a freak show and should be taken down.
@@StevenPerren Sickness is a part of life and nothing to be ashamed of. No reasons to take down anything smh.
Guitarists should take note of the guitarist Paul Mousavizadeh in this video during this song. He is doing something that is so rare among guitarists, that he leaves space and lays out when he is not necessary, because he realizes that the music around him is bigger than him and that any note he might play will upset the awesome vibe that is already created by these three awesome musicians. Most guitarists would be surprised hearing this "What!?! Leave space? Lay out? No, I have to play at least something!" No you don't, thats a real lesson that real musicians learn is that sometimes the best thing to do to improve the music is to play less, or even lay out if thats what the music calls for.
I'm primarily a guitar player and I agree 100%.
So true!!!!! I'm always impressed when I play with a guitarist who gets it that he doesn't need to be all over EACH-AND-EVERY-single measure! Too many guitarists with absolutely ZERO and I mean ZERO sense of space. A lot of bassists talk about how much more difficult that makes our work of keeping a groove together and we'll watch the guitarists nod along not realizing how guilty they are of it.
Why, was that you in the video?
he simply didn't know the (difficult) changes of this difficult song.... you can't improvise on this type of standard if you don't know te exact changes
in my last band I had a phenomenal guitar player. he was also really cool. It was a 3 piece and the drummer and him knew each other first so the drummer even always wanted to hear some guitar. I was able to finally get him into leaving space and it made songs much more fun. He was also the singer so I think he started to enjoy not having to play 110% of the time. I could never get them to drop the damn solo in every song though. they were a very 80s rock style band before me.
On a side note though, you are forgetting there is a piano there constantly playing which takes the place of the guitar
Jacos phrasing is unreal... he still is "modern". Music has gotten so much through him and so much was taken with his disappearance...
The whole band is amazing!
The guitar player never seems to look at Jaco🤔
Minus the guitar player who just stood there.
The melodic piano allows Jaco to do his thing all off the grid and under the register even though he keeps up focused on his accompaniment…..Solid
I know! The way he phrased turning up too loud @ 5:04 was so modern! These days I cannot believe how many musicians are simply playing too loud.
Gotta give it to the drummer over there, he’s really keeping the groove.
Factssssss 🥁
Jaco was phenomenal star ,innovator, composer and soloist but it was great to hear him mostly just putting down the walking. My favorite part of his playing here. And the pianist and tenor player!!!
I really agree with you that it is fantastic to hear Jaco walking and playing the roots on “Dolphin Dance”!
6:45 The guitar players puts his hand in his pocket. Never , ever seen this. As a bass player, a smile of gratification came over my face.
At last...no guitar solo😊
Jaco’s not going to follow a stupid guitar line he would follow the other players when they had something. I’m a bass player and I’ve always been a Jaco fan. He played with Joni Mitchell, weather report, had his own solo album which is really good. He was a great addition to any music and that’s hard to do as a bass player. He was ahead of his time and probably not treated fairly. Check out Jaco’s solo stuff if you play bass or like amazing musicianship!
Literally playing in the pocket
@@mariuspoppFM 🤣
Jaco was a bass genius. Pioneer. He could fill the pocket as good as his tasteful, virtuosic solos and melodic fills. Thankful for what he did and contributed. These are top shelf musicians too.
Knows how to write a comment .....
Jaco IS A GENIUS. full stop.
I think he's drunk
Man Jaco sure knew how to play. It’s absolutely devastating that we had to lose him when we did. He certainly was far too gifted for this world, God needed him back.
These are the most beautiful words I have ever read. ❤️
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Jaco was awesome. I noticed him on a Joni Mitchell album, Hierja, he made that album !
He's really got that upright tone going...awesome stuff
If you ignore the drummer, it’s only because he’s very good.
If you do something right, people won't be sure you've done anything at all.
This is my favorite Jaco video, as it shows him still clearly being able to play beautifully, and experience tremendous joy on-stage.
Jon Davis really deserves the credit for picking up Jaco when so many others were leaving him behind.
Incredible performance, thank you so much for posting this.
Fantastic.
Wow! Never heard him play any better. What a great find.
Easily the best bassist of all time without a doubt.
@@jacocharzukanamericanautho2422there is not one greatest.
I mean there is Wooten and many others
@@javierherrera8782 Wooten is also a legend. He can literally play any technique you can think of.
Jon Davis is genius on keyboards, and Azar Lawrence on tenor... Breath-taking!
The only Genius is Jaco ..the other are just good musicians, that was the problem . Shut up and listen,
@@victormanuelfernandezpombo6333🤨
Agreed. We all know how genius Jaco is. But that piano player is amazing
It's amazing to think Jon Davis went from this to starting Korn less than 10 years later.
WTF ahahahaha
I really want for you for that to be as clever as you think it is....
Lol yay someone here has a sense of humour!
@@michaelmcdonald8452 you lame bruh
Lmao!!!! 🤣😂
SUPERB! It is so easy for people to criticize, and my bet is that their musical knowledge is way below what they THINK it is. Anyone who thoroughly knows about Jaco can see that he is hurting here, well on his way down to the depths that led to his vile murder at the hands of a schlub. But still, damaged Jaco is WAY better than most healthy players. And why the heavey condemnation of a piano player that is truly feeling it? Excellent musicians will naturally emote when they are deep in a groove. I listen to a LOT of classical jazz, and that is why I have NO problem with the piano or the sax taking the lead and running with it as they do here. Ignorance isn't bliss. This PERFORMANCE is!
Wanker...
Exactly. The other musicians could at least follow the piano. Jaco got lost in his solo-and not in a good way for the band-they had to lay off entirely, only the drummer was keeping him together.
The transition out of his solo was awkward as hell. A fully functioning Jaco could have remembered the structure well enough to beautifully improv his way back in; instead he just dead-end stopped on the wrong chord in the wrong key and the piano had to catch the band back in while Jaco went hopping around high. 8:42
It can’t feel good for them. They’re just relieved he’s functional just enough for all the cameras.
@@carlodave9 I’m not seeing your criticism. Just looks to me like some modal interchange and unexpected chord progressions that you would expect from an experimental jazz group
the subtletys of the interactions by all in this piece rightly named "Dolphin Dance."is undeniable and Jaco clearly enjoying himself.
The whole lot of them can play as fast as you can process the notes...and yet still allow space to open up where your satisfaction overflows and then anticipation begins anew. It's amazing how you can hear this many times and find your attention struck by something new. They're ALL master musicians!
Signore e Signori avete appena ascoltato il più Grande bassista di tutti i tempi: purtroppo è scomparso troppo presto, sono sicuro che ci avrebbe regalato tante altre chicche di grande musica. Sono riuscito a vederlo oltre 40 anni fa al Palalido a Milano. Il Grande Jaco a mio avviso rimane il miglior bassista di tutti i tempi.
Insuperabile.
What I love most is to see Jaco so happy and enjoying each moment like a child :')
I think Jaco enjoyed playing this as much as I enjoyed watching it. His facial expressions. Pure joy.
I'm pretty sure that's "high".
Jaco's tone was so gorgeous! What a talent.
Fretless bass
I never seen this clip but this is obviously the early to mid 80s when Jaco still had it together. His bass of doom is gone by this time but he still gets that wonderful warm fretless upright tone from this blonde maple neck precision bass. That tone alone made me want to play fretless. Its breathtakingly beautyful!
That's not a P-Bass. It is a fretted J-Bass, but I do agree what regardless of whether it was fretted or fretless he always maintained his tone.
This was exquisite in every way.
OMG. Thanks for this. I'm in tears. I heard Jaco and the piano player Jon when my life was like a dream out of a disney movie 🍿😍. Well needless to say. It all ended in tragedy. This is life. This took me back to a time of triumph, of love, of destiny, and a time of belonging. Ca sera sera , what ever, will be, will be. I cry for not what was, but what may have become. Jaco was obviously not well at this point, but here is a national icon, sharing his wonderful heart, body and soul. Jaco Pastorius the greatest bass player that ever lived.
I NEVER SEEN THIS UNTIL NOW!!!! JACO IS AN AMAZING BASS PLAYER!! I WISH I HAD HALF THE TALENT HE HAS!!😔
That smile and jump at the end of his solo nearly broke me.
I bet you had a bout of diarrhea.
That smile and jump at the end of Jaco's solo was his body symbolically coming back down to this crazy planet after he was "swimming" thru the firmament of creativity. A musical virtuoso knows that feeling of happiness, real connection to something bigger than himself. I felt abosolute joy for him to be able to visit with us for a while here. Try to find THAT feeling. Man.
Not something I can just sit and listen to all day, but god damn he was unique.
Rock & roll stage presence while playing jazz. There's nobody like him.
Punk Jazz
This represents to my mind at least, the joy that Jaco had for playing from a contextual perspective. Clearly his playing is technically profound but fundamentally emotive and as heart-driven as the man himself. After all he started on drums, another instrument that cannot be played extraordinarily well without the heart and the soul for it. Thanks for putting this up on YT. Thank you lots Jaco.
He is stoned like hell, the heroin had taken over at that stage, what a sad story.
I have so many feelings for this guy.
very good playing. interesting for me to watch because four months after this time I was staying with a fellow musician friend at his place at NYU college who kept saying "Jaco is around," and it took me a while to get out of him that Jaco was around that part of NYC basically not doing too well. I was a huge Jaco fan and so it was sad that I never got to meet him maybe try to help him out.
What a treasure this is indeed... and how Jaco was such a force and a wonderful presence... we didn't even realize that we were touched by a divine talent... he truly was like a visitation from another universe. I met Jaco a few times in person and saw a joy, a force, an energy that I could not identify... and now I see it as genius.
Peace in Christ Jesus! 🧑🏻
RULE N°1: NEVER COMMENT GOOD MUSIC
RULE N°2: THIS IS EVEN MORE TRUE WHEN IT IS EXCELLENT
I am totally blown away by this performance!! We need more of this!!!❤
Forever unreached. Jaco just began, where others ended.
Absolutely amazing musicianship - all the way around!!!
Whew !.! Jeez. Jaco and Chris Squire ; a bit of a listen, and my base is in tip top appreciation. Great stuff from Jaco and the ensemble/rest. Amazing. Thank you.
They're all great, even the guitarist who knew indeed to lay out, but it's really a sad tale because we all know we're seeing Jaco in his latter fallen period, still playing, but damaged and not coming back...
Jon Davis at the top of his game on this tune. Man alive.
I csn never get bored of this, possibly my favourite all-time solo in all music. The phrasing is perfect.
Pastorius was iconic. And he had his own style fashion-wise, too. Gotta love the tucked-in sweater-vest!
Great group. Jaco can drive a groove and never make me feel "nervous". Amazing.
this is improvisational virtuosity in a league of its own - i feel as if i'm in a brand new universe listening to and watching them
My good Friend, Rest in Peace Jaco,... We met in Nece, France while I was on Tour with Buddy Guy in Europe,...
I’ve been a bassist for about 50 years, and although I never got the whole
“love Jocko” thing, or jazz for that matter (a metal & prog guy) he still had an influence on me.
I “Jockoed” a bass to make it fretless, then to become comfortable with fretless,
I put everything else away and forced myself to play it exclusively for about a year.
Playing things on a fretless that just kinda shouldn’t be, showed me the beauty of fretless, and how different and wonderful it sounds!
Thanks Jocko!✌🏻
Jaco was a wild player on stage. What a tragic talent.
Jaco was a genius.
It sounds like didn't learn the song before Going on and was trying to find the key lol
Jaco shows us what happens when we don't take our meds!!!
He was a great player, but through a series of decisions and perhaps organic issues, he was a very terrible human.
@@jukesjointOG being a nice guy has nothing to do with being a star, that's for sure. And people pay to see the "star".....I guess Joe Cocker was completely bizarre, just like Jim Morrison. I know I worked with enough nut cases......omg...
Bryce D. Anderson- Yes. I know because I had a personal experience with Jaco. It was unpleasant.
On many levels, being a great musician for many turns out to be a curse for the musician and a blessing to all who hear them. Why?? Imagine music coursing through your mind, every single minute, second of the day...that's all you hear and all you have going through your brain..24/7..yes, genius to the masses, but for the artist it's maddening. That's why so many of them die and die young most often from drug addictions, because they can't turn the music off.
I really love how happy Jaco looks here!
I can't stop watching this video! Jaco, you will always be the best! So happy I got to see you perform on the pier in NYC!
Jaco weaving in the 'If I Only Had A Brain' quote was perfect.
Amazing and just beautiful. THANK YOU!!!
This is the best I've ever heard Jaco's tone. It's perfect, what else can I say.
Who would have thought that Pete Townsend plays a decent jazz piano?
Actually more than decent. Great work, Jon
Pete’s brother is actually a VERY talented pianist!
It is amazing how Jaco’s sound did not change at all even after getting his bass stollen and being forced to play fretted. ❤
...this bass is fretless too...
A band playing as one. All playing a hand in melody and rhythm. Awesome.
All the praise has already been told, buy I"ll say it again....... What Incredible good musicians! Great artists on their instrument, Chapeau !!!
Date: February of 1985
Musicians: Jaco Pastorius - bass, Jon Davis - piano, Azar Lawrence - saxophone, Paco Sery - drums. Guitarist Paul Mousavizadeh is also on stage, but he doesn't play an active part in the music.
+Jaco Universe Thanks!!! :)
+jamiro quay
You're welcome :)
Greetings from Norway
You sure that's not Bobby Brown on the drums...hahaha!
because the others are maniacs
Paul Mousavizadeh also doesnt have any visual contact with what the legend is doing....is he arrogant,bored or pissed off that the bass is featured?
I was 17,when l heard a Herbie Hancock's L.P.and Mr.Gone,by Wheat.Rep.with a young exlosive Jaco.I took the frets away from my '66Fender J.B.l adored J.P.,a poet on four strings.At same time l carried a photo of Stanley Clarke in my pocket.I saw a show in Napoli,in the last year before he died.Crazy things happened on stage,that l'll not explain.But even He was out of control,due to his pain and did not help his musicians,left very clear his bigness,poetry,lovely madness,may be loneliness,and reality seemed too small,for such a Genius.There are a few Artists l miss so much,in this silly world:Jaco,Jon Lord,Mia Martini.
explosive..
Every band Jaco in always has an amazing group that plays so 👌
I really love the sound that Jaco coaxes out of that fretless. And the bass in the video is not of Jacos "bass of doom" but one of many basses Jaco seemed to be playing in his post Weather Report years. kudos to the excellent pianist
Not that good of a bass player. Just adds a chaotic mess of riffs from other contemporary songs.
@@thurstonhowelliii7656 heeeey man what a statement, wow
Love this group. The drummer reminds me of Philly Joe Jones, Azer Lawrence on Tenor Sax recalls old school Dexter Gordon and Wayne Shorter and Jon Davis on piano, Jaco Pastorius, beautiful.
Jacob and company are amazing. Exceptional performance and connection
Absolutely perfectly done!
The Pianist is a monster...
Piano player sounds like he is playing some other solo with some other band .... but he has good technical ability .... just totally obnoxious and misplaced ..
@@georgecurington8156 his solo belongs in this song much more than your opinion belongs anywhere on the internet.
@@georgecurington8156 damn. how did you find this video lol
@@hfortier14 lol
@@hfortier14
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can't breath watching jaco bass solo! it's so damn good!
Masters at work for sure! 💞 The pianist is above and beyond.
OMG what a great performance! I love what the guitar does😄 LOL
Man, these guys compliment each other so well. I truly wished that Jaco and Azar would have done more collaborations. Wonderful pairing-- and Jon Davis...man, what a sweet touch.
I think Jaco and Jon Davis was made a golden team.
magnifique version!...
Such a classic in jazz. Jaco just blows it all up with such creativity. How many bass players at the time, could take such a simple jazz piece and tear it apart and rearrange it all. He was a rebel with a cause. Wish somebody had a tape of him playing tackle football before concerts.
I just found this, and it is one of his best videos. Wow, the piano!!! Anyway, as much as I love Victor, Jaco WAS the epitome of jazz. God, this is beautiful!!! Steve, a drummer.
My goodness! How cool is this. Wow.
Oh Jaco you were such a huge genius! Thank you forever with all my heart...I hope you've found peace
I like it that a bass guitarist is being taken seriously as a musician and not treated as an inconsequential band member.
(I am a bass guitarist and have known about Jaco for over a decade)
This is pure gold ❤️ thank you ❤️
Ma questo pezzo è una meraviglia, spero che ci sia ancora qualcuno che lo suoni, è un classico per chi suona Jazz e Jaco è lì, grazie!
Great description
Superb , I can imagine I'm there listening to this .
What a great talent. Jaco took the bass places I had never heard of when I first saw him with Weather Report in 1976 at the Roxy in LA. A damn shame how he passed too soon and so violently. I loved watching his play.
Jacos Fender sounds so like an upright - amazing
Pianist is fantastic too. Love it.
Here is yet more appreciation for that beautiful video and music.
I can't come right now, think about who is living and who is dead. I know that my dear Jaco is missed by me and my friends.
I have only recently begun to believe in god, and now I know why.
I'm just now hearing this for the first time....AWESOME!
I listen to this over and over and still can't get enough of this groove so at ease..!!
That was cool how he didn't know the song at all then did something generic.
Here's a perfect example; the vast majority of folk have never heard of any of these guys except Pastorius; playing their hearts out, leaving it all on the feild on Herbies steepest set of chord changes. Its a challenging tune harmonically. Jazz is purely a labour of love! Because almost no one can live by playing jazz in reality. All jazz musicians know that Everyday truly world class players die around the world in relative obsecurity. While the pop world sinks to it's all time creative low. Can you say cultural dark age?
the most swimmers are in shallow waters...its natural.
It makes me happy to see Jaco and Azar Lawrence smiling together at minute 4:01, it's a shame that he died 2 years after playing this wonderful song, rest in peace Jaco
That's nice ,seeing his feeling,great job to ALL, enjoyed.
Shit! This has got to be the first time ever for me to see someone playing jazz with a Jackson guitar!
Just shows you how much gear really does not matter
Jazz fusion guitarists will sometimes use guitars with floyd rose bridges.
Megadeth is jazz influenced
Beautiful playing all round. Each player sensitive to the music and giving it space. Excellent.
que energia e perfomance de Jaco! solo incrível!! the best!
Yep. Piano Bass and Drums. Guitarist 💕 loves it !!!!