[quote name='Beedster' post='95463' date='Nov 28 2007, 08:12 AM']Shadows and Light - with the exception of that bloody awful bass solo that he did, verbatim, in about every show of his I've heard - is Jaco at his best, fitting in with the band rather than dominating it, playing melodic bass under the vocal rather than overly complex lines in competition, and producing a tone with relatively crude equipment that is still for me the definitive fretless sound. Although I recognised the technical brilliance of his first album, and a lot of his WR stuff, to me it wasn't musically exceptional; Shadows and Light was the pinnacle of his musicality.
Chris[/quote]
Must agree with all that....
Interestingly...I read somewhere a couple of weeks ago , an article from Jeff Berlin about Jaco..
Not been a Natural soloist [in JB's opion] But all his Solo's and playing where pre-composed..
I think Mr Berlin should have a listen [or another listen] to the above...
It is Jaco at his best [and un pre-composed]..
I still love 'Come on over' with Sam & Dave..I bet that inspired the Bass line for 'Hit me''Hit me'
Garry