urb Posted December 17, 2007 Share Posted December 17, 2007 Hey doods While there may be a few Jaco clones around still I personally don't think anyone takes him off/pays tribute to his style better than guitarist Bireli Lagrene - who toured with Jaco when he was just 18 back in the 1980s. Lagrene was a freakish child guitar prodigy who was a gypsy jazz guitar virtuoso when he was 9 - there an amazing clip of him playing a solo spot on the mainstage at the Montreux Jazz festival aged nine and just ripping it up - it's amazing. Anyway enough waffle - Lagrene also plays a mean 70s Jazz bass and gets the tone, technique and most importantly feel of Jaco so spot on you could shut your eyes and think it was the man himself - the fact he was a personal firend of his for years has probably helped - but then so does his immense musicianship - I shut up now - here's the clip: [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UY_wH15a7C0"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UY_wH15a7C0[/url] The tune is Freedom Jazz Dance - it has a complicated melody at the end buit the whole funk jam is just in Bb7 for the whole tune. Hope you dig it Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Nimrod Posted December 17, 2007 Share Posted December 17, 2007 [quote name='urb' post='105194' date='Dec 17 2007, 09:05 AM']Hope you dig it[/quote] I dig the music, and it *is* incredible playing... but it doesn't have the dangerous edge and real emotion of Jacos playing; it's a little too clean for that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris_b Posted December 17, 2007 Share Posted December 17, 2007 That was rather good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
urb Posted December 18, 2007 Author Share Posted December 18, 2007 [quote name='David Nimrod' post='105202' date='Dec 17 2007, 09:16 AM']I dig the music, and it *is* incredible playing... but it doesn't have the dangerous edge and real emotion of Jacos playing; it's a little too clean for that [/quote] Yeah I agree - but no one can do that quite the same way Jaco did - that's what made him Jaco (love him or hate him) but I just like the fact Bireli's nailed the style and plays brilliantly - few guitarists can match this kind of 'feel' on bass... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jase Posted December 18, 2007 Share Posted December 18, 2007 How do players do that, go from one instrument to another? Great Vid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chardbass Posted December 19, 2007 Share Posted December 19, 2007 Phenomenal for a non-bassist to get that close. No-one nails Jaco's 16's patterns like Jaco tho. Great stuff from 3.15 onwards... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StiffyP Posted December 19, 2007 Share Posted December 19, 2007 intense i love it, great sax player too the tone is spot on Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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