UUCJEFF@ECNCDC.BITNET (jeff beer) (02/21/90)
> >First: THANK YOU JEFF BEER! Even though I'm acquainted with Ornettes >biography I had no idea of how this Harmolodics thing works. Maybe >you can help with other musical questions. >What exactly was new to the bass guitar playing of Jaco Pastorius? > >I just heard a book review of Greil Marcus' Lipstick Traces and it was >highly recommended. His Mystery Train is regarded as one of the best books >dealing with rock music. Is this book available in paperback? Where is it >published? > >And now the 2 dollar question: Who wrote the song "Lipstick Traces" ? > >christoph Good, the Ornette thing got through. The distribution seems slugish lately. As for Jaco, what did he do? He just played the bass well. Why? Because he could! He was also able to get a GREAT sound, and the trick of where he plays overtones is well known, but he used it well. He used some of the delay loops that where available in the late 70s, so he could play over his own vamps. Harmonically he didn't do anything new, but he had his own style, his playing had its own personality. He also was able to play roles that bass players were not used to playing. You might say he took the job of the lead guitar and gave it to the bass. Playing with Weather Report certainly helps, because if you do that in some bands, you will throw the drummer or keyboardist or singer out at 2nd base (bass). But not Joe Zawinal. He also played drums on occasion.