Jaco

Artist: Brian Bromberg
Label: A440 Records
Category: Music

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Format: Enhanced
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1

UPC: 821254400824
EAN: 0821254400824
ASIN: B00006LHYJ

Release Date: 2002-10-15

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Tracks:

Come On, Come Over
Continuum
Teen Town
A Remark You Made
Portrait Of Tracy
Three Viwes Of A Secret
The Chicken
Tears
Slang
Come On, Come Over (Instr.)
Teen Town (Piccolo Bass)

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Customer Reviews:

Get a grip.......2006-07-21

For all those whining about 'desecration' and 'an insult to Jaco'... for pity's sake, stop being so precious & sanctimonious. Jaco was a one-off, a true great, but he's dead. His music was for the most part superb -- some of it visionary, but some of it frankly awful. What Bromberg has done is to put great new light through those wonderful old windows. His aren't exact duplicates of Jaco's tunes, and all the better for it -- carbon copy remakes are far more of a slight than novel interpretations. His slow & grooving acoustic 'Teen Town' is a masterpiece, and I am sure Jaco would have loved it. Jaco may have been an ego monster at times, but I am sure that his response to all you purist whiners would be along the lines of "get a grip!". Probably with more profanity though. :-)

side effects may include nausea, headaches.......2006-04-14

An earlier reviewer used the word "chutzpah". That cover takes a lot of chutzpah. And really, it's indicative of the whole attitude of this recording. Why produce these weak LA fuzak arrangements of such beautiful songs? Trying to make a buck, apparently. Trying to get onto those adult-contemporary playlists. Jaco's original music just wasn't vapid enough; it needed to be dumbed down. Then there's Bromberg's bass playing. It has none of Jaco's soulfulness. He can play really fast, and he knows a buncha licks, but he utterly lacks the kind of strong voice and vision that Jaco had on the bass. Plus, a lot of his technique and bag of tricks & licks obviously come from upright bass, and don't sound totally at home on the electric. It doesn't sound right, when you're trying do a Jaco imitation/tribute (and you're presenting yourself, with that cover, as the "second coming" of Jaco). This CD misses the mark, and misses the point of the original music that it's imitating. It's like every element of what made Jaco great has been squeezed out. FWIW, I don't like writing such negative reviews, but this stuff made me queasy.
To hear a well-done Jaco tribute, check out "The Word Is Out", or "Word of Mouth Revisited" by the Jaco Pastorius Big Band. Or any Marcus Miller version of a Jaco tune. On the Jaco Pastorius Big Band tribute CDs, you get to hear Richard Bona, Victor Wooten, Jimmy Haslip, Marcus Miller and others play Jaco's music. Marcus is really the only one who's able to go beyond bass licks and play this stuff with a voice, and a level of musical sophistication rivaling Jaco's. Of course, he creates that opportunity for himself by arranging and producing his own tracks.

A Worthy Tribute To The Late Great Jaco .......2005-11-14

Commerically, Brian Bromberg is one of the most underrated jazz bassists though very well respected in the musician circles as a versatile bassist capable of playing anything jazz, fusion and funk. He is one of the few bassists to master the tapping technique made famous by Stanley Jordan.

When I saw this CD captured instantly with the portrait photo cover cleverly similar to the style, layout and colors of the great Jaco Pastorius' 1976 debut solo album and then proceeded to check out the songs covered and the guest musicians on it, I knew this was one worth checking out.

Jaco in his relatively short but absolutely brilliant career (he sadly died in 1987)revolutionized the role of the electric bass guitar and took it up a huge notch as a liberated, up-front melodic "voice" giving it a uninhibited, imaginative passion, heart and soul rather then what was a low-end time keeper basically at the time.

On "Jaco", the great Weather Report of whom Jaco spent 6 successful, groundbreaking years, is represented with three absolute classics. Bromberg slows down the great "Teen Town" in 1/2-time and provides a very accessible and infectious funky, hip-hop groove solidifying his masterful talent. The great Bob Mintzer provides beautiful sax on the smooth, gorgeous "A Remark You Made" as well as the suite-like "Three Views Of A Secret" which Bromberg successfully upbeats the tempo from the original. Jaco's own funkified "Come On, Come Over" is refreshed with Bill Champlain and Bobby Kimball (of Toto fame) on vocals and Eric Marienthal on sax with Bromberg cleaning up on a 5-string bass. Jaco's beautiful and pervading "Continuum" and simply gorgeous "Portrait Of Tracy" continue the wonderful arrangement and musicianship of Bromberg and company. Jaco's first ever recorded song, funky "The Chicken" is superbly represented here as well. Bromberg adds some personal touches on his own-penned ballad "Tears". Perhaps the showcase of Bromberg's extraordinary musicianship is displayed on "Slang" as he taps and slaps with reckless abandon between fretted and fretless basses.

Jaco is looking down and is smiling on a job well done.....

Brian Bromberg 'Jaco'.......2005-09-12

The Cd Was Brandnew! And Was In Excellent Shape? The Music Is Great A Must Have Cd For All Jaco Pastorius Fan!

Echoes of Jaco.......2004-03-01

I loved Jaco. Probably more than any other musician of my time. But he's definitely long gone. And he sadly lefy only a certain amount of (admitttedly devastating) music to groove to. So it's nice now to hear him rephrased, emulated and replayed by others who also loved him. Bromberg was clearly a discipile. Although he's not Jaco I can hear the groove and the love of Jaco coming through on parts on this record...like the guys on the recent (excellent) Jaco Pastorius Big Band album, Bromberg loves Jaco too. I can't help but groove when he lays down those Jaco riffs on Teen Town and Slang.

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