HADRIEN FERAUD 'THE BASS OF DOOM SESSIONS'

Hadrien playing Jaco Pastorius's iconic main instrument
' The Bass of Doom !
Song : YOU. ( H.Feraud )
H.Feraud - Bass of Doom
Justin Brown - Drums
Greg Spero - Piano
David Binney - Sax
Luca Mendoza- Keys
Recording/Mix engineer - Thai Long Ly
Mastering - Maor Appelbaum
Assistant Engineer - Logan Taylor
Cinematographer - Harrison Sanborn
Video editor - Blake Jarvis
A Marco De Virgiliis & Markbass production
Very special mention and big up to Robert Trujillo
Recorded & shot at EastWest studios, Hollywood, July 2023.
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[@fretlessfloyd3809]

The bass of Doom in the hands of another master. ❤️

[@realdosalato9216]

The bass of Doom in the hands of Thanos, just with his fingers he can erase us all

[@spottorf]

I saw Jaco twice with WR. It's so very nice to hear it again.

[@electrock]

Bass tone is frickin unbelievable! that thing grooowls!

[@chickenzwings]

Good lord Hadrien. One of the most beautiful things I have heard in my life. Goosebumps and tears welling. Amazing. Jaco was in the room

[@michaelanthony9068]

The cameraman knows to get Hadrien’s plucking hand in frame when he really starts to blow. Thank you, one and all !

[@ultimatebasses]

I'm here for the bass but damn, that sax moved me! What a brilliant collection of incredibly talented musicians.

[@BlackRootsUNLIMITED]

💯

[@michaelb.42112]

That sax solo killed it !!! So sick.

[@robalderman6979]

Dave Binney is the man

[@sweetegg]

Hadrien's phrasing shines through even more than before through that bass

[@fiddlestix3025]

How I loved that drummer… those tasty fills 🔥 And Hadrien made that bass sing! What a dream band xx I’ll be c9ming back to this piece again and again 💜 And oh yeah, beautifully filmed and recorded 👍🙏☺️

[@edwinrosa4632]

This music gives me chills. The sound, the harmony, the melody, the audio quality. It is sublime and amazing!

[@jazzpunk1973]

Simply stunning…beautiful tribute to Jaco

[@michaelb.42112]

The jazz monster with the looks of a movie star. God sure blessed this man. The recording quality is so good, especially the sax solo with every nuance heard. I love how he looks like he's taking a break from working on his car to doing a solo.

[@fiddlestix3025]

Yeah, very cool 😉🔧⚙️🔥

[@matshanssen2070]

Movie star...? How does a movie star look like in general? Like him?😂

[@michaelb.42112]

@@matshanssen2070 I don't know, just what I thought at the moment.

[@St3ph4n3]

Yes, a brilliant and classy person, very kind and big presence. I spoke with him a bit 5 years before at the New Morning... After a nice set of Bill Evans band with Dennis Chambers, Gary Grainger and Ulf Wakenius if I'm not wrong. A great guy for sure, and one of the most gifted jazz musician of our times... As we all know! Very very good composer too...

[@St3ph4n3]

I'm not wrong... 😅 Wakenius was very inspired and powerful kzbin.info/www/bejne/al7GdaNrhdOditksi=_6ohIrzOsjIpitxc Bill is a killer here

[@TrevBec]

The Bass of Doom. In Hadrien's hands, the Bass of Gains bro.

[@silverpoki498]

🐬-"Thank you Hadrien, musicians and Roberto; for sharing "Da DOombass" with you. ❤ Écho résonance / jeux de mots à 2 balles.

[@SaschaOnBass]

What a Beautiful Song, so amazing musicians, Bassist of the century, The Bass sounds so good in your hands! I'll never get tired of your unparalleled playing!

[@Bassistdan1]

JUST..........WOW!

[@tonyonbass]

The “muah” at 8:42‼️ WOW! I just wanna jump into it, like a Cali-King-Size bed buried in the BEST pillows!!! Ha. -There’s no better bassist alive today [in my humble opinion…]! BRAVO as usual Mr Feraud, the entire ensemble, and def not least, the engineers and whole team! & THANKS MARK BASS‼️‼️ Jacob RIP!!! 💙💙💙

[@firegodz9127]

The music is incredible. The mix and the mastering job 👌 please keep supporting live music by going to KZbin and pulling up Fire Godz so much trouble in the world and who the cap fit and Walk away from love and please leave a comment and please share

[@sullyb23511]

I take it that Trujillo lent it to Feraud to allow this session to take place, if he is indeed still the owner.

[@DaddyStoat]

The BOD sounds the same as it did 45 years ago, despite being smashed up, rebuilt and being played by Hadrien instead of Jaco! I can still hear that tone from A Remark You Made and Continuum right there.

[@aaronperelmuter8433]

WTF? It isn’t the same ACTUAL instrument mate! The original BoD is long gone and lost. Moreover, Jaco’s bass NEVER had a flame-maple top. Also, really not sure what you’re listening to but the bass Hadrien is playing sounds VERY different from the BoD. The huge mwah and the really growling aspects simply aren’t present to the same extent as with the original BoD. Maybe listen again, wearing headphones or something as it’s really quite an obvious difference, especially if you’re a fretless or upright bass player. 😱🤯

[@DaddyStoat]

@@aaronperelmuter8433 Actually, it is - when the bass was found, the body was smashed into several pieces. It was glued back together and the flame maple top was added to hide the cracks. It’s all in Bill Milkowski’s book, plus Robert Trujillo wouldn’t have paid a million dollars for it if it didn’t have the correct provenance. And, if course it’s not going to sound identical in this clip. Hadrien is playing it, not Jaco, and it’s not going through a big Acoustic 370, but you can definitely hear that signature tone. Incidentally, I am a fretless player. :) [edit] This is what happened: “In 1986, the bass was repaired by luthiers Kevin Kaufman and Jim Hamilton, after it had been broken into many pieces. After the repair Pastorius recorded a session with Mike Stern, then the bass was stolen from a park bench in Manhattan in 1986. It was found in a guitar shop in 2006, but the shop owner refused to give it up. The Pastorius family enlisted lawyers to help but nearly went bankrupt in 2010. Robert Trujillo, bassist for Metallica, considered Pastorius to be one of his heroes, and he felt that the family ought to have the bass. Trujillo helped pay to have it returned to them, though he has used it live and is its custodian.” Do a search on here for “bass of doom” - there’s clips of Felix Pastorius playing it (who, dare I say, has become an even better bass player than his dad was), as well as other greats, including Wooten, Bailey and so on.

[@aaronperelmuter8433]

@@DaddyStoat Really? Wow, cool. I’ve got a copy of Bill’s book but don’t remember reading about the flame maple top, gonna have to give it a thorough re-reading. Thanks mate.👍

[@DaddyStoat]

@@aaronperelmuter8433 There’s a vid on here of Felix using it to record with the Yellowjackets, and he talks a bit about the history of the instrument, and his “joint custody” situation with it. This is it: kzbin.info/www/bejne/jojSlKiodrF2Z6Msi=mV4F91lrR4TS5TaH I think the BOD was mentioned in the second edition of Milkowski’s book - there were various inaccuracies in the first edition that were subsequently revised.

[@donaldbest7621]

The composition gives such a great feeling……it is unique, still gives the same feeling as some of jaco’s compositions. Really nice.

[@user-pz1yz6td6f]

Dream o clock

[@hancockgeorgejohn3309]

That fretless bass sound like heavenly music

[@ericnorth6577]

THE fretless bass.

[@arianluna4548]

Thank you for this. Such a beautiful song. It’s that kind of song you don’t want to end.

[@antonionadalin6573]

Merci pour cette publication 🙏🙏🙏 Composition brillante et mise en lumière par des maîtres, dénoués de tout égocentrisme. Leur virtuosité et leurs émotions mises en commun pour révéler l’incroyable beauté de la source de la musique. Inspiration et expiration ✨✨✨✨✨

[@gerardferaud1962]

exceptional Band 🤩🎹🎸🎶😍🥰

[@robalderman6979]

Whole band is killing it

[@nickpicc]

Oh my lord, just a gorgeous tune and what a tribute ❤

[@Siralantoon]

Classy ensemble playing. That is kick ass tone for sure but It's not given to everyone to bring it out so beautifully.🥰

[@jacogrow]

Awesome!!❤👍👍👍

[@stephensculpher6365]

Beautiful, back to the shed for me 🥲🤣🔥🔥👏👏👏

[@cmberrian]

Great drummer, too!

[@electrock]

Simply AMAZING!

[@nathanmiller8093]

Beautiful tune

[@corsu64]

Magnifique Hadrien, merci

[@gottalogie]

Great as Usual.

[@brunorocher8414]

first listening i belived that Pastorius playing... ^^ i've got an album when you were younger playing with Biréli Lagrène, you were strong... but you are stronger today. Gratz

[@dagostinoification]

Magnifique cher Hadrien !

[@catboyzee]

The sound that birthed countless emulations and simulations. This is the legendary 1962 Fender Jazz Bass modified fretless (aka the Bass of Doom) being played so beautifully by the great Hadrien Feraud. Respect and RIP to this magnificent instrument's original owner and electric bassist par excellence, John Francis (Jaco) Pastorius III (December 1, 1951 - September 21, 1987). Wow.

[@aaronperelmuter8433]

No it isn’t!! This is a new bass from the Fender Custom Shop!! Jaco’s BoD NEVER had a flame maple top on it. This one doesn’t sound the same as the original either, different strings, different lacquer coating on the fingerboard and different wood for the body. Not to mention the pickups and electronics are VERY different from the one and only BoD, which has sadly been lost to time after it was stolen. 😱🤯

[@windogendoors7566]

​​@@aaronperelmuter8433Incorrect. The reason this bass looks different is because it was restored by Kevin Kaufman after Jaco himself requested it. Jaco broke the bass into many pieces and thus Kaufman repaired it. Yes different wood had to be used to fill in the gaps but even after this, Jaco was pleased with it. There is a picture of Jaco with this bass after the work was different. Same top and all. I can't speak if the strings or electronics changed but this is the Bass of Doom.

[@Peter-ff1tp]

⁠@@aaronperelmuter8433 Haha. The certainty with which you spout total lies is hilarious. This IS Jaco’s bass. THE one. The Bass of Doom. There are pictures of Jaco, this bass in its current condition, and the luthier who rebuilt it for him(who was Jaco’s bass tech). It needed rebuilding because Jaco had thrown it down a concrete flight of stairs and smashed it to pieces, and it wasn’t stolen until after it was repaired. Metallica’s Robert Trujillo was the official custodian of the instrument last I checked, but it may have moved on to live with Felix Pastorious by now. All this and more information is easily accessible and verifiable. Don’t talk about things you don’t know!

[@assemblyofsilence]

So so good

[@hugocodinachdomenech5784]

You have been teasing about this for a while! It was about time! Can't wait to hear more! Sounds amazing!

[@TonySaundersBassist]

It was a pleasure to meet you and give you a ride to Skywalker Ranch for the Hiromi sessions. I love your playing and you inspire me just like Jaco did. Thank you for this great music and hope to see you again soon

[@Midemabass]

super ensamble! Bravi tutti !!!

[@Fenris81]

👏🏽🤯 amazing!!

[@mackymaca]

He made is sound like Jaco and himself. Awesome!

[@jamesblight314]

Dang. That sounds incredible! Nice to hear the Bass of Doom being played again.

[@aaronperelmuter8433]

Except it isn’t being played again. This is a re-issue, Jaco’s bass NEVER had a flame maple top on it. This is from the Fender Custom Shop.

[@jkblight]

​@@aaronperelmuter8433isnt this the bass Trujillo found and recovered and had restored??

[@windogendoors7566]

​@@jkblightIt is

[@Peter-ff1tp]

@@jkblight Don’t listen to that dude. He’s got multiple comments on here claiming that Jaco’s bass was never found after being stolen and never had a flame top on it. He is simply ignorant.

[@joannalewis5279]

More! I've been listening to all your albums and you are becoming one of my favourite artists

[@furnaletto]

BEST MUSICIAN AND BASS PLAYER IN THE WORLD. :)) thanx Hadrian for your music

[@doddsalfa]

Listen to real jazz and you will change your mind but this is still great

[@carll.negleyiii2414]

Badass

[@jacquesMFS]

great great feeling.. I saw somewhere that Trujillo gave the bass to the Pastorius family after refurbishing in new York...

[@VyacheslavLogutin]

Thank you for this tune and for your playing!

[@liamgaliano]

absolutely beautiful!

[@orlandoperalta2225]

Tremendo Sr.!!!

[@JuanDhas]

Beautiful!!

[@ManelRuivo]

BEAUTIFUL WORK HADRIEN!!!! beautiful song! beautifully played! just beutiful!!!

[@pedroleal7118]

From time to time, Humans achieve fantastic things. This session/recording is proof of that. I hope Extraterrestrials are watching this, instead of what politicians are proposing... Merci Hadrien!

[@corrindion]

Just fantastic! Beautiful! Great musicians

[@michaelanderson4265]

Awesome..!!!!💯🦋

[@DfunkFr]

M E R C I !!!! 💜💜💜

[@lesergent]

c'est très beau ... bravo -)

[@elbertsilva5779]

Somzera mano parabéns 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

[@yamquest5982]

Classe 😍

[@markdavis4754]

Had I not seen the video I would have though it was jaco. That bass has such a distinctive tone I know so well.

[@BlackRootsUNLIMITED]

Nice work. Just what I needed! 👌🏿 Great to see my friend Greg Spero on this project. Greetings from Uganda 🇺🇬👊🏿🖤

[@gadymarcus2362]

Bello.🌡️🌡️🌡️🌡️🌡️🌡️

[@megadawg342]

Stunning. Breath taking.

[@lucmichel7588]

👍👍👌

[@Jazzforlyfe]

Hadrien looks like an actor from a Viking movie, and is a monster at bass.

[@jamesrabic5380]

That was amazing in every way, the mix, the musicians, and the writing, Fanfuckingtastic!!!!

[@Fabio_Enne]

Thank you Hadrien! Merci!

[@bag12]

What a crazy band!!!

[@Syreljazz47]

HF a big influence to my Vibe

[@malloryonbass]

Well done, sir. ❤

[@kaplanyx]

epic

[@TonyCarsenti92]

Well. Think we can all agree that this piece of wood hasn't been played to sound like "THAT" since 1986 I guess. "THAT " sound. "THE" sound . Very reminiscent of tunes such as "Chair in the sky" or " Goodbye porkpie hat" from Joni 's Mingus album. Or even WR's Speechless or Current affairs. Or Jaco's Work with Michel Colombier. That's what I call "the Deep Jaco" and that's quite a great job at channeling exactly that while playing your own lines, H. la classe T.

[@aaronperelmuter8433]

Nice story if it was true. This is NOT the original BoD which Jaco played. It’s a new Fender Custom Shop instrument. How can you not see this one has a flame maple tip on it?

[@HADRIENFeraud]

@@aaronperelmuter8433 ricksuchow.com/rebuilding-the-bass-of-doom-added-2-21 Pleasure’s mine.

[@markdavis4754]

@@HADRIENFeraud Thanks for sharing that.

[@julianolimasilveira]

é de arrepiar...

[@gfoldes1]

❤❤❤

[@gulyasattila3468]

Nivea Song, good play....Bravo!

[@johnmiyakemusic]

Oh hell yeah

[@hallucinatedovens8414]

god dam that sounded great

[@alanprestess]

👏👏👏👏

[@cbrunhaver]

Your best fretless tone

[@AnthonyMuthurajah]

What a gorgeous sound my dude! Love it!

[@MarkMarxonsBassChannel]

Lineage n Legacy ❤

[@LoransClapton]

💥

[@zechariahfrink3707]

Jaco is smiling down from Heaven hearing this. Who loves Ya!

[@flutist4YourOccasion]

Jack is dead. He can’t smile.

[@S735334]

Beautifully played... even if it isn't strictly 100% Jaco's bass as Jaco knew it... it obviously has a new top on it & a few other modifications...but as I mentioned.. it's played beautifully by Hadrien.

[@arnoldkomanc-bass6917]

Mon bassiste préfér❤

[@bresilien13]

Une progression chez ce garçon, je le préfère aujourd'hui qu'a une époque, mais je sais très bien que c'est un excellent bassiste de chez nous, de France et il n'a pas fini de nous surprendre... Un bon stage récemment avec la tribu d' Hiromi Uehara, cette grand pianiste doit lui avoir fait un bien fou, alors qu'il continu sur ce chemin... :-)

[@salvadorbarandiaran5564]

Hearing that tone And this kind of song make me thing in Marcus Miller.... He is the Number ONE in his own thing, but also one of the Best freetless Player ever! Congratulations Hadrien You are a true artist!

[@blackcatjazzin]

Very ,very , n I c e ..

[@TM-jo4wz]

Great! Jacos influence.

[@hiramototh]

Ｉ like bass guiter instrument with harmonics of strings. he is one of master who can make sound of beutiful vibratiOn of strings with his magical fingers. I really want know what JACO say when he feel this good play and score.😊

[@simaojoseph]

That TAMA!!!

[@bobvogt2242]

I have a Jaco bass that I love except for the the dead spot at C# on the 6th “fret” 1st string. It’s common on Jazz basses to some degree. I’d like to know how Hadrien was able to get a sound out of that spot of the BoD. I use a Fatfinger but it’s not ideal. Any bassists have a solution?

[@basstomika]

Yess MF Maestro Ferraud ;-)

[@SebastianRodriguez-uq7ev]

Nah this is crazy

[@frankcanino7768]

Now that's beautiful! What the story behind the refinishing?

[@aaronperelmuter8433]

There isn’t one, it’s a different instrument. This one was built by Fender Custom Shop.

[@thasupremeoverlord]

!!!!!!!!!!

[@JeanCharlesLEBELLEGUY]

Since when and how the bass of doom can be in so good condition and also with such a beautiful wood. For body AND neck ????

[@SebastianRodriguez-uq7ev]

Is that jaco's actual bass of doom? Wow

[@cedricjacobs4917]

Damn Hadrian sounds like both Jaco and Marcus Miller at same time 😊

[@EdmondGilmore]

Sounds like Hadrien! and it is TOP!