Jaco Pastorius- Soul Intro- The Chicken (Live 1982)

Cool clip of Jaco performing "Soul Intro- The Chicken" live in Japan 1982

[@ConCarneBlues]

An interviewer once asked Jaco: "Where do you see the futere of mucis going?" Jaco then anwered: "Well tomorrow i'm playing in Miami!"

[@edna_m]

Hhhhh angel

[@darmac8519]

😂😂 the best

[@Prof.ArnonPalty]

Future of Music. Indeed.

[@Carehuea]

Hi there, This is a clip from Jaco Pastorius' big band called "the Word Of Mouth" big band. It's from 1982 and the recorded an album out of this tour (double album in Japan: Twins 1 & 2 and a single album everywhere else called Invitation) Drums: Peter Erskine Percussion: Don Alias Steel Drums: Othello Molineux Soloists: Tenor sax: Bob Mintzer Trumpet: Randy Brecker Plus all the horns...

[@c3pbo]

I'm loving the occasional sighting of a calculator watch on the trumpet player's wrist. A sign of the 80s for sure

[@sixstringsick]

that was the coolest steel drum solo i've ever heard in my life

[@The_sinner_Jim_Whitney]

Played by probably the greatest steel drum player that ever lived, Othello Molineaux. Look up the ill-fated, but brilliant 'Holiday for Pans' that Jaco spent so much time and money to produce. Hauntingly good.

[@rjbhome]

Die you never listen to Andy Narell?

[@rastapastrychief]

Jaco really just seemed to never miss any notes. just sounds flawless on the low end.

[@BassmrDK]

Today, September 21st 2012, it is exactly 25 years ago Jaco passed way. R.I.P you will always be in our hearts

[@2112dim]

When I listen to this song I feel like dancing along with it's rhythm and groove.Thank you Jaco!

[@LisaGenet]

How awesome was that! Huge horn section, with actual horns, drums, percussion and steel pan, AND Jaco with a pair of massive Acoustic bass amps, right in the middle. I'm still tingling.....

[@mercmercuccio]

I love my family, parents, wife, friends, but I've never loved anyone the way I love Jaco. Respect.

[@CitroenCX]

I paid a fortune for the Invitation LP on import in 1983 in Scotland and played it over and over and over. I never saw video of this band until now. Thanks for uploading.

[@gfaegenburg]

That would be Don Alias on the congas. Can somebody tell me why ANYONE would put thumbs down on this. That stage is LOADED with Monster talents. And many are still today playing at an even higher level than in 1982. Bobby Mintzer, Randy Brecker, Peter Erskine and the list goes on! What a SMOKIN clip!!!

[@gombigombka1899]

Yeahh,he is Don Alias,and you are right,it's a great team.

[@earlhoag6987]

Tat Ittle uu

[@earlhoag6987]

,idiot not post that stupid post with my name on it! Ok?bradbjacos biggest fan!

[@davidkinseth260]

JACO! Got to see him once live with Weather Report. Best damned innovative electric bass player; period.

[@ArgoLupus]

Lucky SOB

[@jimhendricks88]

Agreed!

[@DOAer]

The tenor sax solo was ON FIRE!!!!!! Really brilliant! And the steel drum solo was great too!

[@MultiSkyman1]

Bob Mintzer!

[@kevinlane4587]

This was my intro to Bob Mintzer and I love EVERYTHING about his playing on this tune. I've listened 1 bazillion times and it will never get old

[@sm26801]

How can 106 people dislike this!!!? They haven't got a clue! Jaco is the main reason I started playing bass,hearing this big band on the invitation record! A big band with full horn section incl tuba and french horn,wistle,harmonica, Then steel drums,and amazingly no piano or guitar,giving the band this unique sound I had never heard before! This is a live clip of that big band from that time!

[@pelelupapele1325]

Steel drum became a little obnoxious

[@nellietolb420]

​@@pelelupapele1325I NEED LESS STEEL DRUM . In Christopher Walkens voice .

[@darthvera]

OMG!!! That's Othello Molineaux in the steel drum!!! I had the privilege to play with him so many times!!! I just can't believe it! And yeah, Jaco was a pioneer, great piece of music!

[@4speedpony]

At 4:09, Jaco and Erskine accented together on the "and" note, put a big smile on Jaco's face as he looked over to Erskine, Tight! ;-)

[@dojufitz]

The Pan Man is a Chromatic mad man......love him......

[@ArgoLupus]

I love these tracks, as they are as good as anything he did in his career. But one can start to see the loss of stability in his eyes which will only get much worse over the next four years,, and his degradation and death is maybe the most f**king tragic story in American music history, period. To think of it is still incredibly upsetting. How 'bout a posthumous Grammy already, for, you know, changing an instrument forever? Or maybe he just transcends awards, the Hall of Fame and bullshit like that, so who cares. He wouldn't. RIP JP3rd

[@chrislinhares7311]

Jaco is the greatest ever! I see Bob Berg on sax. Was that a young Erkstine on drums? Btw, that is the best steel drum player I have ever seen.

[@PatrickSBellSr]

This performance is, quite simply, As Good As It Gets.

[@MrBryterLayter]

Jaco! What a genius! One of my very favorite composers and bass virtuosi of all time!

[@quinsanity]

Jaco was the first guy to REALLY bring bop vocabulary to electric bass. He didn't want to be a slapper, he wanted to be authentic, much like bird, train, and monk were. The man has soul on top of that too.

[@TheRandomgigi]

0:53 check out his cool calculator watch that sum sick math

[@delapuenteignacio]

***** Priceless

[@fnkdrmmr]

I can't get enough of this song. I love Big Band music and I love funk. What a combination. Thank you Pee Wee Ellis and Jaco Pastorius (RIP). Funky, funky, funky.

[@mjw191]

Jaco was the MAN!! Just a naturally gifted bassman..as a bass player myself, I am totally into the things he did, some amazing work over the years!

[@uprightbass90]

the coolest video, the coolest bass player and the coolest groove ever played by a jazz-fusion musician like jaco for me he is the father of all bass players and now he is with god bless you jaco

[@chaosPneumatic]

I really like this version. Sounds very breezey and refreshing, like something you'd hear at a beach festival.

[@tonydjangolopez]

my favourite perfomance of one of my favourite compositions ever! just AMAZING!!!!

[@josdoc84]

No words, Jaco is a legend of bass!!! All the following bass players have learnt from him!

[@jimnooney3560]

I'm just getting into Jaco's music after seeing the great documentary about him on Netflix. I don't really have the words to describe how amazing this performance is other then to say that Jaco's tone is so perfect and it's really beautiful and inspiring to watch a musical genius who was so willing to share the stage with other players. He may very well be the one musician who you can absolutely say is the undisputed "best ever" on his instrument.

[@fernandocalzadoacedo4695]

I love the moment at 2:55 when the bass enters, it feels like fucking God playing in that place and that moment. Time stopped that day.

[@Billypopfinger]

Fernando calzado acedo it’s not god it’s jaco, wait nvm there’s no difference

[@juliannava5600]

Fernando calzado acedo i

[@nocturnseal]

that sax solo was just.....omg

[@jonahpiano9498]

this song is the best jazz song ever made! i just played it in front of the whole school with my jazz band, it was amazing! the sheer groove as it goes into the bass part of the chicken is awesome, i cant get over it!

[@JCJasion]

It's the best FUNK song ever. Funk is a style distinct from Jazz. Don't confuse the 2 or I'll have to flatten your 5ths to a microtone. LOL

[@flyingballs17]

Jim Jasion EDUCATE THYSELF....this is fusion jazz, a combination of both funk and jazz...

[@goldenkeyification]

Jim Jasion this is a jazz and funk fusion, the original "the chicken" was jazz and then this is a funk fusion version, so maybe we should " flatter your 5ths to a microtone" hmm?

[@evets1968]

Many a fine Olympiad basser, these days.Jaco composed and led a best of the current Big Band Bangers, AT THAT TIME.Tough shit...

[@fbahrami]

Jaco, besides being a great bassist, was a great arranger. I love his "Word of Mouth" album. Thanks for posting this!!

[@SilenzioParlaAgnese]

Absolutely! Bobby Mintzer on sax and then Randy Brecker, Peter Erskine, Toots Thielemans... What a band!

[@The_sinner_Jim_Whitney]

One of the truly amazing things about Jaco's playing is his ability to play his ASS off, never slow down or take a break, and still highlight and complement the soloist. When he was at himself, he was as brilliant a musician as has ever lived.

[@MakesBadNoise]

i like how Jaco totally leaves right in the middle of the first solo and then comes back randomly.

[@floouk]

Absolute Genius

[@CoryDrummer]

I love when the rhythm section makes you forget about the rest of the band.

[@drummerboy11993]

im a drummer, in a jass big band of about 30 im on 16, and i love this song, everynow and then we just jam to this song its one of my favs, then theres birdland

[@CooManTunes]

Jaco was Bach II. Bach is the most important thing to happen to the bass clef. He was born in 1685 and Jaco was born in 1951, which means Bach III should be coming around sometime in the next 266 years.

[@carloalbertogarzoni7022]

will we be able to recognize him today?

[@CooManTunes]

Charlie Garzoni Today? Too soon. When the time comes? Who knows.

[@carloalbertogarzoni7022]

Tomorrow* Sorry haha

[@CooManTunes]

Charlie Garzoni Still too soon. :D

[@ChizuMcCheems]

Jaco WAS the man?!?!?! Jaco still IS the man.

[@IMAMEETOOL]

I love the trumpet guy's calculator watch

[@punkrockadict619]

IMAMEETOOL my dood Randy Brecker

[@giputti]

Credo che non ascoltermo mai più questo brano eseguito ed interpretato meglio di così! Parlo di sound, groove, dinamica e potenza sonora a prescindere dalla qualità tecnica dei musicisti!!

[@mlcg66]

Jaco is amazing. He is so talented. I get lost just by hearing a solo too loud while playing this with my middle schoool jazz band.

[@RealDocJames]

So cool to see Jaco in his element. Clearly enjoying himself. Having a blast. Then I get sad knowing the tragedy of how it all ended much too soon.

[@josephguertin311]

funk yeah

[@festafreak]

Bravo, Bravo! Very fun to watch. Wish I were there.

[@steigers]

Holy cow, that group was on fire Bob Berg is one of my favourite tenor players, played with Steps Ahead together with Peter Erskine (drummer). I bet it was Randy Brecker who played the lead trumpet an octave higher.

[@ChrisWilliams-y2s]

That is Bob Mintzer, not Bob Berg. And I love both of those cats!

[@OceanPlanet77]

YES!!! magnificent, wonderful, awesome, beautiful.. Pure groovin' love/light.

[@per-olofahs5450]

Jaco, The best ever.

[@bradleyjay1970]

Good audio...good picture...The REAL DEAL!!!

[@martiningram8001]

144 PEOPLE HAVE NO CLUE WHAT TALENT SOUNDS LIKE!

[@johnhguitar]

On the playing surface off the drum are different sized sections that have different pitches. It's like a bunch of tin can tops that are all a different size and tuned to musical notes but they're all hammered into shape out of one big oil drum top. It looks like a metal flower with every bud a different size to sound different when you hit it. The first steel drum band I saw was in Whittier, California around 1960 at Sierra High School. They had a party/dance and here was this steel drum band!

[@Babyp3nguin]

Looks like Jaco is playing with the amp- turning up the volume as we couldn't really here the bass - yeh, right. I've beeen obssessed with bass for four decades - and Jaco is categorically 'THE ONE'.

[@giannibiancocircus]

I bought "I sing the body electric" many years ago, I put on my headphones, in the night, and I got scared because this music was beyond jazz and changed my musical life, before Jaco . So, Jaco and WR are still ahead of times. Love bros 💖✌️

[@Delfidash]

Jaco Pastorius

[@Delfidash]

it is truly a masterpiece and there are so many beautiful and talented musicians

[@theartofbeingcompletelyran1788]

No shit Sherlock

[@DrummerboySG97]

such a great song plus Jaco which makes everything better

[@JacoZawinul]

Peter Erskine is on the drum kit.

[@seeveeree]

Amazing, great Jaco! R.I.P... You haven't been with us since 22 years...

[@wilky1189]

Jaco and Jimi are equals in the sense that when they showed up and did their thing, no one had heard anything like it before, and everyone was completely blown away. both jimi and jaco have influenced countless amounts of people.

[@8nrg]

I am born again!!! Epic song-performance!

[@tomduval1274]

We played this piece remotely during the confinement, here is the link. (en) Nous avons joué ce morceau à distance lors du confinement, voici le lien. (fr) kzbin.info/www/bejne/kGTVmnmiatCtrcU

[@Pwj579]

Who else could listen to that Soul Intro all day.???? Love those horns. Definitely SNL band feel

[@hajjibarbara2900]

Why did the chicken cross the road? To do lots of drugs, kick in a glass door, get a stern talking to by a bouncer, and be featured in every other issue of Bass Player magazine.

[@RepJock88]

я Hajji 분쇄하는 Bárbara Why did the pervert cross the road? He was stuck in the chicken.

[@bealgre]

To show the 'possum it could be done...

[@davidpellow4877]

Jaco had more genius in his stool than you have in your entire genome.

[@ricardogarridoserafim3930]

O melhor Baixista que já existiu em todos os requisitos viva Jaco nos nossos corações

[@peterjanjanin9883]

155 people don't know music

[@dbeater1]

so far ahead of his time...much respect from bassist of every genre. thanks for a great post.

[@sibsbubbles]

Man I could play this over and over all goddamn day. Thanks for sharing such an amazing musician doing what he could do best.

[@mangothefish]

JACO LIVES. Thanks JACO. Forever and ever. The best groove ever

[@sibsbubbles]

How this earned 84 dislikes is beyond me. Guess those folks are ridiculously hard to please. Oh well. Anyway, pretty amazing. Inspiring execution. Among my personal favorite influences from a musician's standpoint. Thanks, Jaco. Tons to learn from in the whole body of work from this man.

[@zacula86]

OMG ARE YOU KIDDING ME!!! Jaco, Peter Erskine, sax, steel drum, big band???? I THINK I'VE GONE TO HEAVEN!

[@plustric]

Jaco lines are out of this world💙

[@andreacarta2416]

Sir Jaco! Thank you!

[@OfficialFauz]

Huge influence of mine in music right here

[@skaterplayer2]

hey were playing this song in our studio jazz band sweetness this will help alot

[@johnmaderemusic]

How can 86 people dislike this? Jaco was the man.

[@unreal513]

def one of the best jazz songs of all time. Our HS jazz orchestra did this couple years ago. Had crazy drummer that went all out during solos.

[@chettle265]

Bloody brilliant, just the best version of this song that I have heard. A bonus of seeing the first 1980's casio calculator watch at 0.52 aswell.

[@jacobelmosehjordsvar]

What a great clip! he's the man!

[@rohiten1]

Oh yes..Jaco will always remain Jaco...he never should have died the way he did..God knows what other compositions he could have come out with

[@phoenixpowerdesk1]

貴重な映像ありがとう御座いました。

[@cammcintyre4364]

The Birthday Concert is one of my favorite CDs. Killer big band playing.

[@Bardockmatt]

God! thank you for this man

[@piggyramirez]

one of the best bass player in the world.. stylous and melodic! miss but not forgotten rip bro

[@fluffyfro101]

Wow that was an amazing intro followed by some great playing. Excellent video.

[@satocha7]

スチールドラムのソロ凄いですよね...もともとジャコパス聴きたくて探したのですけど...ちょっとビックリしました...凄くよいセッションですね...Upありがとうございます

[@thebby95]

We have this song for our jazz band...soooo much fun.+

[@TChalla90210]

Wow! I love Jaco's compositions.

[@Francescofrendo]

long live the great Jaco.. a legand, this was the end in this clipbut a fact is no one can underestimate Jacos talent a Four String God!

[@EMasteringIICargeJr2]

Power Energy, Jaco Master.

[@jazzyla9]

Jaco and the big band is just groovie!! Damn: I know that this made all of them(the band) Feel like they were on cloud nine! Just damn good musicians!

[@fabriosko91]

I love this group and this bassist!!!

[@OjAiSaXpLaYeR]

Man that growl/scream by Bob Mintzer at .39 Seconds into the video is truly a magical moment in jazz, doesnt cease to amaze me and give me goosebumps everytime i hear it

[@ScottAllenBugsy]

Will we ever see collective musicianship like this ever again?!

[@mosheallen]

Jaco rocks and is an inspiration to us all

[@ericrenault1184]

one of my favorite's song, its so cool and swingyyyyyy !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! a lots of nice moments have a nice day with the chicken

[@FRILIZZOCK]

we're playing this in jazz band every time we play everyone starts bobbing their heads and grooving to it, great song, definitely an all-time funk-jazz great, awesome bass line too

[@DistortionUser]

Definetely digging the steel drum player:) Band has a really tight sound too. Jaco will always continue to inspire.