john patitucci-giant steps(bass solo)

john patitucci-performing a bass solo

[@lindambatha3673]

I'm so inspired by this guy.John is just good...he's an all rounder he lacks nothing

[@andrewauburger]

John Patitucci is a serious contestant for best bassist in my book!

[@ohboy9429]

*joe dart has entered the chat*

[@dedoonbass]

@@ohboy9429 Sorry, but not even comparable. Patitucci's harmonic knowledge is probably the highest of any bassist alive today. I mean, he is improvising over Giant Steps on bass and sounds as sophisticated as a world class sax player doing the same.

[@sr60030]

@@dedoonbass i can't tell if your comment is to disrespect joe dart which is plain wrong but at the same time you're right, they are not comparable not because of talent but because of context. joe dart makes the most emotion with simpler harmonies but thats what funk needs, it needs feel above all. but patitucci makes my heart race and my mind go out with his understanting of music and creativity. so yeah not comparable but not one better than other just playing with a different set of rules and both at the top of those worlds

[@SimulacronX]

@@ohboy9429 Who is Joe Dart in jazz

[@briangoodwin7176]

I went to school with John. Nice guy too!

[@caponsacchi]

Jaco Pastorius first wowed recording execs with his taped performance of the bebop classic, "Donna Lee" (1975). Pattituci's performance here is a step beyond that. But there's more to music than pyrotechnics.When Scott LaFaro joined Bill Evans, together they completely reinvented the "piano trio" and the role of bass. But before this meeting, Scott demonstrated that he was a great "walker," approaching even Ray Brown's power and swing. (Look for him on Contemporary Records from the '50s).

[@gabrielcassaro]

@M T John Patitucci was lucky? Get over yourself.

[@malcolmparkerbass]

I'd love to hear those 19 people solo like this

[@stipstip6419]

Malcolm Parker ,mediocre bass players can't solo like that.

[@bassplayerxxd4873]

@@stipstip6419 ... He said it to the people that disliked. He didn’t at all mean that they could solo like that...

[@holdencaustic]

Love listening to this-- John is a consummate musician, dig the daylights out of his stuff-- in his composing, he displays one characteristic that is the brass ring: he has his own voice.

[@catboyzee]

John style and tone just draws you in; his phrasing is so tasty and impeccable. One of the greats, no question.

[@gre13bass]

John is great as always! He was and remains one of the best in the world!

[@JazzMakerJ]

Monster chops! That's one fine bass solo!

[@sungyulkim]

soooo sick! I feel like he is underrated because he is not playing slap-bass...but I think he is one of the greatest bassist in all time!

[@Jordarr8994]

He can slap the shit out of bass if he wanted.

[@JJDPROMEDIAPRODUCTION]

He's never been underrated. And, his Slapping technique is tight! John is very funky.. Just a great all around Bassist, who can play in any genre. Total musician. Love this guy.

[@brianpatterson7332]

He's equally good on upright bass, as you probably know.

[@jimbog8397]

Check the chick Corea electric band records for his awesome slap bass lines.

[@ishta]

Bill Stewart and John, perfect. I did not even know they played together, I always wanted them to. Bill has the best ride cymbal sound -- tic tic tic. And nice to hear a six string not tapped or slapped to mindless unmusical oblivion or played like a guitar

[@BassByTheBay]

@milesdavidsmith I don't know about forgetting the rest, but you're right about Patitucci. Even with all the other amazing players out there, John's impeccable feel, deep harmonic understanding, and flawless execution truly do put him in a class by himself.

[@user-ig7nq7pc7k]

Just enjoy all of the beautiful shapes (melodic and rhythmic shapes); this is what exploration is all about. Patatucci and Stewart are wonderful here. Thank you, guys.

[@freekazoid8489]

I'll give a shot at transcribing this solo because there are so many well thought out lines that just sound SO great, he's not doing runs (I mean it's Patitucci)... IF I get through it I'll be sure to post a link of the transcription... but if I don't, please understand that he is after all one of the greatest jazz bassists alive.

[@micheli202]

Uh, Mr. Patitucci knows what he's doing. Here he's performing a solo without any other treble clef instrument, so he's doing his guitar-like soloing shtick - and it's an awesome solo. His harmonic awareness is incredible. When he's playing bass in a full ensemble he's a great bassist.

[@clancywiggam]

@gordeteh Tut tut. This does not sound like a guitar, it's a bass played in the higher register, a lovely warm tone. Should guitar players who play in the higher register of their instruments be told to buy a ukulele?

[@Paulo67609]

Rapaz, não conheço ninguém que tire um som igual ao Patitucci no TRB somzeraaaaaa muito lindo.

[@williambradley8004]

Folks,it doesn't get any better than this.Imho John Patitucci and Mike Pope play on a higher level than even Jaco.Both those cats are master improvisers on Electric and Acoustic.Think I'm wrong? Listen to John's solo on Got a match and Mike Popes version of Cherokee.

[@Ted_Swayinghill]

John is one of the reasons why I wanted to jump on the Bass last year..... I want a TRB sooo bad they sound awesome and they're super comfy....I have hitch hikers thumbs or Jaco's thumbs.....and the flat neck is perfect to relax the left thumb on!

[@SUNKINGME]

Bloody HELL!! Saw him with Wayne in Chicago about 20 years ago!

[@sody2000]

That's good music for dancing. It really gets me going.

[@ricardogarridoserafim3930]

Que perfeição esplendoroso que som o máximo sonoridade única e linda parabéns Professor Ricardo serafim Lins Brasil

[@henniebogan1]

if you cant play this without tabs; chance are you cant play it WITH tabs

[@cazhaa]

Giant Steps by Coltrane is one of my favorite jazz standard. Patitucci is perfect !

[@fredsanke4070]

A complicated standard..

[@bassmanjtfunk]

john & stanly are the two most versital bassest in the world hands down . any questions.

[@ajboscan6711]

WHO could discredit his talent. come on!..."he is too good"...or..."he is too fast, I cant see it"...this man Is just amazing!...

[@thegroovesarge]

Man yall crazy. That solo was HOT!! Not music?!? Man please...John will walk circles around any of these cats with negative comments. Prove me wrong.

[@urgentlyDuck]

If you haven't yet listen to the Giants Steps record he did with Edward Simon and Brian Blade.(Edward Simon Trio live in NY)

[@fredbass77]

yes man some persons really don't understand!!! john is a phenom

[@kevinshark76]

why did you cut away Bill Stewart solo? Is so amazing

[@Prof3ssrBrando]

@MarcusClayman Music can always be written out in sheet form. There's a way to communicate the rhythm, even if it's "out of time" or isn't on beat.

[@3djekadetje]

fokking meesterlijk hoe lekker kan een bass zijn

[@spoofzilla]

That sounded real cool!

[@foxxxer22]

great Solo !

[@katepais8985]

Mestre na arte do contra baixo.

[@rrrockhard]

WOW!!!! Amazing.

[@josetzamora]

What is the common scale for a jazz music like this?

[@MarcPlaysDrums]

billy stewart is sick wit it homie!

[@bassmusicmanAHS]

@tiguilherman thats totally an opinion. its a matter of taste. i dont find it boring at all

[@divyx]

agreed! i'd wish i at the moment would be able to improvise good piano solo over the chords. Chick had great version of this but can't find it atm.

[@jtromsness]

I love the fact that the head is bigger than the cab...

[@geomusicmove]

Giant steps, a really apt name for this song...John Patitucci: Giant bassist!

[@CristianTejadaU]

there`s so many bassist: sheehan, pastorius, wooten, steve bayle, miller, bona. and they all have their technics, but my favorite bassist are two: patitucci and pastorius

[@drycomplexity]

Agreed! Bill Steward is amazing!

[@zabaglione12321]

@Satch777 yes and Victor Wooten is the Steve Vai

[@shama2]

igual me encanta galvez y su musica es a toda raja

[@ishta]

@joeyda25 The original composer was a saxophonist, no visual aid of a keyboard or finger board to map out the chords and played it dou for longer periods. Bobby McFerin just his voice and they were always in the chord structure of the song. Just as one said learn theory not fingerings

[@kiensaxo]

Rob Stewart drumer.........WOW the best

[@speedskis777]

Sick.

[@manuelergcruz]

@zabaglione12321 ooops sorry..I was thinking of something when I posted my reply to your comment..I was just astounded by Patitucci's solo, it's hard to do solo on this piece specially without chords that back you up..yet Patitucci nailed it..

[@jtromsness]

@henniebogan1 seriously? that's so solid!

[@BassJapanDirect]

Man this is a bitch to play but you can hear the chord changes all the way through, nice work Mr. Patitucci you are a master.

[@billdaniel92]

it changes keys through the coltrane changes. there is not really a scale that will work for the whole song. is that what you were asking?

[@opsboy77]

the point is i can't play like he did...what a bass player, John is damn good..

[@corrda1993]

Wow.

[@giedosst]

Oh hey! It's the Italian Stallion!

[@yamahitas]

yes

[@HeavyIvyDrumLoL91]

Non ne capisco di basso e bassisti ma sto qui è troppo bravo

[@HANNAH41911]

can anybody tell me ,wat modes is john patitucci using???

[@Lu4ronusGaming]

Well, this is an example of mixing everything up. Start off by arpeggiating all chords. Then, using the modes associated with each chord. For example: for every maj7 chord use ionian, lydian or beebop major scales, for every dominant 7th chord you can use mixolydian, Lydian Dominant, mixolydian b6, half-whole diminished, whole-tone scale, beebop dominant,... and the list goes on just pick a few or one and work with that. For every minor7 or II V use Dorian. Hope this helps. I know it's been 6 years and you probably know all this but I saw no reply.

[@icecreamforcrowhurst]

... how in the heck is someone able to play that fast on a bass? It's unreal.

[@MarshallDamnHood]

John Patitucci is the most professional bass player in the United States, possibly even the world. He is prompt in returning calls, and never shows up unprepared. This stated, i'm a bit confused as to why its called a bass solo. Love John, but a thourough display of the jckoff arts

[@bwsailer]

@Oswaldoaapp I don't understand why people knock TABS so much. When I was in high school and couldn't walk worth a ****, I would just play the suggested bass lines in the sheet music. I learned a lot from that. It's the same as transcribing a song to learn. I think it's really important to learn theory and how to read if you want to play jazz... but I don't see the point in knocking TABS. TABS aren't the problem... I think it's relying on just TABS that will hurt a person's playing progress.

[@zabaglione12321]

@manuelergcruz I was talking best guitar player and best bass player. Haha I wouldn't mention Steve as a bassist!

[@herpaderpatar]

its down for giant steps

[@SantiagoGBG]

The one from Dream Theater is John Petrucci, P etru cci.

[@tuxguys]

I'm rather awe-struck. There is no more difficult tune to improvise over in the Jazz Canon (I can't do it), because of it's harmonic structure (3-tonic system: Don't ask.), and these two amazing virtuosi, not only execute it flawlessly... ...but they have fun with it.

[@BunkleMcCrunkle]

I dunno... Countdown is way harder, or even worse 26-2, or moment's notice. Dont get me wrong, they are all brutal, and all Coltrane tunes funnily enough. they all utilise the Coltrane matrix thingy though, with key centres based around augmented triads....

[@zacharygreene2419]

Countdown is definitely the hardest tune on that record. Moments notice is only weird because of the half step ascending ii-Vs aside from the sheer amount of changes.

[@daddywhatchucookin2924]

Dank af

[@jeremiahfernandez9161]

go back to 9gag

[@milesdavidsmith]

John Patitucci is the perfect jazz bassist. He is the natural evolution of Jaco... forget the rest.

[@henniebogan1]

I just finished transcribing this solo it only took 500000000 hours

[@jude4312]

hahaha he's cheating with the changes. that's perfect bass solo right there, we can ignore changes cos we define what the hell root should be :D :D

[@BASSHEAD89030]

@Oswaldoaapp THANK U!!! :D

[@candlemaniac]

Is that Bill Stewart on drums?

[@Coltranized]

What skill those two have. . . its incredible!

[@clefdefa]

@Satch777 nah he is the John Scofield of the bassplayers.

[@drv30]

what dvd is this from??

[@diabeticmonkey]

@Oswaldoaapp The guy above you has it. They don't suck, they just don't translate to improv, obviously.

[@bestbyj]

oh Men, you just can help it but just admire

[@charliehustlenflow]

@bwsailer yea tabs can be alright but if u can read music u never need to look at tabs again. well actually i cant fully coment cos ive never used tabs but dats why i assume u dont need them

[@CptChaos88]

hey you said you have a transcription of this solo? can you send it to me please? thanks :)

[@okicu]

@MarcusClayman With all due respect my friend, being able to read will allow you to play the music as the writer intended it to be played. If one day u decide to take music as career, reading will be your most valuable asset. or you better have an incredible ear. but even with a good ear how would you learn complicated phrases and melodic intervals without ever reading them. In 23 years of playing in bands.the only time you don't need to read is when your a solo artist and everyone follows you.

[@Jpb90k]

Hah tabs. I doubt anyone has or will transcribe this in standard notation or tab. The only thing to do is to learn the chord changes and improvise over them. It's basically the sort of thing that requires A LOT of practice to say the very least haha. Playing over changes that well at this speed is astounding. Patitucci is one seriously good player.

[@matthewmayuiers]

are you thinking of john pretucci

[@GregLynn]

Bass is bigger than him. I love Steve DiGeorgio as a 6 string bassist myself, but the man is a legend.

[@KBH27]

pretty sure it is

[@KatherinefortheWIN]

I'm a saxophonist and a bass player. I can read music and tab and whilst sheet music is essential for saxophone, when it comes to bass, tabs are more than adequate, i find that sheet music for bass can confuse things. Best to have a tab so you know the note then just play the rythym via feel. I know plenty of insanely talented msicians who have absolutely no idea how to read music, it doesn't make them any less talented. Each to their own!

[@bassisthenrik]

Cleeean!!

[@emilyrosenfield]

Hahah at first glance I thought this said "John Petrucci- Giant Steps" and I got so excited. This guy kills though. Love his phrasing.

[@Chronologo]

@MIKEPORTNOYING this is PATITUCCI NOT PETRUCCI

[@tquarto]

Yah man!!!

[@AttitudeCastle]

I can point you to sheet music for this?

[@JustusVidyo]

@joeyda25 i can hear the changes, why cant you?

[@Robbob9933]

@kankanlovers3 All the great musicians know how to read and write sheet music. This is part of being classically trained. If you think you are good, these skills will only make you better. A friend of mine got on as a session player becasue he was the onnly one out of a couple hundered applying that could read music and many were far better players than him. They paid to get his playing skills up but was good enough to get steady work.

[@milesdavidsmith]

Of course, he could be a little more lyrical, but this is Giant Steps after all... and who am I to judge this master in such a manner -_-

[@FollowTheReaper93]

this song was originally written for the sax

[@fredbass77]

jaco is passed today! hear more of john and hadrien feraud pushes out the limits

[@Sproeikoei]

I like the chord progression.

[@henniebogan1]

Can i get Tabs please

[@ca4Gochops]

@yogsothoth2099 i didnt say it made anyone a bad musician, i said it hinders them.

[@y34r]

@Gabepaullikegirls its all matter of taste,so nothing wrong with the way you feel xD

[@ynotsortuob]

john patitucci has never been associated with dream theatre :/ i think you're talking about john petrucci two complete different styles, one's jazz the other metal.