Transcribed by charles mcneal bob mintzers solo from montreal, 1982 wjaco pastorius the chicken 200 bpm halftime funk feel tenor sax. Many of these transcriptions are ones that ive done for myself as part of my own study. Loop and slow down software makes hearing the pitches and rhythms easier. Jaco was a member of weather report and of course played with joni mitchell. Shop and buy the essential jaco pastorius sheet music. Print and download jaco pastorius the chicken bass solo from modern electric bass sheet music. Jaco pastorius soul intro the chicken i played this with my high school jazz band so it should be pretty close. Here is a horn chart transcribed from the jbs version of the chicken, as played by maceo parker, pee wee ellis, fred wesley and james brown. The chicken first appeared as a bside of a 1969 james brown single called the popcorn but was later made famous by jaco pastorius, who made it his signature song. If youre looking for bass tabs, then click here these free bass transcriptions are provided for educational use only click on the transcription title to view and download the pdf. This transcription of greasy wheel, hosted on bryans own site, serves as a sampler for the full 140page book of transcriptions, which can be purchased from monsieur bellers digital superstore. I fully transcribed jacos bass playing on soul introthe. Thank you, i know that this was a true labor of love. John francis anthony jaco pastorius iii was an american jazz bassist who was a member of weather report from 1976 to 1981.
Jam in e jaco pastorius bass transcription youtube. Transcriptions the chicken pee wee ellis submitted by dsw67. Jaco pastorius soul intro the chicken bass transcription jaco. Introduction this dissertation seeks to firstly, provide a detailed analysis of jaco pastorius fonnative years from a historical perspective focusing on the techniques that he pioneered on. And now i shall share it with you because why the hell else would i have done this to myself. Its rare that one player defines the sound of an instrument, but thats what jaco did with the fretless bass. This arrangement is created using professional notation software and is optimized for accuracy, readability and clarity. Though there are tons of tabs and transcriptions of varying quality circulating the internet of popular songs and even some lesser known songs and even songs, finding a reliable source of readable, userfriendly bass guitar transcriptions can be very difficult. Installing pdf viewer software tips for uploading documents more jaco hagoort, karel bezstarosti. Jacos first album with weather report, performing on two tracks, one of which was his own composition, barbary coast.
I think this is the thread where this goes here is a transcription i just finished of jaco playing over the chicken it is from the youtube. Pastorius most influential songs including birdland, the chicken, donna lee, portrait of tracy. Soul intro the chicken bass tab by jaco pastorius with free online tab player. A method for electric bass improvisation via a detailed analysis of the improvisational techniques of. If you want compare your transcription to a published transcription, consider ordering the essential jaco pastorius, published by hal leonard. Trascription of jacos improv from the video modern electric bass. Subscribe to the youtube for regular updates when new videos are uploaded by clicking here. Pastorius originally wrote the tune in late 1973, while under the spiritual influence of the urantia book.
From the jaco pastorius album curtain call chuck rainey all of these transcriptions are from an instructional book that was never published. A method for electric bass improvisation via a detailed. Come on come over jonathan dimond jonathan dimond bass. In addition to his adventures with pliers and epoxy resin, jaco popularised many extended bass techniques including chords, harmonics both natural and artificial and the use of effects. Transcribed by charles mcneal bob mintzers solo from montreal, 1982 w jaco pastorius the chicken 200 bpm halftime funk feel tenor sax. Soul intro the chicken tab by jaco pastorius fretless bass. To access the quality content at cocosbassment, a small fee of.
The essential jaco pastorius bass recorded versions. These are all complete bass lines and this is the first time i have put them up for the general bass playing. Bar 21 of the transcription shows the use of a double chromatic approach at the end of the second verse, where jaco targets the major 3rd of the d7 chord and uses the open d string to create a double stop. Notefornote transcriptions of 24 classics from such greats as victor wooten, jaco pastorius, stanley clarke and james. This page features over 180 free bass transcriptions in standard notation. Continuum bass jaco pastorius bass line transcription by giacomo dominici from the album. The chicken bass tab by jaco pastorius with free online tab player. Sep 22, 2016 today we will be tackling jaco pastoriuss bass line on the title track from weather reports 1980 album, night passage. The bassment is a mean machine groove for bass players. Basstranscriptions is a free youtubeseries i run currently on hiatus that provides full transcriptions in proper notation of bass lines to accompany playalong videos. Just found the best bass notation site in the universe, also offering tab to the lesser bass mortals, just cannot understand why it took me so long to find you.
This is the easiest jaco song and he has a lot of fun playing it. Sep 26, 2017 continuum bass jaco pastorius bass line transcription by giacomo dominici from the album. Jaco pastorius the chicken bass solo from modern electric. Continuum jaco pastorius bass transcription youtube. Solo transcriptions bass this page lists 117 bass solo transcriptions that are available somewhere on the internet.
He worked with pat metheny and joni mitchell, and recorded albums as a solo artist and band leader. Transcription of jaco pastorius bass solo on used to be a. This is note for note as played on the record including johns cheeky overdub at bar 78. So i spent way too many hours doing this, but i fully transcribed jaco s part ok, except 3 beats that were impossible on soul intro the chicken off of the birthday concert album. Bass transcriptions of billy cox, the funky bassist with jimi hendrix on dolly dagger and izabella complete transcriptions of paul mccartneys bass parts on abbey road reggae bass transcriptions of robbie shakespeare bass transcriptions of mike watt of the minutemen bass transcription of the barney miller theme. Queen bass transcriptions are few and far between online and are usually pretty inaccurate so i decided to do my own. The chicken text bass tab by jaco pastorius songsterr. In this two cd collection we get a cross section of the best of the late mr. He would use throughout his later compositions most notably continuum. Flea francis rocco prestia frankie poullain fred gibson freddie washington garry gary beers garry tallent geddy lee george michael greg phillinganes synth bass guy berryman harold hog cowart harold robinson ian kirkpatrick jack daley jaco pastorius jamareo artis james genus james jamerson james roberto johnston jan visser janicemarie. Recorded with a squier jazz bass to a hartke b90 combo. This recording led to jaco officially joining weather report. Chicken bass tab ver 2 by jaco pastorius with free online tab player.
Thanks for watching, if you enjoyed the video please like and subscribe. The chicken jaco pastorius the chicken is a cool jazz funk standard composed by pee wee ellis, saxophonist and member of james browns band in the 60s. Among jacos bass anthems, when it comes to the triplethreat combination of composition, bass line, and solo, none stands quite as tall as havona. Today, on his birthday, a new jaco book, a free transcription, and lots more in the newsletter by kevin smith december 1, 2016 on what would have been jaco pastorius 65th birthday, features in its december newsletter a. Transcription of jaco pastorius bass solo on used to be. Bass transcription archives bass musician magazine, the. From the weather report album night passage speak like a child.
Free bass transcription of black crow by joni mitchell. Joni mitchell black crow bass transcription jaco pastorius. However, if you want one of these charts modifying different key, arrangement change or a tab chart then i can do that for you for a small charge of. I remember finding my dads cassette tape of weather reports heavy weather shortly after taking up the bass at 14, but my ears werent ready for it and it swiftly fell out of favour, replaced by jamiroquai and rage against the machine. The bassment free bass guitar transcriptions in standard.
The bass part is triplet heavy, so much so that it could be written in 128. If your a bass player and love jaco then youll love this book. See all aidan hampson bass music transcription ebooks. Modern electric bass by jaco pastorius with jerry jemmott revised edition interuieui and text jerry jemmott revised edition transcriptions. Fingering and positions as suggested by tabledit, please use common sense. Download musescore for free and share your scores on this site. The essential jaco pastorius by jaco pastorius bass. His bass playing employed funk, lyrical solos, bass chords, and innovative.
Here you can find more about the best web sites that offer free and paid solo transcriptions. Aug 03, 2016 trascription of jaco s improv from the video modern electric bass. Live basically this tab is just the entire song in order, fully written out. My route to becoming a jaco fanboy was not straightforward. Feb 27, 2020 if you want to transcribe an easier jaco tune, you might try come on, come over. Put simply, bryan bellers seminal second album rocks. The chicken tab by jaco pastorius bass electric bass finger. Jan 31, 2014 quality bass guitar transcriptions can be difficult things to find on the internet. Alphonso johnson, weather reports former bass player, performs on the other tracks.
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