Jaco Pastorius – Modern Electric Bass

Jaco Pastorius, one of the greatest bass players of all time, forged a landmark bass style that still permeates music today. His melodic sense, delicate touch, and groundbreaking bass grooves have influenced generations of musicians, while his music has consistently topped readers’ and critics’ polls worldwide. On Modern Electric Bass, Jaco presents his unique approach to countless musical topics, covering right- and left-hand technique, harmonies, scales, arpeggios, study concepts, fretless bass, and more. Jaco performs several standout solos as well as a duet with session great Jeremy Jemmott. Special features include a closer look at Jaco’s life, a peak at Jaco’s equipment setup, a 20 minute performance featuring John Scofield and Kenwood Dennard, plus a preview of John Patitucci and much more!

Jazz great Pastorius instructs, does solo performance work, exclusive interviews, performance footage with Jeremy Jemmott, John Scofield and Kenwood Dennard; also cutting edge special features.

The onetime Weather Report bassist covers his roots and influences, how he developed his technique, fretless vs. fretted electric bass, right and left hand technique, harmonics and arpeggios, practice routines and so on. An instruction booklet accompanies the video.