An ode to Yellowjackets

[aydee]

My friend Cory is going to be pissed about my 'single releases',( got a cheesy pic up, bud ) but nevertheless, here's a Yellowjackets tune that the band did.

For me this was an exercise in restraint. How to try and make work an uneventful tune from a drummer's point of view.

Or to quote Roger Biwandu, "straight 4/4 no boolsheet".

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[KCDrummer]

Nice playing, Aydee!

I don't know whose idea it was for you guys to do that song, so if it was yours, I apologize for what I'm about to say. I remember hearing this tune on the 'Jackets album "Live Wires". I was digging it, the Jackets were killin'. Then it got around to this song and the cd was out of the player after about ten seconds. I just thought it was the whitest, schlockiest garbage and that it was totally beneath the awesomeness the 'Jackets usually exhibit.

That aside, again, nice playing.

BTW, regarding "The Funky Chicken" (more nice playing), those in the know call it simply, "The Chicken". If you haven't heard this tune on the Jaco Pastorius live album "The Birthday Concert" you must!

Cheers,
Zack

[aydee]

Nice playing, Aydee!

I don't know whose idea it was for you guys to do that song, so if it was yours, I apologize for what I'm about to say. I remember hearing this tune on the 'Jackets album "Live Wires". I was digging it, the Jackets were killin'. Then it got around to this song and the cd was out of the player after about ten seconds. I just thought it was the whitest, schlockiest garbage and that it was totally beneath the awesomeness the 'Jackets usually exhibit.

That aside, again, nice playing.

BTW, regarding "The Funky Chicken" (more nice playing), those in the know call it simply, "The Chicken". If you haven't heard this tune on the Jaco Pastorius live album "The Birthday Concert" you must!

Cheers,
Zack

dead on, zack. i agree with you 100%. The suckiest Jacket tune ever.
Its like ferrante had a momentary desire to suddenly want to do a Hollywood score. this was the guitarist's 'selection', so i'm off the hook ; )

Jaco was my god through my musically formative years.I lived off everything he played. a short career unfortunately.

I used to live near w 4th st in Manhattan during his chemically imbalanced years' and would run into him every other day, at a basketball court. Was there with him the day his bass got stolen from that court. My biggest regret? Never ever talked music with him. He was too depraved, and I too intimidated and awestruck.

[KCDrummer]

Well don't I feel like a freakin' tool. I'm telling you to listen to Jaco thinking I'm dropping some knowledge, and you played ball with the dude!

[aydee]

Well don't I feel like a freakin' tool. I'm telling you to listen to Jaco thinking I'm dropping some knowledge, and you played ball with the dude!

Please dont. I'm always thrilled to get a taste of what others feel about Jaco, Zack, specially good players like you.
His impact on me as a musician was profound. Not just his playing but his compositions, arrangements everything he did blew me away. He would gig around Greenwich Village those days, and every 3rdor 4th gig was a mind-blower.
On the other hand, I once put out 20 bucks to hear him and hiram Bullock and Kenwood Dennard at the fancy Blue Note. Jaco stumbled in and played some Bass feedback for 15 minutes and walked off, leaving the audience stunned. Everyone was too wierded out to ask for a refund..