Song 143 (Jaco Pastorius--"Donna Lee")

For those who do not know about him, Jaco is considered by many to be one of the greatest electric bassist of all time. Although a lot of people could argue for others, he took the instrument to places it had never been before and today's bassist have built upon his foundations. Even Victor Wooten, who I believe is a better player than Jaco, credits him along with Stanley Clarke and Larry Graham as major influences. Victor Wooten even did his own version of the song with Steve Bailey in their act Bass Extremes called "Madonna Lee." I often wonder what Jaco would be doing if he was still alive today?
Anyway, this is a cover of a classic piece of Bebop Jazz music credited to Charlie Parker, but others such as Miles Davis have also claimed credit for it. The song is very good and is actually quite listenable to those who have an ear for Jazz. From what I understand it took Jaco a while to get the song right on the bass, when he did he created one of the "Holy Grails" for bassists. Although I have never taken the time to learn it as of yet; I probably will sometime in the near future.

Here is the studio version on YouTube.
Here is a live performance with his big band on YouTube.
Here is another excellent live performance on YouTube.

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