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  • Teen Town Composed by Jaco Pastorius
  • The Chicken Composed by Alfred James Ellis
  • Amerika Composed by Jaco Pastorius
  • Chromatic Fantasy Composed by Jaco Pastorius
  • Come On, Come Over Composed by Jaco Pastorius, Bob Herzog
  • Continuum Composed by Jaco Pastorius
  • Liberty City Composed by Jaco Pastorius
  • Opus Pocus Composed by Jaco Pastorius
  • Word Of Mouth Composed by Jaco Pastorius
  • Soul Intro Composed by Jaco Pastorius
  • Birdland Composed by Joe Zawinul
  • Blackbird Composed by John Lennon, Paul Mccartney
  • Donna Lee Composed by Charlie Parker
  • Invitation Composed by Paul Francis Webster, Bronislau Kaper
  • Portrait Of Tracy Composed by Jaco Pastorius
  • River People Composed by Jaco Pastorius

The Essential Jaco Pastorius by Jaco Pastorius. For Bass. Hal Leonard Bass Recorded Versions. Jazz Fusion and Jazz. Difficulty: medium to medium-difficult. Bass tablature songbook. Bass tablature, standard notation, chord names and bass notation legend. 104 pages. Published by Hal Leonard (HL.690420).

ISBN 0634017675. With bass tablature, standard notation, chord names and bass notation legend. Jazz Fusion and Jazz. 9x12 inches.

Note-for-note transcriptions with tab of Jaco's brilliant bass work on 16 songs.

About Hal Leonard Bass Recorded Versions

On the heels of the success of Guitar Recorded Versions, Hal Leonard introduced Bass Recorded Versions. Finally, bass guitar players can keep up with their guitar counterparts with these off-the-record transcriptions expressly done for bass guitar. Each book contains notes and tablature.

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5 star rating

Location: from Bensalem, Pa

Difficulty Level:
Intermediate/advanced

December 30, 2011

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A very nice collection of Jaco material in a well printed book. A little pricey, but, that seems to be the way these days. It really could have used a CD with it.

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Difficulty Level:
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January 24, 2009

Best Book Ever!

I got this book about a month ago, and have been playing it almost every day. I personally have only been playing for about a year, and because of this book and others like it, I am a better bassist than people who have been playing most of their lives....

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5 star rating

Location: from Wigan, England.

Difficulty Level:
Advanced

June 14, 2008

Time To Really Play Bass.

This book transcibes some of Jaco's finest moments.If you don't know who Jaco was, download Weather Report The Collection.I am a player of 30 years experience,mainly rock, but like so many, most of my chop's are years old. This fantastic book will stretch your mind, fingers, and sanity! Whatever style...

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5 star rating

Location: from kentucky

Difficulty Level:
Intermediate

June 22, 2007

Jaco still blows me away

The music is great! I have been playing for more than 20 yrs. and it was nice to be able to play some of these bass lines i had worked on many times before with no success until now.

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5 star rating

Location: from Redmond, Wa

Difficulty Level:
Intermediate/advanced

April 11, 2006

Go to the Well...

Jaco was, of course, 'The Man'. Not just in terms of his bass playing, but what he did for the art on music in general. My brother bought this book for me awhile back, and I've been working on various excerpts from it ever since. I like to combine learning...

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