Jaco Pastorius plays Portrait of Tracy

OK, so it’s not double bass. Still, I think that few will pass up a chance to check out this video of Jaco Pastorius playing ‘Portrait of Tracy’ live. He’s got crazy hippie hair and makes rock star faces through the whole thing, but he’s a total genius and an inspiration to all musicians, whether they be electric, upright, or (gasp!) non-bass players.

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2 Comments

Anonymous on June 9, 2007 at 6:44 pm

Amazing video. In addition to “Portrait of Tracy”, he also plays “Dolores”, from the classic Miles Davis album “Miles Smiles”.

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Ethan Eriksen on March 7, 2012 at 3:35 pm

This sounds more to me like an improvised solo that simply quotes “Portrait of Tracy” and contains some harmonics.

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