Jaco started off crazy and then got hit on the head a lot, plus he was from Florida; poor bastard was doomed from the start.
ALWAYS A DEAD CONNECTION, TORTURED GENIUS EDITION: Bobby and Jaco were in a band together for 15, maybe 20 minutes. They called themselves Nightfood, and if you wanna know how they were, then listen to this:
Yeah. Don’t play Misty for me, please.
Jaco was crazy, but he was also crazy talented. His work with Weather Report was great — I had the pleasure of seeing them, with him, at the Boston Orpheum — but my favorite is his work on Joni’s Hejira and on her Shadows & Light along with with Pat Metheny, Don Alias, and Michael Brecker. Don Alias plays with him on the Donna Lee cut (choice little pick there, btw)..
Love Bobby to smithereens and all that, and with all due respect, Bobby just wasn’t in Jaco’s league.
painful