Stevie Wonder fans, dig this!

I've had Esperanza on here before, and she deserves a second look if you missed the first clip.  This performance is just...WOW!  She might even be more deserving than the Bieber of her Best New Artist Grammy award.  Notice the key changes happening, notice the impecable tuning on the bass, notice her ability to get in the moment in front of Stevie Wonder and the LEADER OF THE FREE WORLD!!!  There is a bass player you know who needs to see this immediately - even the hair fits!

I've got one for ya'...

A man is being led thru the jungle on a safari. He begins to hear some really furious, pounding drums, rolling along without end. After 15 minutes of this, he asks the guide "When do the drums stop?" The guide answers "Oh, the drums NEVER stop. Bad things happen then." The man ponders this for about two hours more of furious pounding, and says, irritated, "When do the drums stop?!?" "The drums never stop. Bad things happen when the drums stop." Finally, after 5 hours, the man asks "What bad thing happens when the drums stop?" "BASS SOLO."

Jaco

Electric bass as you have never heard it before. Jaco Pastorius is widely respected in both the jazz and rock worlds. He is best known for his work with "Weather Report", a popular fusion group. Listen to his use of harmonic chords. Also listen to the way he uses repetition as a sonic canvas. (good one..."sonic canvas"... I'm cracking up that I wrote that, perhaps I should write for the Times. The baloney section.)