Teen town
(Pastorius)
"teen town" takes its title from a youth club where
jaco grew up. In addition to composing the tune and
playing bass, jaco also Plays drums, explaining to
williamson that he played the drums first, and
overdubbed the bass part afterwards. Jaco went on
to Describe "teen town" at length:
It's... Tricky! I'm a drummer: that was my first
instrument when i was a kid, and i switched to the
bass because i broke my arm in An accident. I didn't
have to go to the bass, but i had to stop drums
because i had no power left in my left arm, and from
about age 13 to 18, my left arm was pretty useless. I
couldn't push, man; and like, to play the drums, you
gotta push. I was playing in a band On drums--one
that i'd started actually--and i got kicked out! But they
asked me back if i was playing bass, so i bought a
bass and Joined them again!
I was 15, i didn't know where the notes were or
anything, i just started grooving, y'know? And i've
never been out of work since, With the bass! But
yeah, "teen town" was actually a place i use to go to
dance when i was 13, and it was a church on the
Intra-coastal waterway, in pompano beach, florida. I
used to just wish i could be up there playing drums,
that's why i sorta had to Play the drums on this tune--
because the drums are talking with the bass, too--
because now i'm a bass player, but i can still play The
drums, y'know? It's a lot of fun: "teen town" is like a
little theater thing, yeah? You're a kid and you go to
teen town; you're 13 Years old; you wanna hang out
with some chicks; there are all sorts of little ego trips
going on in there; all that sorta shit is going on In
there. And at the end, it gets a little mysterious,
because you start growing up... It's all in there!
(laughs)
In in a silent way, zawinul says, "you know what?
This bassline is played by both of us! It was the
oberheim eight-voice which Doubled his bass, and
we played so well together that it sounds like one
instrument. The bass is a wonderful instrument, but
Sometimes you need a little more attack on it to really
cut it, and that's what it was on this song. Jaco
brought it in, and it was very Quickly done. As a
matter of fact, the whole album was played as well as
we have ever played in the studio."
A transcription of "teen town" appears in the january
1988 issue of guitar for the practicing musician
magazine.
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