Just a quick story:

I can't tell you the exact date, it is lost in the mists of my memory but it would have to be the 1975 timeframe. I had the good fortune to know Pay Metheny during his time at Berklee where I was a student. I was good friends with people that knew him while he was in Coral Gables. I ended up playing bass for the advanced level guitar ensemble Pat taught while he was at Berklee.

I remember walking through the lobby of the dorm building on Mass Ave to class one day and having Pat tell about this remarkable bassist he knew....Jaco. A direct quote, "he is the Charlie Parker of his instrument and, more, he will be one the most influential musicians for a long time to come." This was before either had "made the scene" or released recordings.

A few months later, Pat was tuning up his new trio to for his upcoming album "Bright Size Life", a trio consisting of himself, Bobby Moses, and Jaco at a small club in Boston called Pooh's Pub. What I saw was one of the most remarkable band's.

To this day some 30 years later, I hold these sounds, this music, close. It is still a source of influence and inspiration.

All the best,
David Sahadi