A Martinez on Instagram: "||||||| Pee Wee Ellis’ epic instrumental funk tune "Chicken" debuted as the B-Side of James Browns’s 1969 single, “The Popcorn.” The legendary Jazz Bassist Jaco Pastorius revisited the tune often and tremendously widened its exposure. And last month at #TheTuningFork in Studio City, #TheShambles notched a fine pass at the perky bird that lit up the room! Alicia Morgan on keys, Jon Woodhead on guitar, Dave Batti on bass, Chris Ross on drums, Sam Morgan on tenor sax. @ali

FUNK BASS WORLD on Instagram: "Repost @jazzcorner_ Jaco Pastorius once said that he did not consider himself a jazz bass player, but an R&B and rock bassist. Yet he is enshrined is and recognized as one of the greatest jazz bass players in history. Before he could read music in 1968, he borrowed his friend’s reel-to-reel tape recorder and created his version of “The Chicken” by Pee Wee Ellis. Jaco played all the instruments on the recording, which he sent to Alice Coltrane. She replied with an e

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