{"id":4907,"date":"2014-07-18T13:28:53","date_gmt":"2014-07-18T11:28:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.jazzguitar.be\/blog\/?p=1591"},"modified":"2019-04-17T18:04:24","modified_gmt":"2019-04-17T16:04:24","slug":"the-chicken-jaco-pastorius","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jazzguitar.be\/blog\/the-chicken-jaco-pastorius\/","title":{"rendered":"The Chicken (Jaco Pastorius)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"line-height: 160%; font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;\">The Chicken is a cool jazz funk standard composed by Pee Wee Ellis, saxophonist and member of James Brown&#8217;s band in the 60s. The Chicken first appeared as a B-side of a 1969 James Brown single called The Popcorn but was later made famous by Jaco Pastorius, who made it his signature song.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The chicken is a lot of fun to play and a great song for jam sessions. Below you&#8217;ll find the bass guitar tabs and a guitar arrangement of the theme.<\/p>\n<span style=\"--tl-form-height-m:555.828px;--tl-form-height-t:361.672px;--tl-form-height-d:361.672px;\" class=\"tl-placeholder-f-type-shortcode_10980 tl-preload-form\"><span><\/span><\/span>\n<h2>The Chicken Videos<\/h2>\n<p>Here&#8217;s the original James Brown version of the chicken:<br \/>\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/L2wYzU3XKqY?rel=0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a video of Jaco Pastorius and his band playing <i>The Chicken<\/i>. Other band members are Peter Erskine (drums), Don Alias (Percussion), Othello Molineaux (steelpan), Randy Brecker (trumpet) and Bob Mintzer (saxophone).<br \/>\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/swncNY4HlbU?rel=0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>The Chicken Bassline Tabs<\/h2>\n<p>Here are the guitar tabs for the main bassline:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jazzguitar.be\/images\/lessons\/bass_guitar_tabs.gif\" alt=\"The Chicken bassline tabs\" width=\"720\" height=\"201\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>The Chicken Guitar Tabs and Chords<\/h2>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a guitar arrangement for the theme:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jazzguitar.be\/images\/lessons\/the_chicken_pastorius.gif\" alt=\"The Chicken guitar tabs and chords\" width=\"720\" height=\"1612\" \/><\/p>\n&nbsp;\n&nbsp;\n<div class=\"tocgreybox\">\n<h3 style=\"background-color: #313131; padding: 5px 5px 5px 10px; color: #ffffff;\">More Jazz Funk Lessons<\/h3>\n<ol class=\"tocl\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jazzguitar.be\/blog\/jazz-funk-guitar\/\">Jazz Funk Guitar<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jazzguitar.be\/blog\/watermelon-man-guitar\/\">Watermelon Man<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jazzguitar.be\/blog\/cantaloupe-island-piano-riff-for-guitar\/\">Cantaloupe Island<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jazzguitar.be\/blog\/blues-scales\/\">The Blues Scale<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Chicken is a cool jazz funk standard composed by Pee Wee Ellis, saxophonist and member of James Brown&#8217;s band in the 60s. The Chicken first appeared as a B-side of a 1969 James Brown single called The Popcorn but was later made famous by Jaco Pastorius, who made it his signature song. 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