Essential Solo Efforts From Jaco's debut to his work with Word of Mouth, he single-handedly reinvented the electric bass forever. In 1976, the music world changed forever with the release of Jaco Pastorius.		What makes your essential Jaco list? Talk about it in the Jaco forums.

		Weather Report Jaco ignited Weather Report and propelled them into super-group status.				Joni Mitchell Joni Mitchell searched long and hard for a bass player that didn't exist... until Jaco.
		Pat Metheny Both Pat Metheny and Jaco released debut solo efforts in 1976, with Jaco performing on both.				Guest Appearances Jaco was sought by many musicians to appear on their records, and there are many great guest appearances out there as a result.