Solo Efforts
• Jaco Pastorius
• Word of Mouth
• Invitation (Live)
• Birthday Concert


with Weather Report
• Black Market
• 
Heavy Weather
• 
8:30 (Live)
• Mr. Gone
• Night Passage
• The Jaco Years
• 
Live & Unreleased


with Joni Mitchell
Hejira
•Don Juan's
Reckless Daughter

•Mingus
•Shadows & Light(Live)


with Pat Metheny

Guest Appearances
•Al DiMeola - Land of the Midnight Sun
•Ian Hunter - All
American Alien Boy

•Mike Stern - Upside Downside
•Jaco Pastorius - Rare Collection

Discography

Transcriptions

Essential Jaco Recordings Latest Release

Jaco Pastorius (Self-Titled 1976 Debut)

Portrait of Jaco...
the Early Years

the 2-Disc Anthology &
80 page booklet

Visit the Early Years Site



Jaco's handwritten song list
for his solo debut.


An "out there" Epic
Records promo concept.


...and the real promo


Jaco's Grammy
nominations

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Original Release Date: August 1976
Remastered / Re-released: August 1, 2000
Label: Epic/Legacy (Sony Music)

The album that started it all -- Jaco's debut solo album. Features a blistering rendition of Charlie Parker's Donna Lee and two of the tracks that changed bass playing forever: Continuum andPortrait of Tracy. Reissue liner notes provided by Pat Metheny


Tracks:
  1. Donna Lee (Parker)   2:27
  2. Come On, Come Over (Herzog/Pastorius)   3:54
  3. Continuum (Pastorius)   4:33
  4. Kuru/Speak Like a Child (Hancock/Pastorius)   7:43
  5. Portrait of Tracy (Pastorius)   2:22
  6. Opus Pocus (Pastorius)   5:30
  7. Okonkole y Trompa (Alias/Pastorius)   4:25
  8. (Used to Be a) Cha-Cha (Pastorius)   8:57
  9. Forgotten Love (Pastorius)   2:14
  10. (Used to Be a) Cha-Cha (Alternate Take - Previously Unreleased)
    (Pastorius)   8:49
  11. 6/4 Jam (Alternate Take - Previously Unreleased)(Pastorius)   7:45

Musicians:

Jaco Pastorius: Bass, horn & string arrangements
Don Alias: Congas, Bongos, Percussion, Okonkolo y Iya, Afuche
Randy Brecker: Trumpet
Ron Tooley: Trumpet
Peter Graves: Bass Trombone
David Sanborn: Alto Sax
Michael Brecker: Tenor Sax
Howard Johnson: Baritone Sax
Herbie Hancock: Keyboards, Piano, Fender Rhodes
Narada Michael Walden: Drums
Sam & Dave: Vocals
Bobby Economou: Drums
Michael Gibbs: Conductor, String Arrangement
Wayne Shorter: Soprano Sax
Othello Molineaux: Steel Drums
Leroy Williams: Steel Drums
Lenny White: Drums
Peter Gordon: French Horn
Strings: Violins: David Nadien (concertmaster), Harry Lookofsky, Paul Gershman, Koe Malin, Harry Cykman, Harold Kohon, Matthew Raimondi, Max Pollikoff, Arnold Black. Violas: Selwart Clarke, Manny Vardi, Julian Barber, Al Brown. Celli: Charles McCracken, Kermit Moore, Beverly Lauridsen, Alan Shulman. Double Basses:Richard Davis, Homer Mensch.

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