Jaco Pastorius: Portrait of Jaco… the Early Years
This critically acclaimed boxed audio biography brings an 80-page color booklet and over two-and-a-half hours of never-before-heard recordings of Jaco Pastorius from 1968 up through his glory years. Hear his earliest bands, unheard originals, and very beginnings as a soloist.
Tracks:
| 1 | Sermon at the Crossroads | |
| 2 | Please Don’t Love Me (featuring Jack Pastorius, Jaco’s father) | |
| 3 | Jocko’s First Gig (Jaco on drums) | |
| 4 | The Chicken (Jaco plays all instruments) | |
| 5 | Suzanne (on first record ’68) | |
| 6 | If You Were Mine (Woodchuck) | |
| 7 | Street Life (Interview) | |
| 8 | Mr. Pitiful (Woodchuck) | |
| 9 | Higher Solo (Tommy Strand) | |
| 10 | Ming of Mings (Wayne Cochran & the C.C. Riders) | |
| 11 | Rice Pudding (Wayne Cochran & the C.C. Riders) | |
| 12 | Amelia (Wayne Cochran & the C.C. Riders) | |
| 13 | Like the Sound of the Music? (Wayne Cochran & the C.C. Riders) | |
| 14 | Long, Long Day (Wayne Cochran & the C.C. Riders) | |
| 15 | Exploring on Acoustic (Jaco warming up on acoustic bass) | |
| 16 | Dexterity (more on acoustic) | |
| 17 | Birth of Continuum | |
| 18 | Mr. Clean (Ira Sullivan) | |
| 19 | I Can Dig It Baby (Little Beaver) | |
| 20 | Touch the Sky | |
| 21 | Behind the Scenes with Jaco | |
| 22 | Between Races (Peter Graves Orchestra) | |
| 23 | Domingo (Peter Graves Orchestra) | |
| 24 | Wiggle Waggle (Peter Graves Orchestra) | |
| 25 | Opus Pocus (Jaco’s demo recording) | |
| 26 | Balloon Song (Jaco’s demo recording) | |
| 27 | Continuum (Jaco’s demo recording) | |
| 28 | Behind the Scenes…Part 2 | |
| 29 | All The Things You Are (Pat Metheny) | |
| 30 | Bright Size Life (Pat Metheny) | |
| 31 | Epic Signs Jaco | |
| 32 | The Real Deal (Jaco explains) | |
| 33 | Refuge of the Roads (Joni Mitchell) | |
| 34 | Hejira (Jaco with Joni Mitchell) | |
| 35 | Jaco, John & Mary (Jaco playing with his children) | |
| 36 | Cannonball (Joe Zawinul & Weather Report) | |
| 37 | Kuru/Speak Like a Child (Herbie Hancock) | |
| 38 | Las Olas Farewell (Jaco sings) |
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Well put together by Mr. Bob Bobbing. A pleasure to listen to &then listen to again.
A masterpiece.