''Jaco Pastorius'' is the debut solo album by

Jaco Pastorius John Francis Anthony "Jaco" Pastorius III (; December 1, 1951 – September 21, 1987) was an American jazz bassist, composer and producer. He recorded albums as a solo artist and band leader and was a member of Weather Report from 1976 to 1981. ...

, released in 1976 by Epic Records. The album was produced by

Bobby Colomby Robert Wayne Colomby (born 20 December 1944) is a jazz-rock fusion drummer, record producer and television presenter. He is best known as an original member of the group Blood, Sweat & Tears, which he co-founded in 1967. He has also played wit ...

, drummer and founder of

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.AllAboutJazz.com. Jaco Pastorius biography. 16 December 2009. 5 October 2010 <>.

Track listing

All tracks composed by Jaco Pastorius except where indicated. # "

Donna Lee "Donna Lee" is a bebop jazz standard attributed to Charlie Parker, although Miles Davis has also claimed authorship. Written in A-flat, it is based on the chord changes of the jazz standard "(Back Home Again in) Indiana". Beginning with an unusua ...

" (

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Miles Davis Miles Dewey Davis III (May 26, 1926September 28, 1991) was an American trumpeter, bandleader, and composer. He is among the most influential and acclaimed figures in the history of jazz and 20th-century music. Davis adopted a variety of musi ...

) – 2:27 # "Come On, Come Over" (featuring

Sam & Dave Sam & Dave were an American soul and R&B duo who performed together from 1961 until 1981. The tenor (higher) voice was Sam Moore (born 1935) and the baritone/tenor (lower) voice was Dave Prater (1937–1988). Nicknamed "Double Dynamite", "The ...

) (Jaco Pastorius, Bob Herzog) – 3:54 # "Continuum" – 4:33 # "Kuru/Speak Like a Child" (Pastorius, Herbie Hancock) – 7:43 # " Portrait of Tracy" – 2:22 # "Opus Pocus" – 5:30 # "Okonkolé Y Trompa" (Pastorius,

Don Alias Charles "Don" Alias (December 25, 1939 in New York City – March 28, 2006 in New York City) was an American jazz percussionist. Alias was best known for playing congas and other hand drums. He was, however, a capable drum kit performer: for ...

) – 4:25 # "(Used to Be a) Cha-Cha" – 8:57 # "Forgotten Love" – 2:14 Bonus tracks on 2000 reissue: # "(Used to Be a) Cha-Cha" (alternate take, previously unreleased) – 8:49 # "6/4 Jam" (previously unreleased) – 7:45

Personnel

1. "Donna Lee" (

) – 2:27 *Jaco Pastorius – electric bass *

– congas 2. "Come On, Come Over" (featuring

) (Jaco Pastorius, Bob Herzog) – 3:54 *Jaco Pastorius – electric bass *Don Alias – congas * Herbie Hancock –

Hohner clavinet The Clavinet is an electrically amplified clavichord invented by Ernst Zacharias and manufactured by the Hohner company of Trossingen, West Germany, from 1964 to 1982. The instrument produces sounds by a rubber pad striking a point on a tension ...

, Fender Rhodes electric piano * Narada Michael Walden – drums * Sam Moore – vocals *

Dave Prater David Prater Jr. (May 9, 1937 – April 9, 1988) was an American Southern soul and rhythm & blues singer and musician, who was the deeper baritone/tenor vocalist of the soul vocal duo Sam & Dave from 1961 until his death in 1988. He is a member ...

– vocals *

Randy Brecker Randal Edward Brecker (born November 27, 1945) is an American trumpeter, flugelhornist, and composer. His versatility has made him a popular studio musician who has recorded with acts in jazz, rock, and R&B. Early life Brecker was born on No ...

– trumpet *Ron Tooley – trumpet *Peter Graves – bass trombone *

David Sanborn David William Sanborn (born July 30, 1945) is an American alto saxophonist. Though Sanborn has worked in many genres, his solo recordings typically blend jazz with instrumental pop and R&B. He released his first solo album ''Taking Off'' in 19 ...

– alto sax *

Michael Brecker Michael Leonard Brecker (March 29, 1949 – January 13, 2007) was an American jazz saxophonist and composer. He was awarded 15 Grammy Awards as both performer and composer. He was awarded an Honorary Doctorate from Berklee College of M ...

– tenor sax * Howard Johnson – baritone sax 3. "Continuum" (Jaco Pastorius) – 4:33 *Jaco Pastorius – electric bass *Herbie Hancock – Fender Rhodes electric piano *Alex Darqui – Fender Rhodes electric piano * Lenny White – drums *Don Alias – congas 4. "Kuru/Speak Like a Child" (Jaco Pastorius, Herbie Hancock) – 7:43 *Jaco Pastorius – electric bass *Herbie Hancock – piano *Don Alias – congas, bongos *Bobby Economou – drums *David Nadien – violin * Harry Lookofsky – violin *Paul Gershman – violin *Joe Malin – violin *Harry Cykman – violin *Harold Kohon – violin *Stewart Clarke – viola *Manny Vardi – viola *Julian Barber – viola *Charles McCracken – cello *

Kermit Moore Kermit Moore (March 11, 1929 – November 11, 2013) was an American conductor, cellist, and composer. Early life and education Of African American heritage, Moore was born in Akron, Ohio. While still in high school, Moore studied at the Cl ...

– cello *Beverly Lauridsen – cello * Michael Gibbs – string arrangement 5. "Portrait of Tracy" (Jaco Pastorius) – 2:22 *Jaco Pastorius – electric bass 6. "Opus Pocus" (Jaco Pastorius) – 5:30 *Jaco Pastorius – electric bass *

Wayne Shorter Wayne Shorter (born August 25, 1933) is an American jazz saxophonist and composer. Shorter came to prominence in the late 1950s as a member of, and eventually primary composer for, Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers. In the 1960s, he joined Miles Dav ...

– soprano sax * Herbie Hancock – Fender Rhodes electric piano *Othello Molineaux – steel drums *Leroy Williams – steel drums *Lenny White – drums *Don Alias – percussion 7. "Okonkole Y Trompa" (Jaco Pastorius,

) – 4:25 *Jaco Pastorius – electric bass *Peter Gordon – French horn *Don Alias – okonkolo, iya, congas, afuche 8. "(Used to Be a) Cha Cha" (Jaco Pastorius) – 8:57 *Jaco Pastorius – electric bass *

Hubert Laws Hubert Laws (born November 10, 1939) is an American flutist and saxophonist with a career spanning over 40 years in jazz, classical, and other music genres. Laws is one of the few classical artists who has also mastered jazz, pop, and rhythm- ...

– piccolo, flute *Herbie Hancock – piano *Lenny White – drums *Don Alias – congas 9. "Forgotten Love" (Jaco Pastorius) – 2:14 *Jaco Pastorius – electric bass *Herbie Hancock – piano *David Nadien – violin *Harry Lookofsky – violin *Paul Gershman – violin *Joe Malin – violin *Harry Cykman – violin *Harold Kohon – violin *Matthew Raimondi – violin *Max Pollinkoff – violin *Arnold Black – violin *Stewart Clarke – viola *Manny Vardi – viola *Julian Barber – viola *Al Brown – viola *Charles McCracken – cello *Kermit Moore – cello *Beverly Lauridsen – cello *

Alan Shulman Alan Shulman (4 June 1915 – 10 July 2002) was an American composer and cellist. He wrote a considerable amount of symphonic music, chamber music, and jazz music. Trumpeter Eddie Bailey said, "Alan had the greatest ear of any musician I ever cam ...

– cello * Richard Davis – bass *

Homer Mensch Homer Mensch (November 14, 1914 in Sussex, New Jersey – December 9, 2005 in Manhattan, New York) was a prominent classical bassist who was a former member of the Pittsburgh Symphony, the New York Philharmonic, the New York Pops, and the NBC ...

– bass * Michael Gibbs – string arrangement, conductor Bonus tracks on 2007 reissue 10. "(Used to Be a) Cha-Cha" (alternate take, previously unreleased) (Jaco Pastorius) – 8:49 *same as for track 8 11. "6/4 Jam" (previously unreleased) – 7:45 *Jaco Pastorius – electric bass *Herbie Hancock – Fender Rhodes electric piano *Lenny White – drums *Don Alias – congas

References

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