Jaco Pastorius is the debut solo album by Jaco Pastorius, released in 1976 by Epic Records. The album was produced by Bobby Colomby, drummer and original member of Blood, Sweat & Tears.
Contents
Track listing
All tracks composed by Jaco Pastorius except where indicated.
Bonus tracks on 2000 reissue:
Personnel
1. "Donna Lee" (Charlie Parker or Miles Davis) – 2:27
Jaco Pastorius – electric bass
Don Alias – congas
2. "Come On, Come Over" (featuring Sam & Dave) (Jaco Pastorius, Bob Herzog) – 3:54
Jaco Pastorius – electric bass
Don Alias – congas
Herbie Hancock – Hohner clavinet, Fender Rhodes electric piano
Narada Michael Walden – drums
Sam Moore – vocals
Dave Prater – vocals
Randy Brecker – trumpet
Ron Tooley – trumpet
Peter Graves – bass trombone
David Sanborn – alto sax
Michael Brecker – 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 – 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 – soprano sax
Herbie Hancock – Fender Rhodes electric piano
Othello Molineaux – steel drums
Leroy Williams – steel drums
Lenny White – drums
Don Alias – percussion
7. "Okonkolé y Trompa" (Jaco Pastorius, Don Alias) – 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 – 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 – cello
Richard Davis – bass
Homer Mensch – bass
Michael Gibbs – string arrangement, conductor
Bonus tracks on the 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