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| released = August 1976
| released = August 1976
| recorded = October 1975
| recorded = October 1975
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| studio = Camp Colomby Studios, [[Columbia Records|Columbia Recording Studios C&B]], [[New York City]]
| venue =
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| studio = Camp Colomby Studios, [[Columbia Records|Columbia Recording Studios C&B]], New York City
| genre = [[Jazz fusion]], [[post-bop]], [[funk]]
| genre = [[Jazz fusion]], [[post-bop]], [[funk]]
| length = 42:09 / 55:13 (remastered edition with bonus tracks)
| length = 42:09 / 55:13 (remastered edition with bonus tracks)
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| rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
| rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
| rev1Score = {{Rating|5|5}}<ref name = "AMG">Anderson, Rick. [{{AllMusic|class=album|id=mw0000188533|pure_url=yes}} "Jaco Pastorius - ''Jaco Pastorius'' (1976) album review"], ''[[AllMusic]]''</ref>
| rev1Score = {{Rating|5|5}}<ref name = "AMG">Anderson, Rick. [{{AllMusic|class=album|id=mw0000188533|pure_url=yes}} "Jaco Pastorius - ''Jaco Pastorius'' (1976) album review"], ''[[AllMusic]]''</ref>
| rev2 = [[Sputnikmusic]]
| rev2 = Sputnikmusic
| rev2Score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref>{{cite web|last1=Fisher|first1=Tyler|title=Jaco Pastorius - ''Jaco Pastorius'' (1976) album review |url=https://www.sputnikmusic.com/review/11402/Jaco-Pastorius-Jaco-Pastorius/#a |website=Sputnikmusic |accessdate=12 August 2014}}</ref>
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| rev3 = ''[[The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide]]''
| rev3 = ''[[The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide]]''
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'''''Jaco Pastorius''''' is the official self-titled solo debut studio album by [[Jaco Pastorius]], released in 1976 by [[Epic Records]]. The album was produced by [[Bobby Colomby]], drummer and founder of [[Blood, Sweat & Tears]].<ref>AllAboutJazz.com. Jaco Pastorius biography. 16 December 2009. 5 October 2010 <{{cite web |url=http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/musician.php?id=10148 |title=Jaco Pastorius at All About Jazz |accessdate=2010-10-05 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719112816/http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/musician.php?id=10148 |archivedate=2011-07-19 }}>.</ref>
'''''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 founder of [[Blood, Sweat & Tears]].<ref>AllAboutJazz.com. Jaco Pastorius biography. 16 December 2009. 5 October 2010 <{{cite web |url=http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/musician.php?id=10148 |title=Jaco Pastorius at All About Jazz |accessdate=2010-10-05 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719112816/http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/musician.php?id=10148 |archivedate=2011-07-19 }}>.</ref>

== History ==
Jaco Pastorius, then only 24 years old, was accompanied by the best jazz fusion musicians of that era: [[Herbie Hancock]] on clavinet and electric piano, [[Narada Michael Walden]] of [[Mahavishnu Orchestra]] and [[Lenny White]] on drums, [[Randy Brecker]] on trumpet, [[David Sanborn]] on alto saxophone, [[Michael Brecker]] on tenor saxophone, [[Wayne Shorter]] on soprano saxophone as well as a string orchestra.

== About the album ==
Each track on the album points in a different direction.

The album opens with a virtuoso fretless bass cover by ''Donna Lee'' of Miles Davis (attributed to Charlie Parker on the cover).

''Come On, Come Over'' is a funk-soul track, a tribute to the great rhythm and blues musicians, supported by Herbie Hancock and brothers Randy and Michael Brecker. It's also the only song on the album, featuring vocals from Sam Moore and Dave Prater.

''Continuum'' announces the work that Pastorius will do with Weather Report. This is the second track on the album on which he plays a fretless bass. Herbe Hancock and Alex Darqui play the Fender Rhodes electric piano alternately.

On ''Kuru/Speak Like a Child'', composed with Herbie Hancock, we hear a beautifully arranged string ensemble by Pastorius.

The ballad ''Portrait of Tracy'' is one of the highlights of the album. Jaco is alone on this track.

''Opus Pocus'' is a track mixing jazz fusion and calypso.

''Okonkole Y Trompa'', co-written with percussionist Don Alias, is arranged for electric bass, horn and percussion. We can hear the influence of Miles Davis.

The last track of the album, ''Forgotten Love'', is a rather cinematographic composition, on which Pastorius does not play, leaving all the space to Hancock and a string orchestra. The electric bass is being replaced here by a double bass, alternated between two musicians, Richard Davis and Homer Mensch.

== Critics on the album ==

On ''{{lang|en|[[AllMusic]]}}'', Rick Anderson writes: {{quote|beyond his phenomenal bass technique, and the astonishing maturity of his compositions (he n was only 24 years old when the album was published), we can note the extraordinary audacity of his arrangements}}.

Sacha O'Grady (''{{lang|en|[[All About Jazz]]}}'') writes: {{quote|Pastorius and his never go wrong, playing music as soothing as it is demanding . […] This album proves beyond a shadow of a doubt that Jaco will forever remain one of the most important bass players. The simple fact that he was only {{unit|24}} at the time of recording makes the album even more stunning}}.


==Track listing==
==Track listing==
All tracks composed by Jaco Pastorius except where indicated.
All tracks composed by Jaco Pastorius except where indicated.
{{Tracklist
# "[[Donna Lee]]" <small>([[Charlie Parker]] or [[Miles Davis]])</small> – 2:27
| extra_column = Writer(s)
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# "Come On, Come Over" (featuring [[Sam & Dave]]) <small>(Jaco Pastorius, Bob Herzog)</small> – 3:54
| title1 = [[Donna Lee]]
# "Continuum" – 4:33
| extra1 = [[Miles Davis]]
# "Kuru/Speak Like a Child" <small>(Pastorius, [[Herbie Hancock]])</small> – 7:43
| length1 = 2:27
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# "[[Portrait of Tracy]]" – 2:22
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| title2 = Come On, Come Over (featuring [[Sam & Dave]])
# "Opus Pocus" – 5:30
| extra2 = Pastorius, Bob Herzog
# "Okonkolé Y Trompa" <small>(Pastorius, [[Don Alias]])</small> – 4:25
| length2 = 3:54
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# "(Used to Be a) Cha-Cha" – 8:57
| title3 = Continuum
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# "Forgotten Love" – 2:14
| length3 = 4:33
| title4 = Kuru / Speak Like a Child
| extra4 = Pastorius, [[Herbie Hancock]]
| length4 = 7:43
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| title5 = [[Portrait of Tracy]]
| length5 = 2:22
| title6 = Opus Pocus
| length6 = 5:30
| title7 = Okonkolé Y Trompa
| extra7 = Pastorius, [[Don Alias]]
| length7 = 4:25
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| title8 = (Used to Be a) Cha-Cha
| length8 = 8:57
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| title9 = Forgotten Love
| length9 = 2:14
| total_length = 42:09
}}


Bonus tracks on 2000 reissue:
Bonus tracks on 2000 reissue:
{{Tracklist
# "(Used to Be a) Cha-Cha" (alternate take, previously unreleased) – 8:49
| title10 = (Used to Be a) Cha-Cha (alternate take)
# "6/4 Jam" (previously unreleased) – 7:45
| length10 = 8:49
| title11 = 6/4 Jam
| length11 = 7:45
| total_length = 55:13
}}


==Personnel==
==Personnel==
1. "Donna Lee" <small>([[Charlie Parker]] or [[Miles Davis]])</small> – 2:27
1. "Donna Lee" <small>([[Charlie Parker]] or [[Miles Davis]])</small> – 2:27
*Jaco Pastorius – fretless bass
*[[Jaco Pastorius]] – electric bass
*[[Don Alias]] – congas
*[[Don Alias]] – congas


2. "Come On, Come Over" (featuring [[Sam & Dave]]) <small>(Jaco Pastorius, Bob Herzog)</small> – 3:54
2. "Come On, Come Over" (featuring [[Sam & Dave]]) <small>(Jaco Pastorius, Bob Herzog)</small> – 3:54
*Jaco Pastorius – electric bass
*[[Jaco Pastorius]] – electric bass
*Don Alias – congas
*[[Don Alias]] – congas
*[[Herbie Hancock]] – [[clavinet|Hohner clavinet]], [[Fender Rhodes]] electric piano
*[[Herbie Hancock]] – [[clavinet|Hohner clavinet]], [[Fender Rhodes]] electric piano
*[[Narada Michael Walden]] – drums
*[[Narada Michael Walden]] – drums
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3. "Continuum" <small>(Jaco Pastorius)</small> – 4:33
3. "Continuum" <small>(Jaco Pastorius)</small> – 4:33
*Jaco Pastorius – fretless bass
*[[Jaco Pastorius]] – electric bass
*Herbie Hancock – Fender Rhodes electric piano
*[[Herbie Hancock]] – Fender Rhodes electric piano
*Alex Darqui – Fender Rhodes electric piano
*Alex Darqui – Fender Rhodes electric piano
*[[Lenny White]] – drums
*[[Lenny White]] – drums
*Don Alias – congas
*[[Don Alias]] – congas


4. "Kuru/Speak Like a Child" <small>(Jaco Pastorius, [[Herbie Hancock]])</small> – 7:43
4. "Kuru/Speak Like a Child" <small>(Jaco Pastorius, [[Herbie Hancock]])</small> – 7:43
*Jaco Pastorius – electric bass
*[[Jaco Pastorius]] – electric bass
*Herbie Hancock – piano
*[[Herbie Hancock]] – piano
*Don Alias – congas, bongos
*[[Don Alias]] – congas, bongos
*Bobby Economou – drums
*Bobby Economou – drums
*David Nadien – violin
*David Nadien – violin
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5. "Portrait of Tracy" <small>(Jaco Pastorius)</small> – 2:22
5. "Portrait of Tracy" <small>(Jaco Pastorius)</small> – 2:22
*Jaco Pastorius – electric bass
*[[Jaco Pastorius]] – electric bass


6. "Opus Pocus" <small>(Jaco Pastorius)</small> – 5:30
6. "Opus Pocus" <small>(Jaco Pastorius)</small> – 5:30
*Jaco Pastorius – electric bass
*[[Jaco Pastorius]] – electric bass
*[[Wayne Shorter]] – soprano sax
*[[Wayne Shorter]] – soprano sax
*[[Herbie Hancock]] – Fender Rhodes electric piano
*[[Herbie Hancock]] – Fender Rhodes electric piano
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*Leroy Williams – steel drums
*Leroy Williams – steel drums
*Lenny White – drums
*Lenny White – drums
*Don Alias – percussion
*[[Don Alias]] – percussion


7. "Okonkole Y Trompa" <small>(Jaco Pastorius, [[Don Alias]])</small> – 4:25
7. "Okonkole Y Trompa" <small>(Jaco Pastorius, [[Don Alias]])</small> – 4:25
*Jaco Pastorius – electric bass
*[[Jaco Pastorius]] – electric bass
*Peter Gordon – French horn
*Peter Gordon – French horn
*Don Alias – okonkolo, iya, congas, afuche
*[[Don Alias]] – okonkolo, iya, congas, afuche


8. "(Used to Be a) Cha Cha" <small>(Jaco Pastorius)</small> – 8:57
8. "(Used to Be a) Cha Cha" <small>(Jaco Pastorius)</small> – 8:57
*Jaco Pastorius – electric bass
*[[Jaco Pastorius]] – electric bass
*[[Hubert Laws]] – piccolo, flute
*[[Hubert Laws]] – piccolo, flute
*Herbie Hancock – piano
*[[Herbie Hancock]] – piano
*Lenny White – drums
*Lenny White – drums
*Don Alias – congas
*[[Don Alias]] – congas


9. "Forgotten Love" <small>(Jaco Pastorius)</small> – 2:14
9. "Forgotten Love" <small>(Jaco Pastorius)</small> – 2:14
*[[Jaco Pastorius]] – electric bass
*Herbie Hancock – piano
*[[Herbie Hancock]] – piano
*David Nadien – violin
*David Nadien – violin
*Harry Lookofsky – violin
*Harry Lookofsky – violin
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*Beverly Lauridsen – cello
*Beverly Lauridsen – cello
*[[Alan Shulman]] – cello
*[[Alan Shulman]] – cello
*[[Richard Davis (double bassist)|Richard Davis]] – double bass
*[[Richard Davis (double bassist)|Richard Davis]] – bass
*[[Homer Mensch]] – double bass
*[[Homer Mensch]] – bass
*[[Michael Gibbs (jazz composer)|Michael Gibbs]] – string arrangement, conductor
*[[Michael Gibbs (jazz composer)|Michael Gibbs]] – string arrangement, conductor


Bonus tracks on 2007 reissue
Bonus tracks on the 2007 reissue


10. "(Used to Be a) Cha-Cha" (alternate take, previously unreleased) <small>(Jaco Pastorius)</small> – 8:49
10. "(Used to Be a) Cha-Cha" (alternate take, previously unreleased) <small>(Jaco Pastorius)</small> – 8:49

Latest revision as of 14:21, 19 July 2023

Jaco Pastorius
Studio album by
Jaco Pastorius
ReleasedAugust 1976
RecordedOctober 1975
StudioCamp Colomby Studios, Columbia Recording Studios C&B, New York City
GenreJazz fusion, post-bop, funk
Length42:09 / 55:13 (remastered edition with bonus tracks)
LabelEpic/Legacy (Sony)
ProducerBobby Colomby
Jaco Pastorius chronology
Jaco
(1974) 		Jaco Pastorius
(1976) 		Word of Mouth
(1981)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Sputnikmusic[2]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide[3]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings[4]

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 founder of Blood, Sweat & Tears.[5]

Track listing

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All tracks composed by Jaco Pastorius except where indicated.

No.TitelWriter(s)Length
1."Donna Lee"Miles Davis2:27
2."Come On, Come Over (featuring Sam & Dave)"Pastorius, Bob Herzog3:54
3."Continuum" 4:33
4."Kuru / Speak Like a Child"Pastorius, Herbie Hancock7:43
5."Portrait of Tracy" 2:22
6."Opus Pocus" 5:30
7."Okonkolé Y Trompa"Pastorius, Don Alias4:25
8."(Used to Be a) Cha-Cha" 8:57
9."Forgotten Love" 2:14
Total length:42:09

Bonus tracks on 2000 reissue:

No.TitelLength
10."(Used to Be a) Cha-Cha (alternate take)"8:49
11."6/4 Jam"7:45
Total length:55:13

Personnel

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1. "Donna Lee" (Charlie Parker or Miles Davis) – 2:27

2. "Come On, Come Over" (featuring Sam & Dave) (Jaco Pastorius, Bob Herzog) – 3:54

3. "Continuum" (Jaco Pastorius) – 4:33

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

6. "Opus Pocus" (Jaco Pastorius) – 5:30

7. "Okonkole Y Trompa" (Jaco Pastorius, Don Alias) – 4:25

8. "(Used to Be a) Cha Cha" (Jaco Pastorius) – 8:57

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

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Anderson, Rick. "Jaco Pastorius - Jaco Pastorius (1976) album review", AllMusic
  2. ^ Fisher, Tyler. "Jaco Pastorius - Jaco Pastorius (1976) album review". Sputnikmusic. Retrieved 12 August 2014.
  3. ^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 159. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
  4. ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1133. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
  5. ^ AllAboutJazz.com. Jaco Pastorius biography. 16 December 2009. 5 October 2010 <"Jaco Pastorius at All About Jazz". Archived from the original on 2011-07-19. Retrieved 2010-10-05.>.
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