Jaco Pastorius (album)
# Jaco Pastorius (album)

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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.

## 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. "Okonkole 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
