Jaco Pastorius CD

Jaco Pastorius Music

List Price	$7.99 (You save $0.40)
Category	Rock/Pop Albums, Jazz CDs, Jazz Instrument, Bass
Label	Epic
Orig Year	1976
All Time Sales Rank	4982
CD Universe Part number	1140750
Catalog number	64977
Discs	1
Release Date	Aug 01, 2000
Studio/Live	Studio
Mono/Stereo	Stereo
Producer	Bobby Colomby
Engineer	David Palmer; Don Puluse
Recording Time	42 minutes
Personnel	Narada Michael Walden Lenny White Jaco Pastorius - bass Howard Johnson - baritone saxophone Don Alias - bongos, congas, bells, okonko y iya, afuche, percussion Peter Gordon - French horn Kermit Moore Max Pollikoff Peter Graves - bass trombone Othello Molineaux List all 26 contributors
Additional Info	Remastered

Jaco Pastorius Songs

1.	Donna Lee	$0.99
2.	Come On, Come Over	$0.99
3.	Continuum	$0.99
4.	Kuru / Speak Like A Child
5.	Portrait of Tracy	$0.99
6.	Opus Pocus	$0.99
7.	Okonkole y Trompa	$0.99
8.	Cha-Cha, (Used to Be A)
9.	Forgotten Love	$0.99
10.	Cha-Cha, (Used to Be A) - (previously unreleased, bonus track)
11.	6/4 Jam - (previously unreleased, bonus track)	$0.99

Jaco Pastorius Music Review

Average Rating: (4.3 out of 5 stars) 4.5 stars

5 stars A Must-Have For Any Bassist
This album is a definite must-have for all bass players out there. This recording is over 25 years old, but it has been remastered and it sounds excellent. The two bonus tracks and extensive liner notes are a nice touch as well. Portrait Of Tracy, my favorite song on the album, is absolutely beautiful.
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3 stars Historic
This is one of the greatest recordings in music history and proves, track by amazing track, why Jaco Pastorius, almost 20 years since his murder is still heralded as the best electric bassist ever! This album encompasses the full range of jazz ( and some r&b too- "Come On, Come Over"). Jaco opens with Charlie Parker's "Donna Lee" and plays the complex melody, the harmony, and the solo with only scant percussion accompanyment and no overdubbs! In fact, Jaco uses no bass overdubbs on the whole album! It's like he thought it was cheating.
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5 stars "The Late World's Greatest Bass Player"
This is his debut recording as a leader with 2 bonus tracks and additional liner notes as well as remastered from the original. A classic recording that needs to be in every serious jazz col- lector's library. Immense talent that is incredible for a debut recording. The remastered sound isn't bad either.
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