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Jaco Pastorius Review

by Rick Anderson

It's impossible to hear Jaco Pastorious' debut album today as it sounded when it was first released in 1976. The opening track -- his transcription for fretless electric bass of the bebop standard "Donna Lee" -- was a manifesto of virtuosity; the next track, the funk-soul celebration "Come On, Come Over" was a poke in the eye to jazz snobs and a love letter to the R&B greats of the previous decade (two of whom, Sam & Dave, sing on that track); "Continuum" was a spacey, chorus-drenched look forward to the years he was about to spend playing with Weather Report. The program continues like that for three-quarters of an hour, each track heading off in a different direction -- each one a masterpiece that would have been a proud achievement for any musician. What made Jaco so exceptional was that he was responsible for all of them, and this was his debut album. Beyond his phenomenal bass technique and his surprisingly mature compositional chops (he was 24 when this album was released), there was the breathtaking audacity of his arrangements: "Okonkole Y Trompa" is scored for electric bass, French horn, and percussion, and "Speak Like a Child," which Pastorious composed in collaboration with pianist Herbie Hancock, features a string arrangement by Pastorious that merits serious attention in its own right. For a man with this sort of kaleidoscopic creativity to remain sane was perhaps too much to ask; his gradual descent into madness and eventual tragic death are now a familiar story, one which makes the bright promise of this glorious debut album all the more bittersweet. (This remastered reissue adds two tracks to the original program: alternate takes of "(Used to Be a) Cha Cha" and "6/4 Jam").

Jaco Pastorius – Jaco Pastorius

Label: Epic – PE 33949 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Promo Country: US Released: 1976 Genre: Jazz Style: Post Bop, Fusion, Jazz-Rock A1
Donna Lee Bass – Jaco Pastorius Congas – Don Alias 2:24 A2
Come On, Come Over Alto Saxophone [Solo] – David Sanborn Baritone Saxophone – Howard Johnson (3) Bass Trombone – Peter Graves Bass, Arranged By [Horns] – Jaco Pastorius Congas – Don Alias Drums – Narada Michael Walden Keyboards – Herbie Hancock Tenor Saxophone – Michael Brecker Trumpet – Randy Brecker, Ron Tooley Vocals – Sam & Dave 3:53 A3
Continuum Bass – Jaco Pastorius Bells – Don Alias Drums – Lenny White Electric Piano [Fender Rhodes] – Alex Darqui, Herbie Hancock 4:32 A4
Kuru / Speak Like A Child Bass, Arranged By [Strings] – Jaco Pastorius Bongos, Congas – Don Alias Cello – Beverly Lavridsen*, Charles McCracken, Kermit Moore Conductor [Strings] – Michael Gibbs Drums – Bobby Economou Piano – Herbie Hancock Viola – Manny Vardi*, Julian Barber*, Selwart Clarke Violin – Harold Kohon, Harry Cykman, Harry Lookofsky, Joe Malin, Paul Gershman Violin, Concertmaster – David Nadien 7:38 A5
Portrait Of Tracy Bass – Jaco Pastorius 2:19 B1
Opus Pocus Bass – Jaco Pastorius Drums – Lenny White Electric Piano [Fender Rhodes] – Herbie Hancock Percussion – Don Alias Soprano Saxophone – Wayne Shorter Steel Drums [Alto Pan] – Othello Molineaux Steel Drums [Tenor Pan] – Leroy Williams 5:24 B2
Okonkolé Y Trompa Bass – Jaco Pastorius Congas, Percussion [Okonkolo, Iya], Afoxé [Afuche] – Don Alias French Horn – Peter Gordon (8) 4:20 B3
(Used To Be A) Cha-Cha Bass – Jaco Pastorius Congas – Don Alias Drums – Lenny White Piano – Herbie Hancock Piccolo Flute – Hubert Laws 8:53 B4
Forgotten Love Arranged By, Conductor [Strings] – Michael Gibbs Cello – Alan Shulman Double Bass – Homer Mensch, Richard Davis (2) Piano – Herbie Hancock Viola – Al Brown* Violin – Arnold Black, Matthew Raimondi, Max Pollikoff 2:11

• Engineer – Dave Palmer (2), Don Puluse
• Engineer [Assistant] – Ted Hammond
• Producer – Bobby Colomby

Produced for Colomby Productions. Recorded at Camp Colomby Studios, New City, New York, and at Columbia Studios, New York City. and Columbia Studio "C". Mixed at Camp Colomby Studios.