Solo Efforts
• Jaco Pastorius
• Word of Mouth
• Invitation (Live)
• Birthday Concert

with Weather Report
• Black Market
• Heavy Weather
• 8:30 (Live)
• Mr. Gone
• Night Passage
• The Jaco Years
• Live & Unreleased

with Joni Mitchell
•Hejira
•Don Juan's
Reckless Daughter
•Mingus
•Shadows & Light(Live)

with Pat Metheny

Guest Appearances
•Al DiMeola - Land of the Midnight Sun
•Ian Hunter - All
American Alien Boy
•Mike Stern - Upside Downside
•Jaco Pastorius - Rare Collection

Discography

Transcriptions

 Essential Jaco Recordings Latest Release

Joni Mitchell - Mingus
Portrait of Jaco...
the Early Years
the 2-Disc Anthology &
80 page booklet

Visit the Early Years Site
Jaco's handwritten song list
for his solo debut.


An "out there" Epic
Records promo concept.


...and the real promo


Jaco's Grammy
nominations

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Release Date: June, 1979
Label: Elektra/Asylum

Charles Mingus had called upon Joni Mitchell in the last months of his life to work on a musical version of T.S. Elliot's Four Quartets, a project which ultimately was scrapped but served as the catalyst to Joni's "Mingus" album. Initial recordings for this album were done with other musicians, but Joni settled upon an all-star cast of Jaco on bass, along with Herbie Hancock, Wayne Shorter, Peter Erskine, Don Alias and others. Sadly, Mingus died before this album was completed.

Tracks:

  1. Happy Birthday 1975 (Rap)   0:57
  2. God Must Be A Boogie Man (Mitchell)   4:33
  3. Funeral (Rap)     1:07
  4. A Chair in the Sky (Words - Mitchell, Music - Mingus)   6:40
  5. The Wolf that Lives in Lindsey (Mitchell)   6:33
  6. I's A Muggin' (Rap)   0:07
  7. Sweet Sucker Dance (Words - Mitchell, Music - Mingus)   8:06
  8. Coin in the Pocket (Rap)   0:11
  9. The Dry Cleaner from Des Moines (Words - Mitchell, Music - Mingus)   3:22
  10. Lucky (Rap)   0:03
  11. Goodbye Pork Pie Hat (Words - Mitchell, Music - Mingus)   5:41

Musicians:

Joni Mitchell: Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals
Charles Mingus: Vocals
Wayne Shorter: Saxophones
Herbie Hancock: Keyboards, Piano
Jaco Pastorius: Bass
Peter Erskine: Drums
Don Alias: Congas
Emil Richards: Percussion
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