Original Release Date: August 1976 Remastered / Re-released: August 1, 2000 Label: Epic/Legacy (Sony Music) The album that started it all -- Jaco's debut solo album. Features a blistering rendition of Charlie Parker's Donna Lee and two of the tracks that changed bass playing forever: Continuum and Portrait of Tracy. Reissue liner notes provided by Pat Metheny.

Tracks: Donna Lee (Parker)   2:27 Come On, Come Over (Herzog/Pastorius)   3:54 Continuum (Pastorius)   4:33 Kuru/Speak Like a Child (Hancock/Pastorius)   7:43 Portrait of Tracy (Pastorius)   2:22 Opus Pocus (Pastorius)   5:30 Okonkole y Trompa (Alias/Pastorius)   4:25 (Used to Be a) Cha-Cha (Pastorius)   8:57 Forgotten Love (Pastorius)   2:14 (Used to Be a) Cha-Cha (Alternate Take - Previously Unreleased) (Pastorius)   8:49 6/4 Jam (Alternate Take - Previously Unreleased) (Pastorius)   7:45 Musicians: Jaco Pastorius: Bass, horn & string arrangements Don Alias: Congas, Bongos, Percussion, Okonkolo y Iya, Afuche Randy Brecker: Trumpet Ron Tooley: Trumpet Peter Graves: Bass Trombone David Sanborn: Alto Sax Michael Brecker: Tenor Sax Howard Johnson: Baritone Sax Herbie Hancock: Keyboards, Piano, Fender Rhodes Narada Michael Walden: Drums Sam & Dave: Vocals Bobby Economou: Drums Michael Gibbs: Conductor, String Arrangement Wayne Shorter: Soprano Sax Othello Molineaux: Steel Drums Leroy Williams: Steel Drums Lenny White: Drums Peter Gordon: French Horn Strings: Violins: David Nadien (concertmaster), Harry Lookofsky, Paul Gershman, Koe Malin, Harry Cykman, Harold Kohon, Matthew Raimondi, Max Pollikoff, Arnold Black. Violas: Selwart Clarke, Manny Vardi, Julian Barber, Al Brown. Celli: Charles McCracken, Kermit Moore, Beverly Lauridsen, Alan Shulman. Double Basses: Richard Davis, Homer Mensch.

Jaco's handwritten song list for his solo debut An "out there" Epic Records promo concept ...and the real promo Jaco's Grammy nominations