Release Date: December, 1981 Label: Warner Bros. In 1981, while still with Weather Report, Jaco created the Word of Mouth Big Band, featuring Toots Thielemans on harmonica as well as an all-star cast made up of Herbie Hancock, Wayne Shorter, Peter Erskine, Jack DeJohnette, Michael Brecker, Don Alias, and others.

Tracks: Crisis (Pastorius)   5:17 3 Views of a Secret (Pastorius)   6:05 Liberty City (Pastorius)   11:57 Chromatic Fantasy (Bach)   3:01 Blackbird (Lennon/McCartney)   2:48 Word of Mouth (Pastorius)   4:21 John and Mary (Pastorius)   10:52 Musicians: (note: the original album did not list the musicians. Later releases listed them by name, but not by instrument, as below) Ray Kelley Michael Brecker Jack DeJohnette Peter Erskine Herbie Hancock Hubert Laws Jaco Pastorius Bill Reichenbach Tom Scott Wayne Shorter George Young Howard Johnson David Taylor John Clark Don Alias Dave Bargeron Roger Bobo David Breinenthal Denyse Buffum Mike Butcher Stuart Canin Bruno Castellucci Hank Cicalo Jason Corsaro Robert Cowart Tim Devine David Duke Arni Egilsson Bob Findley Chuck Findley Mike Gibbs Jim Gilstrap Bernie Grundman Allan Harshman Richard Hilton Jerry Hudgins William Hymanson John Lehman Dennis Karmazyn Edie Lehmann Scott Litt Charles Loper Warren Luening Myrna Matthews Marti McCall Lew McCreary Othello Molineaux Petsye Powell Jim Pugh Jeff Reynolds Russell Schmitt Ricky Schultz Alfie Silas Toots Thielemans Zedric Turnbough Gerald Vinci Brad Warnaar James M. Walker David Weiss Leroy Williams Snooky Young Robert Thomas, Jr. Paul Horn-Muller Peter Yianilos Simon Levy Tommy Johnson Brian Risner Jules Chaikin Bruce Bransby Vincent "Vincenzo" Oliveri Deborah Sabusawa Harvey Michael Schaps Larry Warrilow Peter Gordon

Jaco's notes for the track "John and Mary" Jaco's stylized script practice for the cover of "Word of Mouth"