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

Weather Report - Black Market
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: April 1976
Label: Columbia Records/CBS

Jaco's first album with Weather Report, performing on two
tracks, one of which was his own composition, Barbary Coast.
Alphonso Johnson, Weather Report's former bass player,
performs on the other tracks. This recording led to Jaco officially
joining Weather Report.

Tracks:

  1. Black Market (Zawinul)   6:30
  2. Cannon Ball (Zawinul)   4:35
  3. Gibraltar (Zawinul)   7:45
  4. Elegant People (Shorter)   5:02
  5. Three Clowns (Shorter)   3:14
  6. Barbary Coast (Pastorius)   3:05
  7. Herandu (Johnson)   6:35

Musicians:

Joe Zawinul: Keyboards, Piano, Synthesizers, Piano, Orchestration
Wayne Shorter: Soprano & Tenor Sax, Lyre
Alphonso Johnson: Bass (on tracks 1, 3, 5, 7)
Jaco Pastorius: Bass (on tracks 2, 6)
Chester Thompson: Drums
Don Alias: Percussion, Conga
Alex Acuña: Percussion, Conga
Narada Michael Walden: Drums
Don Elias: Congas, Percussion
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