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 - Heavy Weather
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: 1977
Label: Columbia Records/CBS

Weather Report's best-selling album is also Jaco's first as a co-leader. Here, Zawinul's mega hit "Birdland" leads off the album, followed by Jaco's lyrical fretless work on "A Remark You Made" and Jaco's own "Teen Town" (with Jaco on bass and drums). Jaco was nominated for a Grammy (Best Jazz Soloist) for his work on this album.

Tracks:

  1. Birdland (Zawinul)   5:59
  2. A Remark You Made (Zawinul)   6:52
  3. Teen Town (Pastorius)   2:53
  4. Harlequin (Shorter)   4:00
  5. Rumba Mama (Badrena)   2:12
  6. Palladium (Shorter)   4:45
  7. The Juggler (Zawinul)   5:05
  8. Havona (Pastorius)   6:03

Musicians:

Josef Zawinul: Synthesizers, Rhodes, piano, vocals, melodica, guitar, tabla
Wayne Shorter: Soprano & Tenor saxophone
Jaco Pastorius: Bass, mandocello, vocals, drums, steel drums
Alex Acuña: Drums, congas, tom toms, handclap
Manolo Badrena: Tambourine, congas, vocal, timbales, percussion
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