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 - Live & Unreleased
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: October 1, 2002
Label: Sony

Released in October of 2002, this 2-CD release is a collection of live recordings from 1975-1983, featuring a wide variety of musicians that made up the group over the years. Jaco fans will be pleased with the number of tracks he performs on as well, including a live performance of "Portrait of Tracy". This album was released to critical acclaim and is the first "new" music from Weather Report in many years.

Tracks:

  1. Freezing Fire (Shorter)   8:13
  2. Plaza Real (Shorter)   7:03
  3. Fast City (Zawinul)   6:48
  4. Portrait of Tracy (Pastorius)   5:56
  5. Elegant People (Shorter)   4:27
  6. Cucumber Slumber (Johnson/Zawinul)   11:39
  7. Teen Town (Pastorius)   6:29
  8. Man in the Green Shirt (Zawinul)   10:31
  9. Black Market (Zawinul)   9:26
  10. Where the Moon Goes (O'Byrne/Zawinul)   12:05
  11. River People (Pastorius)   6:57
  12. Two Lines (Zawinul)   8:15
  13. Cigano (Shorter)   3:59
  14. In a Silent Way/Waterfall (Zawinul)   5:45
  15. Night Passage (Zawinul)   5:53
  16. Port of Entry (Shorter)   8:08
  17. Rumba Mama (Acuna/Badrena)   1:15
  18. Directions/Dr. Honorìs Causa (Zawinul)   8:38

Musicians:

Joe Zawinul: Synthesizer, Piano, Vocals, Rhodes
Wayne Shorter: Soprano and Tenor Saxophone
Jaco Pastorius: Bass
Alphonso Johnson: Bass
Victor Bailey: Bass
Peter Erskine: Drums
Omar Hakim: Drums
Chester Thompson: Drums
Alejandro "Alex" Acuña: Percussion, Drums
Manolo Badrena: Percussion
Jose Rossy: Percussion
Robert Thomas, Jr.: Percussion
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