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It's impossible to hear Jaco Pastorious' debut album today as it sounded when it was first released in 1976. The opening track -- his transcription for fretless electric bass of the bebop standard "Donna Lee" -- was a manifesto of virtuosity; the next track, the funk-soul celebration "Come On, Come Over" was a poke in the eye to jazz snobs and a love letter to the R&B greats of the previous decade (two of whom, Sam & Dave, sing on that track); "Continuum" was a spacey, chorus-drenched look forward to the years he was about to spend playing with Weather Report. The program continues like that for three-quarters of an hour, each track heading off in a different direction -- each one a masterpiece that would have been a proud achievement for any musician. What made Jaco so exceptional was that he was responsible for all of them, and this was his debut album. Beyond his phenomenal bass technique and his surprisingly mature compositional chops (he was 24 when this album was released), there was the breathtaking audacity of his arrangements: "Okonkole Y Trompa" is scored for electric bass, French horn, and percussion, and "Speak Like a Child," which Pastorious composed in collaboration with pianist Herbie Hancock, features a string arrangement by Pastorious that merits serious attention in its own right. For a man with this sort of kaleidoscopic creativity to remain sane was perhaps too much to ask; his gradual descent into madness and eventual tragic death are now a familiar story, one which makes the bright promise of this glorious debut album all the more bittersweet. (This remastered reissue adds two tracks to the original program: alternate takes of "(Used to Be a) Cha Cha" and "6/4 Jam").
© Rick Anderson /TiVo
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Jaco Pastorius, Associated Performer, Bass, Main Artist, Associated Performer, Bass - C. Parker, Composer, Lyricist - Don Alias, Congas - Bobby Colomby for Colomby Productions, Producer
(P) 1976 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT
Jaco Pastorius, Associated Performer, Bass Guitar, Composer, Lyricist, Main Artist, Associated Performer, Bass Guitar, Composer, Lyricist - B. HERZOG, Composer, Lyricist - Sam Moore - Bobby Colomby for Colomby Productions, Producer - Narada Michael Walden, Drums - David Prater - Don Alias, Congas - Herbie Hancock, Piano - David Sanborn, Alto Saxophone - Micheal Brecker, Tenor Saxophone - Howard Johnson, Baritone Saxophone - Randy Brecker, Trumpet - Ron Tooley, Trumpet
(P) 1976 Epic Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Jaco Pastorius, Associated Performer, Bass, Composer, Lyricist, Main Artist, Associated Performer, Bass, Composer, Lyricist - Lenny White, Drums - Bobby Colomby for Colomby Productions, Producer - Don Alias, Bells - Herbie Hancock, Piano - Alex Darqui, Piano
(P) 1976 Epic Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Jaco Pastorius, Associated Performer, Bass Guitar, Composer, Lyricist, Main Artist, Associated Performer, Bass Guitar, Composer, Lyricist - H. Hancock, Composer, Lyricist - Bobby Colomby for Colomby Productions, Producer - Bobby Economou, Drums - Don Alias, Bongos, Congas - Herbie Hancock, Piano - David Nadian, Violin - Harry Lookofsky, Violin - Joe Malin, Violin - Harry Cykman, Violin - Harold Kohon, Violin - Manny Vardi, Viola - Stewart Clarke, Viola - Charles McCracken, Cello - Julian Barber, Viola - Kermit Moore, Cello - Beverly Laurdsen, Cello
(P) 1976 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT
Jaco Pastorius, Associated Performer, Bass, Composer, Lyricist, Main Artist, Associated Performer, Bass, Composer, Lyricist - Bobby Colomby for Colomby Productions, Producer
(P) 1976 Epic Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Jaco Pastorius, Associated Performer, Bass, Composer, Lyricist, Main Artist, Associated Performer, Bass, Composer, Lyricist - Don Alias, Percussion - Othello Molineaux, Drums - Leroy Williams, Drums - Lenny White, Drums - Wayne Shorter, Soprano Saxophone - Bobby Colomby for Colomby Productions, Producer
(P) 1976 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT
Jaco Pastorius, Associated Performer, Bass, Composer, Lyricist, Main Artist, Associated Performer, Bass, Composer, Lyricist - Don Alias, Composer, Congas, Lyricist - Peter Gordon, French Horn - Bobby Colomby for Colomby Productions, Producer - David Palmer, Engineer - Don Puluse, Engineer - Ted Hammond, Assistant Engineer - Ted Brosnan, Assistant Engineer
(P) 2000 Epic Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Jaco Pastorius, Associated Performer, Bass, Composer, Lyricist, Main Artist, Associated Performer, Bass, Composer, Lyricist - Don Alias, Percussion - Lenny White, Drums - Herbie Hancock, Piano - Hubert Laws, Piccolo - Bobby Colomby for Colomby Productions, Producer
(P) 1976 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT
Jaco Pastorius, Associated Performer, Composer, Lyricist, Main Artist, Associated Performer, Composer, Lyricist - Michael Gibbs, Arranger, Conductor - Herbie Hancock, Piano - David Nadien, Violin - Harry Lookofsky, Violin - Paul Gershman, Violin - Joe Malin, Violin - Harry Cykman, Violin - Harold Kohon, Violin - Matthew Raimondi, Violin - Max Pollikoff, Violin - Arnold Black, Violin - Richard Davis, Bass - Homer Mensch, Bass - Selwart Clarke, Viola - Manny Vardi, Viola - Julian Barber, Viola - Al Brown, Viola - Charles McCracken, Cello - Kermit Moore, Cello - Beverly Lauridsen, Cello - Alan Sculman, Cello - Bobby Colomby for Colomby Productions, Producer - David Palmer, Engineer - Don Puluse, Engineer - Ted Hammond, Assistant Engineer - Ted Brosnan, Assistant Engineer
(P) 2000 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT
Jaco Pastorius, Associated Performer, Bass, Composer, Lyricist, Main Artist, Associated Performer, Bass, Composer, Lyricist - Lenny White, Drums - Bobby Colomby for Colomby Productions, Producer - David Palmer, Engineer - Don Alias, Congas - Don Puluse, Engineer - Herbie Hancock, Piano - Ted Hammond, Assistant Engineer - Ted Brosnan, Assistant Engineer - Hubert Laws, Piccolo
(P) 2000 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT
Jaco Pastorius, Associated Performer, Bass Guitar, Composer, Lyricist, Main Artist, Associated Performer, Bass Guitar, Composer, Lyricist - BOBBY COLOMBY, Producer - David Palmer, Engineer - Lenny White, Drums - Ted Hammond, Assistant Engineer - Don Alias, Congas - Herbie Hancock, Piano
(P) 2000 Epic Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Album review
It's impossible to hear Jaco Pastorious' debut album today as it sounded when it was first released in 1976. The opening track -- his transcription for fretless electric bass of the bebop standard "Donna Lee" -- was a manifesto of virtuosity; the next track, the funk-soul celebration "Come On, Come Over" was a poke in the eye to jazz snobs and a love letter to the R&B greats of the previous decade (two of whom, Sam & Dave, sing on that track); "Continuum" was a spacey, chorus-drenched look forward to the years he was about to spend playing with Weather Report. The program continues like that for three-quarters of an hour, each track heading off in a different direction -- each one a masterpiece that would have been a proud achievement for any musician. What made Jaco so exceptional was that he was responsible for all of them, and this was his debut album. Beyond his phenomenal bass technique and his surprisingly mature compositional chops (he was 24 when this album was released), there was the breathtaking audacity of his arrangements: "Okonkole Y Trompa" is scored for electric bass, French horn, and percussion, and "Speak Like a Child," which Pastorious composed in collaboration with pianist Herbie Hancock, features a string arrangement by Pastorious that merits serious attention in its own right. For a man with this sort of kaleidoscopic creativity to remain sane was perhaps too much to ask; his gradual descent into madness and eventual tragic death are now a familiar story, one which makes the bright promise of this glorious debut album all the more bittersweet. (This remastered reissue adds two tracks to the original program: alternate takes of "(Used to Be a) Cha Cha" and "6/4 Jam").
© Rick Anderson /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 11 track(s)
- Total length: 00:55:13
- Main artists: Jaco Pastorius
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Epic - Legacy
- Genre: Jazz
(P) 1976, 2000 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT
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