title: Jaco Pastorius (album)
text: # Jaco Pastorius (album)
  
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  Jaco Pastorius is the debut solo album by Jaco Pastorius, released in 1976 by Epic Records. The album was produced by Bobby Colomby, drummer and founder of Blood, Sweat & Tears.
  
  ## Track listing
  
  All tracks composed by Jaco Pastorius except where indicated.
  
  Bonus tracks on 2000 reissue:
  
  ## Personnel
  
  1. "Donna Lee" (Charlie Parker or Miles Davis) – 2:27
  
  * Jaco Pastorius – electric bass
  * Don Alias – congas
  
  2. "Come On, Come Over" (featuring Sam & Dave) (Jaco Pastorius, Bob Herzog) – 3:54
  
  * Jaco Pastorius – electric bass
  * Don Alias – congas
  * Herbie Hancock – Hohner clavinet, Fender Rhodes electric piano
  * Narada Michael Walden – drums
  * Sam Moore – vocals
  * Dave Prater – vocals
  * Randy Brecker – trumpet
  * Ron Tooley – trumpet
  * Peter Graves – bass trombone
  * David Sanborn – alto sax
  * Michael Brecker – tenor sax
  * Howard Johnson – baritone sax
  
  3. "Continuum" (Jaco Pastorius) – 4:33
  
  * Jaco Pastorius – electric bass
  * Herbie Hancock – Fender Rhodes electric piano
  * Alex Darqui – Fender Rhodes electric piano
  * Lenny White – drums
  * Don Alias – congas
  
  4. "Kuru/Speak Like a Child" (Jaco Pastorius, Herbie Hancock) – 7:43
  
  * Jaco Pastorius – electric bass
  * Herbie Hancock – piano
  * Don Alias – congas, bongos
  * Bobby Economou – drums
  * David Nadien – violin
  * Harry Lookofsky – violin
  * Paul Gershman – violin
  * Joe Malin – violin
  * Harry Cykman – violin
  * Harold Kohon – violin
  * Stewart Clarke – viola
  * Manny Vardi – viola
  * Julian Barber – viola
  * Charles McCracken – cello
  * Kermit Moore – cello
  * Beverly Lauridsen – cello
  * Michael Gibbs – string arrangement
  
  5. "Portrait of Tracy" (Jaco Pastorius) – 2:22
  
  * Jaco Pastorius – electric bass
  
  6. "Opus Pocus" (Jaco Pastorius) – 5:30
  
  * Jaco Pastorius – electric bass
  * Wayne Shorter – soprano sax
  * Herbie Hancock – Fender Rhodes electric piano
  * Othello Molineaux – steel drums
  * Leroy Williams – steel drums
  * Lenny White – drums
  * Don Alias – percussion
  
  7. "Okonkole Y Trompa" (Jaco Pastorius, Don Alias) – 4:25
  
  * Jaco Pastorius – electric bass
  * Peter Gordon – French horn
  * Don Alias – okonkolo, iya, congas, afuche
  
  8. "(Used to Be a) Cha Cha" (Jaco Pastorius) – 8:57
  
  * Jaco Pastorius – electric bass
  * Hubert Laws – piccolo, flute
  * Herbie Hancock – piano
  * Lenny White – drums
  * Don Alias – congas
  
  9. "Forgotten Love" (Jaco Pastorius) – 2:14
  
  * Jaco Pastorius – electric bass
  * 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 Pollinkoff – violin
  * Arnold Black – violin
  * Stewart Clarke – viola
  * Manny Vardi – viola
  * Julian Barber – viola
  * Al Brown – viola
  * Charles McCracken – cello
  * Kermit Moore – cello
  * Beverly Lauridsen – cello
  * Alan Shulman – cello
  * Richard Davis – bass
  * Homer Mensch – bass
  * Michael Gibbs – string arrangement, conductor
  
  Bonus tracks on the 2007 reissue
  
  10. "(Used to Be a) Cha-Cha" (alternate take, previously unreleased) (Jaco Pastorius) – 8:49
  
  * same as for track 8
  
  11. "6/4 Jam" (previously unreleased) – 7:45
  
  * Jaco Pastorius – electric bass
  * Herbie Hancock – Fender Rhodes electric piano
  * Lenny White – drums
  * Don Alias – congas
  