0 albums as leader and 9 as sideman (1968–2021), each listed chronologically.
1968 · Tender Moments
Howard Johnson, jazz's foremost tuba specialist, is credited on Jaco Pastorius's self-titled 1976 debut — the album that redefined what the electric bass could do. He plays a marching-band instrument that has almost no other place in fusion.
1976 · Jaco Pastorius
September 1978, WDR's Rockpalast. The complete Weather Report concert during Jaco Pastorius
1981 · Word of Mouth
On Pat Metheny's ECM date 80/81 (1980), two tenors stood side by side: Michael Brecker, by then a fusion and pop studio staple, and Dewey Redman, straight out of the free-jazz lineage. Pairing the studio ace with the avant-garde tenor was the whole point of the record.
— Statement stmt-jack-dejohnette-on-michael-brecker
2021 · Deciphering the Message
The bass intro that defines Freddie Hubbard's Red Clay (1970) wasn't Hubbard's — bassist Ron Carter invented it on the spot because Freddie never brought the part. "Luckily, the right note hit at the right time," Carter said. The hook that became the song's signature was an improvisation forced by a missing chart.
— Statement stmt-ron-carter-on-freddie-hubbard
Jaco Pastorius
Joe Zawinul
Wayne Shorter
Michael Brecker
Jack DeJohnette
Freddie Hubbard
Ron Carter