Jaco Pastorius

Jaco Pastorius

Jaco Pastorius · 1976

September 1978, WDR's Rockpalast. The complete Weather Report concert during Jaco PastoriusJaco PastoriusJaco Pastorius · 1976's tenure, including his solo feature — one of the most important fusion concert films.

— Weather Report — Rockpalast Offenbach 1978, 1978

Bright Size Life

Pat Metheny · 1976

Bright Size LifeBright Size LifePat Metheny · 1976 (1976) was MethenyPat Methenyパット・メセニー's debut on ECM, recorded at 21. He chose JacoJaco Pastoriusジャコ・パストリアス, then still unknown. This encounter became the starting point for both their careers.

Hejira

Joni Mitchell · 1976

Just before joining Weather Report in 1976, Jaco PastoriusJaco Pastoriusジャコ・パストリアス appeared on Joni MitchellJoni Mitchellジョニ・ミッチェル's Hejira. His fretless bass harmonics brought a jazz harmonic sensibility into the folk/pop singer-songwriter's music. The encounter set Mitchell on a path toward collaborations with Charles Mingus and Wayne Shorter, becoming the turning point toward her jazz period.

— Jaco Pastorius and Joni Mitchell — Bass Player Magazine

Jaco Pastorius

Jaco Pastorius · 1976

Tales from the Hudson

Michael Brecker · 1996

Word of Mouth

Jaco Pastorius · 1981

The New Standard

Herbie Hancock · 1996

In 1976, a still largely unknown Jaco Pastorius played bass on Joni Mitchell's folk album Hejira — the same year he released his own debut and joined Weather Report. His avant-garde fretless playing found its way onto one of the era's defining singer-songwriter records.

— Statement stmt-michael-brecker-on-joni-mitchell

Black Market

Weather Report · 1976

Black MarketBlack MarketWeather Report · 1976 was Jaco PastoriusJaco Pastoriusジャコ・パストリアス's first studio recording with Weather Report. He appeared on only two tracks — one his own composition "Barbary Coast." But even in this limited debut, his presence signaled the beginning of the band's next era. Heavy Weather would follow.

Heavy Weather

Weather Report · 1977

Weather Report (1971–86), co-founded by Wayne ShorterWayne Shorterウェイン・ショーター, released over fifteen albums. Heavy WeatherHeavy WeatherWeather Report · 1977 (1977), made after Jaco PastoriusJaco Pastoriusジャコ・パストリアス joined, became their commercial pinnacle — its "Birdland" gave jazz-fusion mainstream traction.

— Footprints: The Life and Work of Wayne Shorter, Michelle Mercer, 2004