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Jaco Pastorius is the solo debut album by Jaco Pastorius, released in 1976.

Track Listing:
1. Donna Lee
2. Come On, Come Over
3. Continuum
4. Kuru/Speak Like a Child
5. Portrait of Tracy
6. Opus Pocus
7. Okonkolé Y Trompa
8. (Used to Be a) Cha-Cha
9. Forgotten Love

Bonus tracks on 2000 reissue:
1. (Used to Be a) Cha-Cha
2. 6/4 Jam

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Personnel:
"Donna Lee"
Jaco Pastorius - electric bass
Don Alias - congas

"Come On, Come Over"
Jaco Pastorius - electric bass
Don Alias - congas
Herbie Hancock - 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

"Continuum"
Jaco Pastorius - electric bass
Herbie Hancock - Fender Rhodes electric piano
Alex Darqui - Fender Rhodes electric piano
Lenny White - drums
Don Alias - congas

"Kuru/Speak Like A Child"
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

"Portrait of Tracy"
Jaco Pastorius - electric bass

"Opus Pocus"
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

"Okonkolé Y Trompa"
Jaco Pastorius - electric bass
Peter Gordon - French horn
Don Alias - okonkolo, iya, congas, afuche

"(Used To Be A) Cha Cha"
Jaco Pastorius - electric bass
Hubert Laws - piccolo, flute
Herbie Hancock - piano
Lenny White - drums
Don Alias - congas

"Forgotten Love"
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

"6/4 Jam"
Jaco Pastorius - electric bass
Herbie Hancock - Fender Rhodes electric piano
Lenny White - drums
Don Alias - congas