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tribute concerts
miscellaneous
1970 — Woodchuck: Live at the Flying Machine?
Fort Lauderdale, FL, United States of America
Billy Burke, electric organ
Jaco Pastorius, electric bass
Bob Herzog, drums; and vocals
1. If You Were Mine
2. Mr. Pitiful
Soundboard recording (3m) from Portrait of Jaco – The Early Years, 1968-1978 (Holiday Park Records)
1973 — Ira Sullivan Quartet: Live at an Elementary School
Fort Lauderdale, FL, United States of America
Ira Sullivan, soprano saxophone
Unknown, electric piano
Jaco Pastorius, electric bass
Unknown, drums
1. Untitled composition (Early version of Continuum)
Soundboard recording (10m); issued on Portrait of Jaco – The Early Years, 1968-1978 (Holiday Park Records) as
The Birth of Continuum.
— The first recording of Continuum.
1974 — Peter Graves Orchestra: Live at the Bachelors III
Fort Lauderdale, FL, United States of America
Unknown
Unknown, unknown
Unknown, electric piano
Jaco Pastorius, electric bass
Unknown, drums
1. Between Races
2. Domingo
3. Wiggle Waggle
Soundboard recording (12m) from Portrait of Jaco – The Early Years, 1968-1978 (Holiday Park Records);
track 1 is incomplete.
— Tracks might all be from different Bachelors III shows.
— Correct order of tunes unknown.
1974 June? — Pat Metheny Trio: Live at Pooh's Pub
Fort Lauderdale, FL, United States
Pat Metheny, electric guitar
Jaco Pastorius, bass
Bob Moses, drums
1. Bright Size Life
2. There Is No Greater Love
3. Unity Village
4. Unknown / Knobtown
5. Bass Solo
6. Continuum
7. Unknown
8. Unquity Road
9. Wrong Is Right?
10. Ida Lupino
11. All the Things You Are
Soundboard recording? (00 minutes)
1974 June? — Pat Metheny Trio: Live at Zircon
Somerville, MA, United States
Pat Metheny, electric guitar
Jaco Pastorius, bass
Bob Moses, drums
1. Missouri Uncompromised
2. Sirabhorn
3. Unknown (a.k.a. All sus4's)
4. April Joy
5. Stella by Starlight
6. Omaha Celebration
7. Metheusla's Blues
Soundboard recording? (00 minutes)
1975 — Jaco Pastorius and Bobby Colomby: Live in a bar
South FL, United States
Jaco Pastorius, electric bass
Bobby Colomby, drums
1. Donna Lee
Stage recording (1m)
— Jaco's audition to Blood, Sweat and Tears drummer Bobby Colomby.
1976 November 6 — Albert Mangelsdorff, Jaco Pastorius and Alphonse Mouzon:
Live at the Berliner Jazztage, Grand Hall, Berliner Philharmonie — Berlin, Berlin, West Germany
Albert Mangelsdorff, trombone
Jaco Pastorius, electric bass
Alphonse Mouzon, drums
1. Foreign Fun
2. Accidental Meeting
3. Zores Mores
4. Trilogue
5. Bass Solo
6. Unknown (Change Up Blues?)
7. Ant Steps on an Elephant's Toe
TV broadcast (65m)
— Tracks 1-4 and 7 issued as Trilogue: Live at the Berlin Jazz Days (MPS Records, 1976).
— Track 5 includes Portrait of Tracy.
1976 November 20 — Joni Mitchell: Live at California Celebrates the Whales
Sacramento Memorial Auditorium — Sacramento, CA, United States
Debbie Anderson, vocals (track 8)
Joni Mitchell, acoustic guitar; vocals
Fred Neil, vocals and guitar (track 8)
Jaco Pastorius, electric bass (tracks 1-6)
Bobbye Hall, percussion (tracks 1-6)
1. Coyote
2. Shadows and Light
3. Jericho
4. Portrait of Tracy (Bass Solo)
5. Edith and the Kingpin
6. Furry Sings the Blues
7. Song for Sharon
8. The Dolphins
Audience recording (00m)
— Track 3 segues into track 4.
Late 1977 or early 1978 — Jaco Pastorius: Live in a Club
Vicinity of Bridgeport?, PA, United States of America
Jaco Pastorius, electric bass
Unknown, drums (tracks 3, 5, 6 and 8)
First set?
1. Bass Solo
2. Bass Solo
3. Teen Town / Donna Lee (Bass and Drum Duet)
Second set?
4. Bass Solo
5. Birdland / Teen Town / Jam (Bass and Drum Duet)
6. Bass and Drum Improvisation
7. Bass Solo
8. Bass and Drum Improvisation
9. Bass Solo
10. Stella by Starlight (Bass Solo)
Audience recording (00m); track 1 might be incomplete.
— Track 2 includes Portrait of Tracy; Third Stone from the Sun; and Birdland.
— Track 4 includes Dexterity; Continuum; and Portrait of Tracy.
— Track 6 segues into track 7.
— Track 9 includes Donna Lee.
— Intermission features Jaco talking about The Ventures, gigging, James Brown, and Las Olas Brass.
1977/78 — Jam Session at the Surf Rider ★
Dania, FL, United States of America
Unknown, soprano saxophone (track 3)
Jaco Pastorius, electric bass (tracks 1 and 2)
Unknown, electric bass (track 3)
Othello Molineaux, steelpans (track 3)
Unknown, drums (track 3)
1. Bass Solo
2. Bass Solo
3. Unknown
Soundboard recording (29m); track 3 is incomplete.
— Track 1 includes Teen Town; Dexterity; Donna Lee; Third Stone from the Sun;
and Portrait of Tracy.
1978 — Jaco Pastorius: Live in an Unknown Location ★
Paoli, PA, United States of America
Jaco Pastorius, electric bass
1. Bass Solo
2. Bass Solo
3. Days of Wine and Roses
Soundboard recording (16m); track 2 might be incomplete; track 3 is incomplete.
— Track 2 includes Dexterity.
1979 January 27 — Jam Session in Ted Greene's Hotel Suite
Bonita Tower, Disneyland Hotel, Disneyland Resort — Anaheim, CA, United States of America
Joe Diorio, electric guitar
Ron Escheté?, electric guitar
Jaco Pastorius, electric bass; and drums (track 1)
Carl Burnett, drums
1. Chevanananda
2. Unknown Joe Diorio Composition / It's About That Time / Jam
3. Jam
4. Stella by Starlight
5. Blues / Jam
Audience recording (53m); tracks 2, 4 and 5 are incomplete.
— Track 2 includes Chevanananda and might be a medley of two different tunes.
— The first known recording of Jaco and Joe Diorio since 1973, and the only known recording of
Jaco and Carl Burnett.
1979 May 25 — Jaco Pastorius: Bass Clinic at the Guitar Institute of Technology
Los Angeles, CA, United States of America
Jaco Pastorius, electric bass
1. Bass Solo
2. Q&A segment
3. Bass Solo
4. Q&A segment
Audience recording (44m) [
2024 remaster]
— Track 1 includes Circles; and Chromatic Fantasia and Fugue in D Minor, BWV 903: I. Fantasia.
— One of the few live recordings in which Jaco quotes Holiday for Strings (Track 3).
1979 June 23 — Jaco Pastorius: Live at the Newport Jazz Festival New York
Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts
New York, NY, United States of America
Pat Metheny, electric guitar (track 8)
Jaco Pastorius, electric bass
Carlos "Patato" Valdés, percussion (track 7)
Don Alias, percussion (track 7)
Ra-Kalam Bob Moses (track 8)
1. Bass Solo
2. Bass Solo
3. Bass Solo
4. Bass Solo
5. Bass Solo
6. Slang (Bass Solo)
7. Bass and Percussion Improvisation
8. Round Trip / Broad Way Blues
Audience recording (41m) [
2024 remaster]
— The first live recording of the Pat Metheny Trio since June 1976.
— The only live recording of Jaco and Patato.
1979 August or September — Joni Mitchell: Live
United States
Jaco Pastorius, electric bass
1. Slang (Bass Solo)
Soundboard recording (7 minutes)
1979 September 15 — Joni Mitchell: Live at the Greek Theatre
Griffith Park – Los Angeles, CA, United States
Pat Metheny, electric guitar (track 8)
Jaco Pastorius, electric bass
Carlos "Patato" Valdés, percussion (track 7)
Don Alias, percussion (track 7)
Ra-Kalam Bob Moses (track 8)
1. Bass Solo
1979 November 2 — Jaco Pastorius: Live at the Berliner Jazztage ★
Grand Hall, Berliner Philharmonie — Berlin, Berlin, West Germany
Toots Thielemans, harmonica (track 18)
Jaco Pastorius, electric bass
Soundcheck
1. Symphony No. 2, Op. 132, "Mysterious Mountain": I. Andante con moto (Bass Solo)
First set
2. Continuum (Bass Solo)
3. Symphony No. 2, Op. 132, "Mysterious Mountain": I. Andante con moto (Bass Solo)
4. Bass Solo
5. Bass Solo
6. Teen Town (Bass Solo)
7. Bass Solo
8. Sophisticated Lady (Bass Solo)
9. Bass Solo
Second set
10. Slang (Bass Solo)
11. Continuum (Bass Solo)
12. Symphony No. 2, Op. 132, "Mysterious Mountain": I. Andante con moto (Bass Solo)
13. Chromatic Fantasia and Fugue in D Minor, BWV 903: I. Fantasia (Bass Solo)
14. Bass Solo
15. Teen Town (Bass Solo)
16. Bass Solo
17. Bass Solo
18. Sophisticated Lady
Pro-shot video (track 1)
Radio broadcast (tracks 2-9)
Radio broadcast (tracks 10-18)
— Tracks 1, 3 and 12 include playback of an orchestral recording of
Symphony No. 2, Op. 132, "Mysterious Mountain": I. Andante con moto.
— Track 5 includes Chromatic Fantasia and Fugue in D Minor, BWV 903: I. Fantasia.
— Track 7 includes Portrait of Tracy.
— Track 8 includes Broad Way Blues; Dexterity; Little Willie Leaps; and Donna Lee.
— Track 9 includes A Remark You Made.
— Tracks 10 and 18 include playback of Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra's
1933 recording of Sophisticated Lady; and Third Stone from the Sun.
— Track 14 includes Dolores.
— Track 16 includes Broad Way Blues; and Dexterity.
— Track 17 includes Portrait of Tracy.
1980 October 24 — Weather Report: Live at the Palazzetto dello Sport
Rome, Italy
Wayne Shorter, tenor and soprano saxophone
Joe Zawinul, keyboard; synthesizer; electric and acoustic piano
Jaco Pastorius, electric bass
Robert Thomas Jr., percussion
Peter Erskine, drums
1. Fast City
2. Madagascar
3. Dream Clock
4. Night Passage
5. Three Views of a Secret
6. Port of Entry
7. Slang (Bass Solo)
8. Brown Street
9. Forlorn / Rockin' in Rhythm
10. Birdland
11. Drum and Percussion Improvisation
12. Keyboard and Saxophone Improvisation
13. The Orphan / Jam
14. Badia / Boogie Woogie Waltz
Audience recording (000m)
— Track 7 includes Continuum; Chromatic Fantasia and Fugue in D Minor, BWV 903: I. Fantasia; Blackbird;
Symphony No. 2, Op. 132, "Mysterious Mountain": I. Andante con moto; and Purple Haze.
1980 October 25 — Weather Report: Live at the PalaLido
Milan, Italy
Wayne Shorter, tenor and soprano saxophone
Joe Zawinul, keyboard; synthesizer; electric and acoustic piano
Jaco Pastorius, electric bass; percussion (track 8)
Robert Thomas Jr., percussion
Peter Erskine, drums
1. Fast City
2. Madagascar
3. Dream Clock
4. Night Passage
5. Three Views of a Secret
6. Port of Entry
7. Slang (Bass Solo)
8. Brown Street
9. Forlorn / Rockin' in Rhythm
10. Birdland
11. Drum and Percussion Improvisation
12. Keyboard and Saxophone Improvisation
13. The Orphan / Jam
14. Badia / Boogie Woogie Waltz
Audience recording (000m)
— Track 7 includes "Fool on the Hill"; "Blackbird"; "Symphony No. 2, Op. 132, "Mysterious Mountain": I. Andante con moto";
and "Purple Haze."
1980 October 26 — Weather Report: Live at the Palasport Primo Carnera
Udine, Italy
Wayne Shorter, tenor and soprano saxophone
Joe Zawinul, keyboard; synthesizer; electric and acoustic piano
Jaco Pastorius, electric bass; percussion (track 8)
Robert Thomas Jr., percussion
Peter Erskine, drums
1. Fast City
2. Madagascar
3. Dream Clock
4. Night Passage
5. Three Views of a Secret
6. Port of Entry
7. Slang (Bass Solo)
8. Brown Street
9. Forlorn / Rockin' in Rhythm
10. Birdland
11. Drum and Percussion Improvisation
12. Black Market
13. Keyboard and Saxophone Improvisation
14. The Orphan / Jam
15. Badia / Boogie Woogie Waltz
Audience recording (000m)
— Track 7 includes "Broad Way Blues"; "Fool on the Hill"; "Blackbird"; "Symphony No. 2, Op. 132, "Mysterious Mountain":
I. Andante con moto"; and "Purple Haze."
1980 October 27 — Weather Report: Live at the Palazzo dello Sport "Giulio Bigi"
Reggio Emilia, Italy
Wayne Shorter, tenor and soprano saxophone
Joe Zawinul, keyboard; synthesizer; electric piano
Jaco Pastorius, electric bass
Robert Thomas Jr., percussion
Peter Erskine, drums
1. Madagascar
2. Dream Clock
3. Night Passage
4. Three Views of a Secret
5. Port of Entry
6. Slang (Bass Solo)
7. Brown Street
Audience recording (000m)
— Track 6 includes "River People"; "Fool on the Hill"; "Blackbird"; "Chromatic Fantasia and Fugue in D Minor, BWV 903:
I. Fantasia"; "Symphony No. 2, Op. 132, "Mysterious Mountain": I. Andante con moto"; "Purple Haze"; and "Crisis."
1980 October 28 — Weather Report: Live at the Palasport Giuseppe Taliercio
Mestre, Italy
Wayne Shorter, tenor and soprano saxophone
Joe Zawinul, keyboard; synthesizer; electric piano
Jaco Pastorius, electric bass; percussion (track 8)
Robert Thomas Jr., percussion
Peter Erskine, drums
1. Brown Street
2. Forlorn / Rockin' in Rhythm
3. Birdland
4. Drum and Percussion Improvisation
5. Fast City
6. Madagascar
7. Three Views of a Secret
8. Night Passage
9. Keyboard and Saxophone Improvisation
10. The Orphan / Jam
11. Badia / Boogie Woogie Waltz
Audience recording (102m)
1981 April 13 — Jaco Pastorius and the Word of Mouth Quintet: Live at Seventh Avenue South ★
New York, NY, United States of America
Michael Brecker, tenor and alto saxophone
Bob Mintzer, tenor and alto saxophone; and bass clarinet
Jaco Pastorius, electric bass; and vocals
Don Alias, percussion
Peter Erskine, drums
First show
1. Invitation
2. Three Views of a Secret / The Chicken
3. Donna Lee
4. Bass Solo
5. Fannie Mae
6. Continuum
7. Giant Steps
Second show
8. Invitation
9. Three Views of a Secret
10. Donna Lee
11. Bass Solo
Audience recording (81m); tracks 1-7; tracks 2, 6 and 7 are incomplete.
Audience recording (44m); tracks 8-11; track 11 is incomplete.
— Tracks 4 and 11 include "Blackbird"; and "America the Beautiful."
1981 June 7 — Weather Report: Live at the Fumon Hall
Risho Kosei-kai – Suginami City, Tokyo, Japan
Wayne Shorter, tenor and soprano saxophone
Joe Zawinul, keyboard; synthesizer; electric and acoustic piano
Jaco Pastorius, electric bass
Robert Thomas Jr., percussion
Peter Erskine, drums
First or second show
1. Fast City
2. Madagascar
3. Current Affairs
4. Night Passage
5. Slang (Bass Solo)
6. It's About That Time
7. Speechless
8. N.Y.C. (41st Parallel / The Dance / Crazy About Jazz)
9. Saxophone Solo
10. Toy? and Saxophone Improvisation
11. A Remark You Made / Rockin' in Rhythm
12. Drum and Percussion Improvisation
13. Volcano for Hire
Encore
14. Birdland
Audience recording (149m)
1982 January 10 — Jaco Pastorius and the Word of Mouth Big Band:
Live at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles Music Centre
Los Angeles, CA, United States of America
Bobby Findley, trumpet
Chuck Findley, trumpet
Randy Brecker, trumpet
Snooky Young, trumpet
Ken Faulk, trumpet
Bill Reichenbach, bass trombone
Charlie Loper, trombone
Peter Graves, trombone
Dave Bargeron, tuba
Bob Mintzer, tenor saxophone and electric bass clarinet
Gene Cipriano, tenor saxophone
Phil Ayling, alto saxophone and piccolo
Randy Emerick, baritone saxophone
Peter Gordon, French horn
Brad Warnaar, French horn
Jaco Pastorius, electric bass
Othello Molineaux, steelpans
Don Alias, percussion
Peter Erskine, drums
1. Continuum
2. Invitation
3. Soul Intro / The Chicken
4. Donna Lee
5. Three Views of a Secret
6. Liberty City
7. Percussion Solo
8. Okonkolé y Trompa
9. Reza
10. Truth
11. Domingo
12. Twins
13. Fannie Mae
Audience recording (95m); track 13 is incomplete.
— First recording of the Word of Mouth Big Band and Sextet's 1982 tour of US.
— One of the few 1982 shows to open with Continuum.
1982 January 11 — Jaco Pastorius and the Word of Mouth Big Band:
Live at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles Music Centre
Los Angeles, CA, United States
Bobby Findley, trumpet
Chuck Findley, trumpet
Randy Brecker, trumpet
Snooky Young, trumpet
Ken Faulk, trumpet
Bill Reichenbach, bass trombone
Charlie Loper, trombone
Peter Graves, trombone
Dave Bargeron, tuba
Bob Mintzer, tenor saxophone and electric bass clarinet
Gene Cipriano, tenor saxophone
Phil Ayling, alto saxophone and piccolo
Randy Emerick, baritone saxophone
Peter Gordon, French horn
Brad Warnaar, French horn
Jaco Pastorius, electric bass
Othello Molineaux, steelpans
Don Alias, percussion
Peter Erskine, drums
1. Invitation
2. Continuum
3. Soul Intro / The Chicken
4. Donna Lee
5. Three Views of a Secret
6. Liberty City
7. Percussion Solo
8. Okonkolé y Trompa
9. Reza
10. Truth
11. Domingo
12. Drum Solo
13. Twins
14. Fannie Mae / Why I Sing the Blues / Fannie Mae (Reprise)
Audience recording (00m);
— Track 12 segues into track 13.
1982 May 28? — The Uptown Funk All-Stars: Live at O'Hara's Jazz Cafe
Fort Lauderdale, FL, United States
Ken Faulk, trumpet
Melton Mustafa, trumpet
Brett Murphey, trumpet
Unknown, trumpet
Peter Graves, bass trombone
Russ Freeland, trombone
John, tuba
Dan Bonsanti, tenor saxophone
Neal Bonsanti, alto saxophone; and oboe
Randy Emerick, baritone saxophone
Unknown, French horn
Gary Lindsay, flute
Gary Mayone, vibraphone
Jaco Pastorius, electric bass; keyboard; and vocals
Othello Molineaux, steelpan
Oscar Salas, percussion
Paul Horn-Müller, drums
First or second show (if from May 28)
1. Fannie Mae
2. Twins
3. Reza / Giant Steps / Reza (Reprise)
4. Bass Solo
5. Mercy, Mercy, Mercy
6. Happy Birthday to You
7. Soul Intro / The Chicken
8. Quietude
9. I Shot the Sheriff
10. Three Views of a Secret
11. Liberty City
12. Continuum
13. Slang (Bass Solo)
Stage recording (00m);
1982 June 27 — Jaco Pastorius and the Word of Mouth Big Band: Live at the Kool Jazz Festival
Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts – New York, NY, United States
Randy Brecker, trumpet
Lew Soloff, trumpet
Ken Faulk, trumpet
Alan Rubin, trumpet
Jon Faddis, trumpet
Ron Tooley, trumpet
David Taylor, trombone
Jim Pugh, trombone
Wayne Andre, trombone
Dave Bargeron, tuba
Frank Wess, tenor saxophone
Lou Marini, tenor saxophone
Bob Mintzer, tenor and soprano saxophone; and electric bass clarinet
Bob Stein, alto saxophone
Howard Johnson, baritone saxophone
John Clark, French horn
Peter Gordon, French horn
Toots Thielemans, harmonica
Jaco Pastorius, electric bass; keyboard? (track 15); and vocals
Othello Molineaux, steelpan
Paul Horn-Muller, steelpan?
Don Alias, percussion
Peter Erskine, drums
1. Invitation
2. Bass Solo
2. Soul Intro / The Chicken
3. Donna Lee
4. Three Views of a Secret
5. Liberty City
6. Sophisticated Lady
7. Bluesette
8. I Shot the Sheriff
9. Percussion Solo
10. Okonkolé y Trompa
11. Reza / Giant Steps / Reza (Reprise)
12. Mr. Fone Bone
13. Slang (Bass Solo)
14. Drum Solo
15. Twins
16. Fannie Mae
Soundboard recording (131 minutes); issued as Truth, Liberty & Soul: Live in NYC
(The Complete 1982 NPR Jazz Alive! Recording).
Radio broadcast with interview (00m)
— Track 9 segues into track 10.
— Track 13 includes "Purple Haze"; and "America the Beautiful."
— Track 14 segues into track 15.
— Billed as the W.O.M. Big Band, but introduced as The Uptown Funk All-Stars.
1982 November 3 — Jam Session: Live at 55 Grand
New York City, NY, United States
Sal Nistico, tenor saxophone
Mike Stern, electric guitar
Jaco Pastorius, electric bass
Manolo Badrena, percussion
Badou Kasse?, percussion
Bob Moses, drums
1. Percussion Improvisation
2. Bass and Drum Improvisation
3. Jam / Blues / Jam / Blues
4. Giant Steps
5. Continuum / River People / It's Your Thing
6. Donna Lee
Audience recording (68 minutes); track 1 is incomplete.
— Track 1 segues into track 2.
— Track 3 includes Third Stone From the Sun.
1982 November 20 — Jaco Pastorius and the Word of Mouth Band: Live at Teatro Tenda
Milan, Italy
Elmer Brown, trumpet
Alex Foster, tenor, alto and soprano saxophone
Delmar Brown, electric piano; vocals
Jaco Pastorius, electric bass and keyboard; drums
Carol Steele, percussion
Kenwood Dennard, drums
1. Invitation / Purple Haze / Jam
2. Percussion Solo
3. Keyboard and Percussion Improvisation
4. Bass Solo
5. Drum and Percussion Improvisation
6. Jam
7. Bass Solo
8. Promised Land
9. Jam / Teen Town / I Shot the Sheriff / Cherokee
10. Donna Lee
11. Keyboard and Percussion Improvisation
12. 634-5789 (Soulville, U.S.A.) / John and Mary / 634-5789 (Soulville, U.S.A.) [Reprise] / John and Mary (Reprise) /
I Can't Turn You Loose / Happy Birthday to You
13. Fannie Mae / Why I Sing the Blues
Audience recording (180 minutes)
— Track 3 includes Liberty City; Sophisticated Lady.
— Track 4 includes Chromatic Fantasia and Fugue in D Minor, BWV 903: I. Fantasia; America the Beautiful.
— Track 7 includes Them Changes.
1982 November 23 — Jaco Pastorius and the Word of Mouth Band: Live at Teatro Tendastrisce
Rome, Italy
Elmer Brown, trumpet
Alex Foster, tenor, alto and soprano saxophone
Delmar Brown, electric piano and vocals
Jaco Pastorius, electric bass and drums
Carol Steele, percussion
Kenwood Dennard, drums
1. Bass Solo
2. Invitation
3. Bass Solo
4. Soul Intro / The Chicken
5. Donna Lee
6. Slang (Bass Solo)
7. Promised Land
8. Drum and Percussion Improvisation / Dania
Audience recording (00 minutes); track 8 is incomplete.
— Track 6 includes "Goldfinger"; "Purple Haze"; and "America the Beautiful."
1982? — Jaco Pastorius and the Word of Mouth Band?: Live
Italy?
Delmar Brown?, electric piano
Jaco Pastorius, electric bass
1. Continuum
Audience recording (0 minutes); track 1 is incomplete.
— I found this 1-second excerpt in the Milan 1982 recording, but it's clearly from a different recording.
It could very well be from a known recording, but I can't say for sure.
Early 1980s? — Jam Session in an Unknown Location ★
PA, United States
Unknown, tenor saxophone
Unknown, soprano saxophone
Jack Pastorius, vocals (tracks 1 and 2)
Unknown, electric guitar
Jaco Pastorius, electric bass
Unknown, drums; and percussion?
1. Bass Solo
2. Watch What Happens
3. There Will Never Be Another You
4. The "C" Jam Blues
5. Unknown (Jam)
Audience recording (45m); tracks 2, 4 and 5 are incomplete.
— Saxophonists, guitarist, and drummer are probably from the local scene.
1983 July 1 — Jaco Pastorius and the Word of Mouth Band: Live at the Jazz Festival Zeltweg
Österreichring? — Spielberg, Styria, Austria
Ron Tooley, trumpet
Alex Foster, tenor, alto, and soprano saxophone
Delmar Brown, electric piano
Mike Stern, electric guitar
Jaco Pastorius, electric bass
Don Alias, percussion
Kenwood Dennard, drums
1. Dania
2. Bass Solo
3. Soul Intro / The Chicken
4. Percussion Solo
5. New Reggae
6. Slang (Bass Solo)
7. Percussion Solo
8. Beaver Patrol
9. Teen Town
10. Fannie Mae
Soundboard recording (64m); tracks 4, 6 and 7 are incomplete.
— The first show of the Word of Mouth Band's tour of Europe.
— Track 6 includes Purple Haze; and Chromatic Fantasia and Fugue in D Minor, BWV 903: I. Fantasia.
1983 July 19 — Jaco Pastorius and the Word of Mouth Band: Live at the JVC Nice Jazz Festival
Parc des Arènes de Cimiez — Nice, France
Ron Tooley, trumpet
Alex Foster, tenor, alto, and soprano saxophone
Delmar Brown, electric piano; and vocals
Mike Stern, electric guitar
Jaco Pastorius, electric bass; and vocals
Don Alias, percussion
Kenwood Dennard, drums
1. Bass Solo
2. Dania
3. Bass Solo
4. Soul Intro / The Chicken
5. Bass Solo
6. Okonkolé y Trompa (Bass and Percussion Duet)
7. Percussion Solo
8. New Reggae
9. Teen Town
10. Slang (Bass Solo)
11. Drum Solo
12. Beaver Patrol
13. Promised Land
14. America the Beautiful (Bass Solo)
15. Fannie Mae
16. Unknown
17. Havona
Pro-shot video (1m); tracks 2 and 4 — tracks 2 and 4 are incomplete.
Audience recording (00m)
Track 7 segues into track 8.
Track 10 includes Chromatic Fantasia and Fugue in D Minor, BWV 903: I. Fantasia; and Purple Haze.
1983 October 17 — Jaco Pastorius and the Word of Mouth Band: Live at Ripley's Music Hall
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Melton Mustafa, trumpet
Alex Foster, tenor, alto, and soprano saxophone
Mike Stern, electric guitar
Jaco Pastorius, electric bass; and vocals
Don Alias, percussion
Kenwood Dennard, drums
First show
1. Dania
2. Okonkolé y Trompa (Bass and Percussion Duet)
3. Soul Intro / The Chicken
4. New Reggae
5. Slang (Bass Solo)
6. Donna Lee
7. Fannie Mae
8. Unknown
9. Watch What Happens (with Jack Pastorius on vocals)
10. Havona
Second show
11. 1983 Theme / Jam
12. Dania
13. Bass Solo
14. Soul Intro / The Chicken
15. New Reggae
16. Donna Lee
17. American Boy / Let Yourself Go / Birdland / Teen Town
18. America the Beautiful
19. Fannie Mae
Audience recording (119m); tracks 4.
— Track 4 segues into track 5.
— Track 15 segues into track 16.
1983 October 19 — Jaco Pastorius and the Word of Mouth Band: Live at Bottom Line ★
New York City, NY, United States of America
Melton Mustafa, trumpet
Alex Foster, tenor, alto, and soprano saxophone
Mike Stern, electric guitar
Jaco Pastorius, electric bass; vocals
Don Alias, percussion
Kenwood Dennard, drums
1. Bass Solo
2. Dania
3. Bass Solo
4. Donna Lee
5. Bass Solo
6. Soul Intro / The Chicken
7. Bass Solo
8. Okonkolé y Trompa / America the Beautiful (Bass and Percussion Duets) -
9. Percussion Solo
10. New Reggae -
11. Bass Solo
12. Fannie Mae
13. Teen Town
Audience recording (00m); tracks 8 and 9 are incomplete.
1983 October 21 — Jaco Pastorius and the Word of Mouth Band:
Live at the Berklee Performance Center – Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Melton Mustafa, trumpet
Alex Foster, tenor, alto, and soprano saxophone
Mike Stern, electric guitar
Jaco Pastorius, electric bass; vocals
Don Alias, percussion
Kenwood Dennard, drums
1. Dania
2. Bass Solo
3. Soul Intro / The Chicken
4. Okonkolé y Trompa -
5. Percussion Solo
6. New Reggae
7. Slang (Bass Solo)
8. Fannie Mae
Audience recording (00m)
1983 October 21 — Jaco Pastorius and the Word of Mouth Band:
Live at the Berklee Performance Center – Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Melton Mustafa, trumpet
Alex Foster, tenor, alto, and soprano saxophone
Mike Stern, electric guitar
Jaco Pastorius, electric bass; vocals
Don Alias, percussion
Kenwood Dennard, drums
First Show
1. Dania
2. Bass Solo
3. Soul Intro / The Chicken
4. Bass Solo
5. Okonkolé y Trompa (Bass and Percussion Improvisation)
6. Percussion Solo
7. New Reggae
8. Teen Town
9. Drum Solo
10. Fannie Mae
11. Slang (Bass Solo)
Audience recording (00m)
— Track 11 includes Continuum; Purple Haze; Third Stone From the Sun; The Star-Spangled Banner.
1984 January 20? — Jaco Pastorius and the W.O.M. Band: Live at 55 Grand
New York, NY, United States
Melton Mustafa, trumpet
Alex Foster, tenor, alto and soprano saxophone
Mike Stern, electric guitar
Jaco Pastorius, electric bass and vocals
Don Alias, percussion
Delmar Brown?, percussion?
Kenwood Dennard, drums
First show
1. Granny Wasn't Grinning That Day
2. Dania
3. Bass Solo (includes America the Beautiful)
4. Soul Intro / The Chicken
5. Bass and Percussion Improvisation / Invitation / Teen Town
6. Unknown (a.k.a. N.Y.C. Groove #2) / Jam (includes America the Beautiful)
Second show
7. Donna Lee (Guitar and Saxophone Duet)
8. Granny Wasn't Grinning That Day
9. Fannie Mae / Mercy, Mercy, Mercy / Funky Broadway / Dania
10. Soul Intro / The Chicken
11. New Reggae / Who Knows / New Reggae (Reprise)
12. Donna Lee
13. Continuum
Audience recording (000m); tracks 7, 10 and 13 are incomplete.
The playback of Ray Charles' 1966 recording of Granny Wasn't Grinning That Day (featured on track 8)
starts during track 7.
1984 February 18 — Jaco Pastorius and the W.O.M. Band: Live at the Blue Note Jazz Club
New York, NY, United States
Jerry Gonzaléz, trumpet and percussion
Alex Foster, tenor and alto saxophone
Mike Stern, electric guitar
Royal Blue, vocals (track 15)
Andy Gonzaléz, double bass (second show)
Jaco Pastorius, electric bass and acoustic piano
Don Alias?, percussion
Manolo Badrena?, percussion (both shows?)
Kenwood Dennard, drums
Rest unknown.
First show?
1. Three Women
2. Unknown / Blues for Louise (Piano and Trumpet Duets)
3. Dania
4. Bass Solo
5. Soul Intro / The Chicken
6. Bass Solo
7. Invitation
8. Bass Solo
Second show?
9. Jam / Elegant People
10. Mercy, Mercy, Mercy
11. Bass Solo
12. Blackbird (Bass and Percussion Duet) / Jam (includes Donna Lee)
13. Donna Lee
14. Bass Solo (includes Naima)
15. Fannie Mae
Audience recording (00m); tracks 1-8
Audience recording (00m); tracks 9-15
— Track 12 segues into track 13.
1985 January 1 — Jorma Kaukonen Band: Live at the Lone Star Cafe
New York, NY, United States
Doug McLean, harmonica
Unknown, vocals (track 20)
Jorma Kaukonen, electric and acoustic guitar and vocals
Jaco Pastorius, electric bass and vocals (tracks 16-21)
Brian Melvin?, drums
First set
1. Hesitation Blues
2. Walkin' Blues
3. Death Don't Have No Mercy
4. Candy Man
5. Ice Age
6. Third Week in the Chelsea
7. 99 Year Shepherd
8. Good Shepherd
9. Uncle Sam Blues
10. Baby What You Want Me to Do
11. My Heart Has Been Broken
12. Blues
13. Keep Your Lamps Trimmed and Burning
14. Police Dog Blues
15. Killing Time in the Crystal City
Second set
16. Fannie Mae
17. Blues / Them Changes
18. America the Beautiful / Unknown
19. Blues
20. The Same Thing
21. I'm a King Bee
Soundboard recording (156m); track 19 is incomplete.
— First part of track 18 starts as a bass solo.
— First recording of Jaco with Jorma.
1985 January 4 — Jorma Kaukonen Band: Live at My Father's Place
Roslyn, NY, United States of America
Doug McLean, harmonica and vocals
Ben Prevo, electric guitar and vocals
Jorma Kaukonen, electric and acoustic guitar, and vocals
Jaco Pastorius, electric bass and vocals
Unknown, electric bass (track 24)
Brian Melvin, percussion
Rashied Ali, drums and percussion
First set
1. I Know You Rider
2. Hesitation Blues
3. Walkin' Blues
4. Death Don't Have No Mercy
5. Radical Sleep
6. I Am the Light of This World
7. Follow the Drinking Gourd
8. Whinin' Boy Blues
9. Embryonic Journey
10. Trial by Fire
11. Ice Age
12. Police Dog Blues
13. Killing Time in the Crystal City
14. Uncle Sam Blues
15. Rock Me Baby
16. 29 Ways
17. Baby What You Want Me to Do
Second set
18. Fannie Mae
19. Jam / Turn on Your Love Light / Jam
20. Kansas City
21. America the Beautiful (Bass Solo)
22. Continuum / Third Stone from the Sun / Purple Haze / America the Beautiful
23. Blues
24. Wintertime
25. Blues
26. Hey Joe (Bass and Drum Duet) / Jam
Audience recording (000m); tracks 1-26.
Soundboard recording (000m); tracks 18-20, 22 and 23-25.
1985 January 6 — Danko/Manuel/Hudson: Live at the Lone Star Cafe
New York, NY, United States
Garth Hudson, electric piano and accordion
Richard Manuel, electric piano
David Mason, electric guitar
Jaco Pastorius, electric bass (tracks 10-12)
Rick Danko, electric bass
Dan Brubeck, drums
Second show
1. Mystery Train
2. You Don't Know Me
3. Keep Loving Me
4. Keep Another Whistle Stop
5. My Love
6. King Harvest (Has Surely Come)
7. Caledonia Mission
8. Georgia (On My Mind)
9. The Weight
Encore
10. Honest I Do
11. Blaze of Glory / Jam / Turn on Your Love Light
12. America the Beautiful (Bass and Piano Duet)
13. O Canada (Piano Solo)
Soundboard recording (00m)
1985 January 15 — Jaco Pastorius and the Word of Mouth Big Band: Live at the Lone Star Cafe
New York City, New York, United States of America
To be updated later
Jaco Pastorius, electric bass
Kenwood Dennard, drums
1985/02/01 — Jaco Pastorius Quintet: Live at New Morning
Paris, France
Azar Lawrence, tenor and soprano saxophone
Jon Davis, electric and acoustic piano
Paul Mousavizadeh, electric guitar
Jaco Pastorius, electric bass
Paco Sery, drums
First set
1. Soul Intro / The Chicken
2. Three Views of a Secret
3. America the Beautiful
4. Fannie Mae
5. Elegant People / Teen Town / Purple Haze / America the Beautiful
6. Happy Birthday to You
7. Drum Solo / Jam / Third Stone From the Sun / Blues (Bass and Drum Jams)
8. Donna Lee
Second set
9. Soul Intro / The Chicken
10. Bass Solo
11. Invitation
12. Continuum
13. Quietude
14. Bass Solo
15. Liberty City
16. Twins
17. Fannie Mae
Soundboard recording (000m); tracks 1 and 8 are incomplete.
— The first (and last) Word of Mouth Big Band shows after 1982.
1985 February 1 — Jaco Pastorius Quintet: Live at New Morning
Paris, France
Azar Lawrence, tenor and soprano saxophone
Jon Davis, electric and acoustic piano
Paul Mousavizadeh, electric guitar
Jaco Pastorius, electric bass
Paco Sery, drums
Second set
1. Continuum
2. Mercy, Mercy, Mercy
3. Naima
4. Donna Lee
Audience recording (25m); tracks 1-4.
— The first show after drummer and bandleader Brian Melvin's departure.
1985 February 3 — Jaco Pastorius Quintet: Live at New Morning
Paris, France
Azar Lawrence, tenor and soprano saxophone
Jon Davis, electric and acoustic piano
Paul Mousavizadeh, electric guitar
Jaco Pastorius, electric bass; and vocals
Michel Hatzigeorgiou?, electric bass (track 7)
Paco Sery?, drums
1. Fannie Mae
2. If You Could See Me Now
3. Mercy, Mercy, Mercy
4. Purple Haze
5. Birdland / Jam
6. Teen Town / America the Beautiful (Jam)
7. Satin Doll
8. Dolphin Dance
Audience recording (62m); tracks 1-8 are incomplete.
1985 November? — Mike Stern Trio: Live at the 55 Bar
New York, NY, United States
Mike Stern, electric guitar
Jeff Andrews, electric bass?
Jaco Pastorius, electric bass
Bob Moses, drums
1. All the Things You Are
2. Unknown
3. Unknown
4. Unknown
5. Unknown
6. Unknown
7. Unknown
Audience recording (00m); tracks 2 and 3 are incomplete.
1985 November? — Mike Stern Trio: Live at the 55 Bar
New York, NY, United States
Steve Slagle?, tenor saxophone (tracks 9 and 10)
Mike Stern, electric guitar
Jeff Andrews, electric bass?
Jaco Pastorius, electric bass
Bob Moses, drums
1. Stella by Starlight
2. Donna Lee
3. Unknown
4. Unknown
5. Dolphin Dance / Teen Town
6. Unknown
7. All the Things You Are
8. Dolphin Dance
9. Freddie Freeloader
10. Unknown
Audience recording (00m); tracks 1, 7 and 9 are incomplete.
— Might be the second part of the previous entry (see above).
1986 February 20 — PDB: Live at Jonathan Swift's
Cambridge, MA, United States
Hiram Bullock, electric guitar; electric piano; vocals
Jaco Pastorius, electric bass and piano; vocals
Kenwood Dennard, drums; vocals
1. Ode to Billie Joe
2. Invitation
3. Teen Town
4. Wipe Out
5. Punk Jazz (Piano Solo)
6. Liberty City
7. Three Views of a Secret
8. America the Beautiful (Bass Solo)
9. History
10. I Shot the Sheriff
11. 1983 Jam / Straight Life
12. Late Night Talk with You
13. Power of Soul
14. Birdland
15. Them Changes / Purple Haze / Sing a Simple Song / Funky Broadway / Jam
Audience recording (103 minutes); tracks 7 are incomplete.
— Track 2 includes Reza.
— Jaco plays both bass and piano on track 7.
1970 — Nightfood: Live at The Stone
San Francisco, CA, United States
Rick Smith?, tenor saxophone
Rosie Gaines?, vocals
John Crisley, harmonica; vocals
Jon Davis, electric and acoustic piano
Bob Weir, electric guitar?; vocals
Paul Mouzavisaded?, electric guitar
Curtis Ohlson, electric bass (tracks 2, 4, 5, 7-10, 17, 18)
Jaco Pastorius, electric bass (tracks 1, 3, 6, 11-16, 19-23)
Bob Herzog, drums; and vocals
First set
1. Blackout (Early version of Jazz Street)
2. Verbal Abuse
3. Poly Wanna Rhythm
4. Blues
5. Blues
6. Miles' Mode / CIA
7. Midnight Cruise
8. Too Many Drivers
9. Turn on Your Love Light
10. Twist and Shout / Willie and the Hand Jive
11. Born in Chicago
12. Mercy, Mercy, Mercy
13. See See Rider Blues
14. Misty
15. Twilight Time
16. Bass Solo
Second set
17. This Time Forever / Shade of Gray
18. Heaven Help the Fool
19. Festival / Jam -
20. Continuum
21. Donna Lee
22. Purple Haze / Jam / Donna Lee / Man Smart (Woman Smarter) -
23. In the Midnight Hour
Audience/soundboard recording
1986 October 31 — Jam Session with the Jaco Pastorius Trio: Live at The Dock
Tiburon, CA, United States of America
Jon Davis, electric and acoustic piano
Billy Rogers, electric guitar
Paul Mousavi, electric guitar
Jaco Pastorius, electric bass; electric piano; drums; vocals
Brian Melvin, drums
1. So What
2. If You Could See Me Now
3. Mercy, Mercy, Mercy
4. Invitation
5. Bass Solo
6. John and Mary
7. Donna Lee
8. Days of Wine and Roses / Blues / I Shot the Sheriff
9. Jam / Purple Haze / Jam / Funky Broadway / Third Stone From the Sun
10. Happy Birthday to You (Piano and Drum Duet)
11. Bass Solo
12. Three Views of a Secret / Jam / Fannie Mae / America the Beautiful / The Star-Spangled Banner
13. Purple Haze / Third Stone from the Sun -
14. America the Beautiful (Bass Solo)
15. Satin Doll
16. Bass Solo
17. Alfie / I Shot the Sheriff
18. Voodoo Child (Slight Return) / Birdland / Happy Birthday to You
19. Bass Solo
Soundboard recording (000m); tracks 9, 10 and 16 are incomplete.
— Billed as the Brian Melvin/Jaco Pastorius Trio.
1985 November? — Jaco Pastorius Trio: Live at Teatro Colosseum
Reggio Calabria, Italy
Bireli Lagrene, electric guitar
Jaco Pastorius, electric bass
Serge Bringolf, drums
1. Invitation
2. The Chicken
3. Bass Solo
4. Broad Way Blues
5. Guitar Solo
6. Black Market
7. The Stumble
8. Bass Solo
9. Sunshine of Your Love / Purple Haze / Sing a Simple Song / Them Changes / Jam / Teen Town
10. Reza
Audience recording (00 minutes); tracks 5 and 10 are incomplete.
— Track 9 includes Third Stone from the Sun; and an unknown tune.