This Is Jazz 40: The Jaco Years

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Tracklist

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1Punk Jazz
assistant engineer:
David Mancini Jr. (in 1978-05)
engineer:
Alex Kazanegras (in 1978-05)
co-producer:
Jaco Pastorius (in 1978-05)
producer:
Joe Zawinul (jazz and fusion keyboard player) (in 1978-05)
bass:
Jaco Pastorius (in 1978-05)
drums (drum set):
Tony Williams (American jazz drummer) (in 1978-05)
keyboard:
Joe Zawinul (jazz and fusion keyboard player) (in 1978-05)
soprano saxophone and tenor saxophone:
Wayne Shorter (US jazz saxophonist and composer) (in 1978-05)
vocals:
Jaco Pastorius (in 1978-05)
arranger:
Jaco Pastorius (in 1978-05)
recording of:
Punk Jazz (in 1978-05)
composer:
Jaco Pastorius
45:10
2River People
assistant engineer:
David Mancini Jr. (in 1978-05)
engineer:
Alex Kazanegras (in 1978-05)
co-producer:
Jaco Pastorius (in 1978-05)
producer:
Joe Zawinul (jazz and fusion keyboard player) (in 1978-05)
bass, drums (drum set) and timpani:
Jaco Pastorius (in 1978-05)
keyboard and synthesizer:
Joe Zawinul (jazz and fusion keyboard player) (in 1978-05)
soprano saxophone:
Wayne Shorter (US jazz saxophonist and composer) (in 1978-05)
vocals:
Jaco Pastorius (in 1978-05)
arranger:
Jaco Pastorius (in 1978-05)
recording of:
River People (in 1978-05)
composer:
Jaco Pastorius
44:52
3A Remark You Made
8:02
4Havona
assistant engineer:
Jerry Hudgins and Brian Risner
engineer:
Ron Malo
assistant producer:
Wayne Shorter (US jazz saxophonist and composer)
co-producer:
Jaco Pastorius
producer:
Jaco Pastorius, Wayne Shorter (US jazz saxophonist and composer) and Joe Zawinul (jazz and fusion keyboard player)
analog synthesizer [Arp 2600], analog synthesizer [Oberheim Polyphonic] and grand piano [acoustic piano]:
Joe Zawinul (jazz and fusion keyboard player) (from 1976 until 1977)
drums (drum set):
Alex Acuña (from 1976 until 1977)
electric bass guitar [bass]:
Jaco Pastorius (from 1976 until 1977)
soprano saxophone:
Wayne Shorter (US jazz saxophonist and composer) (from 1976 until 1977)
orchestrator:
Joe Zawinul (jazz and fusion keyboard player)
recorded at:
Devonshire Sound Studios in North Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States (from 1976 until 1977)
recording of:
Havona (from 1976 until 1977)
writer:
Jaco Pastorius
4.96:02
5Three Views of a Secret
5:54
6Teen Town
6:07
7Speechless
recording engineer:
Brian Risner
assistant producer:
Jaco Pastorius and Wayne Shorter (US jazz saxophonist and composer)
producer:
Joe Zawinul (jazz and fusion keyboard player)
mixer:
Jaco Pastorius, Brian Risner and Joe Zawinul (jazz and fusion keyboard player)
bass:
Jaco Pastorius
drum machine and drums (drum set):
Peter Erskine (US jazz drummer)
keyboard, piano and synthesizer:
Joe Zawinul (jazz and fusion keyboard player)
percussion:
Robert Thomas, Jr. (jazz fusion percussionist) and Joe Zawinul (jazz and fusion keyboard player)
soprano saxophone and tenor saxophone:
Wayne Shorter (US jazz saxophonist and composer)
recording of:
Speechless
composer:
Joe Zawinul (jazz and fusion keyboard player)
45:59
8Port of Entry
engineer:
Jerry Hudgins, George Massenburg and Brian Risner
co-producer:
Jaco Pastorius
producer:
Joe Zawinul (jazz and fusion keyboard player)
mixer:
Jerry Hudgins
bass:
Jaco Pastorius
drums (drum set):
Peter Erskine (US jazz drummer)
keyboard and synthesizer:
Joe Zawinul (jazz and fusion keyboard player)
percussion:
Robert Thomas, Jr. (jazz fusion percussionist)
saxophone:
Wayne Shorter (US jazz saxophonist and composer)
recorded at:
The Complex Studios in Los Angeles, California, United States
mixed at:
Devonshire Studios in North Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States
recording of:
Port of Entry
composer:
Wayne Shorter (US jazz saxophonist and composer)
45:09
9Barbary Coast
engineer:
Ron Malo
co-producer:
Wayne Shorter (US jazz saxophonist and composer)
producer:
Joe Zawinul (jazz and fusion keyboard player)
congas and percussion:
Don Alias
drums (drum set):
Chester Thompson (US drummer Chester Cortez Thompson)
electric bass guitar:
Jaco Pastorius
grand piano, Rhodes piano, synthesizer [ARP 2600 - Two ARP 2600s] and synthesizer [Oberheim Polyphonic Synthesizers]:
Joe Zawinul (jazz and fusion keyboard player)
Lyricon, soprano saxophone and tenor saxophone:
Wayne Shorter (US jazz saxophonist and composer)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sony Music Entertainment Inc. (company owned by Sony Corporation of America from 1991–2004, operated worldwide except in JP; normally not a release label) (in 1976)
recorded at:
Devonshire Studios in North Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States (from 1975 until 1976)
recording of:
Barbary Coast
composer:
Jaco Pastorius
53:09
10Slang (Bass Solo)
4:49

Credits

Release group

part of:This Is Jazz (jazz compilations by either Columbia/ or Epic/Legacy, started in 1996) (number: 40)
Discogs:https://www.discogs.com/master/722057 [info]
Allmusic:https://www.allmusic.com/album/mw0000598520 [info]