Jaco (album)

Jaco
Live album by Jaco Pastorius/Pat Metheny/Bruce Ditmas/Paul Bley
Released	1974
Recorded	June 16, 1974
Genre	Jazz
Length	36:37
Label	Improvising Artists
Pat Metheny chronology
Jaco (1974) Bright Size Life (1976)
Jaco Pastorius chronology
Jaco (1974) Jaco Pastorius (1976)
Paul Bley chronology
Paul Bley/NHØP (1973) Jaco (1974) Alone, Again (1974)

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Jaco is the unofficial later title of a 1974 LP album on Paul Bley's Improvising Artists Label. It is notable for being the first professional recording showcasing the talents of Jaco Pastorius and Pat Metheny. The two had become friends in Miami the year before. Their collaboration continued on Metheny's debut Bright Size Life with Bob Moses, recorded in December 1975. The album was released during the following year by ECM, also home to Bley since his Open, to Love from 1972.

Track listing

Side one

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Vashkar" (Carla Bley)	9:55
2.	"Poconos" (Paul Bley)	1:00
3.	"Donkey" (Carla Bley)	6:28

Side two

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Vampira" (Paul Bley)	7:15
2.	"Overtoned" (Carla Bley)	1:04
3.	"Jaco" (Carla Bley)	3:45
4.	"Batterie" (Carla Bley)	5:12
5.	"King Korn" (Carla Bley)	0:29
6.	"Blood" (Annette Peacock)	1:28

Personnel

• Pat Metheny – guitar
• Jaco Pastorius – bass guitar
• Paul Bley – electric piano
• Bruce Ditmas – drums