PROFILPELAJAR.COM

This is the discography of Jaco Pastorius (1951–1987), excluding bootlegs and compilations.^[1]^[2]

Discography

1974: Jaco with Pat Metheny, Bruce Ditmas, Paul Bley (Improvising Artists, 1976) – live
1975: Jaco Pastorius (Epic, 1976)
1980–81: Word of Mouth (Warner Bros., 1981)
1982: Invitation (Warner Bros., 1983) – live
1986: Stuttgart Aria with Biréli Lagrène (Jazzpoint/Le Chant du Monde, 1986)^[1]

Posthumous releases:

Honestly - Solo Live (Jazzpoint, 1991) – recorded in 1986
Holiday for Pans (Sound Hills, 1993) – recorded in 1980–82
The Birthday Concert (Warner Bros., 1995) – recorded in 1981
Golden Roads (Sound Hills, 1997) – recorded in 1986
A Good Stitch for Golden Roads (Sound Hills, 1997) – recorded in 1986
Punk Jazz: The Jaco Pastorius Anthology (Warner Bros./Rhino, 2003) [2CD] – recorded in 1968–86
The Early Years Recordings (Holiday Park, 2006) – recorded in 1969–74
Trio of Doom with John McLaughlin and Tony Williams (Columbia, 2007) – recorded in 1979
Legendary Demo & Live Tracks (Victor, 2008) – recorded in 1970, 1974, 1976, and 1982
Word of Mouth Band featuring Kazumi Watanabe, Word of Mouth Band 1983 Japan Tour (Rhino, 2012) [2CD] – recorded in 1983
Modern American Music...Period! The Criteria Sessions (Omnivore Recordings, 2014) – recorded in 1974
Truth, Liberty & Soul (Resonance, 2017) – live recorded in 1982
Jaco Pastorius Bass Workshop: Jazz Concert In Martinique (Altus Jazz, 2017) – live recorded in 1984
Tokyo 83 (2019) - Recorded at Koseinenkin Kaikan, Tokyo, Japan on May 22, 1983

Posthumous compilations:

Trio of Doom
With Tony Williams and John McLaughlin

With Brian Melvin:

1984–85: Brian Melvin’s Nightfood, Night Food (Timeless, 1985)^[3]
1985: Brian Melvin’s Nightfood, Jazz in Toulouse (Atlus, 2016) [2CD]
1985: Brian Melvin Trio, Standards Zone (Global Pacific, 1990)
1984–86 Brian Melvin’s Nightfood, Nightfood (Global Pacific, 1988) – different from 1985 album with similar title^[4]
1986: Brian Melvin Trio, Jazz Street (Timeless, 1988)

With others:

Manolo Badrena, Manolo (A&M, 1979)
Little Beaver, Party Down (Cat, 1974) – recorded in 1974
Jimmy Cliff, Cliff Hanger (CBS, 1985) – 1 track
Cockrell & Santos, New Beginnings (A&M, 1978)
Michel Colombier, Michel Colombier (Chrysalis, 1979)
Santana, "Aquamarine" (Columbia Records, 1979) --1 track
Deadline, Down by Law (Celluloid, 1985)
Ian Hunter, All American Alien Boy (Columbia, 1976)
Albert Mangelsdorff, Trilogue - Live! (MPS, 1977) – recorded in 1976
Al Di Meola, Land of the Midnight Sun (Columbia, 1976) – recorded in 1975
Pat Metheny, Bright Size Life (ECM, 1976) – recorded in 1975
Bob Mintzer, Source (Agharta, 1982)
Airto Moreira, I'm Fine, How Are You? (Warner Bros., 1977)
Michel Polnareff, Coucou Me Revoilou (Atlantic, 1978)
Flora Purim, Everyday, Everynight (Warner Bros., 1978)
Tom Scott, Intimate Strangers (Columbia, 1978)
Mike Stern, Upside Downside (Atlantic, 1986) – 1 track
Tommy Strand, Tommy Strand and The Upper Hand, Featuring Jaco Pastorius (Holiday Park, 2009) – recorded in 1971
Ira Sullivan, Ira Sullivan (Horizon, 1976) – recorded in 1975–76
Various artists, Havana Jam 2 (Columbia, 1979) [2LP] – 3 tracks
Various artists, Conrad Sivert Presents Jazz at the Opera House (CBS/Sony, 1983) [2LP] – recorded in 1982

Various artists, including Jaco Pastorius, Jaco (Original Soundtrack) (Columbia, 2015) – posthumous compilation for the 2014 documentary film Jaco on Pastorius' life and musical career

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Milkowski, Bill (2005). Jaco : the extraordinary and tragic life of Jaco Pastorius (Anniversary ed.). San Francisco: Backbeat Books. pp. 323–326. ISBN 978-0-87930-859-9.
^ "The Complete Jaco Pastorius Discography". Wayback Machine/Jaco Pastorius.com. 25 July 2013. Archived from the original on 25 July 2013. Retrieved 11 June 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
^ "Brian Melvin's Night Food* - Night Food". Discogs.
^ "Brian Melvin's Nightfood - Nightfood". Discogs.