Weather Report - The Jaco Years (rel.1998)

Front Cover	Album Info
	Artist/Composer Weather Report Title The Jaco Years Length 55:09 Discs: 1 Tracks: 10 Format CD Packaging Jewel Case Label Sony Cat. Number 65451 Style Fusion Rating

Musicians	Credits
Peter Erskine drums Jaco Pastorius bass Wayne Shorter sax tenor, sax soprano Tony Williams drums Alejandro "Alex" Acuńa drums Joe Zawinul keyboards Robert Thomas, Jr. hand drums	Mastering Mark Wilder Mastering Tom "Curly" Ruff

Track list

01 Punk Jazz (Pastorius) 05:09 02 River People (Pastorius) 04:51 03 A Remark you made (Zawinul) 08:01 04 Havona (Pastorius) 06:02 05 Three views of a Secret (Pastorius) 05:54 06 Teen Town (Pastorius) 06:07 07 Speechless (Zawinul) 05:59 08 Port of Entry (Shorter) 05:09 09 Barbary Coast (Pastorius) 03:09 10 Slang (Pastorius) 04:48

Notes

AMG Review (3): The second volume in Columbia's This Is Jazz series to focus on Weather Report narrows the scope to the five-year period Jaco Pastorius spent on bass. His virtuoso playing and gigantic personality gave him a reputation rarely equaled in jazz, and this collection features all of his best moments with the band. It includes each of the six compositions Pastorius contributed to the band, plus his incredible solo workout "Slang" and high-profile roles on three other tracks written by Joe Zawinul or Wayne Shorter. It's a good complement to his solo albums, though it's difficult to envision too many Jaco Pastorius fans who don't have this material yet. — John Bush _This Is Jazz #40