Jaco Pastorius; Pat Metheny; Paul Bley; Bruce Ditmas - Jaco (1974)

Front Cover	Album Info
	Artist/Composer Jaco Pastorius; Pat Metheny; Paul Bley; Bruce Ditmas Title Jaco Length 36:37 Discs: 1 Tracks: 9 Format CD Packaging Jewel Case Label SUNIL Cat. Number JD 1286 Style Fusion Rating Recorded 1974-06-16  at  Blue Rock Studio, NYC

Musicians	Credits
Jaco Pastorius el.bass Pat Metheny el.guitar Paul Bley el.piano Bruce Ditmas drums	Producer Paul Bley Engineer Jan Rathbun Engineer David Baker

Track list

01 Vashkar (Bley) 09:55 02 Poconos (Bley) 01:00 03 Donkey (Bley) 06:28 04 Vampira (Bley) 07:14 05 Overtoned (Bley) 01:04 06 Jaco (Metheny) 03:45 07 Batterie (Bley) 05:12 08 King Korn (Bley) 00:28 09 Blood (Peacock) 01:31

Notes

AMG Review by Scott Yanow (3): Although one often thinks of Jaco Pastorius' first solo album as being 1976's Jaco on Epic, producer/keyboardist Paul Bley actually gave Pastorius his first chance to lead a recording two years earlier. Coincidentally titled Jaco, this spontaneous set (which has been reissued on CD) is also significant for being among guitarist Pat Metheny's first recordings; completing the quartet are Bley on electric piano and drummer Bruce Ditmas. The music consists of three songs by Bley, five from Carla Bley, and "Blood" by Annette Peacock. Pastorius sounds quite powerful, but Metheny's tone is kind of bizarre, very distorted and not at all distinctive at this point. The recording quality is a bit shaky throughout the electronic set, and the group does not quite live up to its potential, but Pastorius shows that he was already an innovative player, making this a CD of historic interest.