Sony Musicグループのベスト盤コレクション「The Essential」シリーズのジャコ・パストリアス版。ファースト・アルバム『Jaco Pastorius』からウェザー・リポート、ハービー・ハンコックのアルバムなど、ソニー傘下になる前のColumbiaに残された音源を中心に、ジョニ・ミッチェル、ミシェル・コロンビエ、パット・メセニーなど、レーベルの垣根を越えて楽曲が集められた2枚組CD。全曲デジタル・リマスターで2007年リリース。

The Essential

Tracklist

Disc 1

1. Donna Lee (Charlie Parker) 2:27
   Jaco Pastorius
2. Come On, Come Over (Bob Herzog / Jaco Pastorius) 3:54
   Jaco Pastorius
3. Continuum (Jaco Pastorius) 4:33
   Jaco Pastorius
4. Kuru/Speak Like a Child (Herbie Hancock / Jaco Pastorius) 7:43
   Jaco Pastorius
5. Portrait of Tracy (Jaco Pastorius) 2:22
   Jaco Pastorius
6. Opus Pocus (Jaco Pastorius) 5:28
   Jaco Pastorius
7. (Used to Be A) Cha-Cha (Jaco Pastorius) 8:56
   Jaco Pastorius
8. Bright Size Life (Pat Metheny) 4:43
   Pat Metheny
9. Barbary Coast (Jaco Pastorius) 3:05
   Weather Report
10. Hejira (Joni Mitchell) 6:42
    Joni Mitchell
11. Talk to Me (Joni Mitchell) 3:45
    Joni Mitchell
12. Birdland (Joe Zawinul) 5:59
    Weather Report
13. A Remark You Made (Joe Zawinul) 6:50
    Weather Report
14. Teen Town (Jaco Pastorius) 2:51
    Weather Report
15. Havona (Jaco Pastorius) 6:01
    Weather Report

Disc 2

1. River People (Jaco Pastorius) 4:51
   Weather Report
2. Punk Jazz (Jaco Pastorius) 5:09
   Weather Report
3. The Dry Cleaner From des Moines (Charles Mingus / Joni Mitchell) 3:29
   Joni Mitchell
4. Dreamland (Michel Colombier) 4:17
   Michel Colombie
5. 4 A.M. (Herbie Hancock) 5:22
   Herbie Hancock
6. Teen Town (Live) (Jaco Pastorius) 6:08
   Weather Report
7. Slang (Live) (Jaco Pastorius) 4:50
   Weather Report
8. Port of Entry (Wayne Shorter) 5:07
   Weather Report
9. Soul Intro/The Chicken (Live) (Pee Wee Ellis / Jaco Pastorius) 8:01
   jaco Pastorius
10. Three Views of A Secret (Jaco Pastorius) 6:10
    jaco Pastorius
11. Liberty City (Jaco Pastorius) 11:58
    jaco Pastorius
12. John and Mary (Jaco Pastorius) 11:04
    jaco Pastorius

Personnel

Disc 1

1-1 Donna Lee
Jaco Pastorius – bass
Don Alias – congas
from Jaco Pastorius (1976)

1-2 Come On, Come Over
Randy Brecker – trumpet
Ron Tooley – trumpet
Peter Graves – bass trombone
Dvid Samborn – alto sax
Michael Brecker – tenor sax
Howard Johnson – baritone sax
Herbie Hancock – fender rhodes, clavinet
Jaco Pastorius – bass
Narada Michael Walden – drums
Don Alias – congas
Sam Moore – vocals
Dave Prater – vocals
from Jaco Pastorius (1976)

1-3 Continuum
Herbie Hancock – fender rhodes
Alex Darqui – fender rhodes
Jaco Pastorius – bass
Lenny White – drums
Don Alias – congas
from Jaco Pastorius (1976)

1-4 Kuru/Speak Like a Child
Herbie Hancock – piano
Jaco Pastorius – bass
Bobby Economou – drums
Don Alias – bongos, congas
Strings on “Speak like a child”:
David Maiden (concertmaster)
Harry Lookofsky, Paul Gershman, joe Malin, Harry Cykman, Harold Kohon – violins
Stewart Clarke, Manny Vardi, Julian Barber – violas
Charles McCracken, Kermit Moore, Beverly Lauridsen – cellos
from Jaco Pastorius (1976)

1-5 Portrait of Tracy
Jaco Pastorius – bass
from Jaco Pastorius (1976)

1-6 Opus Pocus
Wayne Shorter – soprano sax
Herbie Hancock – fender rhodes
Othello Molineaux – steel pans
Leroy Williams – steel pans
Jaco Pastorius – bass
Lenny White – drums
from Jaco Pastorius (1976)

1-7 (Used to Be A) Cha-Cha
Hubert Laws – piccolo
Herbie Hancock – piano
Jaco Pastorius – bass
Lenny White – drums
Don Alias – Percussion
from Jaco Pastorius (1976)

1-8 Bright Size Life
Pat Metheny – guitar
Jaco Pastorius – bass
Bob Moses – drums
from Bright Size Life (1976)

1-9 Barbary Coast
Wayne Shorter – soprano sax, Computone lyricon
Joe Zawinul – keyboards
Jaco Pastorius – bass
Chester Thompson – drums
Alex Acuña – percussion
from Black Market (1976)

1-10 Hejira
Joni Mitchell – vocal, guitar
Jaco Pastorius – bass
Bobbye Hall – percussion
Abe Most – clarinet
from Hejira (1976)

1-11 Talk to Me
Joni Mitchell – vocal, guitar
Jaco Pastorius – bass
from Don Juan’s Reckless Daughter (1977)

1-12 Birdland
Wayne Shorter – tenor & soprano sax
Joe Zawinul – Oberheim Polyphonic, ARP 2600, piano, vocal, melodica
Jaco Pastorius – bass, mandcello, vocals
Alex Acuña – drums
Manolo Badrena – tambourine
from Heavy Weather (1977)

1-13 A Remark You Made
Wayne Shorter – tenor sax
Joe Zawinul – electric piano, ARP 2600, Oberheim Polyphonic
Jaco Pastorius – bass
Alex Acuña – drums
from Heavy Weather (1977)

1-14 Teen Town
Wayne Shorter – soprano sax
Joe Zawinul – electric piano, ARP 2600, Oberheim Polyphonic
Jaco Pastorius – bass, drums
Manolo Badrena – congas
from Heavy Weather (1977)

1-15 Havona
Wayne Shorter – soprano sax
Joe Zawinul – piano, Oberheim Polyphonic, ARP 2600
Jaco Pastorius – bass
Alex Acuña – drums
from Heavy Weather (1977)

Disc 2

2-1 River People
Wayne Shorter – soprano sax
Joe Zawinul – keyboards, ARP 2600, Prophet
Jaco Pastorius – bass, drums, timpani, voice
from Mr. Gone (1978)

2-2 Punk Jazz
Wayne Shorter – soprano sax
Joe Zawinul – keyboards
Jaco Pastorius – bass, voice
Tonny Williams – drums
from Mr. Gone (1978)

2-3 The Dry Cleaner From des Moines
joni Mitchell – vocals, guitar
Wayne Shorter – soprano sax
Herbie Hancock – electric piano
Jaco Pastorius – bass
Peter Erskine – drums
Don Alias – congas
Emil Richards – Percussion
from Mingus (1979)

2-4 Dreamland
Michel Colombie – electric piano
Michael Boddicker – synthrsizer
Larry Carlton – guitar
Jaco Pastorius – bass
Steve Gadd – drums
Airto Moreira – percussion
London Symphony Orchestra
from Michel Colombie (1979)

2-5 4 A.M.
Herbie Hancock – keyboards
Jaco Pastorius – bass
Harvey Mason – drums
Bill Summers – percussion
from Mr. Hands (1980)

2-6 Teen Town (Live)
Wayne Shorter – soplano sax
Joe Zawinul – keyboards
Jaco Pastorius – bass
Peter Erskine – drums
from 8:30 (1979)

2-7 Slang (Live)
Jaco Pastorius – bass
from 8:30 (1979)

2-8 Port Of Entry
Wayne Shorter – tenor sax
Joe Zawinul – keyboards
Jaco Pastorius – bass
Peter Erskine – drums
Bobby Thomas, Jr. – hand drums
from Night Passage (1980)

2-9 Soul Intro/The Chicken (Live)
Jaco Pastorius – bass
Peter Erskine – drums
Othello Molineaux – steel drums
Paul Hornmuller – steel drums
Don Alias – congas
Bobby Thomas Jr. – congas
Oscar Salas – percussion
Brian O’Flaherty – trumpet
Ken Faulk – trumpet
Brett Murphey – trumpet
Melton Mustafa – (solo) trumpet
Russ Freeland – trombone
Mike Katz – trombone
Dave Bargeron – trombone, tuba
Peter Graves – bass trombone
Peter Gordon – french horn
Jerry Peel – french horn
Steve Roitstein – french horn
Bob Mintzer – (first solo) tenor sax
Michael Brecker – (second solo) tenor sax
Dan Bonsanti – saxophone, woodwinds
Gary Lindsay – saxophone, woodwinds
Neal Bonsanti – saxophone, woodwinds
Randy Emerick – baritone sax
from The The Birthday Concert (1995)

2-10 Three Views of A Secret
Toots Thielemans – harmonica
Herbie Hancock – piano
Jaco Pastorius – bass, prophet 5 synthesizer, vocals
Jack DeJonette – drums
Chuck Findley, Bobby Findley, Warren Luening – trumpets
Charles Loper, Lew McCreary – trombones
Bill Reichenbach – bass trombone
Brad Warnaar, William Lane – french horns
Tommy Johnson – tuba
James Walker – flutes
Tom Scott – bass clarinet
David Weiss – oboe
Robert Cowart – English horn
David Breidenthal – bassoon
Gerald Vinci, Stuart Canin, William Hymanson – violins
Denyse Buffum, Allan Harshman – violas
Dennis Karmazyn, Ray Kelly – cellos
Bruce Bransby, Arni Egilsson – basses
Jim Gilstrap, John Lehman, Edie Lehmann. Myrna Matthews, Martin McCall, Petsye Powell, Alfie Silas, Zedric Turnbough – vocals
from Word of Mouth (1981)

2-11 Liberty City
Herbie Hancock – piano
Toots Thielemans – harmonica
Othllo Molineaux, Paul Hornmueller, Leroy Williams – steel pans
Jaco Pastorius – bass, prophet 5 synthesizer, cymbals
Jack DeJonette – drums
Don Alias, Robrt Thomas – percussion
Chuck Findley, Bobby Findley, Snooky Young – trumpets
David Bargeron, Jim Pugh – trombones
David Taylor – bass trombones
John Clarke, Peter Grdon – French horn
Hubert Laws – piccolo, flute
Wayne Shorter – soprano sax
George Young – alto sax
Michael Brecker – tenor sax
Howard Johnson – baritone sax
from Word of Mouth (1981)

2-12 John and Mary
Wayne Shorter – soprano sax
Jaco Pastorius – piano, prophet 5 synthesizer, bass pans, vocals
Othllo Molineaux, Paul Hornmueller, Leroy Williams – steel pans
Peter Erskine – drums
Bobby Thomas – hand drums
Mary Pastorius (Age 10), John Pastorius (Age 7) – vocals
Snooky Young, Warren Luening – trumpets
Charles Loper, Lew McCreary – trombones
Bill Reichenbach – bass trombone
Brad Warnaar, William Lane – french horns
Robert Cowart – English horn
David Weiss – oboe
David Breidenthal – bassoon
James Walker – flutes
Gerald Vinci, Stuart Canin, William Hymanson – violins
Denyse Buffum, Allan Harshman – violas
Dennis Karmazyn, Ray Kelly – cellos
Bruce Bransby, Arni Egilsson – basses
Jim Gilstrap, John Lehman, David Lehman, Myrna Matthews, Martin McCall, Alfie Silas, Zedric Turnbough – vocal choir
from Word of Mouth (1981)