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The Jaco Pastorius Gig List
The Jaco Pastorius Gig List
28 de mayo de 2018 ·
COME ON COME OVER! With your help I will document EVERY ONE of Jaco's gigs! More than 1000 gigs
and counting! Las Olas Brass, Ira Sullivan, Tommy Strand, CC Riders, BST, Weather Report, Joni, Herbie,
Word of Mouth, PDB, jams!
1966: Stacy Gymnasium, Pine Crest School, Fort Lauderdale. Las Olas Brass.
1967: The Barn, Miami. Las Olas Brass. with Wayne Cochran and the C.C. Riders.
April 30, 1967: Pompano Beach, Fla., Pompano Race Track: Hollywood Jaycees Battle of the Bands. Las
Olas Brass (finished second).
August 13, 1967: Plus One, Fort Lauderdale, FL, Las Olas Brass.
November 10, 1967: Carib Theater, Miami. Las Olas Brass played for the premiere of Sinatra movie
"Tony Rome." Played outside the theater as the limos arrived, then inside, then at a party for Sinatra
later that night.
1968: International Swimming Hall of Fame, Fort Lauderdale, Fl. with Las Olas Brass.
Casey’s and O’Reilly’s, Fort Lauderdale. Sitting in with Alex Darqui and Rich Franks.
1969/1970:
July 5, 1970: Miami. Jaco met Jimi Hendrix some time after this gig (Hendrix remained in the area for a
couple of days) and jammed with Jimi, Jaco on the drums!
1971
1971: Approximately 4 gigs at The Button Club, Fort Lauderdale, A trio with Jimmy Wheeler on guitar
and Bob Herzog on drums and vocals.
1971: Seven Seas Lounge, Miami Beach, FL. With Tommy Strand and the Upper Hand. June 1, 1971 ad.
1971: Mr. T’s, Commercial Blvd., Fort Lauderdale. Tommy Strand/Upper Hand. October.
1971: Bachelors III, Fort Lauderdale. October, Tommy Strand. Also September.
1971: Summer residency, The Pines, Indian Harbour Beach, FL. June-July.
May/June 1971: Played on luxury liners sailing from the Port of Miami. Ariadni one of them.
August 1971: Ocean City, Md. Extended residency with Tommy Strand and the Upper Hand. The
Hurricane Nite Club and Lounge, 71st Street.
1972
1972: Marco Polo, North Miami. Tommy Strand and the Upper Hand.
June 6-12: Shula’s Nite Club, Fort Lauderdale. Tommy Strand and the Upper Hand.
1972: The Castaways, North Miami. Wayne Cochran and the C.C. Riders. April 15, 1972.
October Mr. T's, Fort Lauderdale. Tommy Strand and the Upper Hand.
June 20-24: JB’s Lounge, Palm Beach, Fl. Tommy Strand and the Upper Hand. also Feb. 4-5.
1972: Boston.
1972: Another gig “near Baltimore.” C.C. Riders. Jaco had just introduced the chart of "Domingo."
1972: La Bastille, Houston. C.C. Riders. Gig where "Rice Pudding" came from? Charlie Brent and Jaco did
the chart in the Rice Hotel, Houston.
August 16-19: Casino Room, Lookout House Cincinnati. C.C. Riders. Aug. 21: Uncle Sam's, Atlanta.
November 9-11: Landmark, Kansas City, Mo. C.C. Riders. 2 shows a night.
November 20: Amelia High School, Batavia, Ohio. C.C. Riders. 12:15 pm gig at high school followed by
music clinics.
December: Vizcaya Museum and Gardens, Ft. With Baker’s Dozen (Ira Sullivan).
1973
1973: Played "all the time" at the Unitarian Church, Miami, with Ira Sullivan.
April 7: The Playboy Club, Miami. With Ira Sullivan. Reference also to April 8, 1973, did they play two
nights?
December: Bachelors III, Fort Lauderdale. With Pat Metheny in the Peter Groves Orchestra.
1974
1974?: Five Spot Café, New York City. with Pat Metheny.
May 18: Café Wha, New York.Paul Bley, Bruce Ditmas, Ross Traut.
June 16, Blue Rock Studio, New York City. Live recording with Bley, Metheny, Ditmas.
October 11: Gusman Auditorium, Miami. Univ. of Miami Jazz Band featured Jaco on "Amelia" and
"Domingo." opened for Weather Report (Jaco met Joe that night).
1975
October 13: Arkansas Tech University., Russellville, AR. Blood, Sweat & Tears.
October 24/5/6: Sahara Tahoe Hotel & Casino. Blood, Sweat & Tears (w/Jimmie Walker).
October 27: Arizona State Fair, Blood, Sweat & Tears. Tucson.
October 28: Austin (TX) Municipal Auditorium, Blood Sweat & Tears.
October 30: The Music Hall, Houston. Blood, Sweat & Tears.
November 3: Munger Hall, Birmington-Southern College, Birmingham, AL. Blood Sweat & Tears.
November 5: Great Southern Music Hall, Gainesville, Fl. Blood Sweat & Tears.
November 7: Broward Community College, Davie, Fla. Blood, Sweat & Tears.
November 26: Bushnell Memorial Auditorium, Hartford, CT. Blood Sweat & Tears.
December 3: Van wezel Performing Arts Center, Sarasota FL.BS&T/ Buddy Rich.
December 5-14: Bachelors III, Fort Lauderdale. Blood, Sweat & Tears.
1976
January 10: Mad Murphy's. Hartford, Conn. with Don Alias and Barry Miles.
February 2-4 (?) Bachelors III, Fort Lauderdale. Backing Phyllis Diller with Peter Graves Orchestra.
April 1: The Hill Auditorium, Ann Arbor, MI: first live performance with Weather Report.
April 16: Hartford, Conn. Bushnell Memorial Auditorium. Weather Report. Shakti on bill.
April 29: Great Southern Music Hall, Gainesville, FL. Weather Report.
April 30: Gusman Hall, Miami,FL, Weather Report. Also, jam with Othello Molineauxaux's band at Bahia
Cabana, Fort Lauderdale, FL.
May 1: Edmunds Center, Stetson University, Deland, Fla. Weather Report (Shakti).
May 14: Memorial Hall, Kansas City, Mo. Weather Report. (w/Shakti)
May 18: Georgi's, Milwaukee, sat in with Sweetbottom and Daryl Stuermer.
May 19:Memorial Auditorium Concert Bowl, Minneapolis. Weather Report. Shakti opens.
June: Westchester Community College, Valhalla, New York. Weather Report. w/Shakti.
June 30: Newport Jazz Festival, City Center, New York City. Weather Report. with the Brecker Brothers.
July 4: Aarhus Station, Aarhus, Denmark. with Shakti and Billy Cobham.
July 27, 28, 29: Hammersmith Odeon, London. Weather Report. (Billy Cobham and Shakti on bill July 27,
just Shakti July 28-29) 29th featured a jam with Cobham, John McLaughlin and Alphonso Johnson.
August 8-14: Bachelors III, Fort Lauderdale. Peter Graves Orchestra, backing Donna Cellini.
August: Jams with Chubby and Duffy Jackson, Marandola's, Fort Lauderdale.
November 6: Berlin Philharmonic. With Albert Mangelsdorf and Alphonse Mouzon (Trilogue).
November 11: Tower Theatre, Philadelphia. Joni Mitchell and Bobbye Hall.
November 20: Sacramento, Calif. California Celebrates the Whales Benefit. With Joni Mitchell, Bobbye
Hall. Fred Neil guested on "Dolphins."
December 7: Agora Ballroom, Cleveland. Weather Report.
December 17 : Berkeley Community Theater, Berkeley, Calif. Herbie Hancock (Stanley Clarke on bill). ?
Bootleg alleged to be California, Dec. 1976 with Herbie and Jaco.
1977
1977, 78 or 79: Fort Lauderdale, Armory. with Ray Petersen and Othello Molineaux.
1977, 78 or 79: Bahia Cabana, Fort Lauderdale Beach. With Othello Molineaux and Ray Petersen.
The Village Zoo, Fort Lauderdale Beach. Ray Petersen and Othello Molineaux.
January 17-22: Sunrise Musical Theater, Sunrise, Fl. Backed Bob Hope with Peter Graves Orchestra.
Unknown: with Herbie Hancock. Spokane Opera House, Spokane, Wash. Atlanta.
Feb. 16: Ivanhoe Theater, Chicago. With Herbie Hancock Quartet. broadcast on WXRT-FM.
February 21: Miller Auditorium, Kalamazoo, Mich. Herbie Hancock. Feb. 23: Bushnell Memorial,
Hartford, CT. Herbie Hancock.
April 15: Warner Theater Music Hall, Washington, DC. Weather Report.
April 19: Triad Arena, Greensboro NC. Weather Report (Al DiMeola)
April 29: Elting Gymnasium, State University of New York, New Paltz (with Al DeMeiola).
May 4: Great Southern Music Hall, Orlando, FL. Weather Report (Al DeMeola).
May 21: Winterland, San Francisco. Weather Report (with Al DeMeola/Lenny White).
June 26: Joe Rico's Checkmate Lounge, Miami. Peter Graves Orchestra. May have sat in previously as
well.
Summer: Graves Orchestra w Jaco played mini-concert at South Seas Plantation, Captiva Island, Fl. Jaco
then jammed at Casa Ybel on Sanibel Island with Sondra and Gil.
October 15: City Hall, Newcastle Upon Tyne, England. Weather Report.
October 28-30: Sunrise Musical Theatre, Sunrise FL. Backed Johnny Carson/Phyllis McGuire With Peter
Graves Orchestra. One night followed by jamming at Player's Club with Rich Franks/Alex Darqui.
Nov. 4: Dillon Gym, Princeton, NJ. Weather Report. Flora Purim opens.
November 20: Jesse Hall, University of Missouri, Columbia, Mo. Weather Report.
November 29: Royal Oak Theater, Royal Oak (Grand Rapids?), Mich. Weather Report.
November 30: Grand Rapids, Mich. Majestic Theatre. With Weather Report.
1978
January 29: The Players Club, Fort Lauderdale Fla. With Alex Darqui and Rich Franks. Rich Franks reports
Jaco also sat in other times when he was in Florida.
July 11: sat in with Leo De Castro's band at the Manzil Room, Sydney.
August 23, 27-29: Beep's, Fort Lauderdale. with Othello and Randy Bernsen.
October 28: Lisner Auditorium, Washington, DC. Weather Report. Two shows.
November 3: Bottom Line, New York City. With Tom Scott Band.
November 17/18: Royal Oak Theater, Royal Oak, MI. Weather Report.
November 25: Santa Monica Civic Auditorium, Santa Monica, Calif. Weather Report.
1979
January 27: NAMM trade show, Anaheim, Calif. Jam with Joe Diorio in hotel suite. reference to
"Disneyland Hotel, Bonita Towers Party." Also played with Peter Erskine at the Acoustic booth.
March 2: Havana, Cuba. With Weather Report.
May 27: Greek Theatre, Berkeley, CA. With Joni Mitchell. “Mingus” show with Jaco, Herbie Hancock,
Tony Williams and Don Alias.
June 23: Avery Fisher Hall, New York City. Mostly solo but with appearances by Don Alias, Pat Metheny
and Bob Moses.
July 13: Plaza de Toros Monumental, Barcelona. Weather Report. With Jeff Beck and Stanley Clarke.
August 3: Zoo Ampitheatre, Oklahoma City. Joni Mitchell. Shadows and Light Tour.
August 11/12: Pine Knob Music Theater, Clarkston, Ill. Joni Mitchell.
August 14: Blossom Music Center, Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio. Joni Mitchell.
August 16/17: Alpine Valley Music Theater, E. Troy, Wis. Joni Mitchell.
August 21: The Music Shed at Tanglewood, Lenox, Mass. Joni Mitchell.
August 25: Forest Hills Tennis Stadium, New York, NY. Joni Mitchell.
September 9: Santa Barbara County Bowl, Santa Barabara, Calif. Joni Mitchell.
September 12/13/14/15/16: Greek Theatre, Los Angeles. Joni Mitchell. Weather Report also on the bill
these four dates.
November/December 1979: Traveler's Lounge, Miami. Benefit for Oscar Salas. Jaco jams with Bobby
Thomas Jr., first meeting.
1980
1980: Jaco, Mike Gerber and drummer played for U of Miami jazz band. trying out charts for word of
Mouth.
1980: Musicians Exchange, Fort Lauderdale, FL. sat in on drums with band Emergency.
Dec. 31, 1980: J.P.'s on the Bay, Coconut Grove, Miami, with Othello Molineaux and Bobby Thomas Jr..
1980?: Miami Springs, with Bobby Thomas. benefit for local musician,
January 17: Premier Theater, Norfolk, VA. Weather Report.
January 24: Woolsey Hall, Yale Univ., New Haven CT. Ist live show w/ Bobby Thomas Jr.
January 29: New Haven, Ct. Woolsey Hall, Yale University. Weather Report.
July 12/13: The Complex, Santa Monica, Calif. Weather Report. Live recording for "Night Passage" LP.
August 14: Weather Report, Maracanazinho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Rio Jazz Festival.
August 20: Estadio Luna Park, Buenos Aires, Argentina. Weather Report.
December 31: JP's on the Bay, Coconut Grove, FL. Guesting with Othello Molineaux: Randy Bernsen,
Mark Griffith, Bobby Thomas Jr. & Jaco Pastorius, Michal Urbaniak & Urszula Dudziak.
1981
1981: Gigs with Othello Molineaux at Café Exchange and JP's on the Bay (Jan. 9-11), Fort Lauderdale.
April 13: Seventh Avenue South, New York, NY. The “word of mouth” concert.
July 4: Avery Fisher Hall, New York City. Weather Report. Two shows. Kool Jazz Festival.
July 11: Boston Opera House. Weather Report. Last WR gig with Jaco?
September 12: Dunes Country Club, Sanibel Island, FL. First Jazz on the Green show with Peter Graves
Orchestra.
December 31: Tipperary Pub, Deerfield Park, Fla. With Bob Moses and Othello Molineaux.
1982
January 10: Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles. Word of Mouth. George Duke opened on solo
piano.
January 15 /16: Savoy, New York City. Word of Mouth. 14 piece big band.
January 18: Mr. Pip’s, Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Word of Mouth Big Band.
February 22: Opera House, San Francisco. Benefit for Conrad Silvert.
February 26: Blues Alley, Washington, DC. Word of Mouth, with Bob Moses, Othello Molineaux, Randy
Brecker, Bob Mintzer. Downbeat Magazine story in June 1982 mentions five nights though the review is
of one night.
February 28: Labor Lyceum Hall, Conshoshocken, PA. with Jack Pastorius, Othello, Bob Moses, Randy
Brecker and more.
March 4: O'Hara's Pub, Palm Beach Fl. Jaco Pastorius and his Uptown Funk All Stars.
April 4, 1982. O'Hara's Pub, Palm Beach, Fl. Jaco Pastorius Sextet.
April 15/16: Reseda, CA. Wolf and Rismiller’s Country Club. Word of Mouth Big Band. Alex Acuna, guest
percussionist.
May 1: Ericson Kieva, E. Lansing, Mich. East Lansing Blues and Jazz Festival.
May 5: Convocation Hall, Toronto. May be a setlist.com mistake for show of Oct. 25, 1983.
May 28: O'Hara's Pub, Fort Lauderdale. Jaco Pastorius and his Uptown Funk All Stars.
June 13: Cafe at Musicians Exchange, Fort Lauderdale. Jaco Pastorius and his sextet. The outdoor
"fireworks" concert. Paul Horn, Ray Petersen.
June 27 (&28?): Kool Jazz Festival, Avery Fisher Hall NYC. WOM with Toots Thielemans.
July 2: Ontario Place, Toronto, Canada. Sextet. Opened for Buddy Rich and Oscar Peterson.
July 3: Montreal, Canada. The Spectrum. Montreal Jazz Festival. Word of Mouth, Theatre St. Denis.
Aug. 8: St. Edwards Catholic Church, Palm Beach. Jaco told an interviewer he climbed a wall and played
the organ during Mass.
August 16: Sunset Cocktail Lounge, West Palm Beach. Word of Mouth.
August 29: Dunes, Las Vegas. Memorial tribute to bassist Monk Montgomery. Jaco billed as playing but
did he go? I have seena postcard from toots dated Aug. 29 saying "In Japan with Jaco."
September 1: Tokyo, Japan. Budokan. Aurex Jazz Festival. Jaco Pastorius Big Band.
September 4: Osaka, Japan. Osaka Festival Hall. Jaco Pastorius Big Band.
September 25: Gusman Hall, Miami, with Atlantean Driftwood Band. benefit for PACE.
September 26: City Limits, Fort Lauderdale, FL. Jam with the Dixie Dregs.
October 2: Sanibel Island, FL, with Atlantean Driftwood Band.
October 20-23: Musicians Exchange, Fort Lauderdale, FL. Word of Mouth Octet.
November 3: 55 Grand. Bob Moses, Mike Stern, Manolo Badrena, Sal Nistoco.
November 19: Magia Pub, Milan, Italy. Jam with Flying Foxes.
November (28?29?): Rimini, Italy. Jaco fell and broke his arm in Rimini so he may not have played that
date.
December 1982: Sitting in with Othello Molineaux at Musicians Exchange, Fort Lauderdale. Jaco played
with a cast on his broken arm! or could have been January 1983.
1983
1983: Jaco sat in several times with Gil Evans at Evans' Monday residency at Sweet Basil, New York City.
The first show in the residency was April 17 and the band was called The Monday Night Orchestra.
March 12: James Knight Center, Miami. Went onstage with Weather Report., second encore, Birdland
April 12, 1983: Fort Lauderdale High School, Fort Lauderdale, FL. "Peter Erskine and Friends."
May 21/22: Kosei Nenkin Kaikan,Tokyo, Japan. With Kazumi Watanabe. Word of Mouth.
July 1: Osterreichring Knittelfeld, Styria, Austria. Word of Mouth. Europa Jazz Club.
July 10: North Sea Jazz Festival, Congresgebouw, Den Haag, Netherlands. Word of Mouth.
July 13: Casino de Paris, Paris. Word of Mouth. Later jammed at the Sunset Club.
July 13: Jam session at the Sunset Club after Casino de Paris gig.
July 16: Nice Jazz Festival, Nice, France. Jardins de Cimiez. Word of Mouth.
July 17: Vitoria Jazz Festival, Vitoria, Spain. Word of Mouth. Garden Stage.
July 25: Molde International Jazz Festival, Molde, Norway. Word of Mouth.
July: Darinka, New York City, “with a great harp player.” (Must be Toots Thielemans.)
July 29: Pier 84, New York City. Lenny White and Michael Urbaniak also performed.
Sept. 10: Young Circle Band Shell, Hollywood, Fl. Word of Mouth.
Sept. 30, Oct. 1 or 2: short jam at Seventh Avenue South, after Gary Burton show. Jack Pastorius'
birthday.
Oct. 17: Ripley’s, Philadelphia. Word of Mouth. same lineup as Oct. 22 gig.
Oct. 20: Toad’s Place, New Haven, CT. With Mike Stern and Kenwood Dennard.
October 22: The Spectrum, Montreal. with Mike Stern, Don Alias, Kenwood Dennard, Melton Mustafa,
Alex Foster.
October: Edwards Hall, University of Rhode Island, Kingston. May have missed first date and played
there the next night.
Oct. 25: Convocation Hall, Toronto, Canada. Venue changed to smaller El Mocambo Club, Toronto.
Oct. 29: Stanley Theater, Pittsburgh. show may have been cancelled.
Nov. 13: Armstrong Theatre Colorado College, Colorado Springs Colo. Word of Mouth.
Nov. 15: Troubadour, Las Vegas. Two shows. Word of Mouth trio.
Nov. 20: Beverly Hills, Theatre, Los Angeles. Jaco Pastorius and his band.
1984
1984: Jam with the Lamarr Brothers, Don Arturo’s, Ft. Lauderdale, Fl.
1984: the Button South, Hallandale, FL: sitting in with Chick Corea.
1984: Appeared at the Lone Star Café, sitting in with Dr. John. Possibly Aug. 14 or Sept. 25., Dr. John
played there on each of those dates.
January 4: 55 Bar/Grand, New York, NY. With Mike Stern. (55 Grand?) Marcus Miller.
January 6: 55 Grand, New York, NY. Hiram Bullock, Lenny White. Marcus Miller. possibly Lone Star Cafe.
January 7: 55 Grand.
January 9: Seventh Avenue South, New York NY. With Gil Evans. First and second set.
January 14: 55 Bar, New York City. With Mike Stern, Don Alias, Kenwood Dennard, Alex Foster, Melton
Mustafa.
January 16: Seventh Avenue South, NY. With Gil Evans. First and second set.
January 24: 55 Grand.
January 29: Bradley's, New York City. With "pianist" Mike Stern!
February 21: Seventh Avenue South, NY. With Gil Evans, first set.
February 28: 55 Grand, New York, NY. With Mike Stern, Barry Finnerty, Richie Morales.
February 29: 55 Grand, New York, NY. Barry Finnerty All Stars.
March 11: Bradley’s, New York City. Jam with Kirk Lightsey and Mike Stern.
March 19: Seventh Avenue South. With Gil Evans Orchestra. First set.
March 19: Lone Star Café, New York City. Opening act: Daina and the Tribe.
March 26: Seventh Avenue South, NY. With Gil Evans. First set.
March 31: Beacon Theater, New York. Salsa Samba All Star Ensemble with Flora Purim and Airto
Moreira, Manolo Badrena, others.
April 6: Strand Theatre, Key West, Fla.. With Dom Um Romao. Jon Lucien on bill. Billy Burke in band with
Delmar Brown and Steve Thornton.
April 7(?) 8: Jay's, Islamorada, Fla.Dom Un Romao, Billy Burke in band. Ticket stub says April 8, Sunday.
April 7 may be wrong date.
April 16: Musicians Exchange, Fort Lauderdale. Milkowski says 1985 but Ingrid says 1984. He was in FL in
April 1984 so I'm going with Ingrid.
May 20? 27?: Jammin’, Fort Lauderdale. Sitting in with Othello Molineaux, Ray Petersen, Mark Griffith
and Taras Kovayl.
June 10: Jammin', Fort Lauderdale, with Othello Molineaux.
June 17: Playboy Jazz Festival, Hollywood, Calif. with Word of Mouth. The "meltdown" gig.
June 1984: Jam with Jack Bruce. 55 Bar New York City. also featured Jerry Jemmott on bass and Butch
Thomas, sax.
July 3-8: Blue Note, New York City. Sextet with Rashied Ali, Alex Foster. Joanne Brackeen. Royal Blue on
vocals. Pharoah Sanders advertised.
July 14: Seventh Avenue South, New York City. Jaco Pastorius Group.
July 28: Tokyo, Japan. Live Under the Sky. With Gil Evans Orchestra.
August 14: Seventh Avenue South. New Yorker lists him as "showboating bassist Jaco Pastorius.
August 18: Seventh Avenue South, New York City. Jaco Pastorius Group.
Fall 1984: Bajones Night Club, San Francisco. with Brian Melvin.
September 24: A warehouse in San Rafael, Calif.: a party for promoter Bill Graham featured Jaco, Carlos
Santana, and Tower of Power.
Oct. 12: Bottom Line, NYC. Sitting in with Stanley Clarke on "School Days." also, Pat Martino.
October 19: Loeb Student Center, New York University, NYC. Jazz workshop with Rashied Ali on drums,
Arthur Rhames on piano.
December 1: Seventh Avenue South, New York City. With Rashied Ali (34th birthday).
December 14 (19?): Martinique. With Rashied Ali and students from a 4-day workshop.
December 26: Lone Star Café, New York, NY. Word of Mouth.
December: Razzmatazz Club, New York City. Manny Monteiro on drums and Bireli Lagrene on guitar.
1985
1985: Blue Note, NYC, with Stanley Turrentine. Aug.30-Sept. 1 or May 29-June 3.
1985: Jam with Michael Franks and Mark Egan at Franks concert, Avery Fisher Hall, New York City.
summer, or Oct. 19, 1985 at Beacon.
1985: After hour jams with Hideaki Tokunaga :at Seventh Avenue South,
January 1: Lone Star Café, New York, NY. With Jorma Kaukonen.
January 2: Lone Star Café, New York City. Rick Danko, Manuel/Hudson/Kaukonen
January 6: Lone Star Café, New York, NY. With Rick Danko, Richard Manuel, Garth Hudson.
January 8: Lone Star Cafe, New York City. Sat in on "Higher Ground" during a Youngbloods gig.
January 15: Blues Alley, Washington, DC. Word of Mouth Big Band.
January 15: Lone Star Cafe, NYC, acc. to the New Yorker.
January 26: DCI Music announces Jaco bass instructional video in Billboard.
February 2/3: Jam at Sunset Club of Paris after New Morning gig. Guida da Palma says Jaco came three
nights in a row so he probably played Feb. 4 as well.
February 15: Ancienne Belgique, Brussels, Belgium. Live concert on Belgian TV with Toots Thielemans.
February: Salzburg.
February 26: Lone Star Café, New York NY. With Jorma Kaukonen and There Goes the Neighborhood.
February 27: Lone Star Café, New York, NY. With Jorma Kaukonen and There Goes the Neighborhood.
February 28: Lone Star Café, New York City. With Jorma Kaukonen and There Goes the Neighborhood.
March 6/7: Jonathan Swift's, Cambridge, Mass. "Jaco-Pastorius-Jorma Kaukonen Band." Jaco a no-show
March 6.
March 14: Jaco's bass instructional video recorded at M&I Recording, Ninth Avenue. NYC. Video released
in September.
March 24: Lone Star Café, New York. With Jorma Kaukonen.
April 1. Razzmatazz, 116 McDougal Street, New York City. "Jaco Pastorius and Friends" featuring Bireli
Lagrene. Poet Max Blagg on bill.
April 10: Jazz Center of New York, 380 Lafayette St. 3rd floor (behind Tower Records) demonstration of
Guild bass and Hartke cab by Jaco, Darryl Jones, Jerry Peek, and Bill "the Buddha" Dickens. Jaco also
played a short set with Jerry Gonzalez, Kenwood Dennard and Delmar Brown.
April 21/23: Center for the Media Arts, NYC, with Francisco Mondragon Rio. Recording "Natural" album.
April 28: CBGB’s, New York City. Eddie Gregg benefit. (unclear if he played)
April 30: Lone Star Café, New York NY. Jimmy Page sat in. Robert Cray Blues Band on bill.
May 4: Third Street Music School Settlement , New York City. Word of Mouth (fiasco).
May: Third Street Music School Settlement, New York. "Makeup" for May 4.
May 12: Irving Plaza, New York NY. Benefit for Collin Wolcott.
May 31: Nancy Whiskey’s, New York City. With Ben Prevo, Chris Spedding, Rashied Alii, Jorma Kaukonen.
June 13: Kenny’s Castaways, New York City. Jammed with One Life.
June 21-23: Center for Media Arts, New York City. Jam.
June 24: Sweet Basil’s, New York, NY. With Gil Evans Orchestra.
July 6: Sunrise Musical Theater, Sunrise, FL. Jammed with Stanley Clarke at Clarke's concert.
July 10: Guitar Institute of Technology, Los Angeles. With Frank Gambale.
September 19: Release of Modern Electric Bass video with Jerry Jemmott, Kenwood Dennard, John
Scofield, M&I Recording, New York City. Video was filmed in March, 1985.
October: Seventh Avenue South, New York, NY. With Hiram Bullock and Victor Lewis.
October: Merlin Hotel, Los Angeles. Jam session. LA Guitar Show. Music Connection Magazine Amp
show, Los Angeles.
October 25: Seventh Avenue South, New York, NY. Victor Lewis on drums.
October 27: Lone Star Café, New York NY. with Ricky Sebastian on guitar and Paul Shaffer sitting in on
keyboards. Opening act was Nappy Brown and the Heartfixers.
November 25: Seventh Avenue South: Jaco sits in with Bernard Wright, Lenny White and Marcus Miller
and plays "Continuum."
November 30: Seventh Avenue South, New York City. PDB plus.
December 7: S.I.R. Studios, New York, jamming with Albert Collins, Lonnie Mack, Paul Shaffer, Eddie
Martinez on "Further On Up the Road." Dec. 6?
December 13/14: Seventh Avenue South, New York City. Hiram Bullock.
December 20: Lone Star Café, New York, NY. PDB plus Jerry Gonzalez, trumpet.
December 21: Lone Star Café, NYC. PDB plus Jerry Gonzalez, trumpet.
Dec. 30- December 31: Seventh Avenue South, New York, NY. PDB plus Michael Brecker and Mitch
Foreman.
1986
January: Blues Alley, Washington, DC. PDB. Jaco played "Something" on the piano.
February 21: The Living Room, Providence, R.I. PDB. Two sets, first one trio and second Jaco solo piano.
March 14: Kolpinghaus, Salzburg, Austria. Bireli Lagrene and Michael Kerstner, dums.
March: Gerde’s Folk City, New York City. Backing Ben Prevo with Rashied Ali.
April 26: Lone Star Café, New York, NY. With Jerry Lee Lewis (one song).
July 4: New York, NY. Third Street Basketball Courts. Solo performance. Also, a duo With Lenny Charles.
July: Impromptu jam at the Courts with Lenny Charles and Big Ed Maguire.
July 26/27: Jazz in the Circle, Hollywood, FL. Did not appear.
July-September: Informal piano performances for patients at Bellevue Psychiatric Hospital, New York
City.
September 11: Mixed four tracks from "Holiday for Pans" at Mega Studios, NYC.
September 20: New George's, San Rafael, Calif. with Brian Melvin and Bob Weir.
September 21: The Stone, San Francisco, with Brian Melvin and Bob Weir.
October 11: Skyline Studios, NYC. Recording Golden Roads CD. Benjamin Germain, keys.
Fall 1986: The Stork Club, San Francisco. with Brian Melvin and "a blind pianist."
Fall 1986: Pearl's Jazz Club, San Francisco. Sat in with Rio Swingtet.
October 25: The Dock, Tiburon, Calif. With Jon Davis and Brian Melvin.
October 31: The Dock, Tiburon, Calif. With Jon Davis and Brian Melvin.
November 8, 1986: Last Day Saloon, San Francisco. with Brian Melvin and Jon Davis.
November 10: The Dock, Tiburon, Calif. With Jon Davis and Brian Melvin.
November 13: The Catalyst, Santa Cruz, Calif. With Jon Davis and Brian Melvin.
November 14: The Dock, Tiburon, Calif. With Jon Davis and Brian Melvin.
November 15: New George's, San Rafael, Calif. Nightfood/Bob Weir. (Possible Jaco did not play this gig.)
November 16: The Stone, San Francisco. With Nightfood and Bob Weir.
November 27: The Front, New York City. Steve Lillienstein sang on "Them Changes."
December 1: The Front, New York City, jam with Ricky Sebastian.
December 3: Moderno (?)Italy. With Bireli Lagrene, Vladislav Sendecki, Serge Bringolf.
December 10: Naples, Italy. With Bireli Lagrene. Teatro Tenda Partenope.
December 13: Reggio di Calabria, Italy. Teatro Collisseum. With Bireli Lagrene.
December 31: Hard Rock Café, New York, NY. Jam with actor George Segal.
1987
January: Fort Lauderdale, Fla. The Musicians Exchange. Jam with Ocean Sound Band. Taras Kovaly, Keys,
Tom Lee, drums, Randy Bernsen, guitar.
February 15: The Sands Hotel, Pompano Beach, Fla. With Randy Bernsen.
February 1987: Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Jumping Jack's. With Randy Bernsen (NRG).
March?: Florida gig in which he signed a cocktail napkin to Billy Cox. Billy Cox played the Musicians
Exchange in Fort Lauderdale on March 20, 1987.
April 19: Sunset Lounge, West Palm Beach, Fla. Word of Mouth (Bernsen and Pollard).
June/July: Hawk's Cay Resort, Duck Key, FL. Jaco sat in with band performing there.
September 11: appeared onstage at the Santana concert at the Sunrise Musical Theater in Sunrise, FL.
Was escorted off the stage.
Incomplete references
*interview: Jaco in Boston with Herbie Hancock. Probably Feb. 24 or 25, 1977.
*Madison Square Garden, 1978, opening for Earth Wind and Fire.
*1980: Florida Atantic University, Boca Raton FL. impromptu gig with Peter Erskine, Othello, Bobby
Thomas Jr.
*Allyn Robinson remembers Jaco removing the frets from his bass before a concert in Indiana with C.C.
Riders.
*Ray Petersen remembers a gig at a church in West Palm Beach in advance of the Playboy Jazz Festival.
*Kenwood Dennard, on Musicians Exchange, Ft. Lauderdale: There was a gig at the Musicians Exchange
with Jaco on upright and Dennard on drums sometime between 1983 and 1986.
*Ray Petersen, on Musicans Exchange, Fort Lauderdale: There was a birthday party for Greg Pastorius,
where Jaco and Steve Bailey and I got up and played "Sex Machine" with Jaco and I on vocals, and, I
believe, "Donna Lee". I think Paul was on drums.
*Jaco sat in with Kenny Gwyn at performances at The Inner Circle, New York City.
*Ray Petersen remembers Jaco sitting in with the Gil Evans Orchestra at Sweet Basil NYC, 1985/86.
*Bob Everett remembers Jaco jamming with Monte Alexander and Othello at Bubba's House of Seafood
and Jazz in the 70s. Also another motel near the Bahia Cabana where monkeys would sit on the ledges
and listen to the music.
*Ryles Jazz Club,Cambridge, MA- Jaco tried and failed to sit in there while he was in Boston in the 1980s
giving piano lessons (!) at Berklee College of Music, Boston.
*Le Basier Sale Jazz Club, Paris--Jaco said to have jammed there. It opened in 1983 so possibly around
his 1983 gig at the Casino de Paris.
*"Jaco used to sit in with us when I was with the Woody Shaw Global Institute of Music."-- Ronnie
Burrage
*Casey's, Commercial Blvd., Fort Lauderdale. with Rich Franks and Alex Darqui.
*Button South, with Rick Havok and Yngwie Malmsteen. Early Seventies.
*Les Jardins, South Florida, early 1970s... jam with a band of Joe Donato's.
*March 1987, Fort Lauderdale, Fl-- ME? Jaco signs a cocktail napkin to Billy Cox. Billy played the
Musicians Exchange on March 20, 1987.
*Bob Schultz remembers Jaco going down to the bar in his neighborhood to sit in with the weekend
organ player there. Tipperary Pub, Deerfield Park, Fla..
*55 Bar, New York City, 1985 jam with Ricky Sebastian on drums and mike stern on guitar.
*early bands: Soul Incorporated, Statutory Grape, Uncle Wig Out and the Solar System.
*winter 1973, a series of "improvised free gigs" with Paul Bley, Pat Metheny and Bruce Ditmars. Florida.
University of RI: Jaco missed gig and played the next night (borrowed motorcycle?)
*sitting in with a trio at LE Club, Fort Lauderdale, 1982? said he'd just gotten back from a European tour.
Jaco did a short tour of Italy in Nov. 1982.
*Musicians Exchange, Fort Lauderdale jamming with the Ocean Sound Band. 1980,81,82,83 (Paul Horn).
*sitting in at the Sting in King of Prussia, PA where his father played ca 1976-77
*1984 Pre-Jamaica Boys featuring Jaco Pastorius: Marcus Miller. Poss. 1-6-84 55 Bar.
*December 1984: Razzmatazz, New York. Manny Monteiro. Also, Bireli Lagrene and Monteiro, marked
“1995” so perhaps 1985.
*Dr. B’s, New York City. Residency with Don Alias. Also an impromptu gig there with pianist Mike
Gerber, spring/summer, 1985 or 1986.
*1985-1986 Barry Harris Cultural Jazz Theater, New York City. Very short jam with drummer Scott
Laningham.
*Summer 1985 jam with Michael Franks, Avery Fisher Hall, New York.
*Towne and Country Motel, N. Federal Highway (Fort Lauderdale?) He and Othello sit in. 1977.