Jaco Pastorius Band | Tokyo 83 | CD

Jaco Pastorius is an American bassist and composer from Norristown, Pennsylvania. He is best known for his work with Weather Report between 1976 and 1981, and he also worked with Joni Mitchell and Pat Metheny, alongside his own solo projects. He was inducted into Down Beat's Jazz Hall of Fame in 1988.

Tokyo 83 is a single disc live recording by Jaco Pastorius, issued by Equinox in 2019 as an unofficial release. It was recorded in Tokyo on 22 May 1983 and broadcast by NHK radio. The players include Alex Foster on saxophone, Ron Tooley on trumpet, Delmar Brown on keyboards, Kenwood Dennard on drums, Don Alias on percussion and Kazumi Watanabe on electric guitar.