Portrait of Tracy

Portrait of Tracy

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Name = Portrait of Tracy


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Artist = Jaco Pastorius
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Album = Jaco Pastorius
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Released = August 1976
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Recorded = Camp Colomby Studios and Columbia Recording Studios C&B, New York City, New York.
Genre = Jazz fusion, Post-bop
Length = 2:23
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Label = Epic/Legacy (Sony Music)
Producer = Bobby Colomby
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audio|JacoPastoriusPortraitOfTracySolo.ogg|"Portrait of Tracy" is a composition by bassist Jaco Pastorius. It appears on his landmark self-titled debut album, and is widely recorded as a tribute by bassists such as Joe Ferry, Marcus Miller, Brian Bromberg, and others. It is considered by many a bass guitar standard, and is often used as a benchmark for a bassist's abilities.

The song is played almost exclusively with natural harmonics, giving it a dreamy, unfamiliar tone for the bass.

The song has been sampled as well, most notably, SWV's "Rain", Cannibal Ox's "Pigeon", Amon Tobin's "Daytrip", and Chingy and Tyrese's "Pulling Me Back" and Hotstylz Faucet.


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