Opus Pocus
Context
Composition by Jaco Pastorius on his first album, released on Epic in 1976 and recorded in New York in October 1975. It is one of the tracks with the largest lineup, with Wayne Shorter on soprano and two steel drum players, Othello Molineaux and Leroy Williams.
In the genealogy of jazz
This track belongs to Fusion, jazz-rock, jazz-funk. Among the origins and influences of Fusion, jazz-rock, jazz-funk: Modal, Soul jazz, boogaloo, Hard bop, Free jazz, Brazilian instrumental music, Indo-jazz, Modern big bands, Clube da Esquina (Minas Gerais).