The Essential Jaco Pastorius contains note-for-note transcriptions with bass tab of Jaco's brilliant bass work on 16 songs: "Amerika," "Birdland," "Blackbird," "The Chicken," "Chromatic Fantasy," "Come On, Come Over," "Continuum," "Donna Lee," "Invitation," "Liberty City," "Opus Pocus," "Portrait of Tracy," "River People," "Soul Intro," "Teen Town," "Word of Mouth."