Editing Jaco Pastorius (section)

===Word of Mouth===
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Warner Bros. signed Pastorius to a favorable contract in the late 1970s based on his groundbreaking skill and his star quality, which they hoped would lead to large sales. He used this contract to set up his Word of Mouth big band,<ref name="Milkowski 2005" /> which consisted of [[Chuck Findley]] on trumpet; [[Howard Johnson (jazz musician)|Howard Johnson]] on tuba; [[Wayne Shorter]], [[Michael Brecker]], and [[Tom Scott (saxophonist)|Tom Scott]] on reeds; [[Toots Thielemans]] on harmonica; [[Kenwood Dennard]], [[Peter Erskine]] and [[Jack DeJohnette]] on drums; and [[Don Alias]] on percussion. This was the group that recorded his second solo album, ''[[Word of Mouth (Jaco Pastorius album)|Word of Mouth]]'' ([[Warner Bros. Records|Warner Bros.]], 1981).<ref name="Yanow">{{cite web | last1 = Yanow | first1=Scott|title = Word of Mouth|url = http://www.allmusic.com/album/word-of-mouth-mw0000197695| website = AllMusic |access-date =1 June 2017}}</ref>

In 1982, Pastorius toured with Word of Mouth as a 21-piece big band. While in Japan, to the alarm of his band members, he shaved his head, painted his face black, and threw his bass guitar into [[Hiroshima Bay]].<ref name="Milkowski 2005" /> He was diagnosed with [[bipolar disorder]] in late 1982 after the tour.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/28/arts/music/review-jaco-a-documentary-about-the-jazz-musician-jaco-pastorius.html|title='Jaco,' a Documentary About the Jazz Musician Jaco Pastorius|work=The New York Times |date=November 27, 2015 |access-date=September 22, 2018|last1=Chinen |first1=Nate }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.npr.org/2015/11/28/457384082/metallicas-robert-trujillo-on-his-hero-jaco-pastorius|title=Metallica's Robert Trujillo On His Hero, Jaco Pastorius|website=Npr.org|access-date=September 22, 2018}}</ref>  Pastorius had shown signs of bipolar disorder before his diagnosis, but these signs were dismissed as eccentricities, character flaws, and by Pastorius himself as a normal part of his freewheeling personality.<ref>Milkowski 2005</ref><ref>Grayson, 2003</ref>

Despite attention in the press, ''Word of Mouth'' sold poorly. Warner Bros. was unimpressed by the demo tapes from ''Holiday for Pans''.<ref name="Milkowski 2005"/> Pastorius released a third album, ''Invitation'' (1983), a live recording from the Word of Mouth tour of Japan. As alcohol and drug problems dominated his life, he had trouble finding work and wound up becoming homeless.<ref>{{YouTube|TviJ3ccaSXM|Jaco Pastorius "The lost tapes Documentary"}}</ref> In 1985, while filming an instructional video (''Modern Electric Bass''), Pastorius told the interviewer, [[Jerry Jemmott]], that although he had been praised often for his ability, he wished that someone would give him a job.<ref name="Milkowski 2005" /> However, the same year, he gave a much praised concert in [[Brussels]] ([[Belgium]]) with [[Toots Thielemans]].<ref>{{YouTube|yBhoDaS5SKQ|Jaco+Toots - Three Views of a Secret}}</ref>