Portrait of Tracy

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"Portrait of Tracy" is a composition by legendary bassist Jaco Pastorius. It appears on his landmark self-titled debut album, and it widely recorded as a tribute by bassists such as Joe Ferry, Marcus Miller, Brian Bromberg, and others. It is considered 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 on a few songs, most notably, SWV's Rain, and Chingy and Tyrese's Pulling Me Back.