{{Infobox song | name = Portrait of Tracy | cover = Portrait of Tracy 1980.jpg | alt = | caption = Pastorius playing ''Portrait of Tracy''<br>demonstrates his harmonics, placing his<br>electric bass on the floor (Amsterdam, 1980) | type = instrumental | artist = Jaco Pastorius | album = Jaco Pastorius | released = August 1976 | format = | recorded = Camp Colomby Studios and Columbia Recording Studios C&B, New York City, New York | studio = | venue = | genre = Post-bop, jazz fusion | length = 2:23 | label = Epic/Legacy (Sony Music) | writer = Jaco Pastorius | producer = Bobby Colomby | misc = {{Audio sample | type = song | file = JacoPastoriusPortraitOfTracySolo.ogg }} }}

"'''Portrait of Tracy'''" is a composition by American jazz bassist Jaco Pastorius. It is featured on his debut studio album, ''Jaco Pastorius'' (1976). It was named after his first wife Tracy Sexton.<ref>{{cite web|last=Currin|first=Grayson|title=Continuum.Jaco Pastorius is remembered by the music and muses he left behind|url=http://www.indyweek.com/indyweek/continuum/Content?oid=1190028|publisher=Independent Weekly|accessdate=2012-05-29|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121014074354/http://www.indyweek.com/indyweek/continuum/Content?oid=1190028|archivedate=2012-10-14|url-status=live| date=August 6, 2003}}</ref>

== Use in sampling == "Portrait of Tracy" has been used as a sample in many works, mainly in R&B and hip-hop. Notable works that feature the piece are "Rain" by American vocal group SWV and "Pullin' Me Back" by American rapper Chingy.<ref>{{cite web |author=Javon Anderson |date=28 July 2021 |title=The enduring influence of Jaco Pastorius's Portrait of Tracy |url=https://jazz.fm/jaco-pastorius-portrait-of-tracy-sampled/ |accessdate=24 August 2022 |work=Jazz.fm}}</ref> It is also used in the song "Mr. Mukatsuku" by British electronic musician Luke Vibert under the name Wagon Christ.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Mr. Mukatsuku by Wagon Christ on WhoSampled |url=https://www.whosampled.com/Wagon-Christ/Mr.-Mukatsuku/ |access-date=2025-04-19 |website=WhoSampled |language=en}}</ref>

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