The reputation of the late Jaco Pastorius is legendary, based as much on his mercurial personality as his groundbreaking bass playing and small but significant repertoire of original music. His ...

Last Friday marked the 25th anniversary of the death of legendary electric bass player and composer, Jaco Pastorius. Pastorius, who played with Pat Metheny, Weather Report, Joni Mitchell, Herbie ...

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It's hard to believe that it's been nearly a quarter century since Jaco Pastorius died at the outrageously young age of 35. At a time when other electric bassists like Stanley Clarke were redefining ...

Stephen Kijak's documentary on the revolutionary bass guitarist Jaco Pastorius, "Jaco," will be the official film of this year's Record Store Day and Omnivore Recordings will release a collection of… ...

When you listen to Continuum, a song off Jaco Pastorius’ solo debut album that came out in 1976, the electric bass he plays on it sounds like it is singing. As if it is not just a musical instrument ...

There’s an old joke about an anthropologist who discovers a tribe in the jungle who play drums non-stop, day and night, for weeks on end. Then suddenly, one day, the drumming stops. Panic ensues. When ...

“My name is Jaco Pastorius and I’m the greatest bass player in the world.” This was the way Jaco introduced himself to Joe Zawinul, Weather Report founder and übermensch. Zawinul was abrupt and ...

On the site, Trujillo writes, “Jaco has always been a hero of mine and one of the reasons I play bass to this day. This film has been a project of love and passion for me. This amazing film has been ...