The song emerged from the hedonism and chaos of Bob Dylan’s Rolling Thunder Revue tour When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. David ...

This is a bar with an appealing, at-home atmosphere. It's a live bar where even amateurs can participate in the jazz jam sessions I've recently started attending. I'd like to introduce some of the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Birdland is the closest thing that fusion trailblazers Weather Report ever had to a hit single – and a landmark recording in ...

As sideman, bandleader or composer, Jaco Pastorius is one of those rare players who can legitimately be said to have revolutionized their instrument. With his lyrical, melodic fretless work, growling ...

Since leaving Weather Report, Jaco Pastorius has been moving in the direction of big band music and the results are exhilarating, but not entirely successful. It is the solo contributions that impress ...

In his youth, the jazz saxophonist Wayne Shorter was awarded the nickname “Mr Gone”, in recognition of his distant, otherworldly air. As he rose to prominence with the bands of Art Blakey and Miles ...

Video of Michael Jackson's final rehearsal has been released, with the singer looking in relatively lithe form just two days before his death. But it's not Jackson you want to know about. MusicRadar ...

“Some people get intimidated by jazz,” Joni Mitchell told Rolling Stone‘s Cameron Crowe in the summer of 1979. “It’s like higher mathematics to them.” Still, the singer-songwriter wasn’t letting that ...

Jaco Pastorius was a one-off, a highly gifted bassist, composer and arranger whose death at the tender age of 35 in 1987 left the world of contemporary jazz bereft of perhaps its foremost free spirit.

Miami percussionist Bobby Thomas Jr., once a member of the iconic jazz-fusion group Weather Report and Jaco Pastorius’ excellent Word of Mouth band, will perform 8 p.m. July 29 at the Arts Garage in ...

In his short life, Jaco Pastorius revolutionised the bass guitar, and lifted the music of key jazz-fusioneers Pat Metheny and Weather Report in the 1970s – but his ambition was to form a big band.