In his younger days, when he was prowling clubs and practice spaces in search of work and collaborators, Jaco Pastorius often referred to himself as the greatest bass player in the world. Hubris among ...

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 ...

Legendary bassist Richard Bona shares the unforgettable moment that introduced him to jazz and changed his musical path forever. He explains how discovering Jaco Pastorius, hearing his revolutionary ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Jeff Berlin and Jaco Pastorius There is no other bass guitar player like Jeff Berlin. Educated, passionate, uncompromising and ...

This year marks 19 years since I started playing the bass. I originally started playing piano at age 7, and I was in a band playing keyboard when I was in junior high school. However, in the band I ...

All About Jazz is celebrating Jaco Pastorius' birthday today! “Jaco" was born John Francis Pastorius III, the first of three sons born to John Francis Pastorius II and Stephanie Katherine Haapala ...

Few shadows loom quite as large on a musical child as a parent’s success. And in the case of Felix Pastorius, the shadow is especially intimidating. Not only did he follow his late father Jaco ...

“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 ...

Known for his work with Weather Report, Joni Mitchell and Pat Metheny, Jaco Pastorius was one of the most inventive bass players in music history. He is the only electric bassist in DownBeat ...

Jaco Pastorius performs in 1982, around the time when Paul Blakemore engineered his concert at Avery Fisher Hall for NPR's Jazz Alive!. But new generations still discover his music. To add to ...