“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 ...

The Chicken (home recording); Amelia; I Can Dig It Baby; Batterie; Continuum; Midwestern Nights Dream; Foreign Film; Birdland; Nativity; Las Olas; Sunday; Layas; Goodbye Porkpie Hat; The Dry Clean ...

Tracks: Donna Lee (Album Version); Come On, Come Over (Album Version); Continuum (Album Version); Kuru (Album Version); Portrait Of Tracy (Album Version); Opus Pocus (Album Version); (Used To Be A) ...

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 ...

In 1982, NPR's Jazz Alive! recorded a big-band performance led by the inventive bassist at New York's Avery Fisher Hall. Engineer Paul Blakemore... In A Lost Concert, Jaco Pastorius Sounded The Rhythm ...

Twenty years ago Friday, bassist Jaco Pastorius died in a Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., hospital as a result of injuries sustained during a fight in a local nightclub. He was 35. On the anniversary of his ...

At the humble age of 18, Pat Metheny had already developed a reputation as a wunderkind, with a musical talent far beyond his years. After being offered a place at the University of Miami, the young ...