Credit: /Paul Natkin Ask any bass player to name his top 10 bassists and you'll find that Jaco Pastorius almost always ...

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"Fretless bass was an instrument that had been around for a few years, but he just raised the standard of it to a completely ...

Synonymous with the bass, the late Jaco Pastorius was singlehandedly responsible taking the instrument to a level of creative expression that had never been heard or seen before. Undeniably a legend ...

Jaco Pastorius, the late jazz bassist who was a member of Weather Report from 1976 to 1981, a player on multiple Joni Mitchell albums and more, was given the documentary treatment this year with Jaco, ...

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 ...

While Metal Allegiance jammed at their practice space the night before their Fallen Heroes gig in Anaheim, Calif., we had the chance to speak with legendary bassist Billy Sheehan. During our chat, we ...

If only every jazz artist had an advocate like label owner/project producer Bob Bobbing. Bass wunderkind Jaco Pastorius seemingly leapt into the jazz scene in 1976 with the quadruple punch of his ...

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 ...

They called him "the Jimi Hendrix of the bass." Jaco Pastorius (pronounced "jock-oh") took an instrument normally confined to the rhythm section and brought it out front. He's probably best known for ...