When Jaco Pastorius’ solo debut appeared in 1976, a new standard in both jazz and the electric bass guitar was born. Many of the tracks on that eponymous album had their genesis two years earlier when ...

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“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 ...

Jacofest, a rousing all-star tribute to the late genre-bending, electric bass phenom Jaco Pastorius, found that artful balance between legacy and longing, delicately mixing history and mystery.

Once in a spell music finds new languages, fresh dialects drawn from the same Rosetta Stone that everyone thought well studied, known terrain. Jaco Pastorius was one of these rare individuals, opening ...

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Jaco Pastorius’s contributions to the world of jazz and the fretless electric bass will resonate for years to come. It is undeniable that he was the last great innovator of his instrument. He was the ...

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Back in September 2003, New Times reviewed the Jaco Pastorius tribute CD Word of Mouth Revisited. The disc was in homage to the greatest electric bass player the world has ever known, and the review ...

Jaco has been up for days with no sleep and little food, just flying on blow and hootch. He’s bleary-eyed and disheveled, wearing cutoff shorts and no shoes despite the winter cold. “Hey,” he shouts, ...

When: 6 p.m. July 1. What: Big band tribute to the music of Jaco Pastorius. Who: Trombonist Peter Graves conducts a big band that includes Will Lee on bass in tribute of the late Jaco Pastorious. Cool ...