When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: Getty Images Michael Anthony has come a long way since his days as an exuberant kid with ...

“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 ...

In his short but brilliant career, he pioneered a new standard of rapid-fire virtuosity on the electric bass and helped bridge the jazz and pop... Jaco Pastorius: 20 Years Later Jaco Pastorius: 20 ...

Promo copies available for reviews and radio playing, worldwide. Featuring jazz and fusion legends, band mates and colleagues of the legendary electric bass virtuoso and innovator Jaco Pastorius, ...

Jazz legend Herbie Hancock knows when he is in the presence of genius, something revolutionary, a new way forward. He witnessed it as a young pianist with the Miles Davis Quintet, and again the first ...

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 ...

A four-part series created by Columbus musician Myke Rock will bring bass guitarists out of the background to center stage.