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Last Friday marked the 25th anniversary of the death of legendary electric bass player and composer, Jaco Pastorius. Pastorius, who played with Pat Metheny, Weather Report, Joni Mitchell, Herbie ...

Jaco Pastorius strums his bass guitar at Avery Fisher Hall in New York on June 28, 1982. The Syracuse International Film Festival will screen "JACO," a documentary about Pastorius, on Black Friday ...

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 ...

Just two blocks west of Federal Highway in Fort Lauderdale, progressive metal band Neolythyc is rehearsing in a cramped, dark, converted garage. The rehearsal space is just a stone's-throw from ...

“Jaco,” the extraordinary documentary about South Florida-bred music icon Jaco Pastorius that broke Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival attendance records opening night at Hard Rock Live, will ...

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 ...

Flames that burn brightly also burn for the shortest time. The genius of so many jazz innovators from Charlie Parker to Thomas Chapin were silenced at too young an age. The same is true for legendary ...