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, ...

The Jaco film, produced by Trujillo, will be released in association with Passion Pictures and will be available via Video on Demand, streaming services and digital download as of Friday, Nov. 27. The ...

According to a press release, Jaco: The Film will arrive Nov. 27 in association with this year's Record Store Day Black Friday event, with consumers able to choose between DVD/Blu-ray releases as well ...

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 ...

To non-musicians, it might seem surprising that Metallica bassist Robert Trujillo is producing 'Jaco: The Film,' a documentary about jazz legend Jaco Pastorius. But as he pointed out during a recent ...

There’s an old joke about an anthropologist who discovers a tribe in the jungle who play drums non-stop, day and night, for weeks on end. Then suddenly, one day, the drumming stops. Panic ensues. When ...

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 ...

Jaco Pastorius is still the greatest electric bass player, and evidence to support that claim—one he was known to make himself—is presented in the new documentary “Jaco,” available now on DVD, Blu-ray ...

MILL VALLEY, Calif. — Metallica bass player Robert Trujillo's four-year Jaco Pastorius documentary project finally hit the big screen Monday night, with a sold-out in-progress screening at the 37th ...

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 ...