“This is not an instructional video,” Trujillo tells Rolling Stone. “This is deeper. This is a story.” The film chronicles the ascent of the bass legend, who bridged boundaries between rock and jazz ...

Metallica bassist Robert Trujillo is a busy man these days. He's working on completing a documentary film about bass legend Jaco Pastorius, who was a major influence on his playing, and beginning work ...

1976 was, for electric bassists, the year where everything changed. Jaco Pastorius hadn't quite emerged from nowhere, and the few prior recordings on which he could be found may have provided some ...

UPPER MERION>>When the late, legendary jazz bassist Jaco Pastorius is inducted into the Philadelphia Music Alliance’s Philadelphia Music Walk of Fame on Oct. 19, a lot of folks, including Pastorius’ ...

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 ...