He stated: “I’d rather go in and just be Jaco. I improvise all the time. Hopefully, I think, I never play the same thing ...

One of the first jazz musicians from Poland to gain an international following, he recorded more than 60 albums and played with stars like Miles Davis. Excerpt from “Rób To, W Co Wierzysz (Michał ...

Most know Jaco Pastorius as the revolutionary bassist who redefined the role of the instrument in jazz. But few have heard this intimate story, told by guitarist Hideaki Tokugawa, who worked as a bus ...

A new compilation of Joni Mitchell’s jazz music has been announced. Spanning her 1968 debut, Song to a Seagull, through her performance at the 2022 Newport Folk Festival, Joni’s Jazz traces Mitchell’s ...

The reputation of the late Jaco Pastorius is legendary, based as much on his mercurial personality as his groundbreaking bass playing and small but significant repertoire of original music. His ...

Weather Report was founded in 1970 by musicians who had met while playing with Miles Davis. This Montreux Festival show from 1976 follows on from the release of their album "Black Market" but features ...

3Below features three extended range instruments played by Michael Manring (Jaco Pastorius alumni, creator of the Hyperbass), Trey Gunn (Warr Guitarist with King Crimson), Alonso Arreola (Mexican ...

Australian trio’s second album The Law Of Augmenting Returns lays out their case for a rethink… they only wish Jaco Pastorius was alive to hear it When you purchase through links on our site, we may ...

When English acts such as the Beatles, Rolling Stones, Kinks and Who revitalized rock ‘n’ roll in the early ‘60s, they earned the name of the British Invasion. So why didn’t north-of-the-border acts ...

The volumes of Joni Mitchell’s glorious vault-clearing series of “Archives” boxed sets are organized by musical eras, and the first three were relatively tidy: the folkie ‘60s; the “Ladies of the ...

From the Rolling Thunder Revue to Mingus, Archives, Vol. 4: The Asylum Years (1976-1980) offers a bird's-eye view of the genius' creative process The late bassist Jaco Pastorius first worked with ...