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 ...

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 ...

The boy genius next door. Nearly 30 years after his death, Pastorius will have a homecoming of sorts on Friday, Nov. 6, when “Jaco,” a captivating new documentary about his mercurial life and ...

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 ...

SAN RAFAEL, Calif. — After years of working on a documentary about the late jazz bass player Jaco Pastorius, Robert Trujillo felt he'd hit a wall. Although the Metallica bassist was driven to ...

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 ...

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.

Robert Trujillo of Metallica is funding a Jaco Pastorius documentary and a new archival album. And Pastorius is often referred to as "the punk of jazz," Trujillo says. "If Slayer is playing ...

As the Jaco press release notes, Pastorius' tale is "remarkable and tragic" — he was only 35 when he passed away — and Trujillo promises a viewing experience that encompasses the remarkable ...

In order to enjoy Jaco, the new documentary about revolutionary electric bass guitar virtuoso Jaco Pastorius, you’ll need to get over your biases against such things, as well as any you may be ...

Mitchell’s first encounter with Pastorius came during the recording of 1974’s Court and Spark, as she recalled during an interview for the 2014 documentary, Jaco.