<![CDATA[ Latest from Guitar World in Jaco-pastorius ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/tag/jaco-pastorius Sat, 27 Dec 2025 15:20:00 +0000 en <![CDATA[ “We hung out in his hotel room ’til 7 in the morning. He put on Donna Lee – I couldn’t believe it!” When Jimmy Haslip met Jaco Pastorius at Frank Zappa’s studio ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/bassists/when-jimmy-haslip-met-jaco-pastorius C4DvMYjUfFP7A8oXwf3dBU Sat, 27 Dec 2025 15:20:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I don’t know if Jaco was a Van Halen fan. We were both more intent on getting drunk than anything else”: When Michael Anthony met the self-proclaimed “greatest bass player in the world”, Jaco Pastorius ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/bassists/when-michael-anthony-met-jaco-pastorius Nzji76ggsTYvot9brd9kgG Thu, 04 Dec 2025 11:44:13 +0000 <![CDATA[ “He got really upset and ran off down the street. He turned the corner, and I never saw him again”: Jack Bruce’s final encounter with Jaco Pastorius ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/bassists/when-jack-bruce-met-jaco-pastorius BTfozxbbCNcTYY5ZrjnAFf Sun, 06 Jul 2025 17:20:00 +0000 Tue, 08 Jul 2025 12:15:23 +0000 <![CDATA[ “One of the guys said, ‘Joni, there’s this weird bass player in Florida, you’d probably like him’”: How Joni Mitchell formed an unlikely partnership with Jaco Pastorius ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/bassists/how-joni-mitchell-formed-an-unlikely-partnership-with-jaco-pastorius Ss6a23bofHQBx48UWPEePN Thu, 17 Apr 2025 14:17:10 +0000 Tue, 22 Apr 2025 14:37:52 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Jaco was Joni’s liberator, but she wanted the bass to play a greater part in holding down the groove”: Larry Klein on how he handled the challenge of replacing Jaco Pastorius in Joni Mitchell’s band ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/bassists/larry-klein-on-jaco-pastorius-and-joni-mitchell aBpbMGWkfPS7QnFERBwVGh Sat, 16 Nov 2024 10:00:10 +0000 Fri, 21 Mar 2025 15:18:37 +0000 <![CDATA[ “The second night after I arrived in Miami, I went to a jazz club. This guy played bass for one tune and it was like he had dropped out of a spaceship”: Pat Metheny tells the story of how he met Jaco Pastorius – and their formative years in Miami ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/pat-metheny-tells-the-story-of-how-he-met-jaco-pastorius kj6wUXkHBYaabbU2CqPgCG Mon, 11 Nov 2024 12:12:28 +0000 Mon, 09 Dec 2024 16:49:36 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I didn't want to record a famous Jaco song, but Gil Goldstein found this tape for me – it was Jaco playing piano”: How Richard Bona found a rare Pastorius tune for his Brazilian-inspired solo album ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/features/richard-bona-jaco-pastorius-tribute fQNbAYspVxNptrZULAdVaD Sun, 06 Oct 2024 10:10:00 +0000 Fri, 21 Mar 2025 15:19:12 +0000 <![CDATA[ “We walk into this music store, and the owner is making sure we didn't turn up with a lawyer – and then Robert Trujillo came in and saved the day!” The amazing story of how Jaco's Bass of Doom made its way back to Felix Pastorius ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/features/how-the-bass-of-doom-came-back-to-the-pastorius-family moUMqPwJyoCQa85FR4KGAJ Sat, 06 Jul 2024 11:31:00 +0000 Fri, 21 Mar 2025 15:18:19 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Ian was always ready to play a stylistically perfect solo for every track he was involved with”: The Les Paul behind the iconic guitar solo on Kate Bush’s Wuthering Heights is now up for auction ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/kate-bush-wuthering-heights-ian-bairnson-les-paul-guitar-auction aRzHMxTfsMEVaRQ2MXtA5n Mon, 20 May 2024 14:11:37 +0000 Mon, 20 May 2024 14:13:19 +0000 <![CDATA[ “He already had his signature tone and touch, and a few of his signature licks, too”: A year before he was discovered, Jaco Pastorius laid down this classic R&B bassline on Little Beaver’s 1974 hit, I Can Dig It Baby ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/features/jaco-pastorius-bassline-on-i-can-dig-it-baby ZXAhoB94JjQkVnJEmuqM4J Sun, 07 Apr 2024 12:54:16 +0000 Fri, 21 Mar 2025 15:18:43 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I totally respected Jaco's bass playing, but that 16th-note triplet funk thing – it just wasn't in his repertoire”: Weather Report drummer Chester Thompson on why Jaco Pastorius struggled to swing ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/features/chester-thompson-on-why-jaco-struggled-to-swing nXWeXcTFc5WraY4wMp6Vwj Fri, 29 Mar 2024 12:13:52 +0000 Fri, 21 Mar 2025 15:18:27 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Jaco’s groove is like a fingerprint – nobody can duplicate it”: Listen to Jaco Pastorius’ isolated bassline on Weather Report’s Barbary Coast ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/features/jaco-pastorius-bassline-on-barbary-coast 57CrqkY8BPz9bot4mXgWNT Tue, 19 Mar 2024 10:29:45 +0000 Thu, 29 Aug 2024 17:01:22 +0000 <![CDATA[ “There was bass before Jaco and after Jaco; his playing turned my whole life around”: How Norman Watt-Roy brought a bit of Jaco to Ian Dury’s Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/features/norman-watt-roy-on-hit-me-with-your-rhythm-stick 7U3NRb8XHbcnLANQhMBdH Tue, 19 Dec 2023 17:00:50 +0000 Fri, 21 Mar 2025 15:19:16 +0000 <![CDATA[ “McCartney was fantastic. Mind you, I tried one of those Hofner basses and I thought it was crap”: Judas Priest’s heavy metal veteran Ian Hill picks his top 5 bass albums ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/features/ian-hill-picks-his-top-5-bass-albums VXRbzisWWrTBw7ywMs8R8X Tue, 05 Dec 2023 11:52:27 +0000 Fri, 21 Mar 2025 15:18:09 +0000 <![CDATA[ “It was one of the few tunes that the band didn’t try to play live, but it’s definitive Jaco”: Discovering Jaco Pastorius and the making of Havona ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/features/come-and-see-this-inside-jacos-weather-report-audition-and-the-making-of-havona RUcbzEoxigoYB2znwtSBeM Thu, 08 Jun 2023 22:36:09 +0000 Fri, 21 Mar 2025 15:19:54 +0000 <![CDATA[ “The phone rings and it's Jaco Pastorius. He says, 'I’m in room 265, come up here and get your lesson!'” Marcus Miller on an encounter with the self-proclaimed ‘greatest bass player in the world’ ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/features/marcus-miller-the-phone-rings-in-my-hotel-room-and-it-was-jaco-pastorius tUPDtQJrTD3EF6fJYoRwxB Wed, 24 May 2023 10:42:56 +0000 Fri, 26 May 2023 12:05:28 +0000 <![CDATA[ Jeff Berlin: “Look at Jaco Pastorius: clearly a genius, but misunderstood” ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/features/jeff-berlin-look-at-jaco-pastorius-clearly-a-genius-but-misunderstood xmA3E4FEYoK5PnasiCzHWN Tue, 09 May 2023 14:45:50 +0000 <![CDATA[ Tony Levin: “D’Angelo’s Voodoo made me want to go back to school as a bassist” ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/features/tony-levin-dangelos-voodoo-made-me-want-to-go-back-to-school-as-a-bassist ZQuR8Hi7zNyK8GCEqx4NfK Mon, 08 May 2023 12:00:29 +0000 Mon, 23 Sep 2024 11:27:02 +0000 <![CDATA[ Watch Will Lee and Richard Bona cover Liberty City by Jaco Pastorius in this exclusive clip from the Beneath The Bassline documentary ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/features/will-lee-and-richard-bona-cover-liberty-city-by-jaco-pastorius mwixKoQvQJY9zBS2sgDwhE Thu, 01 Dec 2022 17:45:03 +0000 Thu, 06 Jul 2023 13:47:41 +0000 <![CDATA[ The late Victor Bailey on "kicking ass" with Madonna and embracing Jaco’s legacy in Weather Report ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/features/victor-bailey-on-his-time-with-madonna-and-embracing-jacos-legacy-in-weather-report sqRheJUqZUtQHK4uUasU5K Thu, 24 Nov 2022 16:41:34 +0000 Fri, 21 Mar 2025 15:20:13 +0000 <![CDATA[ Jaco Pastorius talks Weather Report, playing fast, and why the bass is "the number one instrument in the world" in his first Guitar World interview from 1983 ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/features/jaco-pastorius-1983 U8M32j36nSALhAj3H23sd4 Tue, 21 Sep 2021 19:06:29 +0000 Tue, 21 Sep 2021 20:03:29 +0000 <![CDATA[ Jimmy Haslip: “I know I don’t play the instrument correctly! I've just tried to find my own way of expressing myself“ ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/features/jimmy-haslip-i-know-i-dont-play-the-instrument-correctly-ive-just-tried-to-find-my-own-way-of-expressing-myself bE4A5XzP6r8VvL5PNRNMXW Mon, 22 Mar 2021 10:36:53 +0000 Wed, 06 Oct 2021 11:27:38 +0000 <![CDATA[ Felix Pastorius: ”Even if Jaco wasn’t my father, I’d still be comparing myself to other bassists” ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/features/felix-pastorius-even-if-jaco-wasnt-my-father-id-still-be-comparing-myself-to-other-bassists GneumayCBz4xwsTKJupR8X Thu, 27 Aug 2020 09:31:52 +0000 Tue, 26 Mar 2024 15:57:09 +0000 <![CDATA[ Thundercat names his favorite basslines and explains why slap bass is so controversial ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/thundercat-names-his-favorite-basslines-and-explains-why-slap-bass-is-so-controversial brwVAcgnSoVrS4KCrBxoWH Mon, 06 Apr 2020 16:18:13 +0000 Tue, 07 Apr 2020 16:35:08 +0000 <![CDATA[ Billy Sheehan names 5 of his favorite bass albums ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/billy-sheehan-names-5-of-his-favorite-bass-albums w4AUUS9j7C5wKeY7VbMqPn Thu, 19 Mar 2020 16:08:40 +0000 <![CDATA[ Watch This Breathtaking Cover of Jaco Pastorious’ "The Chicken" ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/watch-this-breathtaking-cover-of-jaco-pastorious-the-chicken dsLg5NdurRcKp7nZeifRF3 Wed, 13 Jun 2018 17:46:38 +0000 <![CDATA[ Rodrigo y Gabriela Premiere "Continuum" from 'Jaco' Soundtrack — Exclusive ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/rodrigo-y-gabriela-premiere-continuum-jaco-soundtrack-exclusive fZpqQJQXV42wEdtkqR9Dmb Wed, 18 Nov 2015 13:19:16 +0000 <![CDATA[ Watch the Official Trailer for 'Jaco,' Robert Trujillo's New Jaco Pastorius Documentary — Video ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/watch-official-trailer-jaco-robert-trujillos-new-jaco-pastorius-documentary-video JZumf233pYKf4Np9reXExm Fri, 13 Nov 2015 21:56:48 +0000 <![CDATA[ Metallica Bassist Robert Trujillo Funding Jaco Pastorius Biopic ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/metallica-bassist-robert-trujillo-funding-jaco-pastorius-biopic TkTVSqtfvt6FfMvsNznXc7 Mon, 04 Jun 2012 15:09:49 +0000