Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Birdland is the closest thing that fusion trailblazers Weather Report ever had to a hit single – and a landmark recording in ...

Narada Michael shares story of how Jaco Pastorius joined Weather Report and how Joe Zawinul challenged him to refine his incredible talent. Hear the behind-the-scenes moments that helped shape the ...

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 ...

Columbia/Legacy have dug even deeper into their closets and dusted off eighteen excellent live performances by one of fusion's finest units. These tracks, recorded between 1975 and 1983, represent ...

In 1982, NPR's Jazz Alive! recorded a big-band performance led by the inventive bassist at New York's Avery Fisher Hall. Engineer Paul Blakemore... In A Lost Concert, Jaco Pastorius Sounded The Rhythm ...

, a single CD featuring 16 tracks and extensive liner notes by Trujillo. The included Pastorius material spans 1976 to 1981, with tracks taken from both Pastorius' own solo albums plus recordings from ...