“There was a party every night.” “I remember one night,” says Di Cioccio, “Jaco Pastorius was recording Hejira with Joni Mitchell and they come in and he smells we are cooking in our roo ...

From the Rolling Thunder Revue to 'Mingus,' 'Archives, Vol. 4: The Asylum Years (1976-1980)' offers a bird's-eye view into ...

Amazingly, in the same year that Jaco released his major-label debut, played on Metheny’s first recording, and began playing with Joni Mitchell, Pastorius took over the bass chair in Weather ...

Ask any bass player to name his top 10 bassists and you'll find that Jaco Pastorius almost always ... After hearing his ...

The latest is the two-volume A Career Anthology, and it’s one of the best. Each volume is a three-CD set, with one devoted to ...

The volumes of Joni Mitchell’s glorious vault-clearing ... include jazz greats Charles Mingus (as a songwriter), Jaco Pastorius, Pat Metheny, Herbie Hancock, Gerry Mulligan, John McLaughlin ...

the ‘Shadows And Light’ album found Joni Mitchell pushing her artistry to new heights. The band, comprising of jazz musicians at the top of their game, was assembled by Jaco Pastorius, the ...

In a new interview, Brandi Carlile says Joni Mitchell’s Hollywood Bowl concerts will be “even crazier” than her previous “Joni Jam” shows.

Jaco Pastorius was all of these and more at a young age. Best known for his work with Weather Report between 1976 and 1981, also working with the likes of Joni Mitchell, Pat Metheny, et al, along with ...

4' Joni Mitchell Rewrites 'I'm Still Standing' and Metallica Slays ... Her fellow travelers include jazz greats Charles Mingus (as a songwriter), Jaco Pastorius, Pat Metheny, Herbie Hancock, Gerry ...