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 ...

“My name is Jaco Pastorius and I’m the greatest bass player in the world.” This was the way Jaco introduced himself to Joe Zawinul, Weather Report founder and übermensch. Zawinul was abrupt and ...

Joe Zawinul is a gifted and unusual jazz keyboardist and one of the creators of jazz-rock fusion. Zawinul talks to Tom Schnabel about being a concert pianist in his native Austria, coming to Juillard, ...

End of month keyboard special for the last Thursday in Monktober. Includes music from Oscar Peterson, Don Patterson, Kandace Springs, and more. The recent passing of Jack DeJohnette is acknowledged ...