METALLICA Bassist ROBERT TRUJILLO's 'Jaco' Documentary On Track For November Release

METALLICA bassist Robert Trujillo's documentary film on the life and music of bass legend Jaco Pastorius, "Jaco - A Documentary Film", is on track for a November 2015 release.

According to a posting on the project's official Facebook page, "We are doing some film festivals this summer (you may have seen these announced previously),currently Munich and Montreal are underway. Some final edits are taking place as we speak. Recently some incredible never-seen, rare Joni Mitchell footage was supplied to us and is being added at the 'last minute.' We think it will be worth the extra effort."

The film is being produced by Trujillo and Johnny Pastorius, Jaco's son, and directed by acclaimed director Paul Marchand.

Trujillo told LA Weekly that "Jaco - A Documentary Film" has already cost him a lot of money out of his own pocket. Trujillo revealed: "When you are trying to do it right, it's costly. I've been a part of this film for five years. I've spent a huge chunk of money. It's great because I feel it needs to be done, but I have [other] responsibilities, too."

Trujillo explained that just because he is a member of METALLICA, that doesn't give him access to unlimited funds, saying, "People don't understand. I didn't write [METALLICA's huge hit] 'Enter Sandman'. It's a little different for me."

The Pulse Of Radio asked Trujillo how close the film was to being finished. "I would say we're moving towards a final edit, but at the moment we are at about 110 minutes, you know," he said. "We'd like to curtail that a bit but it's kind of difficult because if you were really gonna tell the ultimate Jaco Pastorius story and share it with the universe, it would be a nine-hour series."

Trujillo recently launched a PledgeMusic campaign to raise the last batch of funds needed to complete production on the documentary.

Contributors to the PledgeMusic fund can purchase a variety of items for their money, including bass lessons with Trujillo, signed DVDs of the film and a replica of Pastorius' "bass of doom."

"Jaco - A Documentary Film" tells the story of the electric bass pioneer through interviews with family, friends and fellow musicians such as Flea, Joni Mitchell, Sting, Wayne Shorter, Herbie Hancock, Geddy Lee, Bootsy Collins and Carlos Santana. Trujillo has been working on the project for nearly five years.

Pastorius was a self-taught, larger-than-life musician who made almost mythical impact on music and reinvented the electric bass, giving it both edge and beauty.