Time: 37:15 Joe Zawinul keyboards, melodica Wayne Shorter saxophones Jaco Pastorius bass Tony Williams drums 5,6 Steve Gadd drums 3, 8 Peter Erskine drums 1,7 Manola Badrena solo voice track 1 Deneice Williams, Maurice White vocals track 8 Original Release: Columbia 35358 Recording Date: May 1978 Release Date: 1978 Illustrations: Lou Beach Design: Nancy Donald So many classics on this album: Punk Jazz, Mr. Gone, River People, Young and fine… … but this is the famous one-star (ˆ) rated record by Down Beat at the time! The album opens with Zawinul's composition: Th… read more
Time: 37:15 Joe Zawinul keyboards, melodica Wayne Shorter saxophones Jaco Pastorius bass Tony Williams drums 5,6 Steve Gadd drums 3, 8 Peter Erskine… read more
Time: 37:15 Joe Zawinul keyboards, melodica Wayne Shorter saxophones Jaco Pastorius bass Tony Williams drums 5,6 Steve Gadd drums 3, 8 Peter Erskine drums 1,7 Manola Badrena solo voice … read more
Weather Report was an influential jazz fusion band of the 1970s and 1980s, one of the bands that defined the genre. Their initial style was collectively improvised free jazz with a strong rhythmic pulse and Latin influences; moving into more funk-oriented rhythms. The sound also developed from an acoustic lineup to increasingly synthesised textures as keyboardist Joe Zawinul embraced successive generations of technology. The band was founded in 1970 by Joe Zawinul (keyboards) and Wayne Shorter (saxophones) following their experiences in Miles Davis's pioneering electric band of… read more
Weather Report was an influential jazz fusion band of the 1970s and 1980s, one of the bands that defined the genre. Their initial style was collectively improvised free jazz with a strong r… read more
Weather Report was an influential jazz fusion band of the 1970s and 1980s, one of the bands that defined the genre. Their initial style was collectively improvised free jazz with a strong rhythmic pulse and Latin influences; moving int… read more