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Weather Report was an influential jazz fusion band of the 1970s and 1980s, one of the bands that helped define the genre.
The band was founded by a number of musicians who had worked with Miles Davis in his pioneering electric band of the late 60s: Joe Zawinul (keyboards), Wayne Shorter (saxophones). They had an ever changing line-up, with only Zawinul and Shorter staying from 1970-1986. Bass players included Miroslav Vitous, Alphonso Johnson, Jaco Pastorius and Victor Bailey. Drummers Peter Erskine, Alphonse Mouzon, Chester Thompson, Leon Ndugu Chancler, and Alex Acuña were augmented by percussionists Airto Moreira, Dom Um Romao or Manolo Badrena.
The band was known, especially in their early years, for a kind of collective improvisation that remained more rhythmically cohesive than the free jazz of the 60s.
Zawinul and Shorter had both played with Miles Davis during the latter’s late-60s excursions into acid jazz, and Weather Report’s earliest releases owe a clear debt to the Davis style. By the release of Mysterious Traveller in 1974, the group had arrived at a style of its own: several of the tracks depend upon propulsive rhythmic figures, with solos more explorative of mood than technical ‘excellence’. In this respect they were always more artistically ambitious than the majority of other jazz/fusion artists.
The band was founded by a number of musicians who had worked with Miles Davis in his pioneering electric band of the late 60s: Joe Zawinul (keyboards), Wayne Shorter (saxophones). They had an ever changing line-up, with only Zawinul and Shorter staying from 1970-1986. Bass players included Miroslav Vitous, Alphonso Johnson, Jaco Pastorius and Victor Bailey. Drummers Peter Erskine, Alphonse Mouzon, Chester Thompson, Leon Ndugu Chancler, and Alex Acuña were augmented by percussionists Airto Moreira, Dom Um Romao or Manolo Badrena.
The band was known, especially in their early years, for a kind of collective improvisation that remained more rhythmically cohesive than the free jazz of the 60s.
Zawinul and Shorter had both played with Miles Davis during the latter’s late-60s excursions into acid jazz, and Weather Report’s earliest releases owe a clear debt to the Davis style. By the release of Mysterious Traveller in 1974, the group had arrived at a style of its own: several of the tracks depend upon propulsive rhythmic figures, with solos more explorative of mood than technical ‘excellence’. In this respect they were always more artistically ambitious than the majority of other jazz/fusion artists.
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Heavy Weather
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Black Market
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Mysterious Traveller
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Rumba Mama
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Barbary Coast
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szmataarmata wrote:
Hey! If you are fan o Weather Report (with Jaco or without him) join my group - http://www.lastfm.pl/group/Weather+Report
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staplefish wrote:
Weather Report is a brilliant
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-Zelgadis- wrote:
Weather Report is a brilliant name for a band [2]
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penf0ld wrote:
Weather Report is a brilliant name for a band..
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EmpressNutjob wrote:
Silliest name for a band...but great stuff!
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milesbeyond5657 wrote:
I disagree with MovingPictures7. Black Market is a good album, but it doesn't compare to Weather Report or I Sing the Body Electric (their first 2 albums). Miroslav Vitous and Alphonso Johnson were great bassists before Jaco. jimmytheone44 is absolutely correct! My favorites are their 3rd and 4th albums, Sweetnighter and Mysterious Traveller. These are "must" albums for all Weather Report fans. I had the good fortune to see this group 6 times, mostly in Austin, Tx. in the 70's.
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MovingPictures7 wrote:
Black Market is the best. You can't go wrong with anything from debut to Heavy Weather though, despite the stylistic differences.
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peivde wrote:
which are the must albums? something to start with thanks
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padre_antonio wrote:
круче только яйцы [4]
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g4b36 wrote:
great sounds... Very good
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CharlessCraver wrote:
night passage
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prodigious1 wrote:
Its fucking fusion idiot!
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barrospablito wrote:
круче только яйцы [3] Mas não tenho certeza...
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Albert_Transom wrote:
fusion? jazz/rock? this is jazz, fuck you guys
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semuschka wrote:
круче только яйцы [2]
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katie_potter wrote:
5,000 light years, baby :)
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PotattoMan wrote:
круче только яйцы
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Schrubbel wrote:
Welcome to Schru´s JAZZworldMusic http://www.lastfm.de/user/Schrubbel . Listen and Enjoy !
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GilmoursAngst wrote:
Anyone ever seen their Live at Montreux dvd? God damn!
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jimmytheone44 wrote:
These guys have had some FANTASTIC bassists.
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