The discography of Weather Report

Weather Report

Weather Report was an American jazz-rock band of the 1970s and early 1980s. The band was co-led by the Austrian-born keyboard player Joe Zawinul and the American saxophonist Wayne Shorter...

, an influential American jazz band with a career lasting sixteen years between 1970 and 1986, consists of fourteen studio albums, three live albums, eleven compilation albums, five singles, one B-side, and six video albums.

Weather Report's self-titled debut album Weather Report, released in 1971, caused a sensation in the jazz world and is still considered a classic of early fusion. It was awarded Album of the Year by Down Beat magazine’s polls that year. In 1972 Weather Report released its second album, I Sing the Body Electric

I Sing the Body Electric (album)

I Sing the Body Electric is the second album released by Weather Report from 1972. The album includes two new members of the band: percussionist Dom Um Romão and drummer Eric Gravatt. The last three tracks were recorded live in concert in Tokyo, Japan on January 13, 1972...

. The first side featured new studio recordings, while the second side was taken from live recordings of a concert in Tokyo

Tokyo

, ; officially , is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan. Tokyo is the capital of Japan, the center of the Greater Tokyo Area, and the largest metropolitan area of Japan. It is the seat of the Japanese government and the Imperial Palace, and the home of the Japanese Imperial Family...

, Japan

Japan

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. On 1973's Sweetnighter

Sweetnighter

Sweetnighter is Weather Report's third studio album, released on Columbia Records in 1973. The group had recorded the songs in a five day stretch during February of the same year. It was to be the last album to feature founding member Miroslav Vitous as the primary bassist.-Track listing:#"Boogie...

, Weather Report began to take a new more funk

Funk

Funk is a music genre that originated in the mid-late 1960s when African American musicians blended soul music, jazz and R&B into a rhythmic, danceable new form of music. Funk de-emphasizes melody and harmony and brings a strong rhythmic groove of electric bass and drums to the foreground...

 and groove-oriented direction.

Breakout album Mysterious Traveller

Mysterious Traveller

Mysterious Traveller is the fourth release of Weather Report. This album marked the end of bassist Miroslav Vitous's tenure with the band. Vitous was replaced by Alphonso Johnson. Another addition to the line-up is drummer Ishmael Wilburn...

, released in 1974, was the second of Weather Report's albums to win Down Beat’s "Album of the Year" award. Released in 1975, Tale Spinnin'

Tale Spinnin'

Tale Spinnin' is Weather Report's fifth album, featuring the addition of Leon "Ndugu" Chancellor on the drums. Ndugu was recruited after Zawinul heard him play with Carlos Santana and liked what he heard. Weather Report was recording next door to Ndugu in the studio. He was asked to join them...

was Weather Report’s most solid album to date. It won the Down Beat best album award for 1975.

By 1976's Black Market

Black Market (album)

Black Market is an instrumental jazz fusion album released by Weather Report in 1976. This album was produced by Joe Zawinul and Wayne Shorter. It was recorded in December 1975 and released in April 1976 through Columbia Records...

album, Weather Report's music had evolved further from open-ended funk jams into more melody and rock-oriented and concise forms. It continued Weather Report’s ongoing run of success, selling well and being the fourth of the band’s albums to win Down Beat's album of the year award. The band’s next album was 1977’s acclaimed Heavy Weather

Heavy Weather (album)

The album received positive reviews since its publication. American music journalist Richard Ginell gave the album the maximum rating, five stars out of five, and concluded his review for Allmusic by stating that, "[r]eleased just as the jazz-rock movement began to run out of steam, this landmark...

, which proved to be the band's most successful recording. It would dominate Weather Report's disc awards, including their last Down Beat "Album of the Year" award.

By 1978 the band released its eighth album, Mr. Gone

Mr. Gone (album)

Mr. Gone is Weather Report's eighth studio album, and is perhaps best known for receiving a "one-star" rating by Down Beat magazine.According to Down Beat magazine, "Zawinul, Shorter, et al. have made the controversial music a commercial product; unfortunately .....

. It received only a 1-star review rating from Down Beat magazine. The 1979 double live album 8:30

8:30

8:30 is an album by the jazz fusion group Weather Report. It was recorded live except for tracks 10-13, which were studio recorded. Among other titles, it features a live version of the group's signature piece "Birdland". The album won a Grammy Award for Best Jazz Fusion Performance.-History:The...

, recorded on the Mr Gone tour, won that year’s Grammy Award

Grammy Award

A Grammy Award — or Grammy — is an accolade by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States to recognize outstanding achievement in the music industry...

 for Best Jazz Fusion Performance

Grammy Award for Best Jazz Fusion Performance

The Grammy Award for Best Jazz Fusion Performance was an award presented at the Grammy Awards, a ceremony that was established in 1958 and originally called the Gramophone Awards, to recording artists for works containing quality jazz fusion performances...

. Weather Report's ninth studio album, Night Passage

Night Passage (Weather Report album)

-Personnel:*Josef Zawinul – Keyboards*Wayne Shorter – Saxophones*Jaco Pastorius – Bass*Peter Erskine – Drums*Robert Thomas Jr. – Hand drums...

, was released in 1980, and its second eponymous release following the 1970 debut album was recorded in 1981 and released in 1982.

In 1983, the band released its eleventh studio album Procession

Procession (album)

Procession is the tenth studio album from Weather Report. It is the first album to feature the newest lineup of Weather Report. Victor Bailey replaced Jaco Pastorius as the bassist and Omar Hakim replaced Peter Erskine as the drummer. José Rossy was also added to the line up as percussionist...

, which showed the band returns to the “world music”. It was praised by Down Beat for its “unity and joy” and it has come to be seen as one of the best Weather Report albums. Weather Report then recorded Domino Theory

Domino Theory (album)

Domino Theory is the eleventh studio album by Weather Report. It is the second album to feature the Hakim-Bailey-Rossy rhythm section.-Track listing:All tracks composed by Joe Zawinul, except where indicated.#Can It Be Done – 4:02...

and Live in Japan in 1984, Sportin' Life

Sportin' Life

Sportin' Life is the twelfth studio album by Weather Report, released in 1985. Although featuring many more vocal performances than any of their previous albums, words are rare and most vocals are chants from Bobby McFerrin or Carl Anderson...

in 1985, and the finale album This Is This!

This is This!

This Is This! is the thirteenth and final studio album by Weather Report. The band thought that they had fulfilled their contract with Columbia Records with the release of the previous album Sportin' Life. This, however, was not the case and the band had to release one more record...

in 1986. By February 1986, Shorter left the band, and Zawinul dissolved the band in 1987.

Many video, compilation and live albums were released after the breakup of the band. Live and Unreleased

Live and Unreleased (album)

Live and Unreleased is a compilation of live recordings of Weather Report. The tracks are taken from live performances that took place from November 25, 1975 to June 3, 1983...

was made available in 2002. In September 2006 Columbia/Legacy released a Weather Report box set, Forecast: Tomorrow

Forecast: Tomorrow

Forecast: Tomorrow is a 3-CD/1-DVD career-spanning compilation of recordings of Weather Report. The 37 tracks are presented chronologically, beginning with three tracks pre–Weather Report, from ensemble duties with Miles Davis , Cannonball Adderley , and from a Shorter solo album...

. A DVD video of the 1976 Montreux Jazz Festival performance has become available as well. Columbia/Legacy have also re-released the 1984 Live in Japan concert on DVD.

Studio albums

Year	Album	Peak chart positions
		Billboard Billboard (magazine) Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry, and is one of the oldest trade magazines in the world. It maintains several internationally recognized music charts that track the most popular songs and albums in various categories on a weekly basis...  album charts			SWE Sverigetopplistan Sverigetopplistan, earlier known as Topplistan and Hitlistan and other names, is since October 2007 the Swedish national record chart, based on sales data from Swedish Recording Industry Association ....	UK UK Albums Chart The UK Albums Chart is a list of albums ranked by physical and digital sales in the United Kingdom. It is compiled every week by The Official Charts Company and broadcast on a Sunday on BBC Radio 1 , and published in Music Week magazine and on the OCC website .To qualify for the UK albums chart...
		200 Billboard 200 The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists...	Jazz	R&B Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums is a chart published by Billboard magazine that ranks R&B and hip hop albums based on sales compiled by Nielsen SoundScan. The name of the chart was changed from Top R&B Albums in 1999...
1971	Weather Report       Additional information        Type: [1st] Studio album Format: LP LP album The LP, or long-playing microgroove record, is a format for phonograph records, an analog sound storage medium. Introduced by Columbia Records in 1948, it was soon adopted as a new standard by the entire record industry...   Released: May 1971 Recorded: February 16, 1971–March 17, 1971 Genre: Jazz fusion Jazz fusion Jazz fusion is a musical fusion genre that developed from mixing funk and R&B rhythms and the amplification and electronic effects of rock, complex time signatures derived from non-Western music and extended, typically instrumental compositions with a jazz approach to lengthy group improvisations,...   Length: 40:05 Label: Columbia Columbia Records Columbia Records is an American record label, owned by Japan's Sony Music Entertainment, operating under the Columbia Music Group with Aware Records. It was founded in 1888, evolving from an earlier enterprise, the American Graphophone Company — successor to the Volta Graphophone Company... , CBS CBS Records CBS Records is a record label founded by CBS Corporation in 2006 to take advantage of music from its entertainment properties owned by CBS Television Studios. The initial label roster consisted of only three artists; rock band Señor Happy and singer/songwriters Will Dailey and P.J... Track listing "Milky Way" (Wayne Shorter Wayne Shorter Wayne Shorter is an American jazz saxophonist and composer.He is generally acknowledged to be jazz's greatest living composer, and many of his compositions have become standards... , Joe Zawinul Joe Zawinul Josef Erich Zawinul was an Austrian-American jazz keyboardist and composer.First coming to prominence with saxophonist Cannonball Adderley, Zawinul went on to play with trumpeter Miles Davis, and to become one of the creators of jazz fusion, an innovative musical genre that combined jazz with... ) – 2:33 "Umbrellas" (Shorter, Miroslav Vitous Miroslav Vitouš Miroslav Ladislav Vitouš , is a Czech jazz bassist.-Biography:Born in Prague, he began the violin at age six, and started playing the piano at age ten, and bass at fourteen. As a young man in Europe, Vitouš was a competitive swimmer. One of his early music groups was the Junior Trio with his... , Zawinul) – 3:27 "Seventh Arrow" (Vitous) – 5:23 "Orange Lady" (Zawinul) – 8:44 "Morning Lake" (Vitous) – 4:26 "Waterfall" (Zawinul) – 6:20 "Tears" (Shorter) – 3:25 "Eurydice" (Shorter) – 5:45 Weather Report Weather Report Weather Report was an American jazz-rock band of the 1970s and early 1980s. The band was co-led by the Austrian-born keyboard player Joe Zawinul and the American saxophonist Wayne Shorter... Joe Zawinul - Electric and acoustic piano Wayne Shorter - Soprano saxophone Miroslav Vitous - Electric and acoustic bass Alphonse Mouzon Alphonse Mouzon Alphonse Mouzon is a well-known jazz-fusion drummer and percussionist, and the Chairman/CEO of Tenacious Records. He also composes, arranges and produces, as well as acts...  - Drums, voice Airto Moreira Airto Moreira Airto Moreira is a Brazilian jazz drummer and percussionist. Airto is married to jazz singer Flora Purim, and their daughter Diana Moreira is also a singer. He currently resides in Los Angeles.-Biography:...  - Percussion Guest musicians Barbara Burton - Percussion (uncredited) Don Alias Don Alias Charles 'Don' Alias was an American jazz percussionist.Alias was best known for playing congas and other hand drums...  - Percussion (uncredited) Reissues 1990 CBS CD 32024 (CD) 1991 Columbia 468212 (CD, LP) 1992 Columbia Legacy CK 48824 (CD, LP) 1997 Columbia 9138 (CD) 1998 Sony Music Distribution 4682122 (CD) 2001 Sony Music Distribution 9658 (CD) 2005 Sony Music Distribution SICP-741 (CD) 2007 Sony Music Distribution SICP-1238 (CD) 2007 Sony Music Distribution SICP-1251 (CD) 2008 Sbme Special Mkts. 724465 (CD) Notes Jazz Album of the Year at the 36th Down Beat Down Beat Down Beat is an American magazine devoted to "jazz, blues and beyond" to indicate its expansion beyond the jazz realm which it covered exclusively in previous years. The publication was established in 1934 in Chicago, Illinois...  Readers Poll Swing Journal Magazine Grand Prix Award, Best Band of the Year, Best Selling Jazz Album of the Year.	191	7	—	—	—
1972	I Sing the Body Electric I Sing the Body Electric (album) I Sing the Body Electric is the second album released by Weather Report from 1972. The album includes two new members of the band: percussionist Dom Um Romão and drummer Eric Gravatt. The last three tracks were recorded live in concert in Tokyo, Japan on January 13, 1972...       Additional information        Type: [2nd] Studio album Format: LP LP album The LP, or long-playing microgroove record, is a format for phonograph records, an analog sound storage medium. Introduced by Columbia Records in 1948, it was soon adopted as a new standard by the entire record industry... , Cassette Compact Cassette The Compact Cassette, often referred to as audio cassette, cassette tape, cassette, or simply tape, is a magnetic tape sound recording format. It was designed originally for dictation, but improvements in fidelity led the Compact Cassette to supplant the Stereo 8-track cartridge and reel-to-reel...   Released: May 1972 Recorded: November 1971 - January 13, 1972 Genre: Jazz fusion Jazz fusion Jazz fusion is a musical fusion genre that developed from mixing funk and R&B rhythms and the amplification and electronic effects of rock, complex time signatures derived from non-Western music and extended, typically instrumental compositions with a jazz approach to lengthy group improvisations,...   Length: 46:28 Label: Columbia Columbia Records Columbia Records is an American record label, owned by Japan's Sony Music Entertainment, operating under the Columbia Music Group with Aware Records. It was founded in 1888, evolving from an earlier enterprise, the American Graphophone Company — successor to the Volta Graphophone Company... , CBS CBS Records CBS Records is a record label founded by CBS Corporation in 2006 to take advantage of music from its entertainment properties owned by CBS Television Studios. The initial label roster consisted of only three artists; rock band Señor Happy and singer/songwriters Will Dailey and P.J... Track listing "Unknown Soldier" (Joe Zawinul Joe Zawinul Josef Erich Zawinul was an Austrian-American jazz keyboardist and composer.First coming to prominence with saxophonist Cannonball Adderley, Zawinul went on to play with trumpeter Miles Davis, and to become one of the creators of jazz fusion, an innovative musical genre that combined jazz with... ) – 8:00 "The Moors" (Wayne Shorter Wayne Shorter Wayne Shorter is an American jazz saxophonist and composer.He is generally acknowledged to be jazz's greatest living composer, and many of his compositions have become standards... ) – 4:45 "Crystal" (Miroslav Vitous Miroslav Vitouš Miroslav Ladislav Vitouš , is a Czech jazz bassist.-Biography:Born in Prague, he began the violin at age six, and started playing the piano at age ten, and bass at fourteen. As a young man in Europe, Vitouš was a competitive swimmer. One of his early music groups was the Junior Trio with his... ) – 7:25 "Second Sunday in August" (Zawinul) – 4:13 Medley: "Vertical Invader" (Zawinul) / "T.H." (Vitous) / "Dr. Honoris Causa" (Zawinul) – 10:40 "Surucucú" (Shorter) – 7:42 "Directions" (Zawinul) – 4:36 Weather Report Weather Report Weather Report was an American jazz-rock band of the 1970s and early 1980s. The band was co-led by the Austrian-born keyboard player Joe Zawinul and the American saxophonist Wayne Shorter... Joe Zawinul - Electric and acoustic piano Piano The piano is a musical instrument played by means of a keyboard. It is one of the most popular instruments in the world. Widely used in classical and jazz music for solo performances, ensemble use, chamber music and accompaniment, the piano is also very popular as an aid to composing and rehearsal... , ARP 2600 ARP 2600 The ARP 2600 is a semi-modular analog subtractive audio synthesizer, designed by Alan R. Pearlman , and manufactured by his company, ARP Instruments, Inc...  synthesizer Wayne Shorter - Saxophone Saxophone The saxophone is a conical-bore transposing musical instrument that is a member of the woodwind family. Saxophones are usually made of brass and played with a single-reed mouthpiece similar to that of the clarinet. The saxophone was invented by the Belgian instrument maker Adolphe Sax in 1846... s Miroslav Vitous - Bass Bass (instrument) Bass describes musical instruments that produce tones in the low-pitched range. They belong to different families of instruments and can cover a wide range of musical roles... Eric Gravatt - drums Drum kit A drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person .... Dom Um Romão Dom Um Romão Dom Um Romão was a Brazilian jazz drummer and percussionist. Noted for his expressive stylings with the fusion band Weather Report, Romão recorded with varied artists such as Cannonball Adderley, Paul Simon, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Sergio Mendes and Brasil '66 and Tony Bennett...  - Percussion Percussion instrument A percussion instrument is any object which produces a sound when hit with an implement or when it is shaken, rubbed, scraped, or otherwise acted upon in a way that sets the object into vibration... Guest musicians Andrew White Andrew White (saxophonist) Andrew White is an American jazz/R'n'B multi-instrumentalist , musicologist and publisher.-Biography:...  - English horn ("Unknown Soldier" only) Wilmer Wise - D and piccolo trumpet Trumpet The trumpet is the musical instrument with the highest register in the brass family. Trumpets are among the oldest musical instruments, dating back to at least 1500 BCE. They are played by blowing air through closed lips, producing a "buzzing" sound which starts a standing wave vibration in the air... Hubert Laws Jr. - Flute Ralph Towner Ralph Towner Ralph Towner is an American multi-instrumentalist, composer, arranger and bandleader. He plays the twelve-string guitar, classical guitar, piano, synthesizer, percussion and trumpet.-Biography:...  - 12-string guitar Guitar The guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...  ("The Moors" only) Yolande Bavan Yolande Bavan Yolande Bavan is a singer and actress. Born in Ceylon , she toured Australia and Asia as a performer with Graeme Bell's band early in her career. She is best known for replacing Annie Ross in the legendary vocal group Lambert, Hendricks & Ross after Ross was forced to leave the group due to poor...  - Voice Joshie Armstrong - Voice Chapman Roberts - Voice Reissues 1982 CBS CBS 32062 (LP; Spain) 1990 Columbia CK 46107 (CD; United States) 1991 Columbia COL 468207 2 (CD) 1997 Sony SRCS 9141 (CD; Japan) 2004 Columbia 5128972 (CD) 2007 Sony SICP 1239 (CD Sized Album Replica, Paper/Cardboard Sleeve, Remastered; Japan)	147	—	—	—	—
1973	Sweetnighter Sweetnighter Sweetnighter is Weather Report's third studio album, released on Columbia Records in 1973. The group had recorded the songs in a five day stretch during February of the same year. It was to be the last album to feature founding member Miroslav Vitous as the primary bassist.-Track listing:#"Boogie...       Additional information        Type: [3rd] Studio album Format: LP LP album The LP, or long-playing microgroove record, is a format for phonograph records, an analog sound storage medium. Introduced by Columbia Records in 1948, it was soon adopted as a new standard by the entire record industry...   Released: 1973 Recorded: February 3, 1973–February 7, 1973 Genre: Jazz fusion Jazz fusion Jazz fusion is a musical fusion genre that developed from mixing funk and R&B rhythms and the amplification and electronic effects of rock, complex time signatures derived from non-Western music and extended, typically instrumental compositions with a jazz approach to lengthy group improvisations,...   Length: 44:41 Label: Columbia Columbia Records Columbia Records is an American record label, owned by Japan's Sony Music Entertainment, operating under the Columbia Music Group with Aware Records. It was founded in 1888, evolving from an earlier enterprise, the American Graphophone Company — successor to the Volta Graphophone Company... , CBS CBS Records CBS Records is a record label founded by CBS Corporation in 2006 to take advantage of music from its entertainment properties owned by CBS Television Studios. The initial label roster consisted of only three artists; rock band Señor Happy and singer/songwriters Will Dailey and P.J... Track listing "Boogie Woogie Waltz" (Joe Zawinul Joe Zawinul Josef Erich Zawinul was an Austrian-American jazz keyboardist and composer.First coming to prominence with saxophonist Cannonball Adderley, Zawinul went on to play with trumpeter Miles Davis, and to become one of the creators of jazz fusion, an innovative musical genre that combined jazz with... ) – 13:06 "Manolete" (Traditional) – 5:58 "Adios" (Madriguera, Woods) – 3:02 "125th Street Congress" (Zawinul) – 12:16 "Will" (Miroslav Vitous Miroslav Vitouš Miroslav Ladislav Vitouš , is a Czech jazz bassist.-Biography:Born in Prague, he began the violin at age six, and started playing the piano at age ten, and bass at fourteen. As a young man in Europe, Vitouš was a competitive swimmer. One of his early music groups was the Junior Trio with his... ) – 6:22 "Non-Stop Home" (Wayne Shorter Wayne Shorter Wayne Shorter is an American jazz saxophonist and composer.He is generally acknowledged to be jazz's greatest living composer, and many of his compositions have become standards... ) – 3:53 Weather Report Weather Report Weather Report was an American jazz-rock band of the 1970s and early 1980s. The band was co-led by the Austrian-born keyboard player Joe Zawinul and the American saxophonist Wayne Shorter... Joe Zawinul - Electric and acoustic piano, synthesizer Wayne Shorter - Soprano and tenor sax Miroslav Vitous - Electric and acoustic bass Eric Gravatt - Drums (tracks 2, 4 and 6) Dom Um Romão Dom Um Romão Dom Um Romão was a Brazilian jazz drummer and percussionist. Noted for his expressive stylings with the fusion band Weather Report, Romão recorded with varied artists such as Cannonball Adderley, Paul Simon, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Sergio Mendes and Brasil '66 and Tony Bennett...  - Percussion Guest musicians Muruga Booker Muruga Booker Muruga Booker is an American drummer, recording artist, and Orthodox priest.- Biography :Booker was born Steven Bookvich in Detroit, Michigan on December 27, 1942 and is of Serbian decent. His father, Melvin Bookvich, was a shoemaker who played accordion. He has a wife, Shakti; a son, Aaron; and a...  - Percussion Andrew White Andrew White (saxophonist) Andrew White is an American jazz/R'n'B multi-instrumentalist , musicologist and publisher.-Biography:...  - Electric bass on tracks 1, 4, and 6), English horn on tracks 3 and 5 Herschel Dwellingham - Drums on tracks 1, 2, 3, and 6 Reissues 1983 CBS S 65532 (LP; Europe) 1996 Columbia Legacy COL 485102 2 (CD) 1996 Columbia CK 64976 (CD) 1997 Sony SRCS 9142 (CD Sized Album Replica, Remastered; Japan) Notes Jazz Group of the Year at the 38th Down Beat Down Beat Down Beat is an American magazine devoted to "jazz, blues and beyond" to indicate its expansion beyond the jazz realm which it covered exclusively in previous years. The publication was established in 1934 in Chicago, Illinois...  Readers Poll	85	2	41	—	—
1974	Mysterious Traveller Mysterious Traveller Mysterious Traveller is the fourth release of Weather Report. This album marked the end of bassist Miroslav Vitous's tenure with the band. Vitous was replaced by Alphonso Johnson. Another addition to the line-up is drummer Ishmael Wilburn...       Additional information        Type: [3rd] Studio album Format: LP LP album The LP, or long-playing microgroove record, is a format for phonograph records, an analog sound storage medium. Introduced by Columbia Records in 1948, it was soon adopted as a new standard by the entire record industry...   Released: 1974 Recorded: February 1974 - May 1974 at Devonshire Sound, North Hollywood, California Genre: Jazz fusion Jazz fusion Jazz fusion is a musical fusion genre that developed from mixing funk and R&B rhythms and the amplification and electronic effects of rock, complex time signatures derived from non-Western music and extended, typically instrumental compositions with a jazz approach to lengthy group improvisations,...   Length: 48:11 Label: Columbia Columbia Records Columbia Records is an American record label, owned by Japan's Sony Music Entertainment, operating under the Columbia Music Group with Aware Records. It was founded in 1888, evolving from an earlier enterprise, the American Graphophone Company — successor to the Volta Graphophone Company... , CBS CBS Records CBS Records is a record label founded by CBS Corporation in 2006 to take advantage of music from its entertainment properties owned by CBS Television Studios. The initial label roster consisted of only three artists; rock band Señor Happy and singer/songwriters Will Dailey and P.J...   Producer: Joe Zawinul Joe Zawinul Josef Erich Zawinul was an Austrian-American jazz keyboardist and composer.First coming to prominence with saxophonist Cannonball Adderley, Zawinul went on to play with trumpeter Miles Davis, and to become one of the creators of jazz fusion, an innovative musical genre that combined jazz with... , Wayne Shorter Wayne Shorter Wayne Shorter is an American jazz saxophonist and composer.He is generally acknowledged to be jazz's greatest living composer, and many of his compositions have become standards... Track listing "Nubian Sundance" (Zawinul) – 10:40 "American Tango" (Miroslav Vitous Miroslav Vitouš Miroslav Ladislav Vitouš , is a Czech jazz bassist.-Biography:Born in Prague, he began the violin at age six, and started playing the piano at age ten, and bass at fourteen. As a young man in Europe, Vitouš was a competitive swimmer. One of his early music groups was the Junior Trio with his... , Zawinul) – 3:40 "Cucumber Slumber" (Alphonso Johnson Alphonso Johnson Alphonso Johnson is an American jazz bassist who has been influential since the early 1970s.-Biography:Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Johnson started off as an upright bass player, but switched to the electric bass in his late teens. Beginning his career in the early 1970s, Johnson showed... , Zawinul) – 8:22 "Mysterious Traveller" (Shorter) – 7:21 "Blackthorn Rose" (Shorter) – 5:03 "Scarlet Woman" (Johnson, Shorter, Zawinul) – 5:46 "Jungle Book" (Zawinul) – 7:25 Mastersound SBM edition bonus track "Miroslav's Tune" (Vitous) – 5:25 Weather Report Weather Report Weather Report was an American jazz-rock band of the 1970s and early 1980s. The band was co-led by the Austrian-born keyboard player Joe Zawinul and the American saxophonist Wayne Shorter... Joe Zawinul - Electric and acoustic piano Piano The piano is a musical instrument played by means of a keyboard. It is one of the most popular instruments in the world. Widely used in classical and jazz music for solo performances, ensemble use, chamber music and accompaniment, the piano is also very popular as an aid to composing and rehearsal... , synthesizer, guitar Guitar The guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with... , kalimba, organ, tamboura, clay drum Clay drum A clay drum is a variety of percussion instrument found in various parts of the world. It may refer to:-Membranophones:*Goblet drum, from the Middle East*Khol, from India*Kus, from Iran*Madal, from Nepal*Mrdanga, from India... , tack piano Tack piano In music, the tack piano is a permanently altered version of an ordinary piano, in which tacks or nails are placed on the hammers of the instrument at the point where the hammers hit the strings, giving the instrument a tinny, more percussive sound... , melodica Melodica The melodica, also known as the "blow-organ" or "key-flute", is a free-reed instrument similar to the melodeon and harmonica. It has a musical keyboard on top, and is played by blowing air through a mouthpiece that fits into a hole in the side of the instrument. Pressing a key opens a hole,... Wayne Shorter - Soprano and tenor saxophone Saxophone The saxophone is a conical-bore transposing musical instrument that is a member of the woodwind family. Saxophones are usually made of brass and played with a single-reed mouthpiece similar to that of the clarinet. The saxophone was invented by the Belgian instrument maker Adolphe Sax in 1846... , tack piano Miroslav Vitous - Bass on track 2 and 8 Alphonso Johnson - Bass Ishmael Wilburn - Drums Skip Hadden - Drums on track 1 and 4 Dom Um Romão Dom Um Romão Dom Um Romão was a Brazilian jazz drummer and percussionist. Noted for his expressive stylings with the fusion band Weather Report, Romão recorded with varied artists such as Cannonball Adderley, Paul Simon, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Sergio Mendes and Brasil '66 and Tony Bennett...  - Percussion, drums Guest musicians Meruga - Percussion on track 1 Billie Barnum - Vocalist on track 1 James Gilstrad - Vocalist on track 1 Marti McCall - Vocalist on track 1 Jessica Smith - Vocalist on track 1 Edna Wright - Vocalist on track 1 Ray Barretto Ray Barretto Ray Barretto was a Grammy Award-winning Puerto Rican jazz musician.-Early years:Barretto was born in New York City of Puerto Rican descent...  - Percussion on track 3 Steve Little - Timpani Timpani Timpani, or kettledrums, are musical instruments in the percussion family. A type of drum, they consist of a skin called a head stretched over a large bowl traditionally made of copper. They are played by striking the head with a specialized drum stick called a timpani stick or timpani mallet...  on track 6 Don Ashworth - Ocarina Ocarina The ocarina is an ancient flute-like wind instrument. Variations do exist, but a typical ocarina is an enclosed space with four to twelve finger holes and a mouthpiece that projects from the body... s and woodwinds on track 7 Isacoff - Tabla Tabla The tabla is a popular Indian percussion instrument used in Hindustani classical music and in popular and devotional music of the Indian subcontinent. The instrument consists of a pair of hand drums of contrasting sizes and timbres...  abd finger cymbals on track 7 Reissues 1983 CBS S 80027 (LP; Europe) 1985 Columbia CK 32494 (CD; United States and Canada) 1992 Columbia Legacy 471860 2 (CD, Remastered; United States and Europe) 1997 Sony Music Entertainment SRCS 9143 (CD, Remastered; Japan) 2002 Columbia Legacy 507657 2 (CD, Remastered; Europe) 2002 Columbia Legacy CK 65112 (CD, Remastered) 2002 Columbia Legacy CS 65112 (SACD Super Audio CD Super Audio CD is a high-resolution, read-only optical disc for audio storage. Sony and Philips Electronics jointly developed the technology, and publicized it in 1999. It is designated as the Scarlet Book standard. Sony and Philips previously collaborated to define the Compact Disc standard... , Remastered, Multichannel; United States) Notes Jazz Album and Jazz Group of the Year at the 39th Down Beat Down Beat Down Beat is an American magazine devoted to "jazz, blues and beyond" to indicate its expansion beyond the jazz realm which it covered exclusively in previous years. The publication was established in 1934 in Chicago, Illinois...  Readers Poll	46	2	31	—	—
1975	Tale Spinnin' Tale Spinnin' Tale Spinnin' is Weather Report's fifth album, featuring the addition of Leon "Ndugu" Chancellor on the drums. Ndugu was recruited after Zawinul heard him play with Carlos Santana and liked what he heard. Weather Report was recording next door to Ndugu in the studio. He was asked to join them...       Additional information        Type: [4th] Studio album Format: LP LP album The LP, or long-playing microgroove record, is a format for phonograph records, an analog sound storage medium. Introduced by Columbia Records in 1948, it was soon adopted as a new standard by the entire record industry... , LP Quadraphonic  Released: 1975 Recorded: February 1975 (except the last track, "Five Short Stories", recorded on April 4, 1975) at Wally Heider Studios, Los Angeles, California Genre: Jazz fusion Jazz fusion Jazz fusion is a musical fusion genre that developed from mixing funk and R&B rhythms and the amplification and electronic effects of rock, complex time signatures derived from non-Western music and extended, typically instrumental compositions with a jazz approach to lengthy group improvisations,...   Length: 43:01 Label: Columbia Columbia Records Columbia Records is an American record label, owned by Japan's Sony Music Entertainment, operating under the Columbia Music Group with Aware Records. It was founded in 1888, evolving from an earlier enterprise, the American Graphophone Company — successor to the Volta Graphophone Company... , CBS CBS Records CBS Records is a record label founded by CBS Corporation in 2006 to take advantage of music from its entertainment properties owned by CBS Television Studios. The initial label roster consisted of only three artists; rock band Señor Happy and singer/songwriters Will Dailey and P.J...   Producer: Joe Zawinul Joe Zawinul Josef Erich Zawinul was an Austrian-American jazz keyboardist and composer.First coming to prominence with saxophonist Cannonball Adderley, Zawinul went on to play with trumpeter Miles Davis, and to become one of the creators of jazz fusion, an innovative musical genre that combined jazz with... , Wayne Shorter Wayne Shorter Wayne Shorter is an American jazz saxophonist and composer.He is generally acknowledged to be jazz's greatest living composer, and many of his compositions have become standards... Track listing "Man in the Green Shirt" (Joe Zawinul) – 6:29 "Lusitanos" (Wayne Shorter) – 7:25 "Between the Thighs" (Zawinul) – 9:33 "Badia" (Zawinul) – 5:21 "Freezing Fire" (Shorter) – 7:29 "Five Short Stories" (Zawinul) – 6:56 Weather Report Weather Report Weather Report was an American jazz-rock band of the 1970s and early 1980s. The band was co-led by the Austrian-born keyboard player Joe Zawinul and the American saxophonist Wayne Shorter... Joe Zawinul - Rhodes piano Rhodes piano The Rhodes piano is an electro-mechanical piano, invented by Harold Rhodes during the fifties and later manufactured in a number of models, first in collaboration with Fender and after 1965 by CBS.... , melodica, acoustic piano Piano The piano is a musical instrument played by means of a keyboard. It is one of the most popular instruments in the world. Widely used in classical and jazz music for solo performances, ensemble use, chamber music and accompaniment, the piano is also very popular as an aid to composing and rehearsal... , TONTO synthesizer, ARP 2600 ARP 2600 The ARP 2600 is a semi-modular analog subtractive audio synthesizer, designed by Alan R. Pearlman , and manufactured by his company, ARP Instruments, Inc...  synthesizer, organ, steel drums Steelpan Steelpans is a musical instrument originating from The Republic of Trinidad and Tobago... , out, mzuthra, vocals, West Africk, xylophone Xylophone The xylophone is a musical instrument in the percussion family that consists of wooden bars struck by mallets... , cymbals Wayne Shorter - Soprano and tenor saxophone Saxophone The saxophone is a conical-bore transposing musical instrument that is a member of the woodwind family. Saxophones are usually made of brass and played with a single-reed mouthpiece similar to that of the clarinet. The saxophone was invented by the Belgian instrument maker Adolphe Sax in 1846... s Alphonso Johnson Alphonso Johnson Alphonso Johnson is an American jazz bassist who has been influential since the early 1970s.-Biography:Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Johnson started off as an upright bass player, but switched to the electric bass in his late teens. Beginning his career in the early 1970s, Johnson showed...  - Electric bass Leon "Ndugu" Chancler - Drums, tympani, marching cymbals Alyrio Lima - Percussion Reissues 1994 Columbia Legacy CK 57905 (CD) 1994 Sony Music Distribution 4769072 (CD) 1997 Columbia 9144 (CD) 1997 Sony Music Entertainment SRCS 9144 (CD; Japan) 2002 Columbia Legacy CK 65110 (CD, Remastered; United States and Canada) 2002 Columbia Legacy 507656 [2] (CD, Remastered; Europe) 2007 Sony Music Distribution 1244 (CD) Notes Jazz Album and Jazz Group of the Year at the 40th Down Beat Down Beat Down Beat is an American magazine devoted to "jazz, blues and beyond" to indicate its expansion beyond the jazz realm which it covered exclusively in previous years. The publication was established in 1934 in Chicago, Illinois...  Readers Poll	31	3	12	—	—
1976	Black Market Black Market (album) Black Market is an instrumental jazz fusion album released by Weather Report in 1976. This album was produced by Joe Zawinul and Wayne Shorter. It was recorded in December 1975 and released in April 1976 through Columbia Records...       Additional information        Type: [6th] Studio album Format: LP LP album The LP, or long-playing microgroove record, is a format for phonograph records, an analog sound storage medium. Introduced by Columbia Records in 1948, it was soon adopted as a new standard by the entire record industry... , Cassette Compact Cassette The Compact Cassette, often referred to as audio cassette, cassette tape, cassette, or simply tape, is a magnetic tape sound recording format. It was designed originally for dictation, but improvements in fidelity led the Compact Cassette to supplant the Stereo 8-track cartridge and reel-to-reel...   Released: April 1976 Recorded: December 1975 – January 1976 Genre: Jazz fusion Jazz fusion Jazz fusion is a musical fusion genre that developed from mixing funk and R&B rhythms and the amplification and electronic effects of rock, complex time signatures derived from non-Western music and extended, typically instrumental compositions with a jazz approach to lengthy group improvisations,...   Length: 36:55 Label: Columbia Columbia Records Columbia Records is an American record label, owned by Japan's Sony Music Entertainment, operating under the Columbia Music Group with Aware Records. It was founded in 1888, evolving from an earlier enterprise, the American Graphophone Company — successor to the Volta Graphophone Company... , CBS CBS Records CBS Records is a record label founded by CBS Corporation in 2006 to take advantage of music from its entertainment properties owned by CBS Television Studios. The initial label roster consisted of only three artists; rock band Señor Happy and singer/songwriters Will Dailey and P.J...   Producer: Joe Zawinul Joe Zawinul Josef Erich Zawinul was an Austrian-American jazz keyboardist and composer.First coming to prominence with saxophonist Cannonball Adderley, Zawinul went on to play with trumpeter Miles Davis, and to become one of the creators of jazz fusion, an innovative musical genre that combined jazz with... , Wayne Shorter Wayne Shorter Wayne Shorter is an American jazz saxophonist and composer.He is generally acknowledged to be jazz's greatest living composer, and many of his compositions have become standards... Track listing "Black Market" (Joe Zawinul) – 6:28 "Cannon Ball" (Zawinul) – 4:36 "Gibraltar" (Zawinul) – 8:16 "Elegant People" (Wayne Shorter) – 5:03 "Three Clowns" (Shorter) – 3:31 "Barbary Coast" (Jaco Pastorius Jaco Pastorius John Francis Anthony Pastorius III , known as Jaco Pastorius, was an American jazz musician and composer widely acknowledged as a virtuoso electric bass player.... ) – 3:19 "Herandnu" (Alphonso Johnson Alphonso Johnson Alphonso Johnson is an American jazz bassist who has been influential since the early 1970s.-Biography:Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Johnson started off as an upright bass player, but switched to the electric bass in his late teens. Beginning his career in the early 1970s, Johnson showed... ) – 6:36 Weather Report Weather Report Weather Report was an American jazz-rock band of the 1970s and early 1980s. The band was co-led by the Austrian-born keyboard player Joe Zawinul and the American saxophonist Wayne Shorter... Joe Zawinul – 2 ARP 2600, Rhodes electric piano, Yamaha grand piano, Oberheim polyphonic synthesizer Wayne Shorter – Selmer soprano and tenor saxophones, Computone Lyricon Alphonso Johnson – Fender electric bass, Charles La Boe electric bass on tracks 1, 3, 4, 5, and 7 Jaco Pastorius – Fender Fretless electric bass on tracks 2 and 6 Chester Thompson Chester Thompson Chester Cortez Thompson is an American drummer and session musician.-Biography:Thompson made his name as a session drummer, going on to play in Frank Zappa's touring band and with Weather Report...  – Ludwig drums Narada Michael Walden Narada Michael Walden Narada Michael Walden is an American producer, drummer, singer, and songwriter. He was given the name Narada by guru Sri Chinmoy in the early 1970s and his musical career spans three decades, in which he was awarded several gold, platinum and multi-platinum awards...  – Drums on tracks 1 and 2 Don Alias Don Alias Charles 'Don' Alias was an American jazz percussionist.Alias was best known for playing congas and other hand drums...  – Congas and percussion on tracks 1 and 6 Alex Acuña Alex Acuña Alejandro Neciosup Acuña aka Alex Acuña is a Peruvian drummer and percussionist, in the Afro-Cuban jazz style.Born in Pativilca, Peru, Acuña played in local bands from the age of ten, and moved to Lima as a teenager. At the age of eighteen he joined the band of Perez Prado, and in 1967 he moved...  – LP congas and percussion Reissues 1983 CBS CBS 32226 (LP; Europe) 1989 CBS CDCBS 32226 (CD) 1991 Columbia CK 34099 (CD; United States) 1991 Columbia COL 468210 2 (CD; Europe) 1997 Sony Music Entertainment SRCS 9145 (CD, Remastered; Japan) 2001 Sony Music Distribution 9659 (CD) 2002 Columbia Legacy 507658 2 (CD, Remastered; Europe) 2002 Columbia Legacy CK 65169 (CD, Remastered; United States) 2002 Sony Music Distribution SRGS-4576 (CD) 2007 Sony Music Distribution 1245 (CD) Notes Jazz Album and Jazz Group of the Year at the 41st Down Beat Down Beat Down Beat is an American magazine devoted to "jazz, blues and beyond" to indicate its expansion beyond the jazz realm which it covered exclusively in previous years. The publication was established in 1934 in Chicago, Illinois...  Readers Poll	42	2	20	—	—
1977	Heavy Weather Heavy Weather (album) The album received positive reviews since its publication. American music journalist Richard Ginell gave the album the maximum rating, five stars out of five, and concluded his review for Allmusic by stating that, "[r]eleased just as the jazz-rock movement began to run out of steam, this landmark...       Additional information        Type: [7th] Studio album Format: LP LP album The LP, or long-playing microgroove record, is a format for phonograph records, an analog sound storage medium. Introduced by Columbia Records in 1948, it was soon adopted as a new standard by the entire record industry...   Released: March 1977 Recorded: Late 1976 – Early 1977 at the Devonshire Sound Studios in North Hollywood, California Genre: Jazz fusion Jazz fusion Jazz fusion is a musical fusion genre that developed from mixing funk and R&B rhythms and the amplification and electronic effects of rock, complex time signatures derived from non-Western music and extended, typically instrumental compositions with a jazz approach to lengthy group improvisations,...   Length: 37:39 Label: Columbia Columbia Records Columbia Records is an American record label, owned by Japan's Sony Music Entertainment, operating under the Columbia Music Group with Aware Records. It was founded in 1888, evolving from an earlier enterprise, the American Graphophone Company — successor to the Volta Graphophone Company... , CBS CBS Records CBS Records is a record label founded by CBS Corporation in 2006 to take advantage of music from its entertainment properties owned by CBS Television Studios. The initial label roster consisted of only three artists; rock band Señor Happy and singer/songwriters Will Dailey and P.J...   Producer: Joe Zawinul Joe Zawinul Josef Erich Zawinul was an Austrian-American jazz keyboardist and composer.First coming to prominence with saxophonist Cannonball Adderley, Zawinul went on to play with trumpeter Miles Davis, and to become one of the creators of jazz fusion, an innovative musical genre that combined jazz with... , Jaco Pastorius Jaco Pastorius John Francis Anthony Pastorius III , known as Jaco Pastorius, was an American jazz musician and composer widely acknowledged as a virtuoso electric bass player.... , Wayne Shorter Wayne Shorter Wayne Shorter is an American jazz saxophonist and composer.He is generally acknowledged to be jazz's greatest living composer, and many of his compositions have become standards... Track listing "Birdland" (Joe Zawinul) – 5:57 "A Remark You Made" (Zawinul) – 6:51 "Teen Town" (Jaco Pastorius) – 2:51 "Harlequin" (Wayne Shorter) – 3:59 "Rumba Mamá" (Manolo Badrena Manolo Badrena Manolo Badrena is a percussionist most noted for his work with Weather Report from 1976 to 1977. He has made contributions to over 100 recordings that span jazz, world music, pop, and Latin music... , Alex Acuña Alex Acuña Alejandro Neciosup Acuña aka Alex Acuña is a Peruvian drummer and percussionist, in the Afro-Cuban jazz style.Born in Pativilca, Peru, Acuña played in local bands from the age of ten, and moved to Lima as a teenager. At the age of eighteen he joined the band of Perez Prado, and in 1967 he moved... ) – 2:11 "Palladíum" (Shorter) – 4:46 "The Juggler" (Zawinul) – 5:03 "Havona" (Pastorius) – 6:01 Weather Report Weather Report Weather Report was an American jazz-rock band of the 1970s and early 1980s. The band was co-led by the Austrian-born keyboard player Joe Zawinul and the American saxophonist Wayne Shorter... Joe Zawinul – 2 ARP 2600, Rhodes electric piano, Yamaha grand piano, Oberheim polyphonic synthesizer, vocal, melodica, guitar, tabla Wayne Shorter – Soprano and tenor saxophones Jaco Pastorius – Electric bass, mandocello Mandocello The mandocello is a plucked string instrument of the mandolin family. It has eight strings in four paired courses, tuned in 5ths like a mandolin, but is larger, and tuned CC-GG-dd-aa . It is to the mandolin what the cello is to the violin.-Construction:Mandocello construction is similar to the... , vocals, drums, steel drums Alex Acuña – Drum set, congas, tom-toms, handclaps Manolo Badrena – Tambourine, congas, vocal, timbales Timbales Timbales are shallow single-headed drums with metal casing, invented in Cuba. They are shallower in shape than single-headed tom-toms, and usually much higher tuned... , percussion Reissues 1983 CBS CBS 32358 (LP, Rissue; Europe) 1984 Columbia CK 34418 (CD; United States) 1990 Columbia CK-34418 (CD, Reissue; United States) 1991 Columbia 468209 2 (CD; United States) 1992 Columbia CK47481 Contemporary Masters (CD; United States) 1994 Master Sound, Columbia CK 64427 (CD, Gold CD; United States) 1994 Sony Music Distribution 4682092 (CD) 1997 Sony Music Distribution, Columbia Legacy CK 65108 (CD, Remastered) 1997 Columbia 9146 (CD) 1997 Columbia Legacy CS 65108 (SACD Super Audio CD Super Audio CD is a high-resolution, read-only optical disc for audio storage. Sony and Philips Electronics jointly developed the technology, and publicized it in 1999. It is designated as the Scarlet Book standard. Sony and Philips previously collaborated to define the Compact Disc standard... ) 1997 Columbia CM 65108 (MD MiniDisc The disc is permanently housed in a cartridge with a sliding door, similar to the casing of a 3.5" floppy disk. This shutter is opened automatically by a mechanism upon insertion. The audio discs can either be recordable or premastered. Recordable MiniDiscs use a magneto-optical system to record... , Rematered; United States) 1999 Columbia 104 (CD) 1999 Millennium 4952282 (CD) 2000 Sony Music Distribution SRCS-9639 (CD) 2002 Sony Music Distribution SRGS-4509 (CD) 2002 Columbia Legacy CS 65108 (SACD Super Audio CD Super Audio CD is a high-resolution, read-only optical disc for audio storage. Sony and Philips Electronics jointly developed the technology, and publicized it in 1999. It is designated as the Scarlet Book standard. Sony and Philips previously collaborated to define the Compact Disc standard... , Remastered; United States) 2005 Sony Music Distribution SICP-708 (CD) 2007 Columbia Legacy 712760 (CD) 2007 Sony Music Distribution 9639 (CD) 2007 Sony BMG 88697127602 (CD) 2007 Sony Music Distribution 1246 (CD) 2008 Columbia Legacy, RSM, Red 8869735142 (LP) Notes Jazz Album and Jazz Group of the Year at the 42nd Down Beat Down Beat Down Beat is an American magazine devoted to "jazz, blues and beyond" to indicate its expansion beyond the jazz realm which it covered exclusively in previous years. The publication was established in 1934 in Chicago, Illinois...  Readers Poll Record of the Year at the Jazz Forum People's Poll Swing Journal's Silver Disc Award Playboy Playboy Playboy is an American men's magazine that features photographs of nude women as well as journalism and fiction. It was founded in Chicago in 1953 by Hugh Hefner and his associates, and funded in part by a $1,000 loan from Hefner's mother. The magazine has grown into Playboy Enterprises, Inc., with... 's Jazz Record and Jazz Band of the Year Record World Record World Record World magazine was one of the three main music industry trade publications in the United States, along with Billboard and Cash Box magazines. It was founded in 1946 under the name Music Vendor, but since 1964 changed it to Record World, under the ownership of Sid Parnes and Bob Austin, both... 's Instrumental Group of the Year Cash Box's Record of the Year Grammy Nomination Grammy Award A Grammy Award — or Grammy — is an accolade by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States to recognize outstanding achievement in the music industry... , Best Instrumental Composition, "Birdland" Grammy Nomination, Best Jazz Soloist, Jaco Pastorius, Heavy Weather Grammy Award, Manhattan Transfer Manhattan Transfer Manhattan Transfer may refer to:* Manhattan Transfer , a Pennsylvania Railroad station in New Jersey* Manhattan Transfer , a 1925 novel by John Dos Passos* The Manhattan Transfer, a jazz, swing, R&B and pop group founded in 1969...  version of "Birdland"	30	1	33	40	43
1978	Mr. Gone Mr. Gone (album) Mr. Gone is Weather Report's eighth studio album, and is perhaps best known for receiving a "one-star" rating by Down Beat magazine.According to Down Beat magazine, "Zawinul, Shorter, et al. have made the controversial music a commercial product; unfortunately .....       Additional information        Type: [8th] Studio album Format: LP LP album The LP, or long-playing microgroove record, is a format for phonograph records, an analog sound storage medium. Introduced by Columbia Records in 1948, it was soon adopted as a new standard by the entire record industry... , Cassette Compact Cassette The Compact Cassette, often referred to as audio cassette, cassette tape, cassette, or simply tape, is a magnetic tape sound recording format. It was designed originally for dictation, but improvements in fidelity led the Compact Cassette to supplant the Stereo 8-track cartridge and reel-to-reel...   Released: 1978 Recorded: May 1978 at the Devonshire Sound Studios in North Hollywood, California Genre: Jazz fusion Jazz fusion Jazz fusion is a musical fusion genre that developed from mixing funk and R&B rhythms and the amplification and electronic effects of rock, complex time signatures derived from non-Western music and extended, typically instrumental compositions with a jazz approach to lengthy group improvisations,...   Length: 37:15 Label: Columbia Columbia Records Columbia Records is an American record label, owned by Japan's Sony Music Entertainment, operating under the Columbia Music Group with Aware Records. It was founded in 1888, evolving from an earlier enterprise, the American Graphophone Company — successor to the Volta Graphophone Company... , CBS CBS Records CBS Records is a record label founded by CBS Corporation in 2006 to take advantage of music from its entertainment properties owned by CBS Television Studios. The initial label roster consisted of only three artists; rock band Señor Happy and singer/songwriters Will Dailey and P.J... , American Record Company American Record Company The American Record Company was a United States record label, in business from about 1904 to 1908. Then re-activated in 1979.The American Record Company was founded by Ellsworth A. Hawthorne and Horace Sheble and Frederick M. Prescott. It was based in Springfield, Massachusetts...   Producer: Joe Zawinul Joe Zawinul Josef Erich Zawinul was an Austrian-American jazz keyboardist and composer.First coming to prominence with saxophonist Cannonball Adderley, Zawinul went on to play with trumpeter Miles Davis, and to become one of the creators of jazz fusion, an innovative musical genre that combined jazz with... , Jaco Pastorius Jaco Pastorius John Francis Anthony Pastorius III , known as Jaco Pastorius, was an American jazz musician and composer widely acknowledged as a virtuoso electric bass player.... Track listing "The Pursuit of the Woman with the Feathered Hat" (Joe Zawinul) – 5:03 "River People" (Jaco Pastorius) – 4:50 "Young and Fine" (Zawinul) – 6:55 "The Elders" (Wayne Shorter Wayne Shorter Wayne Shorter is an American jazz saxophonist and composer.He is generally acknowledged to be jazz's greatest living composer, and many of his compositions have become standards... ) – 4:21 "Mr. Gone" (Zawinul) – 5:26 "Punk Jazz" (Pastorius) – 5:09 "Pinocchio" (Shorter) – 2:26 "And Then" (Zawinul) – 3:22 Weather Report Weather Report Weather Report was an American jazz-rock band of the 1970s and early 1980s. The band was co-led by the Austrian-born keyboard player Joe Zawinul and the American saxophonist Wayne Shorter... Joe Zawinul - modified Rhodes 88 electric piano Rhodes piano The Rhodes piano is an electro-mechanical piano, invented by Harold Rhodes during the fifties and later manufactured in a number of models, first in collaboration with Fender and after 1965 by CBS.... , two ARP 2600 ARP 2600 The ARP 2600 is a semi-modular analog subtractive audio synthesizer, designed by Alan R. Pearlman , and manufactured by his company, ARP Instruments, Inc...  synthesizers, Oberheim Oberheim Oberheim Electronics is an American company, founded in 1969 by Tom Oberheim , which manufactured audio synthesizers and a variety of other electronic musical instruments.-Oberheim Electronics:...  polyphonic synthesizer, Sequential Circuits Sequential Circuits Sequential Circuits Inc. was a California-based synthesizer company that was founded in the early 1970s by Dave Smith and sold to Yamaha Corporation in 1987. The company, throughout its lifespan, pioneered many groundbreaking technologies and design principles that are often taken for granted in...  Prophet 5 synthesizer, Mu-Tron Bi-Phase and Mu-Tron Volume Wah effects, kalimba, thumbeki drums, sleigh bells, melodica Melodica The melodica, also known as the "blow-organ" or "key-flute", is a free-reed instrument similar to the melodeon and harmonica. It has a musical keyboard on top, and is played by blowing air through a mouthpiece that fits into a hole in the side of the instrument. Pressing a key opens a hole,... , high hat, voice, acoustic piano Piano The piano is a musical instrument played by means of a keyboard. It is one of the most popular instruments in the world. Widely used in classical and jazz music for solo performances, ensemble use, chamber music and accompaniment, the piano is also very popular as an aid to composing and rehearsal... Wayne Shorter - Tenor and soprano saxophone, voice on track 1 Jaco Pastorius - Bass, drums (tracks 1 and 2), voice on tracks 1, 2, and 5, timpani on track 2 Peter Erskine Peter Erskine Peter Erskine is an American jazz drummer and composer. He has enjoyed a long and successful career as a session drummer, recording and touring with many famous jazz and rock artists, including Steely Dan and Weather Report...  - Drums (tracks 1 and 7), hi-hat on track 3 Manolo Badrena Manolo Badrena Manolo Badrena is a percussionist most noted for his work with Weather Report from 1976 to 1977. He has made contributions to over 100 recordings that span jazz, world music, pop, and Latin music...  - Percussion, Voice on track 1 Guest musicians Tony Williams - Drums on tracks 5 and 6 Steve Gadd Steve Gadd Steve Gadd is an American session and studio drummer, notable for his work with popular musicians from a wide range of genres.-Biography:...  - Drums on tracks 3 and 8 Jon Lucien - Voice on track 1 Deniece Williams Deniece Williams June Deniece Chandler known by her stage name Deniece Williams is an American Grammy Award-winning singer, songwriter and record producer who achieved success in the 1970s and 1980s...  - Voice on track 8 Maurice White Maurice White Maurice White is a Grammy Award–winning American singer, songwriter, musician, record producer, arranger. He is the older brother of Verdine White and Fred White and the leader and founder of the band Earth, Wind & Fire...  - Vocal on track 8 Reissues 1984 CBS, Sony 35DP 132 (CD; Japan) 1991 Columbia 468208 2 (CD, Remastered) 1991 Columbia Legacy CK-46869 (CD, Remastered; United States) 1994 Sony Music Distribution 4682082 (CD) 1997 Columbia 9149 (CD) 2007 Sony Music Distribution SICP 1249 (CD Sized Album Replica; Japan) 2008 Sbme Special Mkts. 724285 (CD) Notes Jazz Group of the Year at the 43rd Down Beat Down Beat Down Beat is an American magazine devoted to "jazz, blues and beyond" to indicate its expansion beyond the jazz realm which it covered exclusively in previous years. The publication was established in 1934 in Chicago, Illinois...  Readers Poll	52	1	—	42	47
1980	Night Passage Night Passage (Weather Report album) -Personnel:*Josef Zawinul – Keyboards*Wayne Shorter – Saxophones*Jaco Pastorius – Bass*Peter Erskine – Drums*Robert Thomas Jr. – Hand drums...       Additional information        Type: [9th] Studio album Format: LP LP album The LP, or long-playing microgroove record, is a format for phonograph records, an analog sound storage medium. Introduced by Columbia Records in 1948, it was soon adopted as a new standard by the entire record industry... , Cassette Compact Cassette The Compact Cassette, often referred to as audio cassette, cassette tape, cassette, or simply tape, is a magnetic tape sound recording format. It was designed originally for dictation, but improvements in fidelity led the Compact Cassette to supplant the Stereo 8-track cartridge and reel-to-reel...   Released: 1980 Recorded: 12–13 July 1980 at The Complex in Los Angeles, California Genre: Jazz fusion Jazz fusion Jazz fusion is a musical fusion genre that developed from mixing funk and R&B rhythms and the amplification and electronic effects of rock, complex time signatures derived from non-Western music and extended, typically instrumental compositions with a jazz approach to lengthy group improvisations,...   Length: 49:42 Label: Columbia Columbia Records Columbia Records is an American record label, owned by Japan's Sony Music Entertainment, operating under the Columbia Music Group with Aware Records. It was founded in 1888, evolving from an earlier enterprise, the American Graphophone Company — successor to the Volta Graphophone Company... , CBS CBS Records CBS Records is a record label founded by CBS Corporation in 2006 to take advantage of music from its entertainment properties owned by CBS Television Studios. The initial label roster consisted of only three artists; rock band Señor Happy and singer/songwriters Will Dailey and P.J... , American Record Company American Record Company The American Record Company was a United States record label, in business from about 1904 to 1908. Then re-activated in 1979.The American Record Company was founded by Ellsworth A. Hawthorne and Horace Sheble and Frederick M. Prescott. It was based in Springfield, Massachusetts...   Producer: Joe Zawinul Joe Zawinul Josef Erich Zawinul was an Austrian-American jazz keyboardist and composer.First coming to prominence with saxophonist Cannonball Adderley, Zawinul went on to play with trumpeter Miles Davis, and to become one of the creators of jazz fusion, an innovative musical genre that combined jazz with... , Jaco Pastorius Jaco Pastorius John Francis Anthony Pastorius III , known as Jaco Pastorius, was an American jazz musician and composer widely acknowledged as a virtuoso electric bass player.... Track listing "Night Passage" (Joe Zawinul) – 6:30 "Dream Clock" (Zawinul) – 6:26 "Port of Entry" (Wayne Shorter Wayne Shorter Wayne Shorter is an American jazz saxophonist and composer.He is generally acknowledged to be jazz's greatest living composer, and many of his compositions have become standards... ) – 5:09 "Forlorn" (Zawinul) – 3:55 "Rockin' in Rhythm" (Duke Ellington Duke Ellington Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington was an American composer, pianist, and big band leader. Ellington wrote over 1,000 compositions... , Irving Mills Irving Mills Irving Mills was a jazz music publisher, also known by the name of "Joe Primrose."Mills was born to Jewish parents in the Lower East Side of Manhattan in New York City. He founded Mills Music with his brother Jack in 1919... , Harry Carney Harry Carney Harry Howell Carney was an American swing baritone saxophonist, clarinetist, and bass clarinetist mainly known for his 45-year tenure in Duke Ellington's Orchestra. Carney started off as an alto player with Ellington, but soon switched to the baritone. His strong, steady saxophone often served as... ) – 3:02 "Fast City" (Zawinul) – 6:17 "Three Views of a Secret" (Jaco Pastorius) – 5:50 "Madagascar" (Zawinul) – 10:56 Weather Report Weather Report Weather Report was an American jazz-rock band of the 1970s and early 1980s. The band was co-led by the Austrian-born keyboard player Joe Zawinul and the American saxophonist Wayne Shorter... Joe Zawinul – Keyboards Wayne Shorter – Saxophones Jaco Pastorius – Bass Peter Erskine Peter Erskine Peter Erskine is an American jazz drummer and composer. He has enjoyed a long and successful career as a session drummer, recording and touring with many famous jazz and rock artists, including Steely Dan and Weather Report...  – Drums Robert Thomas Jr. – Hand drums Reissues 1983 CBS, Sony 35DP 8 (CD; Japan) 1990 Columbia CK-36793 (CD; United States) 1991 Columbia 468211 2 (CD, Remastered, Europe) 1997 Sony SRSC 9150 (CD; Japan) 2004 CBS SRCS9150 (CD) 2007 Sony Music Distribution 1250 (CD) 2008 Sbme Special Mkts. 724274 (CD)	57	2	—	—	—
1982	Weather Report       Additional information        Type: [10th] Studio album Format: LP LP album The LP, or long-playing microgroove record, is a format for phonograph records, an analog sound storage medium. Introduced by Columbia Records in 1948, it was soon adopted as a new standard by the entire record industry... , Cassette Compact Cassette The Compact Cassette, often referred to as audio cassette, cassette tape, cassette, or simply tape, is a magnetic tape sound recording format. It was designed originally for dictation, but improvements in fidelity led the Compact Cassette to supplant the Stereo 8-track cartridge and reel-to-reel... , CD  Released: February 1982 Recorded: 1981 at The Power Station in New York Genre: Jazz fusion Jazz fusion Jazz fusion is a musical fusion genre that developed from mixing funk and R&B rhythms and the amplification and electronic effects of rock, complex time signatures derived from non-Western music and extended, typically instrumental compositions with a jazz approach to lengthy group improvisations,...   Length: 41:04 Label: Columbia Columbia Records Columbia Records is an American record label, owned by Japan's Sony Music Entertainment, operating under the Columbia Music Group with Aware Records. It was founded in 1888, evolving from an earlier enterprise, the American Graphophone Company — successor to the Volta Graphophone Company... , CBS CBS Records CBS Records is a record label founded by CBS Corporation in 2006 to take advantage of music from its entertainment properties owned by CBS Television Studios. The initial label roster consisted of only three artists; rock band Señor Happy and singer/songwriters Will Dailey and P.J... , American Record Company American Record Company The American Record Company was a United States record label, in business from about 1904 to 1908. Then re-activated in 1979.The American Record Company was founded by Ellsworth A. Hawthorne and Horace Sheble and Frederick M. Prescott. It was based in Springfield, Massachusetts...   Producer: Joe Zawinul Joe Zawinul Josef Erich Zawinul was an Austrian-American jazz keyboardist and composer.First coming to prominence with saxophonist Cannonball Adderley, Zawinul went on to play with trumpeter Miles Davis, and to become one of the creators of jazz fusion, an innovative musical genre that combined jazz with... , Jaco Pastorius Jaco Pastorius John Francis Anthony Pastorius III , known as Jaco Pastorius, was an American jazz musician and composer widely acknowledged as a virtuoso electric bass player.... , Wayne Shorter Wayne Shorter Wayne Shorter is an American jazz saxophonist and composer.He is generally acknowledged to be jazz's greatest living composer, and many of his compositions have become standards... Track listing "Volcano for Hire" (Joe Zawinul) – 5:25 "Current Affairs" (Zawinul) – 5:54 "N.Y.C. Part One: 41st Parallel / Part Two: The Dance / Crazy About Jazz)" (Zawinul) – 10:11 "Dara Factor One" (Zawinul) – 5:25 "When It Was Now" (Wayne Shorter) – 4:45 "Speechless" (Zawinul) – 5:58 "Dara Factor Two" (Zawinul, Shorter, Jaco Pastorius, Peter Erskine Peter Erskine Peter Erskine is an American jazz drummer and composer. He has enjoyed a long and successful career as a session drummer, recording and touring with many famous jazz and rock artists, including Steely Dan and Weather Report... , Robert Thomas Jr.) – 4:27 Weather Report Weather Report Weather Report was an American jazz-rock band of the 1970s and early 1980s. The band was co-led by the Austrian-born keyboard player Joe Zawinul and the American saxophonist Wayne Shorter... Joe Zawinul – Electric keyboards, piano, clay drum, drum computer, percussion, voice, horn, woodwind, string and brass sounds Wayne Shorter – Tenor and soprano saxophones Jaco Pastorius – Bass guitar, percussion, voice Peter Erskine – Drums, drum computer, claves Robert Thomas Jr. – Percussion Reissues 1983 CBS, 35DP 29 (CD; Japan) 1987 Columbia CK 37616 (CD; United States) 1991 Columbia 9151 (CD) 1994 Columbia 476752 2 (CD, Remastered; United States and Europe) 2009 Sony SICP 20125 (CD; Japan)	68	5	—	—	92
1983	Procession Procession (album) Procession is the tenth studio album from Weather Report. It is the first album to feature the newest lineup of Weather Report. Victor Bailey replaced Jaco Pastorius as the bassist and Omar Hakim replaced Peter Erskine as the drummer. José Rossy was also added to the line up as percussionist...       Additional information        Type: [11th] Studio album Format: LP LP album The LP, or long-playing microgroove record, is a format for phonograph records, an analog sound storage medium. Introduced by Columbia Records in 1948, it was soon adopted as a new standard by the entire record industry...   Released: Spring 1983 Recorded: 1983 Genre: Jazz fusion Jazz fusion Jazz fusion is a musical fusion genre that developed from mixing funk and R&B rhythms and the amplification and electronic effects of rock, complex time signatures derived from non-Western music and extended, typically instrumental compositions with a jazz approach to lengthy group improvisations,...   Length: 39:36 Label: Columbia Columbia Records Columbia Records is an American record label, owned by Japan's Sony Music Entertainment, operating under the Columbia Music Group with Aware Records. It was founded in 1888, evolving from an earlier enterprise, the American Graphophone Company — successor to the Volta Graphophone Company... , CBS CBS Records CBS Records is a record label founded by CBS Corporation in 2006 to take advantage of music from its entertainment properties owned by CBS Television Studios. The initial label roster consisted of only three artists; rock band Señor Happy and singer/songwriters Will Dailey and P.J...   Producer: Joe Zawinul Joe Zawinul Josef Erich Zawinul was an Austrian-American jazz keyboardist and composer.First coming to prominence with saxophonist Cannonball Adderley, Zawinul went on to play with trumpeter Miles Davis, and to become one of the creators of jazz fusion, an innovative musical genre that combined jazz with...  and Wayne Shorter Wayne Shorter Wayne Shorter is an American jazz saxophonist and composer.He is generally acknowledged to be jazz's greatest living composer, and many of his compositions have become standards... Track listing "Procession" (Joe Zawinul) – 8:42 "Plaza Real" (Wayne Shorter) – 5:30 "Two Lines" (Zawinul) – 7:43 "Where the Moon Goes" (Zawinul, Lyrics by Nan O'Byrne and Zawinul) – 7:50 "The Well" (Shorter, Zawinul) – 4:00 "Molasses Run" (Omar Hakim Omar Hakim Omar Hakim is an American jazz, jazz fusion and pop music drummer.Hakim credits jazz vibraphonist Mike Mainieri with giving him his first break in 1980; Hakim appeared in a video with Mainieri called The Jazz Life and began working with singer Carly Simon through Mainieri... ) – 5:49 Weather Report Weather Report Weather Report was an American jazz-rock band of the 1970s and early 1980s. The band was co-led by the Austrian-born keyboard player Joe Zawinul and the American saxophonist Wayne Shorter... Joe Zawinul - Keyboards and synthesizers Wayne Shorter - Tenor and soprano saxophones Omar Hakim - Drums, guitar and vocals Victor Bailey - Bass José Rossy - Percussion and concertina Guest musicians The Manhattan Transfer The Manhattan Transfer The Manhattan Transfer is an American vocal music group. There have been two manifestations of the group, with Tim Hauser being the only person to be part of both...  - Vocals on "Where the Moon Goes" Reissues 1991 Columbia 489775 (CD, Remastered; Europe) 1997 Columbia Legacy 65453 (CD) 2001 Sony Music Distribution 489775 (CD) 2004 CBS SRCS9152 (CD) 2004 Sony Music Distribution 4897752 (CD) 2007 Sony Music Distribution 1252 (CD)	96	3	46	—	—
1984	Domino Theory Domino Theory (album) Domino Theory is the eleventh studio album by Weather Report. It is the second album to feature the Hakim-Bailey-Rossy rhythm section.-Track listing:All tracks composed by Joe Zawinul, except where indicated.#Can It Be Done – 4:02...       Additional information        Type: [12th] Studio album Format: LP LP album The LP, or long-playing microgroove record, is a format for phonograph records, an analog sound storage medium. Introduced by Columbia Records in 1948, it was soon adopted as a new standard by the entire record industry... , CD  Released: February 1984 Recorded: 1983 Genre: Jazz fusion Jazz fusion Jazz fusion is a musical fusion genre that developed from mixing funk and R&B rhythms and the amplification and electronic effects of rock, complex time signatures derived from non-Western music and extended, typically instrumental compositions with a jazz approach to lengthy group improvisations,...   Length: 47:14 Label: Columbia Columbia Records Columbia Records is an American record label, owned by Japan's Sony Music Entertainment, operating under the Columbia Music Group with Aware Records. It was founded in 1888, evolving from an earlier enterprise, the American Graphophone Company — successor to the Volta Graphophone Company... , CBS CBS Records CBS Records is a record label founded by CBS Corporation in 2006 to take advantage of music from its entertainment properties owned by CBS Television Studios. The initial label roster consisted of only three artists; rock band Señor Happy and singer/songwriters Will Dailey and P.J... , American Record Company American Record Company The American Record Company was a United States record label, in business from about 1904 to 1908. Then re-activated in 1979.The American Record Company was founded by Ellsworth A. Hawthorne and Horace Sheble and Frederick M. Prescott. It was based in Springfield, Massachusetts...   Producer: Joe Zawinul Joe Zawinul Josef Erich Zawinul was an Austrian-American jazz keyboardist and composer.First coming to prominence with saxophonist Cannonball Adderley, Zawinul went on to play with trumpeter Miles Davis, and to become one of the creators of jazz fusion, an innovative musical genre that combined jazz with... , Wayne Shorter Wayne Shorter Wayne Shorter is an American jazz saxophonist and composer.He is generally acknowledged to be jazz's greatest living composer, and many of his compositions have become standards... , Omar Hakim Omar Hakim Omar Hakim is an American jazz, jazz fusion and pop music drummer.Hakim credits jazz vibraphonist Mike Mainieri with giving him his first break in 1980; Hakim appeared in a video with Mainieri called The Jazz Life and began working with singer Carly Simon through Mainieri... Track listing "Can It Be Done" (Wilson Tee) – 4:02 "D♭ Waltz" (Joe Zawinul) – 11:10 "The Peasant" (Zawinul) – 8:16 "Predator" (Wayne Shorter) – 5:21 "Blue Sound - Note 3" (Zawinul) – 6:52 "Swamp Cabbage" (Shorter) – 5:22 "Domino Theory" (Zawinul) – 6:09 Weather Report Weather Report Weather Report was an American jazz-rock band of the 1970s and early 1980s. The band was co-led by the Austrian-born keyboard player Joe Zawinul and the American saxophonist Wayne Shorter... Joe Zawinul - keyboards and synthesizers Wayne Shorter - saxophones Omar Hakim - drums Victor Bailey - bass José Rossy - percussion Guest musicians Carl Anderson Carl Anderson (singer) Carl Anderson was an American singer, film and theatre actor best known for his portrayal of Judas Iscariot in the Broadway and film versions of the rock opera Jesus Christ Superstar by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice.-Early life:Born in Lynchburg, Virginia, Anderson was one of 12 children of...  - vocals on "Can It Be Done" Reissues 1994 TriStar Music 80926 (CD) 1995 Sony SRCS 7181 (CD; Japan) 1997 Columbia Legacy 65313 (CD) 2003 Sony Music Media 5126882 (CD, Digipak; France) 2003 CBS SRCS-9153 (CD) 2004 Sony Music Distribution 5126882 (CD) 2007 Sony Music Japan International 1253 (CD)	136	5	—	—	54
1985	Sportin' Life Sportin' Life Sportin' Life is the twelfth studio album by Weather Report, released in 1985. Although featuring many more vocal performances than any of their previous albums, words are rare and most vocals are chants from Bobby McFerrin or Carl Anderson...       Additional information        Type: [13th] Studio album Format: LP LP album The LP, or long-playing microgroove record, is a format for phonograph records, an analog sound storage medium. Introduced by Columbia Records in 1948, it was soon adopted as a new standard by the entire record industry... , CD  Released: March 1985 Recorded: 1985 Genre: Jazz fusion Jazz fusion Jazz fusion is a musical fusion genre that developed from mixing funk and R&B rhythms and the amplification and electronic effects of rock, complex time signatures derived from non-Western music and extended, typically instrumental compositions with a jazz approach to lengthy group improvisations,...   Length: 39:13 Label: Columbia Columbia Records Columbia Records is an American record label, owned by Japan's Sony Music Entertainment, operating under the Columbia Music Group with Aware Records. It was founded in 1888, evolving from an earlier enterprise, the American Graphophone Company — successor to the Volta Graphophone Company... , CBS CBS Records CBS Records is a record label founded by CBS Corporation in 2006 to take advantage of music from its entertainment properties owned by CBS Television Studios. The initial label roster consisted of only three artists; rock band Señor Happy and singer/songwriters Will Dailey and P.J...   Producer: Joe Zawinul Joe Zawinul Josef Erich Zawinul was an Austrian-American jazz keyboardist and composer.First coming to prominence with saxophonist Cannonball Adderley, Zawinul went on to play with trumpeter Miles Davis, and to become one of the creators of jazz fusion, an innovative musical genre that combined jazz with... , Wayne Shorter Wayne Shorter Wayne Shorter is an American jazz saxophonist and composer.He is generally acknowledged to be jazz's greatest living composer, and many of his compositions have become standards... Track listing "Corner Pocket" (Joe Zawinul) – 5:46 "Indiscretions" (Zawinul) – 4:05 "Hot Cargo" (Zawinul) – 4:41 "Confians" (Mino Cinélu Mino Cinelu Mino Cinelu is a French musician. He plays multiple instruments. He is a composer, programmer and producer; and is most often associated primarily for his work as a jazz percussionist.-Biography:Cinelu was born in Saint-Cloud, Hauts-de-Seine... ) – 5:07 "Pearl On the Half Shell" (Wayne Shorter) – 4:06 "What's Going On" (Renaldo Benson, Alfred Cleveland, Marvin Gaye Marvin Gaye Marvin Pentz Gay, Jr. , better known by his stage name Marvin Gaye, was an American singer-songwriter and musician with a three-octave vocal range.... ) – 6:29 "Face on the Barroom Floor" (Shorter) – 3:59 "Ice-Pick Willy" (Zawinul) – 5:00 Weather Report Weather Report Weather Report was an American jazz-rock band of the 1970s and early 1980s. The band was co-led by the Austrian-born keyboard player Joe Zawinul and the American saxophonist Wayne Shorter... Joe Zawinul - Keyboards Wayne Shorter]] - Saxophones Omar Hakim Omar Hakim Omar Hakim is an American jazz, jazz fusion and pop music drummer.Hakim credits jazz vibraphonist Mike Mainieri with giving him his first break in 1980; Hakim appeared in a video with Mainieri called The Jazz Life and began working with singer Carly Simon through Mainieri...  - Drums, background vocals on Confians Victor Bailey - Bass, background vocals on Confians Mino Cinélu - Percussion, lead vocal and acoustic guitar on "Confians" Guest musicians Bobby McFerrin Bobby McFerrin Robert "Bobby" McFerrin, Jr. is an American vocalist and conductor. He is best known for his 1988 hit song "Don't Worry, Be Happy". He is a ten-time Grammy Award winner.-Life:...  - Vocalist on tracks 1, 3, 5, and 8 Carl Anderson Carl Anderson Carl Anderson may refer to:*Carl Anderson , American college football coach*Carl Anderson , American art director*Carl Anderson , North Dakota State Treasurer...  - Vocalist on tracks 1, 3, and 8 Dee Dee Bellson]] - Vocalist on racks 1, 3, and 8 Alfie Silas - Voice on tracks 1, 3, and 8 Reissues 1991 Columbia PCT-39908 (Cassette Compact Cassette The Compact Cassette, often referred to as audio cassette, cassette tape, cassette, or simply tape, is a magnetic tape sound recording format. It was designed originally for dictation, but improvements in fidelity led the Compact Cassette to supplant the Stereo 8-track cartridge and reel-to-reel... ) 1997 Columbia 9154 (CD) 2007 Sony Music Distribution 1254 (CD)	191	13	—	—	—
1986	This Is This! This is This! This Is This! is the thirteenth and final studio album by Weather Report. The band thought that they had fulfilled their contract with Columbia Records with the release of the previous album Sportin' Life. This, however, was not the case and the band had to release one more record...       Additional information        Type: [14th and last] Studio album Format: LP LP album The LP, or long-playing microgroove record, is a format for phonograph records, an analog sound storage medium. Introduced by Columbia Records in 1948, it was soon adopted as a new standard by the entire record industry... , CD, Cassette Compact Cassette The Compact Cassette, often referred to as audio cassette, cassette tape, cassette, or simply tape, is a magnetic tape sound recording format. It was designed originally for dictation, but improvements in fidelity led the Compact Cassette to supplant the Stereo 8-track cartridge and reel-to-reel...   Released: June 1986 Recorded: December 1985–January 1986 Genre: Jazz fusion Jazz fusion Jazz fusion is a musical fusion genre that developed from mixing funk and R&B rhythms and the amplification and electronic effects of rock, complex time signatures derived from non-Western music and extended, typically instrumental compositions with a jazz approach to lengthy group improvisations,...   Length: 45:41 Label: Columbia Columbia Records Columbia Records is an American record label, owned by Japan's Sony Music Entertainment, operating under the Columbia Music Group with Aware Records. It was founded in 1888, evolving from an earlier enterprise, the American Graphophone Company — successor to the Volta Graphophone Company... , CBS CBS Records CBS Records is a record label founded by CBS Corporation in 2006 to take advantage of music from its entertainment properties owned by CBS Television Studios. The initial label roster consisted of only three artists; rock band Señor Happy and singer/songwriters Will Dailey and P.J...   Producer: Joe Zawinul Joe Zawinul Josef Erich Zawinul was an Austrian-American jazz keyboardist and composer.First coming to prominence with saxophonist Cannonball Adderley, Zawinul went on to play with trumpeter Miles Davis, and to become one of the creators of jazz fusion, an innovative musical genre that combined jazz with... Track listing "This Is This" (Joe Zawinul) – 7:06 "Face the Fire" (Zawinul) – 2:34 "I'll Never Forget You" (Zawinul) – 7:51 "Jungle Stuff, Part 1" (Mino Cinelu Mino Cinelu Mino Cinelu is a French musician. He plays multiple instruments. He is a composer, programmer and producer; and is most often associated primarily for his work as a jazz percussionist.-Biography:Cinelu was born in Saint-Cloud, Hauts-de-Seine... ) – 4:43 "Man With the Copper Fingers" (Zawinul) – 6:12 "Consequently" (Victor Bailey) – 4:56 "Update" (Zawinul) – 6:08 "China Blues" (Zawinul) – 6:11 Weather Report Weather Report Weather Report was an American jazz-rock band of the 1970s and early 1980s. The band was co-led by the Austrian-born keyboard player Joe Zawinul and the American saxophonist Wayne Shorter... Joe Zawinul - Keyboard Electronic keyboard An electronic keyboard is an electronic or digital keyboard instrument.The major components of a typical modern electronic keyboard are:... s Wayne Shorter Wayne Shorter Wayne Shorter is an American jazz saxophonist and composer.He is generally acknowledged to be jazz's greatest living composer, and many of his compositions have become standards...  - Saxophone Saxophone The saxophone is a conical-bore transposing musical instrument that is a member of the woodwind family. Saxophones are usually made of brass and played with a single-reed mouthpiece similar to that of the clarinet. The saxophone was invented by the Belgian instrument maker Adolphe Sax in 1846... s Victor Bailey - Bass Bass guitar The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick.... Mino Cinelu - Percussion Percussion instrument A percussion instrument is any object which produces a sound when hit with an implement or when it is shaken, rubbed, scraped, or otherwise acted upon in a way that sets the object into vibration... , Vocals Peter Erskine Peter Erskine Peter Erskine is an American jazz drummer and composer. He has enjoyed a long and successful career as a session drummer, recording and touring with many famous jazz and rock artists, including Steely Dan and Weather Report...  - Drum Drum The drum is a member of the percussion group of musical instruments, which is technically classified as the membranophones. Drums consist of at least one membrane, called a drumhead or drum skin, that is stretched over a shell and struck, either directly with the player's hands, or with a... s Omar Hakim Omar Hakim Omar Hakim is an American jazz, jazz fusion and pop music drummer.Hakim credits jazz vibraphonist Mike Mainieri with giving him his first break in 1980; Hakim appeared in a video with Mainieri called The Jazz Life and began working with singer Carly Simon through Mainieri...  - Drum Drum The drum is a member of the percussion group of musical instruments, which is technically classified as the membranophones. Drums consist of at least one membrane, called a drumhead or drum skin, that is stretched over a shell and struck, either directly with the player's hands, or with a... s on "Consequently" Guest musicians Carlos Santana Carlos Santana Carlos Augusto Alves Santana is a Mexican rock guitarist. Santana became famous in the late 1960s and early 1970s with his band, Santana, which pioneered rock, salsa and jazz fusion...  - Guitar Guitar The guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...  on "This Is This" and "Man With the Copper Fingers" Marva Barnes - Vocals Colleen Coil - Vocals Siedah Garrett Siedah Garrett Siedah Garrett is an American songwriter and singer.-Biography:She appeared as a contestant on Password Plus in 1980.She performed "One Man Woman" on Quincy Jones' Grammy-Award winning "Back on the Block."...  - Vocals Darryl Phinnessee - Vocals Reissues 1991 Columbia CK 40280 (CD; United States) 1997 Columbia 9155, Sony Music Entertainment SRCS 9155 (CD, Remastered) 2004 Sony Music Distribution 5126872 (CD) 2007 Sony Music Distribution 1255 (CD)	195	13	—	—	—
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Live albums

Year	Album	Peak chart positions
		Billboard Billboard (magazine) Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry, and is one of the oldest trade magazines in the world. It maintains several internationally recognized music charts that track the most popular songs and albums in various categories on a weekly basis...  albums charts
		200 Billboard 200 The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists...	Jazz
1972	Live in Tokyo Live in Tokyo (Weather Report album) Live in Tokyo is Weather Report's first live album released. It was recorded on January 13, 1972. It was one of five sold out concerts played in Japan during January 1972...       Additional information        Type: [1st] Live album Format: 2-LP LP album The LP, or long-playing microgroove record, is a format for phonograph records, an analog sound storage medium. Introduced by Columbia Records in 1948, it was soon adopted as a new standard by the entire record industry...   Released: 1972 Recorded: Live at the Shibuya Kokaido Hall in Tokyo Tokyo , ; officially , is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan. Tokyo is the capital of Japan, the center of the Greater Tokyo Area, and the largest metropolitan area of Japan. It is the seat of the Japanese government and the Imperial Palace, and the home of the Japanese Imperial Family... , Japan Japan Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...  on January 13, 1972 Genre: Jazz fusion Jazz fusion Jazz fusion is a musical fusion genre that developed from mixing funk and R&B rhythms and the amplification and electronic effects of rock, complex time signatures derived from non-Western music and extended, typically instrumental compositions with a jazz approach to lengthy group improvisations,...   Length: 88:29 Label: CBS CBS Records CBS Records is a record label founded by CBS Corporation in 2006 to take advantage of music from its entertainment properties owned by CBS Television Studios. The initial label roster consisted of only three artists; rock band Señor Happy and singer/songwriters Will Dailey and P.J... , Sony Sony , commonly referred to as Sony, is a Japanese multinational conglomerate corporation headquartered in Minato, Tokyo, Japan and the world's fifth largest media conglomerate measured by revenues....  40AP 942/943, 28AP 2172-3 Producer: Joe Zawinul Joe Zawinul Josef Erich Zawinul was an Austrian-American jazz keyboardist and composer.First coming to prominence with saxophonist Cannonball Adderley, Zawinul went on to play with trumpeter Miles Davis, and to become one of the creators of jazz fusion, an innovative musical genre that combined jazz with... , Wayne Shorter Wayne Shorter Wayne Shorter is an American jazz saxophonist and composer.He is generally acknowledged to be jazz's greatest living composer, and many of his compositions have become standards... Track listing Medley: "Vertical Invader" / "Seventh Arrow" / "T.H." / "Doctor Honoris Causa" (Miroslav Vitous Miroslav Vitouš Miroslav Ladislav Vitouš , is a Czech jazz bassist.-Biography:Born in Prague, he began the violin at age six, and started playing the piano at age ten, and bass at fourteen. As a young man in Europe, Vitouš was a competitive swimmer. One of his early music groups was the Junior Trio with his... , Joe Zawinul) – 26:14 Medley: "Surucucu" / "Lost" / "Early Minor" / "Directions" (Wayne Shorter, Zawinul) – 19:19 "Orange Lady" (Zawinul) – 18:14 Medley: "Eurydice" / "The Moors" (Shorter) – 13:49 Medley: "Tears" / "Umbrellas" (Shorter, Zawinul) – 10:54 Weather Report Weather Report Weather Report was an American jazz-rock band of the 1970s and early 1980s. The band was co-led by the Austrian-born keyboard player Joe Zawinul and the American saxophonist Wayne Shorter... Joe Zawinul - Electric and acoustic piano Piano The piano is a musical instrument played by means of a keyboard. It is one of the most popular instruments in the world. Widely used in classical and jazz music for solo performances, ensemble use, chamber music and accompaniment, the piano is also very popular as an aid to composing and rehearsal... Wayne Shorter - Saxophone Saxophone The saxophone is a conical-bore transposing musical instrument that is a member of the woodwind family. Saxophones are usually made of brass and played with a single-reed mouthpiece similar to that of the clarinet. The saxophone was invented by the Belgian instrument maker Adolphe Sax in 1846... s Miroslav Vitous - Bass Bass (instrument) Bass describes musical instruments that produce tones in the low-pitched range. They belong to different families of instruments and can cover a wide range of musical roles... Eric Gravatt - Drum Drum The drum is a member of the percussion group of musical instruments, which is technically classified as the membranophones. Drums consist of at least one membrane, called a drumhead or drum skin, that is stretched over a shell and struck, either directly with the player's hands, or with a... s Dom Um Romão Dom Um Romão Dom Um Romão was a Brazilian jazz drummer and percussionist. Noted for his expressive stylings with the fusion band Weather Report, Romão recorded with varied artists such as Cannonball Adderley, Paul Simon, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Sergio Mendes and Brasil '66 and Tony Bennett...  - Percussion Percussion instrument A percussion instrument is any object which produces a sound when hit with an implement or when it is shaken, rubbed, scraped, or otherwise acted upon in a way that sets the object into vibration... Reissues 1997 Columbia Legacy 65314 (2-CD) 1997 Sony SRCS 9139/40 (2-CD; Japan) 1998 Columbia 489208 2 (2-CD; Europe) 2007 Sony BMG 1240/1 (2-CD) 2008 Jazzdoor 12159 (2-CD)	—	—
1979	8:30 8:30 8:30 is an album by the jazz fusion group Weather Report. It was recorded live except for tracks 10-13, which were studio recorded. Among other titles, it features a live version of the group's signature piece "Birdland". The album won a Grammy Award for Best Jazz Fusion Performance.-History:The...       Additional information        Type: [2nd] Live album Format: 2-LP LP album The LP, or long-playing microgroove record, is a format for phonograph records, an analog sound storage medium. Introduced by Columbia Records in 1948, it was soon adopted as a new standard by the entire record industry...   Released: 1979 Recorded: Live in January–February 1979 during the 8:30 tour except for tracks 10-13, which were recorded in studio Genre: Jazz fusion Jazz fusion Jazz fusion is a musical fusion genre that developed from mixing funk and R&B rhythms and the amplification and electronic effects of rock, complex time signatures derived from non-Western music and extended, typically instrumental compositions with a jazz approach to lengthy group improvisations,...   Length: 71:34 Label: CBS CBS Records CBS Records is a record label founded by CBS Corporation in 2006 to take advantage of music from its entertainment properties owned by CBS Television Studios. The initial label roster consisted of only three artists; rock band Señor Happy and singer/songwriters Will Dailey and P.J...  88455, ARC American Record Company The American Record Company was a United States record label, in business from about 1904 to 1908. Then re-activated in 1979.The American Record Company was founded by Ellsworth A. Hawthorne and Horace Sheble and Frederick M. Prescott. It was based in Springfield, Massachusetts...  PC2 36030 Producer: Joe Zawinul Joe Zawinul Josef Erich Zawinul was an Austrian-American jazz keyboardist and composer.First coming to prominence with saxophonist Cannonball Adderley, Zawinul went on to play with trumpeter Miles Davis, and to become one of the creators of jazz fusion, an innovative musical genre that combined jazz with... , Jaco Pastorius Jaco Pastorius John Francis Anthony Pastorius III , known as Jaco Pastorius, was an American jazz musician and composer widely acknowledged as a virtuoso electric bass player.... Track listing "Black Market" – 9:47 "Scarlet Woman" (Alphonso Johnson Alphonso Johnson Alphonso Johnson is an American jazz bassist who has been influential since the early 1970s.-Biography:Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Johnson started off as an upright bass player, but switched to the electric bass in his late teens. Beginning his career in the early 1970s, Johnson showed... , Wayne Shorter Wayne Shorter Wayne Shorter is an American jazz saxophonist and composer.He is generally acknowledged to be jazz's greatest living composer, and many of his compositions have become standards... , Joe Zawinul) – 8:42 "Teen Town" (Jaco Pastorius) – 8:01 "A Remark You Made" (Zawinul) – 6:55 "Slang" (Pastorius) – 4:45 "In a Silent Way" (Zawinul) – 2:47 "Birdland" (Zawinul) – 7:13 "Thanks for the Memory" (Leo Robin, Ralph Rainger) – 3:33 Medley: "Badia" / "Boogie Woogie Waltz" (Zawinul) – 9:32 "8:30" (Zawinul) – 2:36 "Brown Street" (Zawinul, Shorter) – 8:34 "The Orphan" (Zawinul) – 3:17 "Sightseeing" (Shorter) – 5:34 Weather Report Weather Report Weather Report was an American jazz-rock band of the 1970s and early 1980s. The band was co-led by the Austrian-born keyboard player Joe Zawinul and the American saxophonist Wayne Shorter... Joe Zawinul – keyboards Keyboard instrument A keyboard instrument is a musical instrument which is played using a musical keyboard. The most common of these is the piano. Other widely used keyboard instruments include organs of various types as well as other mechanical, electromechanical and electronic instruments... , producer Record producer A record producer is an individual working within the music industry, whose job is to oversee and manage the recording of an artist's music... , bass, vocoder Vocoder A vocoder is an analysis/synthesis system, mostly used for speech. In the encoder, the input is passed through a multiband filter, each band is passed through an envelope follower, and the control signals from the envelope followers are communicated to the decoder... , vocorder Wayne Shorter – tenor saxophone Tenor saxophone The tenor saxophone is a medium-sized member of the saxophone family, a group of instruments invented by Adolphe Sax in the 1840s. The tenor, with the alto, are the two most common types of saxophones. The tenor is pitched in the key of B, and written as a transposing instrument in the treble... , soprano saxophone Soprano saxophone The soprano saxophone is a variety of the saxophone, a woodwind instrument, invented in 1840. The soprano is the third smallest member of the saxophone family, which consists of the soprillo, sopranino, soprano, alto, tenor, baritone, bass, contrabass and tubax.A transposing instrument pitched in... Jaco Pastorius – bass Bass guitar The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick.... , drums on "8:30" & "Brown Street" Peter Erskine Peter Erskine Peter Erskine is an American jazz drummer and composer. He has enjoyed a long and successful career as a session drummer, recording and touring with many famous jazz and rock artists, including Steely Dan and Weather Report...  – drums Drum kit A drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person .... Erich Zawinul – percussion Percussion instrument A percussion instrument is any object which produces a sound when hit with an implement or when it is shaken, rubbed, scraped, or otherwise acted upon in a way that sets the object into vibration...  on "Brown Street" Guest musicians The West Los Angeles Christian Academy Children's Choir - vocals on "The Orphan" Reissues 1984 CBS, Sony 50DP 133~4 (2-CD; Japan) 1990 CBS CD 88455 (2-CD; United States) 1994 Columbia Legacy 476908 2 - CK 57665 (2-CD, Reissue, Remastered) 1995 Sony SRCS 7178~9 (2-CD; Japan) 1997 CBS COLCD 88455, Sony SRCS 9147-8 (2-CD, Remastered) 2007 Sony BMG 1247/8 (2-CD) 2008 Sbme Special Mkts. 723267 (2-CD) Notes Jazz Group of the Year at the 44th Down Beat Down Beat Down Beat is an American magazine devoted to "jazz, blues and beyond" to indicate its expansion beyond the jazz realm which it covered exclusively in previous years. The publication was established in 1934 in Chicago, Illinois...  Readers Poll Grammy Award for Best Jazz Fusion Performance Grammy Award for Best Jazz Fusion Performance The Grammy Award for Best Jazz Fusion Performance was an award presented at the Grammy Awards, a ceremony that was established in 1958 and originally called the Gramophone Awards, to recording artists for works containing quality jazz fusion performances...  of 1979 (awarded in 1980)	47	3
2002	Live and Unreleased Live and Unreleased (album) Live and Unreleased is a compilation of live recordings of Weather Report. The tracks are taken from live performances that took place from November 25, 1975 to June 3, 1983...       Additional information              Type: [3rd] Live album Format: 2-CD  Released: 1 October 2002 Recorded: November 25, 1975–June 3, 1983 Genre: Jazz fusion Jazz fusion Jazz fusion is a musical fusion genre that developed from mixing funk and R&B rhythms and the amplification and electronic effects of rock, complex time signatures derived from non-Western music and extended, typically instrumental compositions with a jazz approach to lengthy group improvisations,...   Length: 131:31 (Disc One: 61:13; Disc Two: 70:25) Label: Columbia Columbia Records Columbia Records is an American record label, owned by Japan's Sony Music Entertainment, operating under the Columbia Music Group with Aware Records. It was founded in 1888, evolving from an earlier enterprise, the American Graphophone Company — successor to the Volta Graphophone Company... , Sony Sony , commonly referred to as Sony, is a Japanese multinational conglomerate corporation headquartered in Minato, Tokyo, Japan and the world's fifth largest media conglomerate measured by revenues....  SICP-239/40, 5080582, C2K 65526 Producer: Joe Zawinul Joe Zawinul Josef Erich Zawinul was an Austrian-American jazz keyboardist and composer.First coming to prominence with saxophonist Cannonball Adderley, Zawinul went on to play with trumpeter Miles Davis, and to become one of the creators of jazz fusion, an innovative musical genre that combined jazz with... , Wayne Shorter Wayne Shorter Wayne Shorter is an American jazz saxophonist and composer.He is generally acknowledged to be jazz's greatest living composer, and many of his compositions have become standards... Track listing Disc One "Freezing Fire" (Wayne Shorter) – 8:14 "Plaza Real" (Shorter) – 7:04 "Fast City" (Joe Zawinul) – 6:49 "Portrait of Tracy" (Jaco Pastorius) – 5:57 "Elegant People" (Shorter) – 4:28 "Cucumber Slumber" (Alphonso Johnson Alphonso Johnson Alphonso Johnson is an American jazz bassist who has been influential since the early 1970s.-Biography:Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Johnson started off as an upright bass player, but switched to the electric bass in his late teens. Beginning his career in the early 1970s, Johnson showed... , Zawinul) – 11:39 "Teen Town" (Pastorius) – 6:30 "Man in the Green Shirt" (Zawinul) – 10:31 Disc Two "Black Market" (Zawinul) – 9:26 "Where the Moon Goes" (Zawinul, N. O'Byrne) – 12:05 "River People" (Pastorius) – 6:57 "Two Lines" (Zawinul) – 8:15 "Cigano" (Shorter) – 3:59 "In a Silent Way / Waterfall" (Zawinul) – 5:45 "Night Passage" (Zawinul) – 5:53 "Port of Entry" (Shorter) – 8:08 "Rumba Mama" (Alex Acuña Alex Acuña Alejandro Neciosup Acuña aka Alex Acuña is a Peruvian drummer and percussionist, in the Afro-Cuban jazz style.Born in Pativilca, Peru, Acuña played in local bands from the age of ten, and moved to Lima as a teenager. At the age of eighteen he joined the band of Perez Prado, and in 1967 he moved... , Manolo Badrena Manolo Badrena Manolo Badrena is a percussionist most noted for his work with Weather Report from 1976 to 1977. He has made contributions to over 100 recordings that span jazz, world music, pop, and Latin music... ) – 1:15 "Directions / Dr. Honoris Causa" (Zawinul) – 8:38 Weather Report Weather Report Weather Report was an American jazz-rock band of the 1970s and early 1980s. The band was co-led by the Austrian-born keyboard player Joe Zawinul and the American saxophonist Wayne Shorter... Joe Zawinul - keyboards Keyboard instrument A keyboard instrument is a musical instrument which is played using a musical keyboard. The most common of these is the piano. Other widely used keyboard instruments include organs of various types as well as other mechanical, electromechanical and electronic instruments... , synthesizer Synthesizer A synthesizer is an electronic instrument capable of producing sounds by generating electrical signals of different frequencies. These electrical signals are played through a loudspeaker or set of headphones... , piano Piano The piano is a musical instrument played by means of a keyboard. It is one of the most popular instruments in the world. Widely used in classical and jazz music for solo performances, ensemble use, chamber music and accompaniment, the piano is also very popular as an aid to composing and rehearsal... Wayne Shorter - saxophone Saxophone The saxophone is a conical-bore transposing musical instrument that is a member of the woodwind family. Saxophones are usually made of brass and played with a single-reed mouthpiece similar to that of the clarinet. The saxophone was invented by the Belgian instrument maker Adolphe Sax in 1846... s Jaco Pastorius - bass Bass guitar The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick.... Alphonso Johnson - bass Victor Bailey - bass Chester Thompson Chester Thompson Chester Cortez Thompson is an American drummer and session musician.-Biography:Thompson made his name as a session drummer, going on to play in Frank Zappa's touring band and with Weather Report...  - drums Drum kit A drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person .... Omar Hakim Omar Hakim Omar Hakim is an American jazz, jazz fusion and pop music drummer.Hakim credits jazz vibraphonist Mike Mainieri with giving him his first break in 1980; Hakim appeared in a video with Mainieri called The Jazz Life and began working with singer Carly Simon through Mainieri...  - drums Peter Erskine Peter Erskine Peter Erskine is an American jazz drummer and composer. He has enjoyed a long and successful career as a session drummer, recording and touring with many famous jazz and rock artists, including Steely Dan and Weather Report...  - drums Alex Acuña - percussion Percussion instrument A percussion instrument is any object which produces a sound when hit with an implement or when it is shaken, rubbed, scraped, or otherwise acted upon in a way that sets the object into vibration... Manolo Badrena - percussion Jose Rossy - percussion	—	21

Compilations

Year	Album	Peak chart positions
		Billboard Billboard (magazine) Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry, and is one of the oldest trade magazines in the world. It maintains several internationally recognized music charts that track the most popular songs and albums in various categories on a weekly basis...  Jazz
1983	Die 70er Jahre       Additional information                    Format: LP LP album The LP, or long-playing microgroove record, is a format for phonograph records, an analog sound storage medium. Introduced by Columbia Records in 1948, it was soon adopted as a new standard by the entire record industry...   Released: 1983 Recorded: 1971–1980 Genre: Jazz fusion Jazz fusion Jazz fusion is a musical fusion genre that developed from mixing funk and R&B rhythms and the amplification and electronic effects of rock, complex time signatures derived from non-Western music and extended, typically instrumental compositions with a jazz approach to lengthy group improvisations,...   Length: 42:23 Label: Zweitausendeins, CBS CBS Records CBS Records is a record label founded by CBS Corporation in 2006 to take advantage of music from its entertainment properties owned by CBS Television Studios. The initial label roster consisted of only three artists; rock band Señor Happy and singer/songwriters Will Dailey and P.J... , 54 491 Track listing Side one "Black Market" (Joe Zawinul Joe Zawinul Josef Erich Zawinul was an Austrian-American jazz keyboardist and composer.First coming to prominence with saxophonist Cannonball Adderley, Zawinul went on to play with trumpeter Miles Davis, and to become one of the creators of jazz fusion, an innovative musical genre that combined jazz with... ) – 6:30 "Teen Town" (Jaco Pastorius Jaco Pastorius John Francis Anthony Pastorius III , known as Jaco Pastorius, was an American jazz musician and composer widely acknowledged as a virtuoso electric bass player.... ) – 2:53 "American Tango" (Zawinul, Miroslav Vitous Miroslav Vitouš Miroslav Ladislav Vitouš , is a Czech jazz bassist.-Biography:Born in Prague, he began the violin at age six, and started playing the piano at age ten, and bass at fourteen. As a young man in Europe, Vitouš was a competitive swimmer. One of his early music groups was the Junior Trio with his... ) – 3:42 "Umbrellas" (Zawinul, Vitous, Wayne Shorter Wayne Shorter Wayne Shorter is an American jazz saxophonist and composer.He is generally acknowledged to be jazz's greatest living composer, and many of his compositions have become standards... ) – 3:24 "Second Sunday in August" (Zawinul) – 4:04 Side two "Birdland" (Zawinul) 5:59 "Port of Entry" (Shorter) – 5:06 "A Remark You Made" (Zawinul) – 7:40 "Barbary Coast" (Pastorius) – 3:05	—
1990	Best of Weather Report Vol. I       Additional information                Format: CD  Released: 1990 Recorded: 1971–1986 Genre: Jazz fusion Jazz fusion Jazz fusion is a musical fusion genre that developed from mixing funk and R&B rhythms and the amplification and electronic effects of rock, complex time signatures derived from non-Western music and extended, typically instrumental compositions with a jazz approach to lengthy group improvisations,...   Length: 69:36 Label: Columbia Columbia Records Columbia Records is an American record label, owned by Japan's Sony Music Entertainment, operating under the Columbia Music Group with Aware Records. It was founded in 1888, evolving from an earlier enterprise, the American Graphophone Company — successor to the Volta Graphophone Company...  466996-2 Track listing "Birdland" (Joe Zawinul Joe Zawinul Josef Erich Zawinul was an Austrian-American jazz keyboardist and composer.First coming to prominence with saxophonist Cannonball Adderley, Zawinul went on to play with trumpeter Miles Davis, and to become one of the creators of jazz fusion, an innovative musical genre that combined jazz with... ) – 5:59 "And Then" (Zawinul) – 3:19 "A Remark You Made" (Zawinul) – 6:52 "Second Sunday in August" (Zawinul) – 4:04 "Herandnu" (Alphonso Johnson Alphonso Johnson Alphonso Johnson is an American jazz bassist who has been influential since the early 1970s.-Biography:Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Johnson started off as an upright bass player, but switched to the electric bass in his late teens. Beginning his career in the early 1970s, Johnson showed... ) – 6:35 "Tears" (Wayne Shorter Wayne Shorter Wayne Shorter is an American jazz saxophonist and composer.He is generally acknowledged to be jazz's greatest living composer, and many of his compositions have become standards... ) – 3:22 "Elegant People" (Shorter) – 5:02 "Eurydice" (Shorter) – 5:43 "Man With the Copper Fingers" (Zawinul) – 6:12 "Where the Moon Goes" (Zawinul, Lyrics by Nan O'Byrne and Zawinul ) – 7:47 "Harlequin" (Shorter) – 4:00 "Speechless" (Zawinul) – 5:56 "Palladíum" (Shorter) – 4:45 Guest musicians The Manhattan Transfer The Manhattan Transfer The Manhattan Transfer is an American vocal music group. There have been two manifestations of the group, with Tim Hauser being the only person to be part of both...  – Vocals on "Where the Moon Goes" Maurice White Maurice White Maurice White is a Grammy Award–winning American singer, songwriter, musician, record producer, arranger. He is the older brother of Verdine White and Fred White and the leader and founder of the band Earth, Wind & Fire...  – Vocals on "And Then"	—
	The Collection       Additional information                Format: CD  Released: 1990 Recorded: 1976–1980 Genre: Jazz fusion Jazz fusion Jazz fusion is a musical fusion genre that developed from mixing funk and R&B rhythms and the amplification and electronic effects of rock, complex time signatures derived from non-Western music and extended, typically instrumental compositions with a jazz approach to lengthy group improvisations,...   Length: 76:15 Label: Castle Castle Communications Castle Communications was a British independent record label founded in 1983 by Terry Shand, Cliff Dane and Jon Beecher. The company was acquired by the American music distributor Alliance Entertainment in 1994 and in 2000 it was absorbed into Sanctuary Records Group...  CCS CD 244 Track listing "Birdland" (Joe Zawinul Joe Zawinul Josef Erich Zawinul was an Austrian-American jazz keyboardist and composer.First coming to prominence with saxophonist Cannonball Adderley, Zawinul went on to play with trumpeter Miles Davis, and to become one of the creators of jazz fusion, an innovative musical genre that combined jazz with... ) – 6:05 "Teen Town" (Jaco Pastorius Jaco Pastorius John Francis Anthony Pastorius III , known as Jaco Pastorius, was an American jazz musician and composer widely acknowledged as a virtuoso electric bass player.... ) – 2:55 "The Juggler" (Zawinul) – 5:08 "The Pursuit of the Woman with the Feathered Hat" (Zawinul) – 5:04 "The Elders" (Wayne Shorter Wayne Shorter Wayne Shorter is an American jazz saxophonist and composer.He is generally acknowledged to be jazz's greatest living composer, and many of his compositions have become standards... ) – 4:21 "Punk Jazz" (Pastorius) – 5:10 "And Then" (Zawinul) – 3:22 "Black Market" (Live) (Zawinul) – 9:36 "A Remark You Made" (Live) (Zawinul) – 7:47 "Night Passage" (Zawinul) – 6:32 "Rockin' in Rhythm" (Duke Ellington Duke Ellington Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington was an American composer, pianist, and big band leader. Ellington wrote over 1,000 compositions... , Irving Mills Irving Mills Irving Mills was a jazz music publisher, also known by the name of "Joe Primrose."Mills was born to Jewish parents in the Lower East Side of Manhattan in New York City. He founded Mills Music with his brother Jack in 1919... , Harry Carney Harry Carney Harry Howell Carney was an American swing baritone saxophonist, clarinetist, and bass clarinetist mainly known for his 45-year tenure in Duke Ellington's Orchestra. Carney started off as an alto player with Ellington, but soon switched to the baritone. His strong, steady saxophone often served as... ) – 3:03 "Fast City" (Zawinul) – 6:19 "Madagascar" (Zawinul) – 10:53 Reissues 1994 Griffin 254 (CD)	—
1993	Starbox       Additional information                        Format: CD  Released: 19 November 1993 Recorded: 19??-19?? Genre: Jazz fusion Jazz fusion Jazz fusion is a musical fusion genre that developed from mixing funk and R&B rhythms and the amplification and electronic effects of rock, complex time signatures derived from non-Western music and extended, typically instrumental compositions with a jazz approach to lengthy group improvisations,...   Length: ??:?? Label: Sony 6907	—
1996	Birdland       Additional information                        Format: CD  Released: 19 March 1996 Recorded: 19??-19?? Genre: Jazz fusion Jazz fusion Jazz fusion is a musical fusion genre that developed from mixing funk and R&B rhythms and the amplification and electronic effects of rock, complex time signatures derived from non-Western music and extended, typically instrumental compositions with a jazz approach to lengthy group improvisations,...   Length: ??:?? Label: Sony	—
	This Is Jazz, Vol. 10: Weather Report       Additional information                Format: CD  Released: 30 April 1996 Recorded: 1971–1978 Genre: Jazz fusion Jazz fusion Jazz fusion is a musical fusion genre that developed from mixing funk and R&B rhythms and the amplification and electronic effects of rock, complex time signatures derived from non-Western music and extended, typically instrumental compositions with a jazz approach to lengthy group improvisations,...   Length: 56:38 Label: Sony Sony , commonly referred to as Sony, is a Japanese multinational conglomerate corporation headquartered in Minato, Tokyo, Japan and the world's fifth largest media conglomerate measured by revenues....  CK 64627 Track listing "Birdland" (Joe Zawinul Joe Zawinul Josef Erich Zawinul was an Austrian-American jazz keyboardist and composer.First coming to prominence with saxophonist Cannonball Adderley, Zawinul went on to play with trumpeter Miles Davis, and to become one of the creators of jazz fusion, an innovative musical genre that combined jazz with... ) – 6:01 "A Remark You Made" (Zawinul) – 6:53 "Black Market" (Zawinul) – 6:32 "Man in the Green Shirt" (Zawinul) – 6:31 "Young and Fine" (Zawinul) – 6:57 "The Moors" (Wayne Shorter Wayne Shorter Wayne Shorter is an American jazz saxophonist and composer.He is generally acknowledged to be jazz's greatest living composer, and many of his compositions have become standards... ) – 4:45 "Mysterious Traveller" (Shorter) – 7:24 "Orange Lady" (Zawinul) – 8:43 "Teen Town" (Jaco Pastorius Jaco Pastorius John Francis Anthony Pastorius III , known as Jaco Pastorius, was an American jazz musician and composer widely acknowledged as a virtuoso electric bass player.... ) – 2:52 Reissues 2001 as Jazz Collection: Weather Report Sony Sony , commonly referred to as Sony, is a Japanese multinational conglomerate corporation headquartered in Minato, Tokyo, Japan and the world's fifth largest media conglomerate measured by revenues....  488634 (CD)	—
1998	This Is Jazz, Vol. 40: Weather Report – The Jaco Years       Additional information        Format: CD  Released: 28 April 1998 Recorded: 1975–1981 Genre: Jazz fusion Jazz fusion Jazz fusion is a musical fusion genre that developed from mixing funk and R&B rhythms and the amplification and electronic effects of rock, complex time signatures derived from non-Western music and extended, typically instrumental compositions with a jazz approach to lengthy group improvisations,...   Length: 54:54 Label: Columbia Columbia Records Columbia Records is an American record label, owned by Japan's Sony Music Entertainment, operating under the Columbia Music Group with Aware Records. It was founded in 1888, evolving from an earlier enterprise, the American Graphophone Company — successor to the Volta Graphophone Company... , Sony Sony , commonly referred to as Sony, is a Japanese multinational conglomerate corporation headquartered in Minato, Tokyo, Japan and the world's fifth largest media conglomerate measured by revenues....  CK 65451 Track listing "Punk Jazz" (Jaco Pastorius Jaco Pastorius John Francis Anthony Pastorius III , known as Jaco Pastorius, was an American jazz musician and composer widely acknowledged as a virtuoso electric bass player.... ) – 5:08 "River People" (Pastorius) – 4:50 "A Remark You Made" (Joe Zawinul Joe Zawinul Josef Erich Zawinul was an Austrian-American jazz keyboardist and composer.First coming to prominence with saxophonist Cannonball Adderley, Zawinul went on to play with trumpeter Miles Davis, and to become one of the creators of jazz fusion, an innovative musical genre that combined jazz with... ) – 8:00 "Havona" (Pastorius) – 6:00 "Three Views of a Secret" (Pastorius) – 5:52 "Teen Town" (Pastorius) – 6:05 "Speechless" (Zawinul) – 5:57 "Port of Entry" (Wyane Shorter) – 5:07 "Barbary Coast" (Pastorius) – 3:07 "Slang" (Pastorius) – 4:48	—
2002	The Best of Weather Report       Additional information                Format: CD  Released: 4 June 2002 Recorded: 1973–1980 Genre: Jazz fusion Jazz fusion Jazz fusion is a musical fusion genre that developed from mixing funk and R&B rhythms and the amplification and electronic effects of rock, complex time signatures derived from non-Western music and extended, typically instrumental compositions with a jazz approach to lengthy group improvisations,...   Length: 74:36 Label: Columbia Columbia Records Columbia Records is an American record label, owned by Japan's Sony Music Entertainment, operating under the Columbia Music Group with Aware Records. It was founded in 1888, evolving from an earlier enterprise, the American Graphophone Company — successor to the Volta Graphophone Company... /Legacy, Sony Sony , commonly referred to as Sony, is a Japanese multinational conglomerate corporation headquartered in Minato, Tokyo, Japan and the world's fifth largest media conglomerate measured by revenues.... , 85400, 5076592, SICP-238 Track listing "Birdland" (Joe Zawinul Joe Zawinul Josef Erich Zawinul was an Austrian-American jazz keyboardist and composer.First coming to prominence with saxophonist Cannonball Adderley, Zawinul went on to play with trumpeter Miles Davis, and to become one of the creators of jazz fusion, an innovative musical genre that combined jazz with... ) – 5:58 "Mysterious Traveller" (Wayne Shorter Wayne Shorter Wayne Shorter is an American jazz saxophonist and composer.He is generally acknowledged to be jazz's greatest living composer, and many of his compositions have become standards... ) – 7:21 "Boogie Woogie Waltz" (Zawinul) – 13:04 "The Elders" (Shorter) – 4:20 "Night Passage" (Zawinul) – 6:32 "Freezing Fire" (Shorter) – 7:28 "A Remark You Made" (Zawinul) – 6:52 "Elegant People" (Shorter) – 5:05 "Man in the Green Shirt" (Zawinul) – 6:28 "Blackthorn Rose" (Shorter) – 4:59 "Black Market" (Zawinul) – 6:29 Reissues 2007 Sony BMG 88697127632, 238, Columbia Legacy 712763 (CD) 2008 Columbia 88697342352 (CD)	—
2006	Forecast: Tomorrow Forecast: Tomorrow Forecast: Tomorrow is a 3-CD/1-DVD career-spanning compilation of recordings of Weather Report. The 37 tracks are presented chronologically, beginning with three tracks pre–Weather Report, from ensemble duties with Miles Davis , Cannonball Adderley , and from a Shorter solo album...       Additional information        Format: 3-CD + 1-DVD DVD-Video DVD-Video is a consumer video format used to store digital video on DVD discs, and is currently the dominant consumer video format in Asia, North America, Europe, and Australia. Discs using the DVD-Video specification require a DVD drive and a MPEG-2 decoder...  Box set  Released: 19 September 2006 Recorded: 1969–1985, 2005 Genre: Jazz fusion Jazz fusion Jazz fusion is a musical fusion genre that developed from mixing funk and R&B rhythms and the amplification and electronic effects of rock, complex time signatures derived from non-Western music and extended, typically instrumental compositions with a jazz approach to lengthy group improvisations,...   Length: 223:37 (Disc One: 78:38; Disc Two: 68:51; Disc Three: 76:08) Label: Columbia Columbia Records Columbia Records is an American record label, owned by Japan's Sony Music Entertainment, operating under the Columbia Music Group with Aware Records. It was founded in 1888, evolving from an earlier enterprise, the American Graphophone Company — successor to the Volta Graphophone Company... /Legacy 85570, Sony Sony , commonly referred to as Sony, is a Japanese multinational conglomerate corporation headquartered in Minato, Tokyo, Japan and the world's fifth largest media conglomerate measured by revenues....  82876855752 Producer: Bob Belden Bob Belden James Robert Belden is an American saxophonist, arranger, composer, bandleader and producer. He is noted for his Grammy Award winning jazz orchestral recording titled The Black Dahlia. He is also a past head of A & R for Blue Note Records.Belden was born in Evanston, Illinois, and raised in... , Joe Zawinul Joe Zawinul Josef Erich Zawinul was an Austrian-American jazz keyboardist and composer.First coming to prominence with saxophonist Cannonball Adderley, Zawinul went on to play with trumpeter Miles Davis, and to become one of the creators of jazz fusion, an innovative musical genre that combined jazz with... , Wayne Shorter Wayne Shorter Wayne Shorter is an American jazz saxophonist and composer.He is generally acknowledged to be jazz's greatest living composer, and many of his compositions have become standards... Track listing Disc One "In a Silent Way" (Joe Zawinul) – 4:17 "Super Nova" (Wayne Shorter) – 4:48 "Experience in E Major" (Excerpt) (Zawinul) – 5:42 "Milky Way" (Shorter, Zawinul) – 2:31 "Tears" (Shorter) – 3:23 "Eurydice" (Full Version) (Shorter) – 10:44 "Orange Lady" (Zawinul) – 8:42 "Unknown Soldier" (Zawinul) – 7:58 "Directions" (Take 1) (Zawinul) – 5:29 "Surucucu" (Shorter) – 8:19 "Second Sunday in August" (Zawinul) – 4:12 "125th Street Congress" (Zawinul) – 12:14 Disc Two "Nubian Sundance" (Live) (Joe Zawinul) – 13:05 "Blackthorn Rose" (Wayne Shorter) – 5:01 "Badia" (Zawinul) – 5:21 "Cannon Ball" (Zawinul) – 4:38 "Black Market" (Zawinul) – 6:33 "Three Clowns" (Shorter) – 3:24 "Havona" (Jaco Pastorius Jaco Pastorius John Francis Anthony Pastorius III , known as Jaco Pastorius, was an American jazz musician and composer widely acknowledged as a virtuoso electric bass player.... ) – 6:01 "Birdland" (Zawinul) – 5:58 "Palladíum" (Shorter) – 4:47 "The Pursuit of the Woman With the Feathered Hat" (Zawinul) – 5:03 "The Orphan" (Shorter, Zawinul) – 3:17 "Sightseeing" (Shorter) – 5:35 Disc Three "Dream Clock" (Joe Zawinul) – 6:28 "Three Views of a Secret" (Jaco Pastorius) – 5:53 "Port of Entry" (Live) (Wayne Shorter) – 5:08 "Dara Factor Two" (Zawinul, Shorter, Pastorius, Peter Erskine Peter Erskine Peter Erskine is an American jazz drummer and composer. He has enjoyed a long and successful career as a session drummer, recording and touring with many famous jazz and rock artists, including Steely Dan and Weather Report... , Robert Thomas Jr.) – 4:27 "Procession" (Zawinul) – 8:42 "Plaza Real" (Shorter) – 5:28 "The Well" (Shorter) – 3:57 "D♭ Waltz" (Zawinul) – 11:12 "Domino Theory" (Zawinul) – 6:10 "Predator" (Shorter) – 5:20 "Face on the Barroom Floor" (Shorter) – 3:58 "Indiscretions" (Zawinul) – 4:06 "125th Street Congress (DJ Logic Remix)" (Zawinul) – 5:04 DVD (Concert in Offenbach am Main, on September 29, 1978 for the German TV program Rockpalast Rockpalast Rockpalast is a German music television show that broadcasts live on German television station Westdeutscher Rundfunk . Rockpalast started in 1974 and continues to this day. Hundreds of rock and jazz bands have performed on Rockpalast... ) "Black Market" (Joe Zawinul) "Scarlet Woman" (Alphonso Johnson Alphonso Johnson Alphonso Johnson is an American jazz bassist who has been influential since the early 1970s.-Biography:Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Johnson started off as an upright bass player, but switched to the electric bass in his late teens. Beginning his career in the early 1970s, Johnson showed... , Zawinul, Wayne Shorter) "Young and Fine" (Zawinul) "The Pursuit of the Woman With the Feathered Hat" (Zawinul) "A Remark You Made" (Zawinul) "River People" (Jaco Pastorius) "Thanks for the Memory Thanks for the Memory "Thanks for the Memory" is a popular song, with music composed by Ralph Rainger and lyrics by Leo Robin. It was introduced in the 1938 film The Big Broadcast of 1938 by Shep Fields and His Orchestra with vocals by Bob Hope and Shirley Ross... " (Leo Robin Leo Robin Leo Robin was an American composer, lyricist and songwriter. He is probably best known for collaborating with Ralph Rainger on the 1938 Oscar-winning song "Thanks for the Memory," sung by Bob Hope in the film The Big Broadcast of 1938.-Biography:Robin was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and... , Ralph Rainger Ralph Rainger Ralph Rainger was an American composer of popular music principally for films.-Biography:Born Ralph Reichenthal in New York City, Rainger embarked on a legal career before escaping to Broadway where he became Clifton Webb's accompanist... ) "Delores" (Shorter) / "Portrait of Tracy" (Pastorius) / "Third Stone from the Sun Third Stone from the Sun "Third Stone From the Sun" is a song written and originally recorded by Jimi Hendrix and released as "3rd Stone From The Sun" on the 1967 Are You Experienced album by Jimi Hendrix Experience... " (Jimi Hendrix Jimi Hendrix James Marshall "Jimi" Hendrix was an American guitarist and singer-songwriter... ) "Mr. Gone" (Zawinul) "In a Silent Way" (Zawinul) "Waterfall" (Zawinul) "Teen Town" (Pastorius) "I Got It Bad (and That Ain't Good) I Got It Bad (and That Ain't Good) "I Got It Bad " is a pop and jazz standard with music by Duke Ellington and lyrics by Paul Francis Webster published in 1941... " (Duke Ellington Duke Ellington Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington was an American composer, pianist, and big band leader. Ellington wrote over 1,000 compositions... , Paul Francis Webster Paul Francis Webster Paul Francis Webster was an American lyricist who won three Academy Awards for Best Song and was nominated sixteen times for the award.-Biography:... ) / "The Midnight Sun Will Never Set on You" (Lionel Hampton Lionel Hampton Lionel Leo Hampton was an American jazz vibraphonist, pianist, percussionist, bandleader and actor. Like Red Norvo, he was one of the first jazz vibraphone players. Hampton ranks among the great names in jazz history, having worked with a who's who of jazz musicians, from Benny Goodman and Buddy... , Sonny Burke Sonny Burke Sonny Burke was a big band leader. In 1937, he graduated from Duke University where he had formed and led the jazz big band known as the Duke Ambassadors.... , Johnny Mercer Johnny Mercer John Herndon "Johnny" Mercer was an American lyricist, songwriter and singer. He is best known as a lyricist, but he also composed music. He was also a popular singer who recorded his own songs as well as those written by others... ) "Birdland" (Zawinul) Introductions "Fred & Jack" (Peter Erskine) "Elegant People" (Shorter) "Badia" (Zawinul) Personnel for the Offenbach Concert Joe Zawinul - keyboards Keyboard instrument A keyboard instrument is a musical instrument which is played using a musical keyboard. The most common of these is the piano. Other widely used keyboard instruments include organs of various types as well as other mechanical, electromechanical and electronic instruments... Wayne Shorter - Saxophone Saxophone The saxophone is a conical-bore transposing musical instrument that is a member of the woodwind family. Saxophones are usually made of brass and played with a single-reed mouthpiece similar to that of the clarinet. The saxophone was invented by the Belgian instrument maker Adolphe Sax in 1846... s Jaco Pastorius - bass Bass guitar The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick.... Peter Erskine - drums Drum kit A drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....	18
2007	Original Album Classics: Weather Report       Additional information        Format: 5-CD  Released: 29 October 2007 Recorded: 1972–1980 Genre: Jazz fusion Jazz fusion Jazz fusion is a musical fusion genre that developed from mixing funk and R&B rhythms and the amplification and electronic effects of rock, complex time signatures derived from non-Western music and extended, typically instrumental compositions with a jazz approach to lengthy group improvisations,...   Length: 225:57 (Disc One: 46:28; Disc Two: 44:41; Disc Three: 48:11; Disc Four: 36:55; Disc Five: 49:42) Label: Columbia Columbia Records Columbia Records is an American record label, owned by Japan's Sony Music Entertainment, operating under the Columbia Music Group with Aware Records. It was founded in 1888, evolving from an earlier enterprise, the American Graphophone Company — successor to the Volta Graphophone Company...  Legacy 88697145472 Notes Reissue of I Sing The Body Electric I Sing the Body Electric (album) I Sing the Body Electric is the second album released by Weather Report from 1972. The album includes two new members of the band: percussionist Dom Um Romão and drummer Eric Gravatt. The last three tracks were recorded live in concert in Tokyo, Japan on January 13, 1972... (1972), Sweetnighter Sweetnighter Sweetnighter is Weather Report's third studio album, released on Columbia Records in 1973. The group had recorded the songs in a five day stretch during February of the same year. It was to be the last album to feature founding member Miroslav Vitous as the primary bassist.-Track listing:#"Boogie... (1973), Mysterious Traveller Mysterious Traveller Mysterious Traveller is the fourth release of Weather Report. This album marked the end of bassist Miroslav Vitous's tenure with the band. Vitous was replaced by Alphonso Johnson. Another addition to the line-up is drummer Ishmael Wilburn... (1974), Black Market Black Market (album) Black Market is an instrumental jazz fusion album released by Weather Report in 1976. This album was produced by Joe Zawinul and Wayne Shorter. It was recorded in December 1975 and released in April 1976 through Columbia Records... (1976), and Night Passage Night Passage (Weather Report album) -Personnel:*Josef Zawinul – Keyboards*Wayne Shorter – Saxophones*Jaco Pastorius – Bass*Peter Erskine – Drums*Robert Thomas Jr. – Hand drums... (1980) in miniature cardboard sleeves with the original LP-artwork.	—
2008	Collections       Additional information                Format: CD  Released: 25 February 2008 Recorded: 1971–1983 Genre: Jazz fusion Jazz fusion Jazz fusion is a musical fusion genre that developed from mixing funk and R&B rhythms and the amplification and electronic effects of rock, complex time signatures derived from non-Western music and extended, typically instrumental compositions with a jazz approach to lengthy group improvisations,...   Length: 78:11 Label: Sony Sony , commonly referred to as Sony, is a Japanese multinational conglomerate corporation headquartered in Minato, Tokyo, Japan and the world's fifth largest media conglomerate measured by revenues....  88697252732 Track listing "Birdland" (Joe Zawinul Joe Zawinul Josef Erich Zawinul was an Austrian-American jazz keyboardist and composer.First coming to prominence with saxophonist Cannonball Adderley, Zawinul went on to play with trumpeter Miles Davis, and to become one of the creators of jazz fusion, an innovative musical genre that combined jazz with... ) – 5:58 "Black Market" (Zawinul) – 6:31 "Night Passage" (Zawinul) – 6:33 "Can It Be Done" (Wilson Tee) – 4:04 "A Remark You Made" (Zawinul) – 6:52 "Man in the Green Shirt" (Zawinul) – 6:29 "Orange Lady" (Zawinul) – 8:42 "Teen Town" (Jaco Pastorius Jaco Pastorius John Francis Anthony Pastorius III , known as Jaco Pastorius, was an American jazz musician and composer widely acknowledged as a virtuoso electric bass player.... ) – 6:07 "D♭ Waltz" (Zawinul) – 11:12 "Cucumber Slumber" (Alphonso Johnson Alphonso Johnson Alphonso Johnson is an American jazz bassist who has been influential since the early 1970s.-Biography:Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Johnson started off as an upright bass player, but switched to the electric bass in his late teens. Beginning his career in the early 1970s, Johnson showed... , Zawinul) – 8:22 "Mysterious Traveller" (Wayne Shorter Wayne Shorter Wayne Shorter is an American jazz saxophonist and composer.He is generally acknowledged to be jazz's greatest living composer, and many of his compositions have become standards... ) – 7:21	—

Singles

Year	Title
1973	"125th Street Congress"       Additional information                Single Single (music) In music, a single or record single is a type of release, typically a recording of fewer tracks than an LP or a CD. This can be released for sale to the public in a variety of different formats. In most cases, the single is a song that is released separately from an album, but it can still appear...  by Weather Report Weather Report Weather Report was an American jazz-rock band of the 1970s and early 1980s. The band was co-led by the Austrian-born keyboard player Joe Zawinul and the American saxophonist Wayne Shorter...  from the Album Sweetnighter Sweetnighter Sweetnighter is Weather Report's third studio album, released on Columbia Records in 1973. The group had recorded the songs in a five day stretch during February of the same year. It was to be the last album to feature founding member Miroslav Vitous as the primary bassist.-Track listing:#"Boogie... B-side A-side and B-side A-side and B-side originally referred to the two sides of gramophone records on which singles were released beginning in the 1950s. The terms have come to refer to the types of song conventionally placed on each side of the record, with the A-side being the featured song , while the B-side, or... : "Will" (Miroslav Vitous Miroslav Vitouš Miroslav Ladislav Vitouš , is a Czech jazz bassist.-Biography:Born in Prague, he began the violin at age six, and started playing the piano at age ten, and bass at fourteen. As a young man in Europe, Vitouš was a competitive swimmer. One of his early music groups was the Junior Trio with his... ) – 2:37 Released: 1973 Format: 7" Gramophone record A gramophone record, commonly known as a phonograph record , vinyl record , or colloquially, a record, is an analog sound storage medium consisting of a flat disc with an inscribed, modulated spiral groove... , Promo Recorded: February 1973 Genre Music genre A music genre is a categorical and typological construct that identifies musical sounds as belonging to a particular category and type of music that can be distinguished from other types of music... : Jazz fusion Jazz fusion Jazz fusion is a musical fusion genre that developed from mixing funk and R&B rhythms and the amplification and electronic effects of rock, complex time signatures derived from non-Western music and extended, typically instrumental compositions with a jazz approach to lengthy group improvisations,...   Length: 2:58 Label Record label In the music industry, a record label is a brand and a trademark associated with the marketing of music recordings and music videos. Most commonly, a record label is the company that manages such brands and trademarks, coordinates the production, manufacture, distribution, marketing and promotion,... : Columbia Columbia Records Columbia Records is an American record label, owned by Japan's Sony Music Entertainment, operating under the Columbia Music Group with Aware Records. It was founded in 1888, evolving from an earlier enterprise, the American Graphophone Company — successor to the Volta Graphophone Company...  4-45964 Writer(s) Songwriter A songwriter is an individual who writes both the lyrics and music to a song. Someone who solely writes lyrics may be called a lyricist, and someone who only writes music may be called a composer... : Joe Zawinul Joe Zawinul Josef Erich Zawinul was an Austrian-American jazz keyboardist and composer.First coming to prominence with saxophonist Cannonball Adderley, Zawinul went on to play with trumpeter Miles Davis, and to become one of the creators of jazz fusion, an innovative musical genre that combined jazz with...   Producer Record producer A record producer is an individual working within the music industry, whose job is to oversee and manage the recording of an artist's music... : Shoviza Productions, Joe Zawinul, Wayne Shorter Wayne Shorter Wayne Shorter is an American jazz saxophonist and composer.He is generally acknowledged to be jazz's greatest living composer, and many of his compositions have become standards...
	(Stereo)       Additional information                Single Single (music) In music, a single or record single is a type of release, typically a recording of fewer tracks than an LP or a CD. This can be released for sale to the public in a variety of different formats. In most cases, the single is a song that is released separately from an album, but it can still appear...  by Weather Report Weather Report Weather Report was an American jazz-rock band of the 1970s and early 1980s. The band was co-led by the Austrian-born keyboard player Joe Zawinul and the American saxophonist Wayne Shorter...  from the Album Sweetnighter Sweetnighter Sweetnighter is Weather Report's third studio album, released on Columbia Records in 1973. The group had recorded the songs in a five day stretch during February of the same year. It was to be the last album to feature founding member Miroslav Vitous as the primary bassist.-Track listing:#"Boogie... B-side A-side and B-side A-side and B-side originally referred to the two sides of gramophone records on which singles were released beginning in the 1950s. The terms have come to refer to the types of song conventionally placed on each side of the record, with the A-side being the featured song , while the B-side, or... : "Boogie Woogie Waltz" (Mono) (Joe Zawinul Joe Zawinul Josef Erich Zawinul was an Austrian-American jazz keyboardist and composer.First coming to prominence with saxophonist Cannonball Adderley, Zawinul went on to play with trumpeter Miles Davis, and to become one of the creators of jazz fusion, an innovative musical genre that combined jazz with... ) – ?:?? Released: 1973 Format: 7" Gramophone record A gramophone record, commonly known as a phonograph record , vinyl record , or colloquially, a record, is an analog sound storage medium consisting of a flat disc with an inscribed, modulated spiral groove... , Promo Recorded: February 1973 Genre Music genre A music genre is a categorical and typological construct that identifies musical sounds as belonging to a particular category and type of music that can be distinguished from other types of music... : Jazz fusion Jazz fusion Jazz fusion is a musical fusion genre that developed from mixing funk and R&B rhythms and the amplification and electronic effects of rock, complex time signatures derived from non-Western music and extended, typically instrumental compositions with a jazz approach to lengthy group improvisations,...   Length: ?:?? Label Record label In the music industry, a record label is a brand and a trademark associated with the marketing of music recordings and music videos. Most commonly, a record label is the company that manages such brands and trademarks, coordinates the production, manufacture, distribution, marketing and promotion,... : Columbia Columbia Records Columbia Records is an American record label, owned by Japan's Sony Music Entertainment, operating under the Columbia Music Group with Aware Records. It was founded in 1888, evolving from an earlier enterprise, the American Graphophone Company — successor to the Volta Graphophone Company...  4-45883 DJ Writer(s) Songwriter A songwriter is an individual who writes both the lyrics and music to a song. Someone who solely writes lyrics may be called a lyricist, and someone who only writes music may be called a composer... : Joe Zawinul Producer Record producer A record producer is an individual working within the music industry, whose job is to oversee and manage the recording of an artist's music... : Joe Zawinul, Wayne Shorter Wayne Shorter Wayne Shorter is an American jazz saxophonist and composer.He is generally acknowledged to be jazz's greatest living composer, and many of his compositions have become standards...
1978	"Birdland"       Additional information        Single Single (music) In music, a single or record single is a type of release, typically a recording of fewer tracks than an LP or a CD. This can be released for sale to the public in a variety of different formats. In most cases, the single is a song that is released separately from an album, but it can still appear...  by Weather Report Weather Report Weather Report was an American jazz-rock band of the 1970s and early 1980s. The band was co-led by the Austrian-born keyboard player Joe Zawinul and the American saxophonist Wayne Shorter...  from the Album Heavy Weather Heavy Weather (album) The album received positive reviews since its publication. American music journalist Richard Ginell gave the album the maximum rating, five stars out of five, and concluded his review for Allmusic by stating that, "[r]eleased just as the jazz-rock movement began to run out of steam, this landmark... Released: 1978 Format: 7" Gramophone record A gramophone record, commonly known as a phonograph record , vinyl record , or colloquially, a record, is an analog sound storage medium consisting of a flat disc with an inscribed, modulated spiral groove...  and 12" Recorded: Late 1976 – Early 1977 at the Devonshire Sound Studios in North Hollywood, California Genre Music genre A music genre is a categorical and typological construct that identifies musical sounds as belonging to a particular category and type of music that can be distinguished from other types of music... : Jazz fusion Jazz fusion Jazz fusion is a musical fusion genre that developed from mixing funk and R&B rhythms and the amplification and electronic effects of rock, complex time signatures derived from non-Western music and extended, typically instrumental compositions with a jazz approach to lengthy group improvisations,...   Length: 3:45 Label Record label In the music industry, a record label is a brand and a trademark associated with the marketing of music recordings and music videos. Most commonly, a record label is the company that manages such brands and trademarks, coordinates the production, manufacture, distribution, marketing and promotion,... : Columbia Columbia Records Columbia Records is an American record label, owned by Japan's Sony Music Entertainment, operating under the Columbia Music Group with Aware Records. It was founded in 1888, evolving from an earlier enterprise, the American Graphophone Company — successor to the Volta Graphophone Company... , CBS CBS Records CBS Records is a record label founded by CBS Corporation in 2006 to take advantage of music from its entertainment properties owned by CBS Television Studios. The initial label roster consisted of only three artists; rock band Señor Happy and singer/songwriters Will Dailey and P.J... , ARC American Record Company The American Record Company was a United States record label, in business from about 1904 to 1908. Then re-activated in 1979.The American Record Company was founded by Ellsworth A. Hawthorne and Horace Sheble and Frederick M. Prescott. It was based in Springfield, Massachusetts...   Writer(s) Songwriter A songwriter is an individual who writes both the lyrics and music to a song. Someone who solely writes lyrics may be called a lyricist, and someone who only writes music may be called a composer... : Joe Zawinul Joe Zawinul Josef Erich Zawinul was an Austrian-American jazz keyboardist and composer.First coming to prominence with saxophonist Cannonball Adderley, Zawinul went on to play with trumpeter Miles Davis, and to become one of the creators of jazz fusion, an innovative musical genre that combined jazz with...   Producer Record producer A record producer is an individual working within the music industry, whose job is to oversee and manage the recording of an artist's music... : Joe Zawinul, Jaco Pastorius Jaco Pastorius John Francis Anthony Pastorius III , known as Jaco Pastorius, was an American jazz musician and composer widely acknowledged as a virtuoso electric bass player.... , Wayne Shorter Wayne Shorter Wayne Shorter is an American jazz saxophonist and composer.He is generally acknowledged to be jazz's greatest living composer, and many of his compositions have become standards... 12" CBS S CBS 12 7701 track listing Side A "Birdland" – 5:59 Side B "River People" (Jaco Pastorius) – 4:47 "A Remark You Made" (Zawinul) – 6:52 Versions 1977 Columbia 3-10532 (7", Promo; U.S.) 1977 CBS S CBS 12 7701 (12". UK) 1977 Columbia AS 318 (12", Promo; U.S.) 1977 CBS CBS 5588 (7", Promo; Netherlands) 1977 CBS S CBS 5205 (7", Single; UK) 1978 "Birdland" / "Brown Street" ARC American Record Company The American Record Company was a United States record label, in business from about 1904 to 1908. Then re-activated in 1979.The American Record Company was founded by Ellsworth A. Hawthorne and Horace Sheble and Frederick M. Prescott. It was based in Springfield, Massachusetts...  AS 713 (12", Promo; US)
	"River People"       Additional information        Single Single (music) In music, a single or record single is a type of release, typically a recording of fewer tracks than an LP or a CD. This can be released for sale to the public in a variety of different formats. In most cases, the single is a song that is released separately from an album, but it can still appear...  by Weather Report Weather Report Weather Report was an American jazz-rock band of the 1970s and early 1980s. The band was co-led by the Austrian-born keyboard player Joe Zawinul and the American saxophonist Wayne Shorter...  from the Album Mr. Gone Mr. Gone (album) Mr. Gone is Weather Report's eighth studio album, and is perhaps best known for receiving a "one-star" rating by Down Beat magazine.According to Down Beat magazine, "Zawinul, Shorter, et al. have made the controversial music a commercial product; unfortunately ..... B-side A-side and B-side A-side and B-side originally referred to the two sides of gramophone records on which singles were released beginning in the 1950s. The terms have come to refer to the types of song conventionally placed on each side of the record, with the A-side being the featured song , while the B-side, or... : "Birdland" (Joe Zawinul Joe Zawinul Josef Erich Zawinul was an Austrian-American jazz keyboardist and composer.First coming to prominence with saxophonist Cannonball Adderley, Zawinul went on to play with trumpeter Miles Davis, and to become one of the creators of jazz fusion, an innovative musical genre that combined jazz with... ) – 5:59 Released: 1978 Format: 7" Gramophone record A gramophone record, commonly known as a phonograph record , vinyl record , or colloquially, a record, is an analog sound storage medium consisting of a flat disc with an inscribed, modulated spiral groove...   Recorded: May 1978 Genre Music genre A music genre is a categorical and typological construct that identifies musical sounds as belonging to a particular category and type of music that can be distinguished from other types of music... : Jazz fusion Jazz fusion Jazz fusion is a musical fusion genre that developed from mixing funk and R&B rhythms and the amplification and electronic effects of rock, complex time signatures derived from non-Western music and extended, typically instrumental compositions with a jazz approach to lengthy group improvisations,...   Length: 4:47 Label Record label In the music industry, a record label is a brand and a trademark associated with the marketing of music recordings and music videos. Most commonly, a record label is the company that manages such brands and trademarks, coordinates the production, manufacture, distribution, marketing and promotion,... : CBS CBS Records CBS Records is a record label founded by CBS Corporation in 2006 to take advantage of music from its entertainment properties owned by CBS Television Studios. The initial label roster consisted of only three artists; rock band Señor Happy and singer/songwriters Will Dailey and P.J... , ARC American Record Company The American Record Company was a United States record label, in business from about 1904 to 1908. Then re-activated in 1979.The American Record Company was founded by Ellsworth A. Hawthorne and Horace Sheble and Frederick M. Prescott. It was based in Springfield, Massachusetts...   Writer(s) Songwriter A songwriter is an individual who writes both the lyrics and music to a song. Someone who solely writes lyrics may be called a lyricist, and someone who only writes music may be called a composer... : Jaco Pastorius Jaco Pastorius John Francis Anthony Pastorius III , known as Jaco Pastorius, was an American jazz musician and composer widely acknowledged as a virtuoso electric bass player....   Producer Record producer A record producer is an individual working within the music industry, whose job is to oversee and manage the recording of an artist's music... : Joe Zawinul, Jaco Pastorius Versions 1978 CBS CBS 6743 (7"; Netherlands) 1978 CBS S CBS 6743 (7", Promo; UK) 1978 "River People" (Jaco Pastorius) / "The Pursuit of the Woman with the Feathered Hat" (Zawinul) ARC ASD 515 (12" 33⅓ rpm, Promo; U.S.)
1983	/ "Where the Moon Goes"       Additional information                Single Single (music) In music, a single or record single is a type of release, typically a recording of fewer tracks than an LP or a CD. This can be released for sale to the public in a variety of different formats. In most cases, the single is a song that is released separately from an album, but it can still appear...  by Weather Report Weather Report Weather Report was an American jazz-rock band of the 1970s and early 1980s. The band was co-led by the Austrian-born keyboard player Joe Zawinul and the American saxophonist Wayne Shorter...  from the Album Procession Procession (album) Procession is the tenth studio album from Weather Report. It is the first album to feature the newest lineup of Weather Report. Victor Bailey replaced Jaco Pastorius as the bassist and Omar Hakim replaced Peter Erskine as the drummer. José Rossy was also added to the line up as percussionist... Released: 1983 Format: 2×12" Gramophone record A gramophone record, commonly known as a phonograph record , vinyl record , or colloquially, a record, is an analog sound storage medium consisting of a flat disc with an inscribed, modulated spiral groove...   Recorded: 1983 Genre Music genre A music genre is a categorical and typological construct that identifies musical sounds as belonging to a particular category and type of music that can be distinguished from other types of music... : Jazz fusion Jazz fusion Jazz fusion is a musical fusion genre that developed from mixing funk and R&B rhythms and the amplification and electronic effects of rock, complex time signatures derived from non-Western music and extended, typically instrumental compositions with a jazz approach to lengthy group improvisations,...   Label Record label In the music industry, a record label is a brand and a trademark associated with the marketing of music recordings and music videos. Most commonly, a record label is the company that manages such brands and trademarks, coordinates the production, manufacture, distribution, marketing and promotion,... : CBS CBS Records CBS Records is a record label founded by CBS Corporation in 2006 to take advantage of music from its entertainment properties owned by CBS Television Studios. The initial label roster consisted of only three artists; rock band Señor Happy and singer/songwriters Will Dailey and P.J...   Writer(s) Songwriter A songwriter is an individual who writes both the lyrics and music to a song. Someone who solely writes lyrics may be called a lyricist, and someone who only writes music may be called a composer... : Joe Zawinul Joe Zawinul Josef Erich Zawinul was an Austrian-American jazz keyboardist and composer.First coming to prominence with saxophonist Cannonball Adderley, Zawinul went on to play with trumpeter Miles Davis, and to become one of the creators of jazz fusion, an innovative musical genre that combined jazz with...   Producer Record producer A record producer is an individual working within the music industry, whose job is to oversee and manage the recording of an artist's music... : Joe Zawinul, Wayne Shorter Wayne Shorter Wayne Shorter is an American jazz saxophonist and composer.He is generally acknowledged to be jazz's greatest living composer, and many of his compositions have become standards... Track listing Disc one "Procession" (Joe Zawinul) – 8:35 Disc two "Where the Moon Goes" (Zawinul, Lyrics by Nan O'Byrne and Zawinul) – 7:46

Videography

Year	Title
1971	Beat Club 1971       Additional information                                Format: VHS VHS The Video Home System is a consumer-level analog recording videocassette standard developed by Victor Company of Japan ....   Released: August 1971 Recorded: July 1971 in Bremen, Germany Aired: 9 August 1971 by Radio Bremen Genre: Jazz fusion Jazz fusion Jazz fusion is a musical fusion genre that developed from mixing funk and R&B rhythms and the amplification and electronic effects of rock, complex time signatures derived from non-Western music and extended, typically instrumental compositions with a jazz approach to lengthy group improvisations,...   Length: ca. 10 mins Track listing "Waterfall" (Joe Zawinul Joe Zawinul Josef Erich Zawinul was an Austrian-American jazz keyboardist and composer.First coming to prominence with saxophonist Cannonball Adderley, Zawinul went on to play with trumpeter Miles Davis, and to become one of the creators of jazz fusion, an innovative musical genre that combined jazz with... ) Weather Report Weather Report Weather Report was an American jazz-rock band of the 1970s and early 1980s. The band was co-led by the Austrian-born keyboard player Joe Zawinul and the American saxophonist Wayne Shorter... Joe Zawinul Joe Zawinul Josef Erich Zawinul was an Austrian-American jazz keyboardist and composer.First coming to prominence with saxophonist Cannonball Adderley, Zawinul went on to play with trumpeter Miles Davis, and to become one of the creators of jazz fusion, an innovative musical genre that combined jazz with...  - Keyboards Wayne Shorter Wayne Shorter Wayne Shorter is an American jazz saxophonist and composer.He is generally acknowledged to be jazz's greatest living composer, and many of his compositions have become standards...  - Saxophone Miroslav Vitous Miroslav Vitouš Miroslav Ladislav Vitouš , is a Czech jazz bassist.-Biography:Born in Prague, he began the violin at age six, and started playing the piano at age ten, and bass at fourteen. As a young man in Europe, Vitouš was a competitive swimmer. One of his early music groups was the Junior Trio with his...  - Bass Alphonse Mouzon Alphonse Mouzon Alphonse Mouzon is a well-known jazz-fusion drummer and percussionist, and the Chairman/CEO of Tenacious Records. He also composes, arranges and produces, as well as acts...  - Drums, voice Dom Um Romão Dom Um Romão Dom Um Romão was a Brazilian jazz drummer and percussionist. Noted for his expressive stylings with the fusion band Weather Report, Romão recorded with varied artists such as Cannonball Adderley, Paul Simon, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Sergio Mendes and Brasil '66 and Tony Bennett...  - Percussion
1976	Live at Montreux 1976       Additional information        style="background: transparent; border: transparent none" | Format: VHS VHS The Video Home System is a consumer-level analog recording videocassette standard developed by Victor Company of Japan ....   Released: 1976 Recorded: 8 July 1976 at the Montreux Jazz Fest in Montreux, Switzerland Genre: Jazz fusion Jazz fusion Jazz fusion is a musical fusion genre that developed from mixing funk and R&B rhythms and the amplification and electronic effects of rock, complex time signatures derived from non-Western music and extended, typically instrumental compositions with a jazz approach to lengthy group improvisations,...   Length: ca. 84 mins (DVD DVD-Video DVD-Video is a consumer video format used to store digital video on DVD discs, and is currently the dominant consumer video format in Asia, North America, Europe, and Australia. Discs using the DVD-Video specification require a DVD drive and a MPEG-2 decoder... ) Track listing "Elegant People" (Wayne Shorter Wayne Shorter Wayne Shorter is an American jazz saxophonist and composer.He is generally acknowledged to be jazz's greatest living composer, and many of his compositions have become standards... ) – 6:35 "Scarlet Woman" (lphonso Johnson, Shorter, Joe Zawinul Joe Zawinul Josef Erich Zawinul was an Austrian-American jazz keyboardist and composer.First coming to prominence with saxophonist Cannonball Adderley, Zawinul went on to play with trumpeter Miles Davis, and to become one of the creators of jazz fusion, an innovative musical genre that combined jazz with... ) – 8:23 "Come On, Come Over" / "Barbary Coast" (Jaco Pastorius Jaco Pastorius John Francis Anthony Pastorius III , known as Jaco Pastorius, was an American jazz musician and composer widely acknowledged as a virtuoso electric bass player.... ) – 9:45 "Portrait of Tracy" (Pastorius) – 5:22 "Cannon Ball" (Zawinul) – 6:36 "Black Market" (Zawinul1) – 10:08 "Rumba Mama" (Manolo Badrena Manolo Badrena Manolo Badrena is a percussionist most noted for his work with Weather Report from 1976 to 1977. He has made contributions to over 100 recordings that span jazz, world music, pop, and Latin music... , Alex Acuña Alex Acuña Alejandro Neciosup Acuña aka Alex Acuña is a Peruvian drummer and percussionist, in the Afro-Cuban jazz style.Born in Pativilca, Peru, Acuña played in local bands from the age of ten, and moved to Lima as a teenager. At the age of eighteen he joined the band of Perez Prado, and in 1967 he moved... ) – 6:25 Keyboard and Saxophone Duet (Zawinul, Shorter) – 5:12 "Dr. Honoris Causa" / "Directions" (Zawinul) [DVD only] – 7:25 "Badia" / "Gibraltar" (Zawinul) – 17:10 Weather Report Weather Report Weather Report was an American jazz-rock band of the 1970s and early 1980s. The band was co-led by the Austrian-born keyboard player Joe Zawinul and the American saxophonist Wayne Shorter... Joe Zawinul - Keyboards Wayne Shorter - Saxophone Jaco Pastorius - Bass Alex Acuña - Drums Manolo Badrena - Percussion Reissues 2006 Indie 0006 (DVD) 2007 Eagle Vision 39146/EREDV629, Rajon Vision RV0756 (DVD)
1978	Young and Fine Live!       Additional information                        Format: VHS VHS The Video Home System is a consumer-level analog recording videocassette standard developed by Victor Company of Japan ....   Released: 1978 Recorded: 29 September 1978 at the Stadthalle in Offenbach, Germany for the German TV program Rockpalast Rockpalast Rockpalast is a German music television show that broadcasts live on German television station Westdeutscher Rundfunk . Rockpalast started in 1974 and continues to this day. Hundreds of rock and jazz bands have performed on Rockpalast...   Aired: 1978 Genre: Jazz fusion Jazz fusion Jazz fusion is a musical fusion genre that developed from mixing funk and R&B rhythms and the amplification and electronic effects of rock, complex time signatures derived from non-Western music and extended, typically instrumental compositions with a jazz approach to lengthy group improvisations,...   Length: ca. 118 mins Track listing "Black Market" (Joe Zawinul Joe Zawinul Josef Erich Zawinul was an Austrian-American jazz keyboardist and composer.First coming to prominence with saxophonist Cannonball Adderley, Zawinul went on to play with trumpeter Miles Davis, and to become one of the creators of jazz fusion, an innovative musical genre that combined jazz with... ) – 10:02 "Scarlet Woman" (Alphonso Johnson Alphonso Johnson Alphonso Johnson is an American jazz bassist who has been influential since the early 1970s.-Biography:Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Johnson started off as an upright bass player, but switched to the electric bass in his late teens. Beginning his career in the early 1970s, Johnson showed... , Wayne Shorter Wayne Shorter Wayne Shorter is an American jazz saxophonist and composer.He is generally acknowledged to be jazz's greatest living composer, and many of his compositions have become standards... , Zawinul) – 9:23 "Young and Fine" (Zawinul) – 6:46 "The Pursuit of the Woman with the Feathered Hat" (Zawinul) – 6:48 "A Remark You Made" (Zawinul) – 7:04 "River People" (Jaco Pastorius Jaco Pastorius John Francis Anthony Pastorius III , known as Jaco Pastorius, was an American jazz musician and composer widely acknowledged as a virtuoso electric bass player.... ) – 7:53 "Thanks for the Memory" (Leo Robin Leo Robin Leo Robin was an American composer, lyricist and songwriter. He is probably best known for collaborating with Ralph Rainger on the 1938 Oscar-winning song "Thanks for the Memory," sung by Bob Hope in the film The Big Broadcast of 1938.-Biography:Robin was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and... , Ralph Rainger Ralph Rainger Ralph Rainger was an American composer of popular music principally for films.-Biography:Born Ralph Reichenthal in New York City, Rainger embarked on a legal career before escaping to Broadway where he became Clifton Webb's accompanist... ) – 3:47 "Dolores" (Pastorius) / "A Portrait of Tracy" (Pastorius) / Slang (Pastorius) / "Third Stone from the Sun Third Stone from the Sun "Third Stone From the Sun" is a song written and originally recorded by Jimi Hendrix and released as "3rd Stone From The Sun" on the 1967 Are You Experienced album by Jimi Hendrix Experience... " (Jimi Hendrix Jimi Hendrix James Marshall "Jimi" Hendrix was an American guitarist and singer-songwriter... ) – 9:51 "Mr. Gone (Zawinul) – 2:08 "In a Silent Way" (Zawinul) – ?:?? "Waterfall" (Zawinul) – 1:54 "Teen Town" (Pastorius) – 8:09 "I Got It Bad (and That Ain't Good) I Got It Bad (and That Ain't Good) "I Got It Bad " is a pop and jazz standard with music by Duke Ellington and lyrics by Paul Francis Webster published in 1941... " (Duke Ellington Duke Ellington Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington was an American composer, pianist, and big band leader. Ellington wrote over 1,000 compositions... , Paul Francis Webster Paul Francis Webster Paul Francis Webster was an American lyricist who won three Academy Awards for Best Song and was nominated sixteen times for the award.-Biography:... ) – 8:48 "Birdland" (Zawinul) – 8:36 "Fred and Jack" (Johnson, Shorter, Zawinul) – 6:17 "Elegant People" (Zawinul) – 8:09 "Badia" / "Boogie Woogie Waltz" (Zawinul) – 13:14 Weather Report Weather Report Weather Report was an American jazz-rock band of the 1970s and early 1980s. The band was co-led by the Austrian-born keyboard player Joe Zawinul and the American saxophonist Wayne Shorter... Joe Zawinul - Keyboards Wayne Shorter - Saxophone Jaco Pastorius - Bass Peter Erskine Peter Erskine Peter Erskine is an American jazz drummer and composer. He has enjoyed a long and successful career as a session drummer, recording and touring with many famous jazz and rock artists, including Steely Dan and Weather Report...  - Drums Reissues 2006 Indie 91888 (DVD DVD-Video DVD-Video is a consumer video format used to store digital video on DVD discs, and is currently the dominant consumer video format in Asia, North America, Europe, and Australia. Discs using the DVD-Video specification require a DVD drive and a MPEG-2 decoder... ) Notes The DVD of the Stadthalle concert is also featured in the Forecast: Tomorrow Forecast: Tomorrow Forecast: Tomorrow is a 3-CD/1-DVD career-spanning compilation of recordings of Weather Report. The 37 tracks are presented chronologically, beginning with three tracks pre–Weather Report, from ensemble duties with Miles Davis , Cannonball Adderley , and from a Shorter solo album... Box set released in 2006.
1984	The Evolutionary Spiral       Additional information                                        Format: VHS VHS The Video Home System is a consumer-level analog recording videocassette standard developed by Victor Company of Japan ....   Released: 1984 Recorded: 1983–1984 Genre: Jazz fusion Jazz fusion Jazz fusion is a musical fusion genre that developed from mixing funk and R&B rhythms and the amplification and electronic effects of rock, complex time signatures derived from non-Western music and extended, typically instrumental compositions with a jazz approach to lengthy group improvisations,...   Length: ca. 22 mins Label: Sony Music Entertainment Sony Music Entertainment Sony Music Entertainment ' is the second-largest global recorded music company of the "big four" record companies and is controlled by Sony Corporation of America, the United States subsidiary of Japan's Sony Corporation.... Track listing "Procession" (Joe Zawinul Joe Zawinul Josef Erich Zawinul was an Austrian-American jazz keyboardist and composer.First coming to prominence with saxophonist Cannonball Adderley, Zawinul went on to play with trumpeter Miles Davis, and to become one of the creators of jazz fusion, an innovative musical genre that combined jazz with... ) "Plaza Real" (Wayne Shorter Wayne Shorter Wayne Shorter is an American jazz saxophonist and composer.He is generally acknowledged to be jazz's greatest living composer, and many of his compositions have become standards... ) "Two Lines" (Zawinul) Weather Report Weather Report Weather Report was an American jazz-rock band of the 1970s and early 1980s. The band was co-led by the Austrian-born keyboard player Joe Zawinul and the American saxophonist Wayne Shorter... Joe Zawinul - Keyboards Wayne Shorter - Saxophone Victor Bailey - Bass Omar Hakim Omar Hakim Omar Hakim is an American jazz, jazz fusion and pop music drummer.Hakim credits jazz vibraphonist Mike Mainieri with giving him his first break in 1980; Hakim appeared in a video with Mainieri called The Jazz Life and began working with singer Carly Simon through Mainieri...  - Drums José Rossy - Percussion
	Japan Domino Theory: Weather Report Live in Tokyo       Additional information                        Format: VHS VHS The Video Home System is a consumer-level analog recording videocassette standard developed by Victor Company of Japan ....   Released: 1984 Recorded: 1984 in Japan Genre: Jazz fusion Jazz fusion Jazz fusion is a musical fusion genre that developed from mixing funk and R&B rhythms and the amplification and electronic effects of rock, complex time signatures derived from non-Western music and extended, typically instrumental compositions with a jazz approach to lengthy group improvisations,...   Length: ??:?? Label: Hendring: HEN 2 030 D Track listing "D♭ Waltz" (Joe Zawinul Joe Zawinul Josef Erich Zawinul was an Austrian-American jazz keyboardist and composer.First coming to prominence with saxophonist Cannonball Adderley, Zawinul went on to play with trumpeter Miles Davis, and to become one of the creators of jazz fusion, an innovative musical genre that combined jazz with... ) Duet (Improvisation) "Where the Moon Goes" (Zawinul, Lyrics by Nan O'Byrne and Zawinul) Medley "8:30" "Black Market" (Zawinul) "Elegant People" (Wayne Shorter Wayne Shorter Wayne Shorter is an American jazz saxophonist and composer.He is generally acknowledged to be jazz's greatest living composer, and many of his compositions have become standards... ) "Swamp Cabbage" (Shorter) "Badia" (Zawinul) "A Remark You Made" (Zawinul) "Birdland" (Zawinul) Weather Report Weather Report Weather Report was an American jazz-rock band of the 1970s and early 1980s. The band was co-led by the Austrian-born keyboard player Joe Zawinul and the American saxophonist Wayne Shorter... Joe Zawinul - Keyboards Wayne Shorter - Saxophone Victor Bailey - Bass Omar Hakim Omar Hakim Omar Hakim is an American jazz, jazz fusion and pop music drummer.Hakim credits jazz vibraphonist Mike Mainieri with giving him his first break in 1980; Hakim appeared in a video with Mainieri called The Jazz Life and began working with singer Carly Simon through Mainieri...  - Drums, voice Reissues 2008 Mc 110389 (DVD DVD-Video DVD-Video is a consumer video format used to store digital video on DVD discs, and is currently the dominant consumer video format in Asia, North America, Europe, and Australia. Discs using the DVD-Video specification require a DVD drive and a MPEG-2 decoder... )
2010	Live in Hamburg 1971       Additional information                        Format: DVD DVD-Video DVD-Video is a consumer video format used to store digital video on DVD discs, and is currently the dominant consumer video format in Asia, North America, Europe, and Australia. Discs using the DVD-Video specification require a DVD drive and a MPEG-2 decoder...   Released: May 2010 Recorded: 1971 Genre: Jazz fusion Jazz fusion Jazz fusion is a musical fusion genre that developed from mixing funk and R&B rhythms and the amplification and electronic effects of rock, complex time signatures derived from non-Western music and extended, typically instrumental compositions with a jazz approach to lengthy group improvisations,...   Length: ??:?? Label: MVD HST001DVD Track listing "Umbrellas" (Wayne Shorter Wayne Shorter Wayne Shorter is an American jazz saxophonist and composer.He is generally acknowledged to be jazz's greatest living composer, and many of his compositions have become standards... , Miroslav Vitous Miroslav Vitouš Miroslav Ladislav Vitouš , is a Czech jazz bassist.-Biography:Born in Prague, he began the violin at age six, and started playing the piano at age ten, and bass at fourteen. As a young man in Europe, Vitouš was a competitive swimmer. One of his early music groups was the Junior Trio with his... , Joe Zawinul Joe Zawinul Josef Erich Zawinul was an Austrian-American jazz keyboardist and composer.First coming to prominence with saxophonist Cannonball Adderley, Zawinul went on to play with trumpeter Miles Davis, and to become one of the creators of jazz fusion, an innovative musical genre that combined jazz with... ) "Orange Lady" (Zawinul) "Waterfall" (Zawinul) "Seventh Arrow" (Vitous) "T.H." (Vitous) "Morning Lake" (Vitous) Improvised Medley including "Dr. Honoris Causa" (Zawinul) Weather Report Weather Report Weather Report was an American jazz-rock band of the 1970s and early 1980s. The band was co-led by the Austrian-born keyboard player Joe Zawinul and the American saxophonist Wayne Shorter... Joe Zawinul - Keyboards Wayne Shorter - Saxophone Miroslav Vitous - Bass Alphonse Mouzon Alphonse Mouzon Alphonse Mouzon is a well-known jazz-fusion drummer and percussionist, and the Chairman/CEO of Tenacious Records. He also composes, arranges and produces, as well as acts...  - Drums, voice Dom Um Romão Dom Um Romão Dom Um Romão was a Brazilian jazz drummer and percussionist. Noted for his expressive stylings with the fusion band Weather Report, Romão recorded with varied artists such as Cannonball Adderley, Paul Simon, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Sergio Mendes and Brasil '66 and Tony Bennett...  - Percussion

Tribute albums

Year	Title
2000	Celebrating the Music of Weather Report       Additional information        Artist: Various Artists Format: CD  Released: 22 February 2000 Recorded: 1999–2000 Genre: Jazz fusion Jazz fusion Jazz fusion is a musical fusion genre that developed from mixing funk and R&B rhythms and the amplification and electronic effects of rock, complex time signatures derived from non-Western music and extended, typically instrumental compositions with a jazz approach to lengthy group improvisations,...   Length: 58:24 Label: Telarc Telarc International Corporation Telarc International Corporation is an independent record label, based in Cleveland, Ohio, United States, and founded in 1977 by two classically trained musicians and former teachers, Jack Renner and Robert Woods...  83473 Producer: Jason Miles Track listing "Birdland" (Joe Zawinul Joe Zawinul Josef Erich Zawinul was an Austrian-American jazz keyboardist and composer.First coming to prominence with saxophonist Cannonball Adderley, Zawinul went on to play with trumpeter Miles Davis, and to become one of the creators of jazz fusion, an innovative musical genre that combined jazz with... ) – 6:03 "Elegant People" (Wayne Shorter Wayne Shorter Wayne Shorter is an American jazz saxophonist and composer.He is generally acknowledged to be jazz's greatest living composer, and many of his compositions have become standards... ) – 5:16 "Badia" (Zawinul) – 5:34 "Young and Fine" (Zawinul) – 4:57 "Cannon Ball" (Zawinul) – 4:50 "The Pursuit of the Woman With the Feathered Hat" (Zawinul) – 5:10 "Mysterious Traveller" (Shorter) – 4:39 "Harlequin" (Shorter) – 4:38 "The Man in the Green Shirt" (Zawinul) – 6:03 "Palladium" (Shorter) – 5:07 "Cucumber Slumber" (Alphonso Johnson Alphonso Johnson Alphonso Johnson is an American jazz bassist who has been influential since the early 1970s.-Biography:Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Johnson started off as an upright bass player, but switched to the electric bass in his late teens. Beginning his career in the early 1970s, Johnson showed... , Zawinul) – 6:07 Personnel Michael Brecker Michael Brecker Michael Leonard Brecker was an American jazz saxophonist and composer. Acknowledged as "a quiet, gentle musician widely regarded as the most influential tenor saxophonist since John Coltrane," he has been awarded 15 Grammy Awards as both performer and composer and was inducted into Down Beat Jazz... David Sanborn David Sanborn David Sanborn is an American alto saxophonist. Though Sanborn has worked in many genres, his solo recordings typically blend jazz with instrumental pop and R&B. He released his first solo album Taking Off in 1975, but has been playing the saxophone since before he was in high school... Aaron Heick Jay Beckenstein Jay Beckenstein Jay B. Beckenstein is a saxophone player, smooth jazz artist and together with Jeremy Wall founded Spyro Gyra... Andy Narell Andy Narell Andy Narell is a musician and composer specialized in the steelpan.-Biography:He was born in New York City and moved to California in his teens. He took up the steelpan at a very young age in Queens, New York... Randy Brecker Randy Brecker Randal "Randy" Brecker is an American trumpeter and flugelhornist. He is a highly sought after performer in the genres of jazz, rock, and R&B, and has performed or recorded with Stanley Turrentine, Billy Cobham, Bruce Springsteen, Lou Reed, Sandip Burman, Charles Mingus, Blood, Sweat & Tears,... Marcus Miller Marcus Miller Marcus Miller is an American jazz composer, producer, and multi-instrumentalist. Miller is best known as a bassist, working with trumpeter Miles Davis, singer Luther Vandross, and saxophonist David Sanborn, as well as maintaining a prolific solo career... John Scofield John Scofield John Scofield , often referred to as "Sco," is an American jazz guitarist and composer, who has played and collaborated with Miles Davis, Dave Liebman, Joe Henderson, Charles Mingus, Joey Defrancesco, Herbie Hancock, Pat Metheny, Bill Frisell, Pat Martino, Mavis Staples, Phil Lesh, Billy Cobham,... Dean Brown Dean Brown (guitarist) Dean Brown is an American jazz fusion guitarist and session musician.-Career:Dean Brown graduated from Berklee College of Music in 1977... Vinnie Colaiuta Vinnie Colaiuta Vincent Colaiuta is an American drummer based in Los Angeles. Originally from Republic, Pennsylvania, he began playing drums as a child and received his first full drum kit from his parents at the age of 14... Notes Tribute album to celebrate the 30th anniversary of Weather Report Weather Report Weather Report was an American jazz-rock band of the 1970s and early 1980s. The band was co-led by the Austrian-born keyboard player Joe Zawinul and the American saxophonist Wayne Shorter... 's formation.
2005	Mysterious Voyages: A Tribute to Weather Report       Additional information        Artist: Various Artists Format: 2-CD  Released: 24 May 2005 Recorded: 2005 Genre: Jazz fusion Jazz fusion Jazz fusion is a musical fusion genre that developed from mixing funk and R&B rhythms and the amplification and electronic effects of rock, complex time signatures derived from non-Western music and extended, typically instrumental compositions with a jazz approach to lengthy group improvisations,...   Length: ??:?? Label: Tone Center B0009HLCMO, ESC 4039 Track listing Disc one Scott Kinsey Scott Kinsey Scott Kinsey is a keyboardist best known for his work with the jazz fusion group Tribal Tech and for his contributions to soundtracks for major motion pictures, notably Ocean's Eleven and Ocean's Twelve...  – "Big Rock" – 4:38 Marcus Miller Marcus Miller Marcus Miller is an American jazz composer, producer, and multi-instrumentalist. Miller is best known as a bassist, working with trumpeter Miles Davis, singer Luther Vandross, and saxophonist David Sanborn, as well as maintaining a prolific solo career...  – "Teen Town" – 4:56 Yuri Honing Yuri Honing Yuri Honing is a Dutch jazz saxophonist.-Career:Yuri Honing starts his own Trio in 1990, with bassist Tony Overwater and drummer Joost Lijbaart...  and Michiel Borstlap Michiel Borstlap Michiel Borstlap is a Dutch jazz pianist and composer.Borstlap started playing piano at the age of 5 years....  – "Memory of Enchantment" – 4:12 Trinity – "Weather Is Changing" – 7:57 Michael Wolff Trio Michael Wolff Michael Blieden Wolff is an American jazz pianist, composer, producer, actor, and jazz educator. He was the bandleader and musical director of The Arsenio Hall Show...  – "Pinocchio" – 5:30 Tribal Tech Tribal Tech Tribal Tech is a progressive fusion band, originally formed in 1984 by guitarist Scott Henderson and bass player Gary Willis. From 1993 forward the band included Scott Kinsey on keyboard and Kirk Covington on drums, and has produced nine albums that stretch the borders between blues, jazz, and rock...  – "You May Remember Me" – 4:44 Jackie McLean Jackie McLean John Lenwood McLean was an American jazz alto saxophonist, composer, bandleader and educator, born in New York City.-Biography:McLean's father, John Sr., played guitar in Tiny Bradshaw's orchestra...  – "Three Views of a Secret" – 7:40 Kai Eckhardt Kai Eckhardt Kai Eckhardt is a German musician and composer who plays bass, best known for his work with John McLaughlin, Vital Information, the band he co-founded Garaj Mahal and Billy Cobham...  – "Queen of Cups" – 9:11 Ángel Celada – "Corner Pocket" – 7:17 Richard S. & The Vibe Tribe – "Travels" – 8:29 Rachel Z Trio Rachel Z Rachel Carmel Nicolazzo better known as Rachel Z, is a jazz pianist. She attended the Berklee College of Music Summer School and Manhattan School of Music pre-college, where she launched the quintet, Nardis, whilst studying with Joanne Brackeen and Richie Beirach in NYC. Later Rachel Z graduated...  – "On the Milky Way Express" – 6:09 Gary Willis Gary Willis Gary Willis is an American bassist and composer known foremost as the co-founder of the jazz fusion band Tribal Tech. Aside from his work in Tribal Tech, Willis has worked with numerous other jazz musicians including Wayne Shorter, Dennis Chambers, and Allan Holdsworth...  – "Emancipation" – 4:52 Disc two The The White House – "Bombay" – 6:18 Christian Jacob Christian Jacob Christian Jacob is a lyrical jazz pianist who ranks among the top piano improvisers and accompanists working today. He has gained widespread exposure as musical director and performer with vocalist Tierney Sutton, although he has also maintained a substantial career as a solo artist and...  and Terje Gewelt Terje Gewelt Terje Gewelt is a Norwegian jazz bassist.He grew up in Larvik, a small town on the southeastern coast. He started playing guitar at the age of 10, switched to electric bass at 14 and added acoustic bass at 17....  – "A Remark You Made" – 5:19 Rocco Zifarelli – "Havona" – 7:36 Jim Beard Jim Beard James Arthur Beard is an American jazz pianist and keyboardist, contemporary instrumental composer, arranger and record producer.- Life and career :...  – "Fever" – 5:51 Acoustic Mania – "Birdland" – 5:38 Torsten de Winkel Torsten de Winkel Torsten de Winkel is a German musician and composer primarily active in the jazz and world music genres...  – "Scarlet Woman" – 5:08 Karizma – "Palladium" – 7:32 Tony Grey – "White Woods" – 7:59 Alex Gunia – "American Tango" – 9:10 Slop Shop – "Overlook Hotel" – 4:33 Mantra – "Mysterious Traveller" – 7:29 Clive Stevens – "Beat 17" – 4:20 Notes 24 different groups of fusion musicians paying tribute to Weather Report Weather Report Weather Report was an American jazz-rock band of the 1970s and early 1980s. The band was co-led by the Austrian-born keyboard player Joe Zawinul and the American saxophonist Wayne Shorter... .

Unofficial releases

• 1971: Live in Vienna, November 1971 (LP
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  The LP, or long-playing microgroove record, is a format for phonograph records, an analog sound storage medium. Introduced by Columbia Records in 1948, it was soon adopted as a new standard by the entire record industry...
  
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• 1971: Berlin, September 3, 1971 (with Eje Thelin
  Eje Thelin
  Eje Thelin was an innovative Swedish trombonist, widely admired among fellow trombonists for his facile technique and rhythmic intensity...
  
  , Alan Skidmore
  Alan Skidmore
  Alan Skidmore is a tenor saxophonist of jazz and blues music, son of the saxophonist Jimmy Skidmore.-As a sideman:...
  
  , and John Surman
  John Surman
  John Douglas Surman is an English jazz saxophone, bass clarinet and synthesizer player, and composer of free jazz and modal jazz, often using themes from folk music as a basis...
  
  ) (LP)
• 1974: Solarization's (LP)
• 1978: In a Silent Phoenix (LP)
• 1978: Live Weather (LP)
• 1980: Hammersmith Affair (LP)
• 1980: Live Passage (LP)
• 1980: Paris Live 1980 (LP)
• 1981: At The Opera House 1981 (LP)
• 1998: Milky Way SELL 1140 (CD)
• 2000: Paris Live 1980, Vol. 1 Gemini (CD)