Sweetnighter
Released: Feb 3, 1973
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Released: Feb 3, 1973
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Right from the start, a vastly different Weather Report emerges here, one that reflects co-leader Joe Zawinul's developing obsession with the groove. It is the groove that rules this mesmerizing...
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Live in Tokyo
Released: Jan 13, 1972
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Released: Jan 13, 1972
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While side two of I Sing the Body Electric gives us heavily edited glimpses of Weather Report as heard live in Tokyo, this two-disc Japanese import contains entire group ensembles from that concert...
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Weather Report - 1971
Released: Feb 16, 1971
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Released: Feb 16, 1971
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Here we have the free-floating, abstract beginnings of Weather Report, which would define the state of the electronic jazz/rock art from its first note almost to its last. Their first album is a...
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8:30
Released: December 1979
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Released: December 1979
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Weather Report is generally regarded as the greatest jazz fusion band of all time, with the biggest jazz hit ("Birdland") from the best jazz fusion album (1977's Heavy Weather). But the group's...
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Montreux Jazz Festival, 1976
Released: 1976
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Released: 1976
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The 1976 Montreux Jazz Festival was a highly percussive outing for Weather Report, with drummer Alex Acuna and percussionist Manolo Badrena in starring roles. This is jazz fusion at its zenith. The...
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Beat Club 1971
Released: 1971
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Released: 1971
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Weather Report's 1971 live performance at the Beat Club makes it to tape in the form of a ten-minute video. This early version of the band features Alphonse Mouzon (drums), Miroslav Vitous (bass),...
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Weather Report - 1982
Released: 1982
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Released: 1982
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For some crafty reason, Weather Report gave its 11th Columbia album the same eponymous title as its first, which no doubt led to massive retail confusion. It is the last WR album for Peter Erskine,...
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