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WEATHER REPORT

LIVE ON THE RADIO 17TH OCTOBER 1972 (2CD)
Label GREYSCALE
Catalog GSGZ191CD
Format CD
Discs 2
Category ROCK/POPS
Street Date 2019-05-17
Description
Weather Report was an American jazz fusion band of the 1970s and early 1980s. The band was initially co-led by the Austrian-born keyboard player Joe Zawinul, the American saxophonist Wayne Shorter and Czech bassist Miroslav Vitouš. Other prominent members at various points in the band’s lifespan included bassists Alphonso Johnson, Jaco Pastorius and Victor Bailey; and drummers/percussionists Peter Erskine, Alex Acuña, Airto Moreira, and Chester Thompson. Throughout most of its existence, the band was a quintet of keyboards, saxophone, bass, drums and percussion. The band began as an avant-garde jazz group; when Vitouš left Weather Report after a few years (due to creative and financial disagreements), Zawinul increasingly took control and steered the band towards a more funk and R&B-oriented jazz sound incorporating elements of world music and the latest developments in synthesizer technology. Despite these developments, during the mid-1970s Weather Report remained one of the defining acts within the jazz form, winning the DownBeat best album award five times in a row. Their studio albums were fantastic but live they were incandescent. Just listen to this recording from nearly half a century ago and you will see what I mean.
tracklisting
Disc One:
1. Unknown Soldier
2. Vertical Invader
3. Improvisation
4. Percussion
5. Directions

Disc Two:
1. Band Introduction
2. Improvisation
3. Dr Honora Causa
4. Improvisation
5. In A Silent Way
6. It’s About That Time
7. Percussion
8. Orange Lady
9. Percussion
 

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