Warm and sunny, with intermittent showers of be-bop, funk, and … jazz fusion.
At some point in the 80’s that term became a bad word. Perhaps jazz fission would have been better. (clean energy)
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Weather Report was born after the great Joe Zawinul and Wayne Shorter ended their tenure with Miles Davis with two spectacular albums, In a Silent Way (1969) and Bitches Brew.(1970), and decided to form their own group.
They released 15 albums, pretty much once a year between 1971 and 1986. Choosing one track per album is today’s challenge:
1. Weather Report (1971)
2. I Sing the Body Electric (1972)
3. Sweetnighter (1973)
4. Mysterious Traveller (1974)
5. Tale Spinnin’ (1975)
6. Black Market (1976)
7. Heavy Weather (1977)
8. Mr. Gone (1978)
9. 8:30 (1979)
10. Night Passage (1980)
11. Weather Report (1982)
12. Procession (1983)
13. Domino Theory (1984)
14. Sportin’ Life (1985)
15. This is This! (1986)
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Author: Lewis Saul
