Essential Recordings Weather Report - Heavy Weather
Release Date: 1977
Label: Columbia Records/CBS
Weather Report's best-selling album is also Jaco's first as a co-leader. Here, Zawinul's mega hit "Birdland" leads off the album, followed by Jaco's lyrical fretless work on "A Remark You Made" and Jaco's own "Teen Town" (with Jaco on bass and drums). Jaco was nominated for a Grammy (Best Jazz Soloist) for his work on this album.
Tracks:
Birdland(Zawinul) 5:59
A Remark You Made(Zawinul) 6:52
Teen Town(Pastorius) 2:53
Harlequin(Shorter) 4:00
Rumba Mama(Badrena) 2:12
Palladium(Shorter) 4:45
The Juggler(Zawinul) 5:05
Havona(Pastorius) 6:03
Musicians:
Josef Zawinul: Synthesizers, Rhodes, piano, vocals, melodica, guitar, tabla Wayne Shorter: Soprano & Tenor saxophone Jaco Pastorius: Bass, mandocello, vocals, drums, steel drums Alex Acuņa: Drums, congas, tom toms, handclap Manolo Badrena: Tambourine, congas, vocal, timbales, percussion
