Essential Recordings Weather Report - Live & Unreleased
Release Date: October 1, 2002
Label: Sony
Released in October of 2002, this 2-CD release is a collection of live recordings from 1975-1983, featuring a wide variety of musicians that made up the group over the years. Jaco fans will be pleased with the number of tracks he performs on as well, including a live performance of "Portrait of Tracy". This album was released to critical acclaim and is the first "new" music from Weather Report in many years.
Tracks:
Freezing Fire(Shorter) 8:13
Plaza Real(Shorter) 7:03
Fast City(Zawinul) 6:48
Portrait of Tracy(Pastorius) 5:56
Elegant People(Shorter) 4:27
Cucumber Slumber(Johnson/Zawinul) 11:39
Teen Town(Pastorius) 6:29
Man in the Green Shirt(Zawinul) 10:31
Black Market(Zawinul) 9:26
Where the Moon Goes(O'Byrne/Zawinul) 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(Acuna/Badrena) 1:15
Directions/Dr. Honorės Causa(Zawinul) 8:38
Musicians:
Joe Zawinul: Synthesizer, Piano, Vocals, Rhodes Wayne Shorter: Soprano and Tenor Saxophone Jaco Pastorius: Bass Alphonso Johnson: Bass Victor Bailey: Bass Peter Erskine: Drums Omar Hakim: Drums Chester Thompson: Drums Alejandro "Alex" Acuņa: Percussion, Drums Manolo Badrena: Percussion Jose Rossy: Percussion Robert Thomas, Jr.: Percussion