Mr. Gone is one of those recordings which causes debate among fans of Weather Report and Jaco. The album features two Jaco compositions, including "River People" and "Punk Jazz". Jaco elaborated about "River People" during an interview with the BBC's Clive Williamson: "I have a tune, 'River People', and I wanted a certain kind of feel, so I decided to play drums on it. We were in a transformation period, I broke my right wrist and we had some time off, and just Joe and I were in the studio. So we did 'River People' that way, building the tune up on the spot. It was all written out, so all Joe had to do was play his parts, and I played mine, and it just all gelled together, and I did some overdubs. In fact, we played the bass parts together 'coz he got this synth sound, sort of a little twang, almost like a little guitar on the top, with my bass rolling on the bottom. So we just played to the click track, and I went back and overdubbed the drums with that, as opposed to 'Teen Town' where I played the drums first, and overdubbed the bass part afterwards."
Tracks:
Pursuit of the Woman With the Feathered Hat(Zawinul) 5:00
River People(Pastorius) 4:49
Young and Fine(Zawinul) 6:54
Elders(Shorter) 4:20
Mr. Gone(Zawinul) 5:20
Punk Jazz(Pastorius) 5:07
Pinocchio(Shorter) 2:25
And Then(Zawinul) 3:20
Musicians:
Josef Zawinul: Rhodes, synthesizers, piano, effects, percussion, vocals Wayne Shorter: Soprano & Tenor Sax, vocals Jaco Pastorius: Bass, drums, vocals, percussion Peter Erskine: Drums, percussion Steve Gadd: Drums Tony Williams: Drums Manolo Badrena: Vocals Deniece Williams: Vocals Jon Lucien: Vocals Maurice White: Vocals
