The TWA tragedy led to a surprising appearance of Wayne Shorter in People magazine. Looking at it now they did a decent job. It also mentions his daughter's passing in 1985.
http://www.people.com/people/archive...122768,00.html
Threads like this always cost me money. I just added the remaining 5 studio albums that I don't own already to my Amazon wish list.
^Which were those? The 80s ones? I don't know them either. Of course these days most of their catalogue has been bundled into low-priced boxes.
^'Tale Spinnin' for me is a bit of a holding-pattern album compared to the ones either side of it, but there's great material on it- 'Man In The Green Shirt', 'Badia'.
This could sure use a rerelease.
There's a beautiful Shorter/Zawinul duet starting at 16:00.
PART 2 <== ZAWINUL on drums (briefly)
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They likely began the digital recording of shows in the early or mid '80s, since digital audio recording began becoming affordable about then. Weather Report popped up in '71.
Otherwise, I was lucky enough to see Weather Report a few times with Jaco and pre-Jaco. I think the last time I saw Weather Report I saw Miles Davis the month before.
Many thanks for that - welcome news indeed! I've been a fan since seeing them circa '78 on the Mr Gone tour, and on a number of occasions since then. There's a nice video advertising this set here, which is well worth checking out.
BTW, the photo on its cover (showing the band crossing the road at - I think - Tokyo Haneda airport) is also used on the cover of Peter Erskine's book, which has already been mentioned, and which I can heartily recommend to any WR fan. Erskine - who was responsible for assembling this box set - comes across as a gracious, grounded individual who takes care to acknowledge the contributions and skills of his colleagues, teachers and students, and only rarely allows any personal criticisms of individuals to slip out. Unlike, for example, his boss in Weather Report who, when Erskine told him that Joni Mitchell wanted the band to back her on her Shadows and Light tour, scotched the idea with the immortal comment "We ain't no f*****g LA Express" (an unflattering reference to her backing band on her earlier Miles Of Aisles tour).
Regarding their live output, I agree that the Live and Unreleased set is an essential purchase. However, it was taken from a handful of concert performances over a period of eight years, but is structured as a single show. Hence, the sequencing of the tracks can be confusing for the interested listener, since there is usually little or no relationship between one track (and its associated date, venue and band line-up) and the next. The more recent live German trilogy (Berlin 1975, Offenbach 1978 and Cologne 1983 come from complete shows, and are more self-consistent offerings.
I've really tried to like these guys. They've never clicked with me. I don't know why.
NP the 3rd disc of the set that this thread refers to. I played #1 and #2, #4 will come next. Not sure why Peter & Tony sequenced it the way they did, though I'm sure it's not really important. I was almost to the end of disc 1 when I read that the set was in mono. Hadn't noticed!
Did anyone else get Weather Report for Christmas?
Early x mas for me...put it on my phone for travels...
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"And this is the chorus.....or perhaps it's a bridge...."
I've been listening to this set over the past few days...
Not the case, according to Erskine: I guess it's the Weather Report version of the Earthbound-era Crimson tapes by Ian Wallace. To my ears, the '78 material here sounds a bit nicer than the '80/'81 stuff, but it's a great set.
Didn't get it for Xmas but here is a review that just came out in the FEB 2016 issue of Electronic Musician:...and I quote...
"The last true jazz group to score a top ten hit with the heavily-caffeinated "Birdland", Weather Report strode the earth like gladiators on tour, turned up their amps to 11, improvised brilliantly, and flamed out quietly. The band that made bass innovator Jaco Pastorius a star, Weather Report performed with their legendary intensity over four discs, Joe Zawinul's interstellar synths quizzically dancing, Wayne Shorter's saxophone moaning majestically. An essential addition to the Weather Report discography". LILY MOAYERI
Too bad the "reviewer" couldn't actually discuss the material on these discs. Instead, intent on demonstrating HER flowery use of adjectives.
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