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Album Review

Right from the start, a vastly different Weather Report emerges here, one that reflects co-leader Joe Zawinul's developing obsession with the groove. It is the groove that rules this mesmerizing album, leading off with the irresistible 3/4 marathon deceptively tagged as the "Boogie Woogie Waltz" and proceeding through a variety of Latin-grounded hip-shakers. It is a record of discovery for Zawinul, who augments his Rhodes electric piano with a funky wah-wah pedal, unveils the ARP synthesizer as a melodic instrument and sound-effects device, and often coasts along on one chord. The once fiery Wayne Shorter has been tamed, for he now contributes mostly sustained ethereal tunes on soprano sax, his tone sometimes doubled for a pleasing octave effect. The wane of freewheeling ensemble interplay is more than offset by the big increase in rhythmic push; bassist Miroslav Vitous, drummer Eric Gravatt, and percussionist Dom Um Romao are now cogs in one of jazz's great swinging machines. ~ Richard S. Ginell, Rovi

Customer Reviews

This album and Herbie Hancock

It's was 1973 and I was a freshman in high school when I first heard this album. One of my friends older brother was jamming this on his stereo. I sat there and listened to the whole album several times. It is one of my favorite classics. I play it now and people ask me who is that new group, I tell them that this album is from 1973. I have it on album, tape, reel to reel, DAT, CD, and MP3. The use of the roller toy on the song Adios is pure genius coupled with the sax and electric piano. I love this album and group.

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This is Weather Report's most put together album. There is a complete 'sentence' here musically, as each recording complements the overall vision and school of thought of the album. The first track 'Bookie Woogie Waltz' builds into a frenzy in a Ravel-esq motif oriented groove that soars musically. The musician's all complement each other here better than any of the other lineups and rhythm sections Weather Report. This was to be Miroslav Vitous's last album as a core member of the group (having been replaced later by Alphonso Johnson) and his upright bass playing is brilliant and improvisational. All the instrumentation is presented with a general respect to the vision of the album rather than personal 'bar-raising' as far as soloing is concerned. There are several times when Wayne Shorter uses space and timing here that make the hairs stand on end, ever tasteful and humble. Oh, and Eric Gravatt. . . . forget about it, nobody ever heard drumming like this before, and will steal from it ever after. This is their best pre-Jaco album (and in my opinion, their best album as a whole. . .period).

Biography

Formed: 1970

Genre: Jazz

Years Active: '70s, '80s

Weather Report started out as a jazz equivalent of what the rock world in 1970 was calling a "supergroup." But unlike most of the rock supergroups, this one not only kept going for a good 15 years, it more than lived up to its billing, practically defining the state of the jazz-rock art throughout almost all of its run. Weather Report also anticipated and contributed to the North American interest in world music rhythms and structures, prodded by keyboardist/co-founder Joe Zawinul. And WR, like many...
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