This Bob Belden-produced compilation includes nothing earlier than Sweetnighter and nothing later than Night Passage.
A previous Weather Report compilation, This Is Jazz, Vol.
10, reaches back farther, giving listeners "The Moors" and "Orange Lady." While this one is a bit narrower historically, it still serves as a good introduction to an incredible band.
(That said, a volume of post-1980 material may not be a bad idea.) Alongside obligatory classics like "Birdland," "Black Market," and "A Remark You Made" are more obscure goodies like "The Elders" from the unfairly maligned Mr.
Gone album and "Blackthorn Rose," the marvelous piano/soprano sax duet from Mysterious Traveller.
Another thing that recommends this and Columbia's Weather Report reissues in general: meticulous, track-by-track personnel listings, which weren't always made available on the original releases.
| Title/Composers | Performer | Listen | Time | Size | Size | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | BirdlandJoe Zawinul | Weather Report | Play | 05:59 | 13 MB | 0 MB |
| 2 | Night PassageJoe Zawinul | Weather Report | Play | 06:33 | 15 MB | 0 MB |
| 3 | Freezing FireWayne Shorter | Weather Report | Play | 07:27 | 17 MB | 0 MB |
| 4 | A Remark You MadeJoe Zawinul | Weather Report | Play | 06:50 | 15 MB | 0 MB |
| 5 | Elegant PeopleWayne Shorter | Weather Report | Play | 05:03 | 11 MB | 0 MB |
| 6 | Man in the Green ShirtJoe Zawinul | Weather Report | Play | 06:27 | 14 MB | 0 MB |
| 7 | Blackthorn RoseWayne Shorter | Weather Report | Play | 05:00 | 11 MB | 0 MB |
| 8 | Black MarketJoe Zawinul | Weather Report | Play | 06:30 | 14 MB | 0 MB |
| 9 | Mysterious Traveler | Weather Report | Play | 07:19 | 16 MB | 0 MB |
| 10 | The Elders (Album Version) | Weather Report | Play | 04:19 | 9 MB | 0 MB |
| 61 mins | 141 MB | |||||
| 0 mins | 0 MB | |||||
| Artist | Job | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alex Acuña | Congas, Drums, Percussion |
| 2 | Don Alias | Percussion |
| 3 | Manolo Badrena | Congas, Percussion, Tambourine |
| 4 | Bob Belden | Compilation Producer |
| 5 | Steven Berkowitz | A&R |
| 6 | Bruce Botnick | Engineer, Mixing |
| 7 | Fabiola Cáceres | Art Direction, Design |
| 8 | Linda Chang | Packaging Manager |
| 9 | Bob Devere | Photography |
| 10 | Herschell Dwellingham | Drums |
| 11 | Peter Erskine | Drums |
| 12 | Seth Foster | Mastering |
| 13 | Howard Fritzson | Art Direction |
| 14 | Eric Kamau Grávátt | Drums |
| 15 | Skip Hadden | Drums |
| 16 | Alan Howarth | Editing, Programming |
| 17 | Don Hunstein | Cover Photo |
| 18 | Alphonso Johnson | Bass (Electric) |
| 19 | Alex Kazanegras | Engineer |
| 20 | Alyrio Lima | Percussion |
| 21 | Art Maillet | Photography |
| 22 | Ron Malo | Engineer |
| 23 | Patti Matheny | A&R |
| 24 | Hal Miller | Liner Notes |
| 25 | Muruga | Clay Drums |
| 26 | Ndugu | Drums, Timpani |
| 27 | Jaco Pastorius | Bass (Electric), Mandocello, Producer, Vocals |
| 28 | Dom Um Romão | Bells, Chucalho, Percussion, Tambor |
| 29 | Seth Rothstein | Project Director |
| 30 | Darren Salmieri | A&R |
| 31 | Wayne Shorter | Assistant Producer, Composer, Lyricon, Mixing, Piano, Producer, Sax (Soprano), Sax (Tenor), Shells |
| 32 | Bobby Thomas, Jr. | Percussion |
| 33 | Chester Thompson | Drums |
| 34 | Miroslav Vitous | Bass (Electric) |
| 35 | Narada Michael Walden | Drums |
| 36 | Weather Report | Primary Artist |
| 37 | Andrew White | Bass (Electric) |
| 38 | Ishmael Wilburn | Drums |
| 39 | Mark Wilder | Mastering |
| 40 | Joe Zawinul | Arp 2600, Composer, Fender Rhodes, Keyboards, Melodica, Mixing, Mu-Tron, Oberheim Synthesizer, Orchestration, Piano, Piano (Grand), Producer, Programming, Prophet 5, Synthesizer, Vocals |
| Quality | Format | Encoding | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | MP3 | 320kps 44.1kHz | MP3 is an audio coding format which uses a form of lossy data compression. The highest bitrate of this format is 320kbps (kbit/s). MP3 Digital audio takes less amount of space (up to 90% reduction in size) and the quality is not as good as the original one. |