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Live & Unreleased
Weather Report
Live & Unreleased
Genres: Jazz, Pop
 
  •  Track Listings (8) - Disc #1
  •  Track Listings (10) - Disc #2

2 CDs of entirely unreleased music from the pioneers & premier super-band of Fusion! * The only official Weather Report album in almost 20 years! — * Covers the band live from 1975-1983 in multiple venues — * Features s...  more »

     
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All Artists: Weather Report
Title: Live & Unreleased
Members Wishing: 3
Total Copies: 0
Label: Columbia Europe
Release Date: 9/26/2002
Album Type: Import
Genres: Jazz, Pop
Style: Jazz Fusion
Number of Discs: 2
SwapaCD Credits: 2

Synopsis

Album Description
2 CDs of entirely unreleased music from the pioneers & premier super-band of Fusion! * The only official Weather Report album in almost 20 years!
* Covers the band live from 1975-1983 in multiple venues
* Features such Weather Report alumni as Jaco Pastorius, Alex Acuna, Alphonso Johnson, Peter Erskine, Omar Hakim, Chester Thompson, Manolo Badrena, Victor Bailey, among others.
* Produced with the full collaboration of Joe Zawinul & Wayne Shorter
* Excellent new liner notes/Rare photos from the Columbia archives
* Excellent sound - 24-BIT digitally remastered

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CD Reviews

Still Relevant After All These Years
Thomas J. Semioli | New York, New York United States | 04/07/2005
(5 out of 5 stars)

"Toss away any prejudice you may have about what a live album should or should not be. JZ's hand-picked ultimate WR concert performance is an amazing journey traversing all that was great about this genre bending ensemble: taught solos, tremendous grooves, and mind-blowing soundscapes. Stellar performances by bassists Jaco, Victor Bailey, and Alphonso, and the percussion percolates throughout. For those who bemoan JZ's omission of the first WR incarnation, there's ample documentation via LIVE IN TOKYO which I'm sure the founding WR father took into consideration. A must for modern jazz fans. Tom Semioli"
Great!
GIMME some dignity | florianopólis, Brazil | 06/30/2006
(5 out of 5 stars)

"Yeah, great performances by great band(s)!

There's something I'd like to say about Jaco:

It's not that the other bass players on WR are not good or anything of the kind (on the contrary, they`re excellent, otherwise they wouldn't be allowed to play with this band).

It's just that Jaco was an outliner, not just a gifted bass player, but a true musical genious.

I know this word has been misused many times, but, IMHO, his choice of notes, his sense of rithm, his notion of chords and creativity are (were) beyond the range of the wide majority of the best instrumentists.

If you think that what he was all about was "beeing all over" the songs, I think you're just missing his deep and surprising musicianship.



This is a highly recommended CD from a great band that once had an extraordinary musician on it.

enjoy"
Live Jaco gems! Oh, and Weather Report, too...
Kyle Mole | U.K. | 03/23/2005
(5 out of 5 stars)

"
Cant help gettin' tingly when something unheard of Jaco's is issued, and this is the perrrfect example.



Culled from many different shows from Alphonso and Jaco era's, we are treated to the usual masterclass noodle bug business.



This version of 'Teen Town' blows away the '8:30' rendition, as Jaco's bass is not on any kind of pedal or filter. It just cooks! All the tracks are worthy if you a die hard Weather Report fan..."