Weather Report - Unknown Soldier

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From  "I Sing The Body Electric"...   2nd album 1972

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

You can hear & feel the horror of war here.....Clearly...

 

Miroslav Vitous ( from fmr. Czechoslovakia) - bass

 

Eric Gravatt - drums

 

Wayne Shorter-RIP - saxophone

 

Joe Zawinul-RIP - keyboards & band leader

 

Zawinul & Shorter ...The 2 pillars

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Ralph Towner ( of band "Oregon") on 12-string guitar (beautiful) intro

 

From "I.S.T.B.E."

 

 

 

 

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Live in Tokyo 1972

 

Medley

 

 

 

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From "Weather Report" 1982 (10th album)

 

RIP Jaco Pastorius - bass

 

Great Peter Erskine on drums

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weather_Report

 

 

Had the pleasure of seeing band in concert in 1985 ( bassist then was Alphonso Johnson)...In 1986 I got to see  phenomenal bassist Jaco Pastorius  ( who then got killed just a  year later) who was accompanied by 2 unknown Austrian musicians....      Some time afterwards I saw  Zawinul again ....solo (only Joe w all his keyboards)

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Their main "hit" ever...Most popular track

 

Composed by Austrian-born Joe Zawinul ( to me a music genius for all the beautiful tracks he authored...Also a great keyboardist)

 

 

 

 

 

 

There's a solo voice rendition of this one by the Manhattan Transfer

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This one is a WR classic 1974...To me a flabbergasting track ( which infact made me fall madly in love with the band).....Masterpiece to me

 

 

 

 

 

 

"Nubian  Sundance" track lineup:

 

Josef Zawinul: Vocal, pianos, synthesizer, percussion

Ishmael Wilburn & Skip Hadden: Drums

Dom Um Romão & Muruga: Percussion

Wayne Shorter: Tenor and soprano saxophone

Alphonso Johnson: Bass

Edna Write, Marti McCall, Jessica Smith, James Gilstrap, Billie Barnum: Vocalists

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Great track and awesome bass (by Alphonso Johnson,  the bassist they had for the longest time as far as I know....I might be wrong on this)

 

 

 

 

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I love this one....

 

 

 

 

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Beautiful (once again at loss with adjectives whenever I like something a whole lot....Will you excuse me)...But I'm notoriously biased....

 

Composed by saxophone player Wayne Shorter ( who died pretty recently.... in 2023 if I'm not mistaken...)

 

 

 

 

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From "Black Market" 1976

 

 

 

 

 

Alphonso Johnson - bass on this track ( 2 album tracks feature Jaco Pastorius-RIP)

 

Both exceptional bassists

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 Jaco Pastorius - bass...He was deemed for some time as the best electric bass player in the world...Got killed in 1987 unfortunately

 

Bass also on track " Barbary Coast"

 

Was privileged with one of his live shows ( not with WR) here in Italy in 1986

 

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaco_Pastorius

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Jaco Pastorius - bass

 

 

 

 

 

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From  " Tale Spinnin' " 1975....Superb album

 

A.Johnson - bass on all tracks

 

 

 

 

 

RIP Leon "Ndugu" Chancler - Drums, tympani, marching cymbals (used to be  drummer on some Santana albums )

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Name for ancient inhabitants of Portugal ( once called Lusitania )

 

Composed by awesome Wayne Shorter-RIP

 

I deem this one beautiful

 

 

 

 

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Another incredible track to me