Weather Report

Weather Report begin the recording of their sixth album : ‘Tale Spinnin” for Columbia (1975)

Weather Report's 'Tale Spinnin'' is their sixth album recorded between February and April 4, 1975 with Leon Ndugu Chancler on drums and released in May 1975 by Columbia.Track Listing :...

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Weather Report record their fourth album : ‘Sweetnighter’ for Columbia (1973)

Weather Report's 'Sweetnighter' is their fourth (and the last to feature Miroslav Vitouš) album, recorded on February 3-7, 1973 and released on April 27, 1973 by Columbia.Track Listing : 1.Boogie...

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Weather Report record their first live album : ‘Live in Tokyo’ at Shibuya Kokaido Hall in Tokyo (1972)

Weather Report's 'Live in Tokyo' is their third (and first live) album recorded on January 13, 1972 at Shibuya Kokaido Hall and released the same year by Columbia.Track Listing :...

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Weather Report record ‘8:30,’ a double live album for Columbia (1979)

Weather Report 's '8:30' is a double album recorded live (except for 2 tracks) in January–February 1979, produced by Joe Zawinul & Jaco Pastorius and released the same year by...

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Weather Report record ‘Live and Unreleased’ (1975)

Weather Report's 'Live and Unreleased' is their third official live album recorded in November 1975, 1977 & 1978,Track Listing : 1.Freezing Fire (Wayne Shorter) - 08:14 . 2.Plaza Real (Wayne...

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Weather Report perform in Copenhagen (1975)

November 19, 1975 - Weather Report - that is Joe Zawinu (p), Wayne Shorter (s), Alphonso Johnson (b), Alex Acuna (perc) and Chester Thompson (d) - performs in Copenhagen, Denmark

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Weather Report record ‘I Sing the Body Electric’ for Columbia (1971)

Weather Report's 'I Sing the Body Electric' is their second album (with two new members : percussionist Dom Um Romão and drummer Eric Gravatt) recorded during November 1971 and January...

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Weather Report perform in Germany (1978)

September 28, 1978 - Weather Report - that is Joe Zawinul (kb), Wayne Shorter (ts, ss), Jaco Pastorius (eb), Peter Erskine (d) - performs in Offenbach, Germany

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Weather Report record ‘Night Passage,’ live in a Los Angeles studio (1980)

Weather Report's 'Night Passage' is their eleventh album recorded live before a crowd of 250 people on July 12 and 13, 1980 and released the same year by Columbia.Track Listing...

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Columbia Records publish ‘Weather Report,’ their eponymous debut album (1971)

'Weather Report (1971) ' is their debut album released on May 12, 1971 by Columbia Records.Track Listing : 1.Milky Way (Wayne Shorter, Joe Zawinul) - 02:33 . 2.Umbrellas (Wayne Shorter,...

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Weather Report release ‘Mysterious Traveller,’ their fifth album co-produced By Wayne Shorter and Josef Zawinul (1974)

Weather Report's 'Mysterious Traveller' is their fifth album released on March 24, 1974 by Columbia.Track Listing : 1.Nubian Sundance (Josef Zawinul) - 10:40 . 2.American Tango (Miroslav Vitouš, Josef Zawinul)...

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On British TV today, Weather Report on ITV (1984)

March 11, 1984 - you do not miss a documentary about Weather Report during the "The South Bank Show" on British ITV.

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Weather Report release their eighth album : ‘Heavy Weather’ featuring ‘Birdland’ by Joe Zawinul and Teen Town by Jaco Pastorius (1977)

Weather Report's 'Heavy Weather' is their eighth (and most commercially successful) album released in March 1977 y Columbia. Track Listing : 1.Birdland (Joe Zawinul) - 05:57 . 2.A Remark You...

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Weather Report @ Norddeutscher Rundfunk

On September 3, 1971, Weather Report plus three european horn players did a two hours radio broadcast on "Jazzworkshop" a Norddeutscher Rundfunk program. Taped in Berlin, the radio show is...

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Weather Report

From 'Grey December' to 'Frosty The Snowman' , we have mixed 18 'Jazz & Others' tunes around the theme of 'Ice, Cold & Snow'. It has Stacey Kent, Ray Charles,...

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This week In Jazz Legends 05/52

How well do you know the music of Bill Evans’ moody “Nardis” evolves into an introspective canvas, while Carmen McRae’s haunting take on “Round Midnight” fuses jazz clarity with late-night...

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This week In Jazz Legends 52/52

How well do you know the music of Chet Baker, Helen Merrill, Dinah Washington, Thelonious Monk, Charles Mingus, Bill Evans , Dizzy Gillespie, Sonny Sttit, Anita O'Day, Louis Armstrong, Jack...

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This week In Jazz Legends 47/52

How well do you know the music of Anita O'Day, Jon Hendricks, Mel Torme, Weather Report, Duke Ellington, Miles Davis, Joshua Redman, Dizzy Gillespie, Bill Evans, Ella Fitzgerald, Paul Desmond,...

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20 Questions You Never Asked About Jazz Fusion| We Answer Them Anyway

This video explores Jazz Fusion through 20 factual Q&As — from Miles Davis’ electric era to bands like Weather Report, Mahavishnu Orchestra, Herbie Hancock’s Headhunters, and Return to Forever. It...

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This week In Jazz Legends 39/52

How well do you know the music of Jean Luc Ponty, Weather Report, Miles Davis, Marcus Miller, The Crusaders, Tom Jobim, Sarah Vaughan, Betty Carter, Ralph Towner, Gary Peacock, Baden...

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