‘Mr. Gone’ is the eighth studio album released by legendary jazz fusion band Weather Report which was fronted by jazz fusion pioneer Joe Zawinul. The album was released in September 1978 through American Record Corporation (ARC)/Columbia Records. It is the follow-up to the very successful ‘Heavy Weather‘ which was released… Read more“Weather Report – Mr. Gone (1978), A Legendary Jazz Fusion Album”
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Weather Report – Heavy Weather (1977), A Legendary Jazz Fusion Album
‘Heavy Weather’ is the seventh studio album by legendary jazz fusion band Weather Report which was released through Columbia Records in March 1977. The LP was recorded between late 1976 and early 1977 at Devonshire Sound Studios, North Hollywood, California. The album has a total length of 37 minutes and… Read more“Weather Report – Heavy Weather (1977), A Legendary Jazz Fusion Album”
Weather Report’s Greatest Hits (A Must Listen Fan-Made Compilation)
For all those long time, committed, and sturdy jazz fusion fans out there, I dearly wanted to share the following great fan-made compilation of Weather Report’s ‘Greatest Hits’ or ‘The Very Best of’ by JazzMusic on YouTube. This is a great unofficial greatest hits compilation by one of the finest… Read more“Weather Report’s Greatest Hits (A Must Listen Fan-Made Compilation)”
Jaco Pastorius – The Revolutionary Innovator Of Electric Bass Guitar
Jaco Pastorius (1951–1987) was one of the most inventive, creative, and revolutionary electric bassists of the previous century, pioneering the jazz fusion genre alongside Joe Zawinul, Wayne Shorter, and Peter Erskine in one of Weather Report’s most well known line-ups. Aside from his solo work and his contributions to Weather… Read more“Jaco Pastorius – The Revolutionary Innovator Of Electric Bass Guitar”
Weather Report – The Legendary Jazz Fusion Giants
Weather Report were one of the greatest and most finest jazz fusion bands of their time (and even beyond, to our days), consisting, throughout their 16-year musical career (more specifically from 1970 up until 1986), of several line-ups which put forth a series of absolutely amazing, highly talented, phenomenal, charismatic,… Read more“Weather Report – The Legendary Jazz Fusion Giants”