Weather Report

 

Artist:  Weather Report
Origin:  New York City, New York, USA
Genre:  Jazz, Jazz Fusion, Jazz Rock, Free Jazz, Jazz Funk, World Music

Original line-up:

Joe Zawinul:  Keyboards
Wayne Shorter:  Saxophone
Miroslav Vitous:  Bass
Alphonse Mouzon:  Drums
Don Alias:  Percussion

Weather Report was an American Jazz Fusion Band from New York City, New York, formed in 1970 by Joe Zawinul (Keyboards), Wayne Shorter (Saxophone), Miroslav Vitous (Bass), Alphonse Mouzon (Drums), and Don Alias (Percussion).  Weather Report is considered to be one of the pre-eminent early Jazz Fusion Bands.

Title:   Sweetnighter (Limited Edition Blue & White Marbled Vinyl) (2021)

Genre:  Jazz, Jazz Fusion, Jazz Rock, Free Jazz, Jazz Funk, World Music

Label:   Music On Vinyl

Rating:   *****

Format:  LP

Tracks:

Side One:

 1.  Boogie Woogie Waltz (13:06)

 2.  Manolete (5:58)

 3.  Adios (3:02)

Side Two:

 4.  125th Street Congress (12:18)

 5.  Will (6:22)

 6.  Non-Stop Home (3:53)

Personnel:

Josef Zawinul:  Piano on Tracks:  2,  6, Electric Piano on Tracks:  1-5, Synthesizer on Tracks:  1, 2, 6

Wayne Shorter:  Saxophone 

Miroslav Vitous:  Acoustic Bass on Tracks:  1, 2, 4, Electric Bass on Tracks:  3,  5

Andrew White:  Electric Bass on Tracks:  1, 4, 6, English Horn on Tracks:  3, 5

Herschel Dwellingham:  Drums on Tracks:  1, 2, 4, 6

Eric Gravatt:  Drums on Tracks:  2 , 4, 6

Muruga Booker:  Moroccan Clay Drums on Tracks:  1, 2 Roller Toy on Track 3, Israeli Jar Drums on Track 4

Dom Um Romao:  Percussion, Wooden Flute

Sweetnighter is the third studio album by Weather Report, originally released on April 27, 1973 by Columbia Records, remastered and reissued on October 22, 2021 by Music On Vinyl.  Limited Edition of 1,500 Numbered Copies Blue & White Marbled Vinyl, 180 Gram Audiophile Vinyl.