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Here for the *Sweetnighter* love. Such a great album. Also the Zawinul love - his first album is all time. *The Rise & Fall of the Third Stream* is interesting and worth a listen as well. I love how Zawinul in his mid-to-late 30s for those albums, but looks in his 50s. Tough life, jazz.
I might rank Miroslav Vitous' *Infinite Search* up there with *Sweetnighter* and *Zawinul*; *Magical Shepherd* is great too, if a bit bonkers.
does anyone else think of those early weather reports as kind of zawinul trying to synthesize his work from his time with miles and cannonball?
(chinaski otm- shoutout to early funky joe)
ok i'm getting pretty deep into the weeds here so:
tale spinnin': can't help but feel like a comedown from mysterious traveller but it's still pretty ok. several amazing songs. just doesn't feel anywhere near as cohesive or like it's taking you somewhere strange and cool as its predecessor
black market: stupid good, funky and fresh from start to finish
heavy weather: people who hate jaco are posers in the extreme, anyway obv i'd heard this before and it still whips. "a remark you made" made me cry lol
mr. gone: very funny that this was named for shorter's absence from the studio. first side is great! murky and atmospheric and pretty like all the best weather report stuff but with a lot of weird hyper-clarity in the recording which i assume is only going to get more emphasized as i enter the '80s. the second side is... idk, less good, kinda willfully ugly and fussy at points. amazing to hear maurice white's voice emerge from the confusion on the final track
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Saturday, 18 March 2023 16:17 (one year ago) link
“Nubian Sundance” is my all time favorite WR jam. The drums and groove on that track is amazing. From what I had read, it was really tricky to get right which is why it fell out of live use as the percussionists changed.
― The Artist formerly known as Earlnash, Saturday, 18 March 2023 17:14 (one year ago) link