Hi I thoroughly recomend the self titled album "Jaco Pastorius" Another true innovator in a different style. The stories behind this guy r amazing.
Sam --- Kent williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Since it's come up, and I was a totally gonzo > Weather Report fan > back in the day I thought I'd give my report on > which albums are essential. > All of this stuff is available from Amazon: > > http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ts/artist-glance/60035/o/qid=977155726/sr=8-1/ref=aps_sr_pm_1_3/105-2858937-4322336 > > ESSENTIALS: > > Weather Report -- Eponymous first record, most > immediately influenced > by Miles Davis -- in whose group all of the original > WR lineup played. > "Milky Way" was by Zawinul hitting tone clusters on > the piano with > the sustain pedal down, and then cutting off the > attack. It will remind > you of some of Jeff Mills' ambient experiments. The > rest of the album > is very abstract, with amazing drumming -- a > constant in Weather Reports > recorded career. > > I Sing the Body Electric -- more limber, abstract > jazz. > > Sweetnighter -- for me their best album. Long pieces > based around incredibly > funky drumming are very much percursors of techno, > plus some really lush > slower/beatless pieces. '125th St. Congress' is a > James Brown Groove that > builds and builds. 'Boogie Woogie Waltz' is > similarly amazing both for it's > unstoppable groove and loopy ensemble sections. > > 'Mysterious Traveler' -- the first album with > synths. Cucumber Slumber is > the groove track -- Zawinul raises the art of funk > keyboard art to a whole > new level.. > > 'Tailspinnin' -- absolutely mad, dense synth > workout. > > ALSO-RANS: > > Basically after 'Tailspinning', with Jaco Pastorius > on bass something > was lost for me. 'Heavy Weather' contained their > one 'hit' -- Birdland, > which went on to become a cliche tune, covered by > Manhattan Transfer to > dreadful effect. To my ears, they settled on a > smoother, more commercial > sound that does little for me, though there are > always one or two tracks > per album that have something of that original > groove.... > > kent williams -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://jump.to/cornwarning -- Iowa's First Techno > Record Label > http://www.mp3.com/chaircrusher -- tunes > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Shopping - Thousands of Stores. Millions of Products. http://shopping.yahoo.com/
