Weather Report

Weather Report was an American jazz fusion band active from 1970 to 1986. The band was founded in 1970 by Austrian keyboardist Joe Zawinul, American saxophonist Wayne Shorter, Czech bassist Miroslav Vitouš, American drummer Alphonse Mouzon as well as American percussionists Don Alias and Barbara Burton. The band was initially co-led by Zawinul and Shorter but as the 1970s progressed, Zawinul became the primary composer and creative director of the group. Other prominent members throughout the band’s history included bassists Jaco Pastorius, Alphonso Johnson and Victor Bailey, drummers Chester Thompson and Peter Erskine, and percussionists Airto Moreira and Alex Acuña. A quintet of Zawinul & Shorter with a bassist, a drummer and a percussionist was the standard formation for Weather Report. The band started as a free improvising group with avant-garde and experimental electronic leanings (pioneered by Zawinul); when Vitouš left Weather Report (due mostly to creative disagreements), Zawinul increasingly steered the band towards a funky, edgy sound incorporating elements of R&B and native musics from around the world. Zawinul used the latest developments in synthesizer technology, and he took advantage of a large variety of sounds and tone colors to make the band stand out. During the first half of their career, Weather Report were seen as one of the defining acts in modern jazz, winning the DownBeat "best album award" five times in a row. Alongside bands such as Mahavishnu Orchestra, Return to Forever, and Herbie Hancock's Headhunters (all with members inspired by and partially responsible for the fusion-era work of Miles Davis), Weather Report is widely considered one of the defining bands of the jazz fusion genre.

Live In London - 2020-06-12T00:00:00.000000Z

JACO Original Soundtrack - 2015-11-27T00:00:00.000000Z

The Essential Wayne Shorter - 2014-05-09T00:00:00.000000Z

The Essential Joe Zawinul - 2014-05-09T00:00:00.000000Z

The Cool Concept "Piano" - 2013-09-23T00:00:00.000000Z

The Essential Weather Report - 2013-09-03T00:00:00.000000Z

Live in Cologne 1983 - 2011-09-16T00:00:00.000000Z

Live in Offenbach 1978 - 2011-06-17T00:00:00.000000Z

Jazz Roots: The Music of the Americas - 2011-04-05T00:00:00.000000Z

Havana Jam - 2009-04-14T00:00:00.000000Z

The Essential Jaco Pastorius - 1970-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Forecast: Tomorrow - 1970-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Footprints: The Life And Music Of Wayne Shorter - 1970-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z

The Best Of Weather Report - 1970-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Live & Unreleased - 1970-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z

When Jazz Meets Brazil - The Best Of Two Worlds - 2001-06-05T00:00:00.000000Z

Ken Burns Jazz-The Story Of America's Music - 2000-05-07T00:00:00.000000Z

Jazz: The Definitive Performances - 1999-10-12T00:00:00.000000Z

This Is Jazz #10 - 1996-03-27T00:00:00.000000Z

This Is This - 1986-08-26T00:00:00.000000Z

Sportin' Life - 1985-06-25T00:00:00.000000Z

Domino Theory - 1984-04-19T00:00:00.000000Z

PROCESSION - 1983-02-19T00:00:00.000000Z

Weather Report - 1982-04-17T00:00:00.000000Z

Night Passage - 1970-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z