- Night Passage (album)
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Night Passage Live album by Weather Report Released 1980 Recorded The Complex, Los Angeles, California Genre Jazz fusion Length 48:05 Label Columbia Producer Joe Zawinul, Jaco Pastorius Weather Report chronology 8:30
(1979)Night Passage
(1980)Weather Report
(1982)Professional ratings Review scores Source Rating Allmusic [1]
Robert Christgau (C+)[2] Night Passage is Weather Report's third live album, released in 1980. It was recorded live over two nights (July 12-13, 1980) at The Complex studios in Los Angeles for a crowd of 250 people. The album brings about a new member to the band, percussionist Robert Thomas Jr. Night Passage loses the over-done production layers of some of Weather Report's earlier releases (most notably 1978's Mr. Gone). What is lost in layers of overdubs is made up in solo improvisation in the classic jazz tradition.
Contents
Trivia
"Three Views of a Secret" would be rerecorded for Jaco's solo album Word of Mouth.
Track listing
No. Title Writer(s) Length 1. "Night Passage" Zawinul 6:30 2. "Dream Clock" Zawinul 6:26 3. "Port of Entry" Shorter 5:09 4. "Forlorn" Zawinul 3:55 5. "Rockin' in Rhythm" Ellington, Mills, Carney 3:02 6. "Fast City" Zawinul 6:17 7. "Three Views of a Secret" Pastorius 5:50 8. "Madagascar" Zawinul 10:56 Personnel
- Josef Zawinul – Keyboards
- Wayne Shorter – Saxophones
- Jaco Pastorius – Bass
- Peter Erskine – Drums
- Robert Thomas Jr. – Hand drums
References
- ^ Ginell, Richard S. (2011 [last update]). "Night Passage - Weather Report | AllMusic". allmusic.com. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r149934. Retrieved 19 July 2011.
- ^ Christgau, R. (2011 [last update]). "Robert Christgau: CG: weather report". robertchristgau.com. http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?name=weather+report. Retrieved 19 July 2011.
External links
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Categories:- Weather Report albums
- 1980 live albums
- Live jazz fusion albums
- Columbia Records live albums
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