Mysterious Traveller

This article is about the Weather Report album. For the System 7 compilation album, see System 7 (band). For the anthology radio series, see The Mysterious Traveler.

Mysterious Traveller
Studio album by Weather Report
Released	1974
Recorded	February 1974 - May 1974 Devonshire Sound, Los Angeles
Genre	Jazz fusion
Length	48:17
Label	Columbia
Producer	Wayne Shorter, Josef Zawinul
Weather Report chronology
Sweetnighter (1973) Mysterious Traveller (1974) Tale Spinnin' (1975)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
Robert Christgau	(B)[2]

Mysterious Traveller is the fourth release of Weather Report. This album marked the end of bassist Miroslav Vitous's tenure with the band. Vitous was replaced by Alphonso Johnson. Another addition to the line-up is drummer Ishmael Wilburn. Greg Errico was the drummer for the tour between the previously released Sweetnighter and this album, but declined an invitation to be a permanent member of the band.

Track listing

1. "Nubian Sundance" (Zawinul) – 10:40
2. "American Tango" (Vitous, Zawinul) – 3:40
3. "Cucumber Slumber" (Johnson, Zawinul) – 8:22
4. "Mysterious Traveller" (Shorter) – 7:21
5. "Blackthorn Rose" (Shorter) – 5:03
6. "Scarlet Woman" (Johnson, Shorter, Zawinul) – 5:46
7. "Jungle Book" (Zawinul) – 7:25

The Mastersound SBM edition of Mysterious Traveller includes a previously unreleased song, Miroslav's Tune, as a bonus track at the end of the album.

Personnel

Weather Report:

• Josef Zawinul - Electric and acoustic piano, synthesizer, guitar, kalimba, organ, tamboura, clay drum, tack piano, melodica
• Wayne Shorter - Soprano and tenor saxophone, tack piano
• Miroslav Vitouš - Bass (track 2 only)
• Alphonso Johnson - Bass
• Ishmael Wilburn - Drums
• Skip Hadden - Drums (tracks 1 and 4 only)
• Dom Um Romão - Percussion, drums

Guests:

• Ray Barretto - Percussion (track 3 only)
• Meruga - Percussion (track 1 only)
• Steve Little - Timpani (track 6 only)
• Don Ashworth - Ocarinas and woodwinds (track 7 only)
• Isacoff - Tabla, finger cymbals (track 7 only)
• Edna Wright - Vocalists (track 1 only)
• Marti McCall - Vocalists (track 1 only)
• Jessica Smith - Vocalists (track 1 only)
• James Gilstrad - Vocalists (track 1 only)
• Billie Barnum - Vocalists (track 1 only)

References

1. ^ Yanow, Scott (2011 [last update]). "Mysterious Traveller - Weather Report | AllMusic". allmusic.com. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r149933. Retrieved 19 July 2011. "Yanow" 
2. ^ Christgau, Robert (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

• Weather Report Annotated Discography: Mysterious Traveller