Weather Report - Tale Spinnin’ (2016) [SACD]
Artist: Weather Report
Title: Tale Spinnin’
Year Of Release: 1975/2016
Label: Columbia / Audio Fidelity
Genre: Jazz, Fusion, Funk
Quality: DSD64 image 2.0 (*.iso) 2,8 MHz/1 Bit (scans)
Total Time: 00:43:13
Total Size: 688 MB
WebSite: Album Preview
Tracklist:Title: Tale Spinnin’
Year Of Release: 1975/2016
Label: Columbia / Audio Fidelity
Genre: Jazz, Fusion, Funk
Quality: DSD64 image 2.0 (*.iso) 2,8 MHz/1 Bit (scans)
Total Time: 00:43:13
Total Size: 688 MB
WebSite: Album Preview
1. Man In the Green Shirt 06:29
Melodica – Joe Zawinul
2. Lusitanos 07:25
Organ – Joe Zawinul
Tenor Saxophone – Wayne Shorter
Timpani, Cymbal – Leon Ndugu Chancler
3. Between the Thighs 09:31
Steel Drums – Joe Zawinul
Timpani – Leon Ndugu Chancler
4. Badia 05:22
Melodica, Vocals, Xylophone, Xylophone [West African], Instruments [Mzuthra] – Joe Zawinul
5. Freezing Fire 07:29
Cymbal – Joe Zawinul
6. Five Short Stories 06:57
Organ – Joe Zawinul
Tenor Saxophone – Wayne ShorterBass – Alphonso Johnson (tracks: 1 to 5)
Drums – Leon Ndugu Chancler (tracks: 1 to 5)
Electric Piano [Rhodes] – Joe Zawinul (tracks: 1, 3, 5)
Keyboards [Tonto] – Joe Zawinul (tracks: 1 to 3)
Percussion – Alyrio Lima (tracks: 1 to 5)
Piano [Acoustic] – Joe Zawinul (tracks: 2, 4, 6)
Soprano Saxophone – Wayne Shorter (tracks: 1 to 3, 5)
Synthesizer [Arp 2600] – Joe Zawinul (tracks: 1 to 3, 5,, 6)
Weather Report’s ever-changing lineup shifts again, with the somewhat heavier funk-oriented Leon “Ndugu” Chancler dropping into the drummer’s chair and Alyrio Lima taking over the percussion table. As a result, Tale Spinnin’ has a weightier feel than Mysterious Traveller, while continuing the latter’s explorations in Latin-spiced electric jazz/funk. Zawinul’s pioneering interest in what we now call world music is more in evidence with the African percussion, wordless vocals, and sandy sound effects of “Badia,” and his synthesizer sophistication is growing along with the available technology. Wayne Shorter’s work on soprano sax is more animated than on the previous two albums and Alphonso Johnson puts his melodic bass more to the fore. While not quite as inventive as its two predecessors, this remains an absorbing extension of WR’s mid-’70s direction.
