Weather Report - The Best Of Weather Report (2002)

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Artist: Weather Report )
Title: The Best Of Weather Report
Year Of Release: 2002
Label: Columbia[CK 85400]
Genre: Jazz, Fusion
Quality: FLAC (image + .cue,log,scans)
Total Time: 74:42
Total Size: 484 MB(+3%)
WebSite: Album Preview

Tracklist

1. Birdland
2. Mysterios traveller
3. Boogie woogie waltz
4. The elders
5. Night passage
6. Freezing fire
7. A remark you made
8. Elegant people
9. Man in the green shirt
10. Blackthorn rose
11. Black market

This Bob Belden-produced compilation includes nothing earlier than Sweetnighter and nothing later than Night Passage. A previous Weather Report compilation, This Is Jazz, Vol. 10, reaches back farther, giving listeners "The Moors" and "Orange Lady." While this one is a bit narrower historically, it still serves as a good introduction to an incredible band. (That said, a volume of post-1980 material may not be a bad idea.) Alongside obligatory classics like "Birdland," "Black Market," and "A Remark You Made" are more obscure goodies like "The Elders" from the unfairly maligned Mr. Gone album and "Blackthorn Rose," the marvelous piano/soprano sax duet from Mysterious Traveller. Another thing that recommends this and Columbia's Weather Report reissues in general: meticulous, track-by-track personnel listings, which weren't always made available on the original releases.~David R. Adler

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