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| 1. Boogie Woogie Waltz |
| 2. Manolete |
| 3. Adios |
| 4. 125th Street Congress |
| 5. Will |
| 6. Non-Stop Home |
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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
Yep, another album branded "a classic". It's a term often bandied about, but, in my case, I apply it to a mere handful of albums. I bought this when it came out - having been vaguely aware of the preceding Weather Report albums - i was quite keen on "difficult" music at that time of my youth. What an eye-opener! Basically this album comprises two massive dance tracks (yep, that's not a typo) and a number of "mood poems" (ooh - pseuds corner!) The short pieces invoke a sense of place or mood and are beautiful. But the two biggies are quite simply awesome. The wonderful basslines, with Shorter and Zawinul riffing over the top, with a bucket-load of drums and percussion. I remember Spike Milligan talking about going to see them in concert around this time and being frowned upon for going down the front and dancing. "but it IS dance music!" as he said. I actually saw them a few years later ("Birdland" time) with Jaco Pastorius on board. It was a thrill and honour to hear Wayne Shorter, but, for me, by this time the music was too much about "flash". This is THE WP album to hear, buy and love for years to come. Oh, and it was indirectly responsible for getting me off "difficult-for-its-own-sake" music and into music with "feel" - the wonderful (original) Little Feat. Another reason for me to be indebted to this album.
9 of 10 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
Coming after the determinedy avant-garde recordings that were "Weather Report" and "I Sing The Body Electric", "Sweetnighter" was the beginning of Weather Report's journey into funk. While the rhythm section of Miroslav Vitous, Eric Gravatt & Dom Um Romau remained in place, it's the rhythm, rather than the feel of Zawinul's synths & Shorter's saxes, that sets this album apart from its more academic predecessors.
It would be possible to write 1,000 words about the 13 minutes of "Boogie-Woogie Waltz" alone. In fact, the album would still deserve 5 stars if the remaining 32 minutes of its playing time were made up of silence or white noise. Let's say no more than that "Boogie-Woogie Waltz" is spectacular: a measured crescendo of funk rhythm, pulsating bass, crackling electric piano & synth and staccato sax that resolves into as fine a piece of ensemble playing as Weather Report ever produced. If you're familiar with Cannonball Adderley's live recording of an earlier Zawinul composition, "74 Miles Away" you might be prepared for the pace of the build-up and the intensity of the climax.
After that, everything else on the album is bound to be a let-down, so it's probably appropriate that the next two tracks are low-key hark-backs to the days of "Weather Report". "125th Street Congress", however, provides some further indication of the directions in which the band's music was to progress, acting as a pretty accurate trailer for the content of of "Mysterious Traveler" and "Tale Spinnin'". Although the production is as spare as that of side one of "I Sing The Body Electric", the feel is warmer and the rhythms retain some of the funk of "Boogie-Woogie Waltz". "Will" is even more of a future echo, sounding very much like an out-take from the "Black Market" sessions. The album closes with "Non-Stop Home", in which synths & bass build an elaborate bridge between the poles of rattling percussion before Wayne Shorter joins in with some fierce sax blowing.
It's very difficult to recommend one Weather Report album before any other, but if I had to recommend just one song it would be "Boogie-Woogie Waltz".
It would be possible to write 1,000 words about the 13 minutes of "Boogie-Woogie Waltz" alone. In fact, the album would still deserve 5 stars if the remaining 32 minutes of its playing time were made up of silence or white noise. Let's say no more than that "Boogie-Woogie Waltz" is spectacular: a measured crescendo of funk rhythm, pulsating bass, crackling electric piano & synth and staccato sax that resolves into as fine a piece of ensemble playing as Weather Report ever produced. If you're familiar with Cannonball Adderley's live recording of an earlier Zawinul composition, "74 Miles Away" you might be prepared for the pace of the build-up and the intensity of the climax.
After that, everything else on the album is bound to be a let-down, so it's probably appropriate that the next two tracks are low-key hark-backs to the days of "Weather Report". "125th Street Congress", however, provides some further indication of the directions in which the band's music was to progress, acting as a pretty accurate trailer for the content of of "Mysterious Traveler" and "Tale Spinnin'". Although the production is as spare as that of side one of "I Sing The Body Electric", the feel is warmer and the rhythms retain some of the funk of "Boogie-Woogie Waltz". "Will" is even more of a future echo, sounding very much like an out-take from the "Black Market" sessions. The album closes with "Non-Stop Home", in which synths & bass build an elaborate bridge between the poles of rattling percussion before Wayne Shorter joins in with some fierce sax blowing.
It's very difficult to recommend one Weather Report album before any other, but if I had to recommend just one song it would be "Boogie-Woogie Waltz".
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
I used to play the LP of this to death when a student back in the '70s and then it got nicked! Recently I stumbled across it and decided I wanted to hear it again and I've been playing it an awful lot since. It's probably Weather Report's overall best cd - although indiv tracks from other cds are more 'inventive'. I just enjoy the exuberance and the quality of the playing - they were so 'together' when they recorded this. Anyway, she doesn't know it yet but I'm going to get my daughter to properly listen to this one soon.......and then she'll be hooked. She already likes 50's style jazz and she's now 23, my age when I discovered Weather Report!!
Most Recent Customer Reviews
Excellent Weather Report album..
From 1973 comes this powerhouse of spaced out funk-jazz from Weather Report. All the glowing tributes from fans on Amazon and elsewhere are true. Read more
Published 14 days ago by os
FREAKIN' FUSION FRENZY...
THIS IS THE MOST INCREDIBLE ALBUM BY WR. NO TEENTOWN OR BIRDLAND IN SIGHT...! A PSYCHEDELIC JOURNEY INTO SPACE AND THEN GROOVIN' DOWN INTO THE ROOTS OF THE EARTH. Read more
Published on 9 Aug 2001
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