What a ride… The span of Weather Report’s sprawling catalog is really wide. The band’s composition has had so many great artists in their lineup in addition to founders Joe Zawinul and Wayne Shorter. Schooled in jazz among leaders like Maynard Ferguson, Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers, Cannonball Adderley and Miles Davis – Weather Report became their next big thing.
Personal preference of course, but I do like the albums “Heavy Weather”, “Procession”, “Sportin’ Life” and their final “This Is This” the best. Possibly the ones with a little more traditional structure?
Notable members and guest artists include
- Jaco Pastorius, bass
- Victor Bailey, bass
- Alphonso Johnson, bass
- Miroslav Vitouš, bass
- Omar Hakim, drums
- Peter Erskine, drums
- Steve Gadd, drums
- Narada Michael Walden, drums
- Don Alias, percussion and drums
- Carlos Santana, guitar
I had the pleasure to catch Wayne Shorter live once, and managed to get this shot from the performance in Stockholm on June 10th, 2010.
Here with Brian Blade on drums and John Patitucci on bass. I’m pretty sure Danilo Perez is on keyboards just out of frame to camera left.
And oh, yes – Domino Theory album cover is re-created using Affinity Designer. Type set in Swiss 911 Extra Condensed.