Weather Report - Mr. Gone
Mr. Gone is the eighth studio album by jazz fusion band Weather Report first released in 1978, the album rose to No. 1 on the Billboard Jazz Albums chart.
The record became a center of controversy when DownBeat magazine gave it a one-star review. Joe Zawinul went on to deliver a furious response to this review during a later interview.
On Mr. Gone, Weather Report became a cover name for Joe Zawinul/Jaco Pastorius jazz/rock/funk record productions, with several guest drummers (Steve Gadd, Tony Williams, Peter Erskine), no resident percussionist, and Wayne Shorter as a still-potent solo saxophone threat. This album was denounced in its time as a sellout, probably on the reputation of Jaco's pulsating "River People," which is as close as Weather Report ever came to outright disco. But there is lots of diversity and adventure here, as the creative core of the band uses the latest electronics to push out the boundaries of sound while maintaining tight control over structure.
"The Pursuit of the Woman with the Feathered Hat" is quintessential Zawinul; the Third World-centered groove is everything, no chord changes to impede this rush of layered electronics, percussion, and voices. Shorter's spare "The Elders" flirts with the electronic avant-garde and he retrofits his Miles Davis-era "Pinocchio" in rapid-fire electro-acoustic garb. In other words, the multi-flavored Weather Report stew continues to cook at a fine boil. (jazz-rock-fusion-guitar.blogspot)
Limited 180-Gram Gold & Black Marble Colored Vinyl
Tracklist:
01 "The Pursuit of the Woman with the Feathered Hat" (Zawinul) 5:03
02 "River People" (Pastorius) 4:50
03 "Young and Fine" (Zawinul) 6:55
04 "The Elders" (Shorter, arranged by Zawinul) 4:21
05 "Mr. Gone" (Zawinul) 5:26
06 "Punk Jazz" (Pastorius) 5:09
07 "Pinocchio" (Shorter) 2:26
08 "And Then" (music - Zawinul, lyrics - Sam Guest) 3:22
Mr. Gone is the eighth studio album by jazz fusion band Weather Report first released in 1978, the album rose to No. 1 on the Billboard Jazz Albums chart.
The record became a center of controversy when DownBeat magazine gave it a one-star review. Joe Zawinul went on to deliver a furious response to this review during a later interview.
On Mr. Gone, Weather Report became a cover name for Joe Zawinul/Jaco Pastorius jazz/rock/funk record productions, with several guest drummers (Steve Gadd, Tony Williams, Peter Erskine), no resident percussionist, and Wayne Shorter as a still-potent solo saxophone threat. This album was denounced in its time as a sellout, probably on the reputation of Jaco's pulsating "River People," which is as close as Weather Report ever came to outright disco. But there is lots of diversity and adventure here, as the creative core of the band uses the latest electronics to push out the boundaries of sound while maintaining tight control over structure.
"The Pursuit of the Woman with the Feathered Hat" is quintessential Zawinul; the Third World-centered groove is everything, no chord changes to impede this rush of layered electronics, percussion, and voices. Shorter's spare "The Elders" flirts with the electronic avant-garde and he retrofits his Miles Davis-era "Pinocchio" in rapid-fire electro-acoustic garb. In other words, the multi-flavored Weather Report stew continues to cook at a fine boil. (jazz-rock-fusion-guitar.blogspot)
Limited 180-Gram Gold & Black Marble Colored Vinyl
Tracklist:
01 "The Pursuit of the Woman with the Feathered Hat" (Zawinul) 5:03
02 "River People" (Pastorius) 4:50
03 "Young and Fine" (Zawinul) 6:55
04 "The Elders" (Shorter, arranged by Zawinul) 4:21
05 "Mr. Gone" (Zawinul) 5:26
06 "Punk Jazz" (Pastorius) 5:09
07 "Pinocchio" (Shorter) 2:26
08 "And Then" (music - Zawinul, lyrics - Sam Guest) 3:22
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