Heavy Weather Report JAZZ FUSION Sealed Vinyl LP AUDIOPHILE 180gm PRESSING 2011

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Weather Report - Heavy Weather Jazz Fusion Vinyl LP SEALED Hype 180gm Audiophile Pressing 2011

Mint Condition Sealed and never played.

180 Gram Audiophile Vinyl (has sticker on plastic statingAudiophile and in credits on back of album 2011 by Sony Audiophile pressing)

Heavy Weather is the eighth album by Weather Report, released in 1977 through Columbia Records. The release originally sold about 500,000 copies; it would prove to be the band's most commercially successful album. Wikipedia

Artist: Weather Report

Release date: March 1977

Recorded: Late 1976 – Early 1977

Genres: Jazz, Jazz fusion

Producers: Joe Zawinul, Jaco Pastorius, Wayne Shorter

Weather Report was an American jazz fusion band active from 1970 to 1986. The band was founded (and initially co-led) by Austrian keyboard player Joe Zawinul, American saxophonist Wayne Shorter and Czech bassist Miroslav Vitouš. Other prominent members at various points in the band's lifespan included Jaco Pastorius, Alphonso Johnson, Victor Bailey, Chester Thompson, Peter Erskine, Airto Moreira and Alex Acuna. Throughout most of its existence, the band was a quintet consisting of Zawinul, Shorter, a bass guitarist, a drummer, and a percussionist.

Weather Report

Weather Report live June 11, 1981

Weather Report live June 11, 1981

Background information

Origin

New York City, New York, U.S.

Genres

Jazz fusion, world music, jazz-funk, free jazz

Years active

1970–1986

Labels

Columbia, ARC

Associated acts

Miles Davis, Cannonball Adderley, Joni Mitchell, The Zawinul Syndicate, Weather Update

Website

www.weatherreportmusic.com

Past members

Joe Zawinul

Wayne Shorter

Jaco Pastorius

Miroslav Vitouš

Alphonse Mouzon

Don Alias

Airto Moreira

Muruga Booker

Dom Um Romão

Eric Gravatt

Greg Errico

Alphonso Johnson

Narada Michael Walden

Chester Thompson

Alex Acuña

Manolo Badrena

Peter Erskine

Robert Thomas Jr.

Omar Hakim

Victor Bailey

Mino Cinelu

Steve Gadd

The band started as a free improvising jazz group with avant-garde and experimental electronic leanings; when Vitouš left Weather Report (due mostly to creative disagreements), Zawinul increasingly steered the band towards a funky, edgy sound incorporating elements of R&B and native musics from around the world. Zawinul utilized the latest developments in synthesizer technology, and took advantage of a large variety of sounds and tone colors to make the band stand out. During the first half of their career, Weather Report were seen as one of the defining acts in modern jazz, winning the DownBeat "best album award" five times in a row.

Alongside Mahavishnu Orchestra, Return to Forever, and Herbie Hancock's the Headhunters, Weather Report are widely considered one of the defining bands of the fusion era.

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