Artist: WEATHER REPORT
Album: WEATHER REPORT REISSUE (CD)

Release date: 1982/ 2019
EAN/UPS: 8718627230633
Media type: CD

Joe Zawinul/ Jaco Pastorius/ Wayne Shorter/ Peter Erskine.

The 1982 self-titled album is their final featuring bass guitarist Jaco Pastorius and drummer Peter Erskine in the rhythm section, bringing to an end what many fans considered the best lineup in the band’s history. Compositionally this album is dominated almost completely by Joe Zawinul. But this was often the case anyway. Explosive tracks like “Volcano For Hire” with a Peter Erskine who is that volcano erupting in one of the baddest funk drum grooves ever on record, “Current Affairs” and the ten minute + “NYC” all help one realize how much Joe Zawinul took musically from his time with Miles. Zawinul, Wayne, Erskine and Jaco do a superlative job with a strong, solid musical score.

CD:

1. Volcano For Hire
2. Current Affairs
3. N.Y.C.
    Part One: 41st Parallel
    Part Two: The Dance
    Part Three: Crazy About Jazz
4. Dara Factor One
5. When It Was Now
6. Speechless
7. Dara Factor Two