Heavy Weather

by Weather Report

Heavy Weather cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: March 1977
  • Label: Columbia
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 37:39
  • Community rating: 3.97/5 from 6 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

The commercial and artistic pinnacle of the jazz fusion movement, 'Heavy Weather' is one of the best-selling jazz albums of all time. The album marks the full-time arrival of bass virtuoso Jaco Pastorius, whose revolutionary technique and charismatic presence transformed the band's sound. The album is a masterpiece of composition and production, featuring the timeless anthem 'Birdland,' which became a global hit and brought jazz fusion to its largest audience ever.

Genres

Descriptors: fusion, synthesizers, virtuosic, bassy, instrumental

Tracklist

  1. Birdland (5:57)
  2. A Remark You Made (6:51)
  3. Teen Town (2:51)
  4. Harlequin (3:59)
  5. Rumba Mam谩 (2:11)
  6. Pallad铆um (4:46)
  7. The Juggler (5:03)
  8. Havona (6:01)

Credits

  • Weather Report - primary artist
  • Jaco Pastorius - co-producer, bass, mandocello, vocals, composed by, drums, bass, bass, steel drums, composed by, bass
  • Nancy Donald - design
  • Ron Malo - engineer
  • Jerry Hudgins - engineer [assistant]
  • Brian Risner - engineer [assistant], other [chief meteorologist]
  • Lou Beach - illustration
  • Cavallo-Ruffalo Management - management [exclusive]
  • Keith Williamson - photography by
  • Wayne Shorter - producer [assistant], soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone, composed by, soprano saxophone, composed by, soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone
  • Joe Zawinul - producer [producer / orchestrator], composed by, synthesizer [oberheim polyphonic, arp 2600], piano [acoustic], vocals, melodica, composed by, electric piano [rhodes], synthesizer [arp 2600, oberheim polyphonic], electric piano [rhodes], synthesizer [arp 2600, oberheim polyphonic], melodica, synthesizer [arp 2600, oberheim polyphonic], piano [acoustic], electric piano [rhodes], synthesizer [arp 2600], electric piano [rhodes], composed by, electric piano [rhodes], synthesizer [arp 2600], piano [acoustic], guitar, tabla, piano [acoustic], synthesizer [oberheim polyphonic, arp 2600]
  • Alex Acu帽a - drums, composed by [co-composer], congas, tom tom [tom toms], drums, handclaps
  • Manolo Badrena - tambourine, congas, vocals, composed by, vocals, timbales, congas, congas, percussion

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