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Founded in late 1970 by three stars of the jazz world—keyboardist Joe Zawinul, saxophonist Wayne Shorter, and bassist Miroslav Vitous—Weather Report went on to become the most unique and enduring jazz band of its era, with a style of music wholly its own. Elegant People: A History of the Band Weather Report is the first book to tell the ...
In 1976, Weather Report released Black Market to mass critical acclaim, with more melodic and concise (some would say commercial) pieces. Chester Thompson and Narada Michael Walden shared the drum duties, and Alex Acuña played percussion, but the most important addition to the band was bassist Jaco Pastorius , who joined midway through the ...
Weather Report. Weather Report var en amerikansk musikgrupp som räknas som en av de tidigaste och mest inflytelserika jazzfusion -grupperna. Gruppen bildades 1970 av keyboardisten Joe Zawinul och Miroslav Vitouš tillsammans med saxofonisten Wayne Shorter. Båda Zawinul och Shorter hade tidigare bland annat spelat med Miles Davis.
Jun 22, 2022 · Curt Bianchi's biography of Weather Report is, in large part, the story of founding members Zawinul and Shorter, the only two musicians ever-present during the band's lifetime. Their backgrounds couldn't have been more different. Zawinul, the conservatory-trained Austrian boy, grew up under the air-raids of WWII; Newark-born Shorter, with a ...
Nov 25, 2020 · Crate Digging With Christian McBride: Joe Zawinul And 50 Years Of Weather Report. Like some fellow Austrians before him, Mozart, Haydn and Mahler, keyboardist Joe Zawinul deserves a place in the ...
