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Intriguing. Never heard of this, but the description makes it sound pretty interesting. The jazz records I've gotten on this generator so far have all been pretty stellar, so I'm hoping that this one is of similar quality. I have no idea what to expect from this, just crossing my fingers for a good time. Birdland Love the opening guitar sequence. The bass on this song is pretty magnetic. A very melodic and approachable arrangement. Decent groove, very stimulating. Fresh and fun piece of jazz fusion. Love the way it ends. Great. 4.5/5 A Remark You Made The echoey delay makes for a slow and soothing atmosphere. The bass tone really integrates itself nicely with said atmosphere. Love the duetting with the sax. Extremely smooth and pleasant, gives of serious summer evening energy. Oh that keyboard part is magical. Great. 4.5/5 Teen Town The bass playing on this album so far has been nothing short of incredible, this track included. Love the tempo on the cymbals. That was sick. Great. 4.5/5 Harlequin Very interesting keyboard playing. Love how it interplays with the bass and the background piano. That drum breakdown at the end is absolutely stunning. Good. 4/5 Rumba Mama That opening vocal is absolutely insane, so much energy and spirit. Amazing percussion. A great rhythmic experience with blazing energy and fun atmosphere. Good. 4/5 Palladium Comes right out the gate with a great funky groove. Amazing instrumental interplay. Love how synergistic everything is while sounding technical and colourful at the same time. Energetic, complicated and deep, yet really approachable and simple to listen to. Each instrument delivers its own infectious part. Fantastic. 5/5 The Juggler Very dreamy and pleasant. Almost sounds like a whismical new world at times. Especially with that cute keyboard part. Very sweet, fun and pleasant to the ears. Feels experimental. Good. 4/5 Havona Yet again another amazing bass track. He plays with such bounce and fluidity that he makes the hard parts sound effortless. Would also like to shout out the drummer for somehow being just as impressive. Love the part where the piano just goes insane in tandem with the bass. Strong ending. Good. 4/5 Whenever you get a star studded lineup such as this there's always the fear that there will be some clashing of egoes. This usually either leads to synergy issues, or that the band simply fails to get the best out of each member. This is clearly not the case here. This is air tight, it's fast, it's fun and it has infectious parts from everyone involved. Importantly, it's also very accessible, serving as a great entry point to the genre without sacrificing the integrity of the performers behind it. Looking at other reviews of this, the negative reviews mostly come from two camps: Hardcore jazz fans and people who hate jazz. And sure it's not as challenging and emotional as masterworks produced by the greats. However this thing is always gonna be approachable to casuals, which might lead to them developing an interest for the genre. It shows of the talents of amazing instrumentalists such as Jaco Pastorius or Joe Zawinul and gives people a snippet of what such masters can do when they work together. Bouncy rhythms, funky basslines and smooth sax parts, littered with eclectic keyboard playing which sprinkles in a bit of magic on the recording. This makes for a charming, slightly cheesy album which never takes itself too seriously. A solid listen for when you just want a fun, free flowing experience. Or a great springboard to use for delving into several musical rabbitholes, following the people that made it. A simple highlight of this is the bass playing, which myself and others alike have pointed out as quite a marvelous ordeal. If some funky, rhythmic and effortless sounding bass parts is something you're into, then perhaps it's worth checking out just for that. 4/5
At first I was kinda like - what the heck is this? - but then I settled in and really enjoyed it. Funk, jazz, I hear city pop, at points I even hear 90s video game music. Not surprised this is a group of super solid professionals. Just a fun, easy listen. I’d listen to more of this group! 500 albums down!!
Parts of this are unbelievably fun and funky, other parts are real lame and cheesy. A real fine balance was to be had in the 1970s
The weather was exactly the amount of jazzy reported. Astounding!
Kind of interesting how the tone shifts from song to song. Some tracks with sci-fi atmospheric vibes, others afro Caribbean, but everything is fun and somehow flows together well. Listened to the extended version which has live songs as well which are enjoyable. Don't think there was a single song that dragged, an excellent album.
I might listen to this album again for some incredible bass lines. By the way, this was my first introduction to Jaco Pastorius' work. Anyway, jazz fusion is always a great way to go :)
Jojo's reference? It's a decent album. 3.5/5
4-
far from groundbreaking as far as jazz goes, but it’s an enjoyable listen
3.5 - Good
BIAS ALERT: I love this album. My dad is a bass player, and is a big fan of Victor Wooten and Jaco Pastorius, so I listened to this album and Bela Fleck and the Flecktones a bunch growing up. I think my nostalgia holds this album up a little higher than it deserves, just in that it's not as great as I remember it being. It is still very good, but I thought this would be an easy 5/5. The solos are incredible. I love when all the instruments lock in with each other. And the bass playing is just sick as fuck. I think for the purposes of this list, you can probably skip any extended version nonsense at the end of the album (unless you truly really love those songs). Favorite Song(s): Birdland, Teen Town
I knew of Jaco, but I never explored the WR catalog...
Heavy Weather might be one of the most unique jazz albums on this list. This album is like Weather Report couldn't keep still! The genre was jazz, but it could be smooth or playful or loud, nothing like how jazz typically is. At times, the album sounded jumbled, but I didn't mind it too much when the output was inventive and fun. Truth be told, my favorite song was "A Remark You Made," which is probably the most basic jazz song on the album, but I don't mind. I'm just really glad I listened to this.
Excellent variety of jazz
Breezy Jazz fusion. Sometimes funky, always cool.
"Weather Report rewrote the rules of jazz with Heavy Weather." https://open.substack.com/pub/richcain/p/project-1001-heavy-weather-by-weather?r=4ztyq&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false
Very good, tremendous playing especially by Jaco Pastorius the bassist. Everyone is top notch and they are all in the pocket with each other. You can just single out each member and focus on their individual playing. At the same time, the album is cool and kind of relaxing. Puts me in an good mood. Will listen again! 4/5
they made a music step ahead
Jazz Fusion is always a good choice. This feels a tiny bit dated and you can tell it's from the 70s but it's still really good.
Muy relajante, pero pensé que me iba a gustar mucho más de lo que me gustó. No me parece especialmente memorable. Puede ir muy duro para leer.
first time listening to weather report gotta say i'm pleased. love the jazz love the fusion love the everything. not a five out of five but pretty damn good. i enjoyed each song and this is definitely going on my main.
4/5. Despite the title, a lot of the songs on here are mostly pretty chill and relaxing. There are a few that stand out, especially the opening track, which is a classic by itself, as well as others that keep that heaviness they are referring to. The album as a whole definitely has some great work from the bassist which at first I thought was some sort of synthesizer with how prominent it carries the music here. The melody is up front but the bass is moving it forward, along with the percussion. I don't think I would be down with this album all the time but it's definitely a wonderful listen front to back. Best Song: Birdland, Havona, Harlequin
A delightful jazz album.
Jak jakaś postać w Jojo nazywa się jak artysta to zwykle jest dobra fazka.
A decent work listen because it involves no real thinking or words, just letting the smooth smooth jazz hit you. Almost a 5?
Really straddles the line between competent fusion and cheesy cliche Jazz. It has a lot of moments of brilliant playing, especially Jaco Pastorius his bass playing shines here. However, there's a few moments where it sounds a bit cheesy, perhaps because of its influence. I found this to have a lot of variety as well. Rumba Mama sounds very different from the phenomenal Birdland sounds different from the other songs on here.
Bass is killer all over this. I don't usually do any research until after I write a review but i had to figure out who this was. Go figure it's Jaco, probably the best player that's not Victor Wooten or Bootsy. Some of the songs felt like 80s TV Theme songs, some felt like it was smooth jazz or something almost like fast smooth jazz... is that a thing? Bass, horns and keys/synth all get ample time to shine. Mood shifts in songs all work really well and keep things moving pretty quickly. I didn't want it to end.
Fun little funky jazz group.
Perfect for eating fried snail
Egentligen tycker jag nog att weather report är lite överskattade men när de är som bäst så är det riktigt bra, och när Jaco drar iväg på någon sjuk slinga så är det svårt att inte dra på sig ett leende. En svag 4a.
Not often does the bass player get all the praise—unless that bass player is John Francis Anthony Pastorius III. Birdland and Havona are the absolute standouts, with a few other solid tracks as well. However, A Remark You Made is the weak link—especially following Birdland, it completely kills the momentum of the album. Because of that, I can only give it four stars
Really enjoyed this
This was a very enjoyable smooth jazz album with a significant up tempo. One exception is "Rumba mamba", which came out of left field and I did not enjoy it.
Every bassist worth their salt knows the name Jaco Pastorius. Bold as brass, Jaco wielded a fretless electric bass and honored the stylings of funk and jazz in his impeccable technique. With Weather Report, they play sleek and impressive jazz-fusion that was immensely expressive at every turn. Not only a pleasant listen, Heavy Weather is technical and challenging in ways that impress the frontiers of jazz in a post-Bitches Brew world.
Already played
This album is cheesy, sure. But you know what? I like it. It's nostalgic. No regrets lol, f the haters.
did not expect to like this as much as I did
Woah! Wild jazz alert. What a fun album. Technically astounding with the instrumentation. I'm not a jazz expert, but I really enjoyed the fusion across genres and specifically the musicianship. That bass player, whoa!
3.7 Quite enjoyed that, most likely because it seems like they inspired one of my favourite artists, Squarepusher. So many moments on there sounded identical to something off hard normal daddy. Nice but of jazz funk. Only weak spot was the Rumba song but it was over before it began.
beautiful.
Pastorius. You can't deny what he added to this and other WR albums. So many bass guitarists can easily turn to him as an influence / aspiration: Jeff Berlin, Les Claypool, Tony Levin, Robert Trujillo... I could go on and on. I will say, the first track is not my favorite version of "Birdland." But it's still a song that always makes me smile (makes me think of playing it in jazz band when I was in school). Did not care for the opening of "Rumba Mama", honestly. But the rest of the song was good. Really, the whole album was really good. Top tracks: "Harlequin," "Havana," "Palladium"
Never heard of these guys but I don't know jazz so to be expected. Birdland was such a cool opener with the synth (?) to start and all the other classic instruments fused in. Kind of reminded me of something you'd hear from Steely Dan. I'd say this whole album is somewhere between jazz fusion and jazz rock. Whether the beats were uptempo like Birdland and Palladium, or softer like A Remark You Made and the Juggler, I really dug them. Maybe a little too much synth on a couple songs but overall a solid album. Surprised, maybe even disappointed, at how short it was.
My friend Max sometimes listens to the worst jazz you've ever heard - almost like it's been made to intentionally offend me This album isn't that, this is great fun and I really enjoyed it. Do better, Max.
High energy jazz rock that is a lot of fun. Standout is "A Remark You Made" is beautiful. Leadoff "Birdland" is good too.
Very nice album. I particularly liked Birdland. The melodies were tight, and well balanced.
Ja classic met Pastorius op bas. Qua fusion uit die tijd zijn Mahavishnu Orchestra en Chick Corea Elektric Band ook nice, vind die zelf wat leuker iig. Deze guys hebben altijd wel een beetje dezelfde sound gehad
Happy 100th album! It's upbeat, chill music perfect for the first day of class!
you know what, i started out doubting this, but i throughly enjoyed it. you know what? hell yeah.
Weather Report has never been my brand of jazz. It just feels too clean and smooth somehow. However, the talent and chemistry of the musicians behind the group is undeniable. This album is a pleasant listen and it has a lot of great elements, even if it's never going to be what I turn to when I want to hear some jazz 4/5
4 perché ancora non riesco a suonare Teen Town >:(
Pleasant, but sometimes delves too far into the free jazz genre at the cost of harmonic cohrence.
I’ll admit that seeing an album listed as jazz fusion didn’t exactly fill me with delight, but there have definitely been some jazz albums that surprised me, so I tried to keep some optimism. And I’m glad that I did! This album is really fun, maybe leaning more towards bossanova than jazz at times, with a definite Cuban vibe. I don’t know where Weather Report are from, but they felt very tropical. This album was a nice surprise, and a nice rump shaker.
Great jazz album :-)
Good jazz
Great instrumental album 4.25
Very solid...
Pretty good
Some of the most talented jazz players of the era go off the chain, and the results are glorious. I need to check out more Weather Report.
A nice very famous jazz album. Not my favourite but always worth listening to.
They said that when this album came out white dads across the world started tapping their foot and nodding along. And I just think that's beautiful. Best Track: Birdland Worst Track: Rumba Mama
5/11/24 The album is different to what i would normally listen to. But it was a good album. Entertaining.
4.25
This is more my sort of jazz than the 50s trad stuff. Broadly, it feels a bit more interesting, and I definitely prefer the sounds of sax to the parping brass. This also had some good guitar parts in. Also, Birdland makes me sing 'Haywards Heath', which reminds me of Southern Rail. Despite that, a solid listen.
So wow is this shocking. I really liked this album. I don’t know if it’s because it came at a good time or what- I was working along to it, but it was the perfect sense of not too distraction but good enough that I could really appreciate the music and the talent. The last song was incredible, an amazing way to wrap up the album. I usually have nothing great to say about albums with no singing, but wow this was awesome. I see so much talent, so much influence, and would 1000% listen again.
B+
Amazing music to listen to. I remember a friend of mine showed these to me, and it was a whole experience.
ei paljoa kuulu puhepulinaa.. hyvä! jos ei kerrassaan ole mitään sanottavaa niin ei turhaa pälätystä tarvitakkaan! monet voisivat mallia ottaa .. hullun hyvä bassolinja = nopeatsi budududududdum ja vitun tylsän kuuloinen... tämä on proge jazz rock fuusion mahtavuus tuo sama basso budududududdududududududududududum.. voi että jos päällä olisi geddy leen kuuloinen helari laulamassa jostain abstraktista hevonpaskasta omgomg olisi viiiielä parempi omg omg... bassdsoo niin hullu oh mai gawd the bass on this omg.. (illuusio, illuusio musikaalisuudedta... paska basso... missattu pointti ovelasti...) a remark you made
Abandoned mail music (positive). 3.5/5
As a drummer, this album is a masterclass in funk drumming/percussion. Alex Acuña and Manolo Badrena offer a thunderous and unrelenting performance, knowing when and when not to pull back the volume - while keeping up the intensity throughout. Jaco Pastorius's bass playing speaks for itself. The intro to "Rumba Mama" might be one of the most badass track intros I've ever heard.
Holy crap Lois is that a JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Part Six Stone Ocean reference????!!!!
"Birdland" starts it off - and then the jazz flows to "Havana". Didn't realize this was Weather report. A decent album. Will repeat listen
Jaco only needed 4... Bass nerds aside, the album is one of the pinnacles of fusion. It's a great play with awesome instrumentation. Birdland is newest Jazz standard I know of.
I think this might be the level of jazz that I am comfortable with.
progejarre jaha
This is a fun album, probably won’t rush back, but nothing to hate.
Fantastic listen. Goes hard and unashamed.
Listened on plane so perhaps missed Jaco’s legendary playing cuz of humming. But don’t rly feel like relistening again I fear.
This was awesome. Hope I get another record from these dudes. Crazy talented group of guys here. Maybe the most talented group to ever do it. Very rad.
Of course, I already knew Birdland beforehand. The song is still played everywhere and is a real hit. I wasn't familiar with the band or the album. It's nice that this has now changed. I like the music and the rhythm. Even if I don't like the whole album, I will listen to individual tracks again and again. 4/5
Ben benieuwd Altijd deze band al willen checken Heel nice, niet wat ik had verwacht Dacht dat t meer een synthwave band was
For years I only knew the Manhattan Transfer's horrifying version of "Birdland", and it turns out to actually be one of the coolest song! Weird!
Right in the sweet spot whilst I was happily tapping away at my laptop. Music that was challenging enough when zooming in, but could melt into the background. Impressive chops demonstrated throughout. I got a kick out of some fretless bass and synth licks in particular (is that Joe Zawinul on the keyzzzz?). 'Birdland' is a great opener. My girlfriend also liked this.
Gets a 4 just for Birdland!
Pretty good, even if it is kind of background music. Favorite track: "Rumba Mama."
If the weather was always like this, don't think anyone would ever complain.
Good, smooth jazz. Some nice funk and freestyle. Easy listening.
Solid jazz
This is my kind of music, so I am a bit biased, but this is a really good album. I've heard a few of the tracks before, but not the whole album. Really easy to listen to, no 'skip-me' tracks.
Chill
Loved
I believe that's the first time I hear a jazz fusion album. Still got a lot to know. Boys like Zappa has been on my waiting list for a long time. Anyway. That was a great experience. I had to listen twice to get the feeling but it worked: Now i'm totaly into Jazz Fusion and i want to hear more! 4 stars that's the vote.
Great musicianship on full display here. It was nice to work to today.
Well this is good fun. Those first few notes of Birdland sound like the start of some kind of ambient edm but then the horns kick in and away we go. Birdland is a good fun frolic, Teen Town is a cool jam, and something in The Juggler keeps catching my attention. I won't be sad if this pops up on my radar again.
Koooosss
Great jazz record
I had never heard of this! Loved it start to finish!
Petty good, made me feel like I was watching an old talk show at times.
What the hell was this? And I mean that in the best way! I hadn't heard of Weather Report, and to learn that legendary bassist Jaco Pistorius was part of the lineup has me wondering how I hadn't. This was funky as all hell. I don't have a deep knowledge of jazz fusion, but albums like these inspire me to dig deeper into the genre. This album has such a great vibe that I nearly considered giving it 5 stars, but due to elements of it sounding aged (naturally, given that it's nearly 50 years old), I will settle upon a strong 4.
i hate to say it but the jazz fusion hits hard today
I'm not mad for jazz fusion but I'm usually never mad about a Weather Report album being on. It's really tasteful in it's balance of musicianship and hooks, never leaving the audience behind for their own ego. Tonally, they choose some great synth patches, guitar sounds, and Jaco's trademark fretless bass. The fact that this is a Jaco Pastorious WR album alone is huge as it means I'm listening to one of the best bassists of all time, if not THE best. What an animal that boy. Listen to him flex on track 3, putting some real muscle behind his tone and laying into it with the section on the lower notes. Furthermore any lesser bassist would solo non-stop but he minds the space in the song, playing simple or not at all when necessary. You can always count on Weather Report to bring interesting sounds from their "world jazz funk" universe to the table. From the live cut of "Rumba Mama" to a cover of "Birdland", they make it all fit together somehow under their banner.
Lovely and funky. Found myself thinking of Paul Rudd yelling "slappin' da bass!" frequently throughout. Unsure if there is any actual bass slapping in here. In any event, thoroughly enjoyable.
Buen álbum, satisfactorio de escuchar. Buena incorporación de los sonidos del sintetizador a la música de jazz moderno, que por momentos coquetea con su versión latina. La primera escucha se pasó rápido y agradable. Definitivamente una adición a la fonoteca.
Classic Jazz fusion album but it is not the kind of music I prefer.
Way out of my lane but still a blast to listen to. There's some cheesieness with the synth sounds but to me it sounds a bit charming rather than cloying. Jaco is the star of course, he's doing some amazing work on the fretless bass. Jazz is great because you can only succeed if you are fantastically talented on your instrument, but it also means that it can favour musicality over melody. There's enough variety here to keep me happy though.
Yes
CanCon alert🚨 🍁- oops, retracted. We don’t actually own the maple leaf Love “Birdland” already, but we’ll see where the rest of this album takes us. HL: “Birdland”, “Teen Town”, “The Juggler”, “A Remark You Made”, “Havona” My love for jazz fusion is fickle, with albums like Head Hunters and Bitches Brew being favourites from this generator, while others (idk if Street Life counts as jazz fusion) bored me, with my ears discounting fierce, virtuosic solos as samey mush. Heavy Weather has a little of the latter example, but also a lot of what I liked about the former, with Latin percussion, spacey synths, and a willingness to explore contrasting textures (the suspense in “Teen Town”; the melancholy in “Remark”). I can’t find much online about it, but “The Juggler” is an understated highlight, with a galloping, African rhythm and a playful descending riff from Zawinul. A real bop from an era of jazz that I’ve often dismissed as background music of the Weather Network. wait Weather Network… Weather Report… what does it mean…
I liked this a lot more than I thought I would.
Sort of ethereal, almost futuristic jazz fusion. Jaco only has one stand out song, but he's kind of the secret sauce on the album. It's a testament to the era that an instrumental like Birdland can become a radio hit. Not my favorite example of jazz fusion, but still real solid. Legendary performers, legendary album. 3.9
Not really my kinda jam, but having said this it does kinda kick and I did find myself getting engaged, its Jazz but its not big band Jazz but its not wailing all over the place
A great Jazz Fusion album. The interplay betwixt the musicians is top notch. Jaco Pastorius on bass is fantastic, slinky and smooth on the fretless...a talent gone too soon.
Cool …
The alfa chad bassist Flea from RHCP told me personally on Twitter that this and Mr. Gone were his favorite Weather Report albums. Has some really good and some okay stuff here. Some of the synths are eh. My least favorite part of jazz fusion. The bass by the Alfa Jaco is great.
Jazz. Fully instrumental but awesome
Funky as hell. Love the electronic usage here. My only gripe is that it feels a bit longer than it really us. Favorites were Rumba Mama and Birdland
This is just fun to listen to. The bass is definitely the highlight for me. Favorite songs are Birdland, Teen Town, and Havona
I enjoyed Birdland a bunch - 8/10
I haven't really listened to much jazz, so I didn't know what to expect going into this, but it was pretty fun.
7/10 - Pretty jazzy. I liked a few random songs in it. Rumba Mama caught me off guard but the rest were fun to listen to.
The bass on this is wild. The music tends to force itself into the background. The movement on some tracks is outstanding if you can manage to stay focused. 8/10.
Album I had not heard before not my top style but a really great surprise
Klassiker.
I was not expecting jazz, but hell yeah. I've heard Birdland before and it's great. A Remark You Made might be the smoothest jam of all time. The whole thing is less-techy Vulfpeck or CASIOPEA vibes
The opening track, “Birdland,” is an immediate and clear child of late-‘70s fusion, but it’s simultaneously ahead of its time. And it still is. With a nod to Disco, an unabashed Pop sensibility, all wrapped in a commercial sheen, it remains serious music with roots in jazz experimentation. These guys are trying to see how far you can push it. Only Herbie Hancock managed to equal their impact on the mainstream. Modern listeners may be tempted to dismiss what they’re hearing out of some well-intentioned but nevertheless misguided sense of hindsight. Oft-duplicated but never replicated is a better and fairer way to listen to Weather Report’s music. So much followed in their wake, endless waves of Quiet Storm-formatted radio, that the special gifts of this group get watered down. There have been Jazz revivals galore since this record was released, and plenty of incredibly talented musicians, but ask yourself when the last great instrumental Jazz-based group made a record that sounded like it was new, that stretched the boundaries of the genre and of what a Pop record could sound like. I’ll wait right here, listening to “Heavy Weather.”
Ok. I like jazz but dude! Switch it up!
I'm into it
Kicks ass
This was pretty sweet stuff. I'm not really one for pure instrumental albums but these guys are good and I can dig the jazz fusion going on.
I'm not actually sure how I feel about this album. I've listened to classical jazz before and enjoyed it, but not so much late mid-century jazz. I recognized a lot of elements that felt like 80s prog rock, which, since they came later, implies that Weather Report might have influenced them. Some casual googling turns up the Rush's bassist Geddy Lee points to "Teen Town" as being an influential song on him, so evidence in that column. I feel very early 80s music with this, but, again, I think it's the influence such music might have had on 80's tv show soundtracks.
very unexpected album, very cool
Great album I wouldn't have heard otherwise
Fusion jazz. Hated by critics. Loved by its fans. As great as Shorter, Zawinul, Acuna and Badrena are, it’s Jaco, the man who reinvents how the electric bass is played, less than 15 years after a small cohort worked it out. Entwhistle or Bruce hadn’t tried this, and they were more technically adventurous than James Jamerson, Carol Kaye or Duck Dunn. Jaco was something else. Let’s look at Jaco's bass solo on harmonics. It sounds like a guitar. But it’s not. It’s Pastorious. He is the Jimi Hendrix of bass and what a show that might have been. Put Bonham on drums and watch the whole thing crash under the impossible weight of expectations. The other thing about this first album is just how much energy there is. Fusion was developed by the guys who grew up on rock and roll but learned jazz. A lot of later fusion guys forget this thinking it’s about how clever you are. Oh these guys in Weather Report are clever, yes. But they’re also chuck and Richard and the Beatles and the stones. And Sly and Jimi and James Brown, and Motown, and P Funk. Throw it all together and you have a true fusion. This is jazz. Absolutely. But it’s also rock and roll. 4 stars.
As a parent, I can testify that one of the biggest thrills my children can give me is to fall in love with a piece of music that I myself love. This happened a couple of years ago when my son declared his love for Birdland, the opening track here. He had only just discovered it & I had not played Heavy Weather for years. Fact is, I first discovered the song, not on Heavy Weather, but on the Manhattan Transfer album Extensions (1979). That version had lyrics written by the great Jon Hendricks (Lambert, Hendricks & Ross) & would go on to win 2 grammies (Best Jazz/Fusion Performance & Best Vocal Arrangement). These days I prefer the original - it doesn’t need words. Other standouts on the album are both Pastorius compositions - the frenetic Teen Town & the closer, Havana. Here was a great band at their peak, performing listenable fusion.
Klikkað albúm. Live útgáfan af Birdland er alveg top notch!
Great funky instrumental jams
3.5/5 I liked it but the following suggested songs were less of my taste
I kinda wanted to give this five stars as it is - yet again - another genre defining album on this list, but it gets a little too noodly and self indulgent at points. Still, if you want to show someone what jazz fusion is, start here.
They definitely know how to play. The lively parts are exciting, the other parts are kind of boring though. Favorite song: Birdland.
If only all weather reports were as mild and pleasant as this album. Believe me, there is nothing "heavy" about it. Good intro into jazz fusion. Four thunderstorms out of five. ⛈️⛈️⛈️⛈️
8/10. Rainy
Nice easy listening. I prefer the Buddy Rich version of Birdland but this is still an album I’ll return to. 8/10
Loved this. “Birdland” is obviously a staple of jazz music but this album is so much more than that. The interplay in the band is top notch and Jaco’s bass is just brilliant throughout. 4.5/5 Will definitely listen again
Oh shit het fasch weather report verpasst. Birdland ischn classic. Es trifft d Stimmig vomene fiktive Land wo Vögel existieret perfekt. De Jaco Pastorius am Bass so guet. De sound gfallt mir allgemein, vergliche mit nervöserem Fusion isches mir aber mengmol fasch zu entspannt, zu smooth.
Aaa i lieb da album zum glück hani hüt ine gluegt. Isch definitiv eis wo besser wird wenn mers meh lost und es verschüsst s pulver zimli am aafang. Bass chords sick (rip jaco). Finde s synth solo geg de schluss vo a remark you made meega nice und d drums uf Havona sind mer au no nie so ufgfalle, mega cool. Es wird wenn mer s album durelost irgendwenn scho chli viel, i ha nocher nomol e fusion album glost und isch chli viel gsi. I find au sie hend uf de letschte paar lieder nöd ganz gliich viel idee wie uf de erste drü aber cha guet sii dasi s glich sege wür wenni s album andersch ume glost het. Usserst bi birdland de song isch genial, i lieb wie lang sie ufbaued. Und bi teen town fix au nöd. Beste song: Birdland Schlechtiste Song: The Juggler
Schööön, drums insane cool, bass umen!! De schluss vo birdland (riese song) tönt wie de sound vomene alte Videospiel. Teen town: bass HALLOUUU <3
eis vode hässlichste cover ever für es geniaaals album. ich ha nöd so viel zsege, birdland isch chrank geil und teen town au. ich cha verstoh wie mer de bass tone und s saxophon chan cheesy finde aber uf dem album isch weather report am zeige was fusion chan und dases chan hooks haa und nöd voll verkopft mues sii. nöch amne füfi. ich entscheid am morge.
Good funk, ça change de ce que j'écoute habituellement.
Was wondering what this would sound like since the genre is just "Fusion" on Apple Music. Birdland certainly portrays that. Towards the end I actually recognize this song from somewhere. It's quite the earworm I'm bouncing. Slows down a bit with A Remark You Made but but that solo towards the end is bomb. I'm guessing it's some kind of keyboard but whatever it is is lovely. Teen Town has that sick ass bass. Harlequin with the sax. I feel like every song has it's own featured instrument which I love. Weird that Rumba Mama goes into a live song? Kinda sounds like Santana's Soul Sacrifice. Back in the studio it seems with the bass driven Palladium. Havona has starts out with that brown noise. Almost shit myself. This was a very solid 4 for me. Almost a sneaky 5.
Magnificent groovy funky fun. Doesn’t really reach a consistently transcendent level but it is consistently great.
It’s a nice album. I like the synths and the saxophone. Some of the melodies are really great. I don’t normally listen to this type of music so I’m struggling with it a bit. But I do like it. A remark you made is great, teentown with those heavy drums is fun, rumba Mumba with those tribal aspects and crowd is nice too. The juggler is great with its synth melody and keys. It’s a strong 3 to a light 4.
Comes out hard with a fantastic take on Birdland. These cats can cook! And the pretty songs are really pretty. I thoroughly enjoyed the whole album.
First modern jazz band I discovered really like this album
Fusion jazz classic, Birdland is a banger instrumental any day
Can’t go wrong with birdland
One of the main bands of the fusion era. Teen Town is the OG Dean Town. 4.
Really enjoyed this, going to come back to them for sure
Great jazz album. Jaco is the man
extremely fun playing and sounds all around, I love this period of music outside of the bass sound sometimes. Ballads here are supremely beautiful, piano solos as well
Bit of me
This album is extremely inventive for its time, it takes the genre of jazz that was dying out and fuses it with the more upcoming electronic style to make for a great album. Low 4.
Weather report is like 50-50 for me as far as jazz fusion goes. This album is probably more like 75-25 though so pretty good.
This was super cool. Not usually my kind of music but was good for zoomies for work
Americana- 80s- Cop -Soap Jaco Pastorius virtuoses Bassspiel carriet das Album. Leger aber gute Musik
Crazy stuff, especially Jaco Pastorius on fretless bass!
The duo that it Zawinul and Pastorius really is something else entirely, so it goes without saying that the instrumental on Heavy Weather is amazing. The only thing I’m missing is longer compositions that would let the instruments explore and progress further.
Yes, it's time for sophisticated jazz fusion with legends Jaco, Shorter and Zawinul and marvellous Latin rhythm and percussion from the other two before Peter Erskine joined. This LP and the previous, Black Market, are wonderful examples of mid 70s jazz fusion from people who have been through the Miles Davis school of improv, but decided to rehearse the tunes a little longer ready to rock out on stage to the screaming college sophisti-cats. Jaco’s bass is great, Wayne’s sax is lyrical and Zawinul’s melodies and arrangements are hits even when his choice of synth sounds are poor. Great drumming and percussion as well. Mostly superb (who doesn't love Birdland?), but you really need to listen to the extended funk rock live version of Teen Town found on concert album "8.30" because it shows exactly why Weather Report were THE rockstars of jazz fusion.
One of my all time favorite recordings of Birdland
Album #26 Having back-to-back jazz albums was great, especially since I had to catch up on a few days where I couldn't listen. This album reminded me of driving with my father when I was a kid. He often played the old NYC smooth jazz station CD101.9. I know that I've heard both Birdland and Havona on that station, so having those booked this album made it feel special to me. Honestly, I'm not good at critiquing jazz, but I can say that I enjoyed this album and would consider listening again while doing housework or work-work. 3.5* rounded to 4* for my Dad.
exceptional. probably as close as an album can get to 5 stars without reaching it
Mit gutem Fusion kriegt man mich eigentlich immer und das hier ist welcher, aber ein- zwei Tracks hatten zu viel Saxophon. Schwache 4
Found this very pleasant, full of peaceful energy.
Birdland is forever a classic, and depending on your mood the rest of the album totally holds up. Some of the best jazz playing and inter-instrumental dialogue that you’ll hear between Pastorius and Zawinul. This is already a go to for records to play while milling about the house on the weekend, and will continue to do so. Fave track without a doubt is Birdland
I'm not a jazz boy, but I would put this on at a garden party. It's pretty great. I particularly like the electric elements, which I think includes the bass. I've never heard synth on a jazz record before, but it gives this a new dimension, making it feel modern and vibrant. The last two albums provide proof, if needed, that the jazz world does supergroups a lot more successfully than the rock world. Rating: 4/5 Playlist track: Birdland Date listened: 16/08/23
Not in love with this album as much as it is a classic, but the star studded lineup can’t be denied. Also, the music is just palatable, at worst you’re going to have a pleasant time.
Nog en blassiker
Dominated by jaco, just bass playing like no one else can.
That's what was lacking on that list. Instrumental music. Great experience this album.
70s jazz, was a nice, pleasant listen overall; killer bass guitar all throughout. I think "Palladium" was my favorite. 8/10.
What a pleasant surprise! A largely instrumental jazz album? Great listen, I liked it.
Great album. Birdland is iconic. Will listen to again.
Yah I like jazz fusion
There are two types of music I detest, Modern Country and Smooth Jazz. I always thought that Weather Report was smooth jazz, so imagine my surprise at finally sitting down and listening to a WR album for the first time and hearing Jaco Pastorius' fingers flow over his fretless base. I'm still not sold on WR, but will give more of their discs a listen. I stand corrected on WR being smooth jazz, I don't look forward to discovering something pleasant about Modern Country though… 4/5
Good fusion album. The bands energy doesn't stray and makes this album an entertaining listen. The group really gives Jaco a chance to shine and he does using the bass to lead a few of the tracks. If this album wasn't so popular it definitely wouldn't be on this list and there are a lot of other fusion records more deserving of it's spot from artists like Mahavishnu Orchestra, John Coltrane, Frank Zappa, Herbie Hancock and many more. 7/10
Nice to hear an instrumental album
Terrific musicianship from this quintet. Not all the songs slay but enough do to earn a high ranking. Jaco Pastorius and Wayne Shorter shine in particular. Shame what happened to Jaco. He was an all time talent.
My favorite version of Birdland.
Not sure if it was because I just had three 1s in a row, but this was such a breath of fresh air. Really enjoyed the smooth jazz. Great listen. Gonna roll a 4 for this one. TBz 1. A Remark You Made 2. Rumba Mama 3. Birdland 4. Palladium
Cloudy with a chance of Jazz!
fun listen. liked instrumental steely dan.
Jacoooo! Beetje cheesy bij vlagen door de synths, maar soms ook dystopisch. Veel verschillende instrumenten.
Как будто 40 минут слушал аудиальный фейерверк. И то, и сё, и хлопает и гремит, и на фоне булюлюкает и ещё басочек, и труба, юффффь! Почти всю неделю исправило Есть доеб до румбы мамбы, в остальном кайф, 4+
Not a jazz person normally, but this was very enjoyable and had some really cool moments.
What a fun album. Love the whole thing!
The first song was interesting, then the following songs went down in quality a little bit, but the album ends with three amazing songs, mixing jazz with many other styles, giving me a very good vibe. I'm not sure this is something I'll listen to again in a row, but I enjoyed it very much.
Fun and funky
I'm not the biggest jazz guy, but I liked this album, especially "Teen Town" is awesome.
Can hear its influence on modern jazz.
Groovy jazz. Love it
Acid jazz, funk and synth fusion confection!
Pretty cool that the day's listening included Public Enemy and Weather Report. So this album — damn, some of the playing is otherworldly, particularly the bass. Tones of the instruments are also really great throughout. When this is at its best, this is sensational. I appreciate the jazz genre tucked into a slightly more structured song format. At times it's too structured, and self-aware and indulgent, but then, if I could play and write and execute these parts, I'd push myself to do it. These guys are playing things — individually and as a group — that not many can. So, perfect? No. Too indulgent and showy for that. Brilliant? Yes. And at its best (the opener, "Birdland" for instance), this is magical.
I think I listened to this years ago but forgot all about it. Thought it was great this time around, very groovy bass!
While it was not exactly a chart success, to be able, as a jazz group, to produce a single that is still recognised 45 years after its release is quite some achievement. Birdland is such as track. The rest of the album mostly follows the pattern laid down by Birdland, but Rumba Mama stands out as breaking away from this structure. In general even improvised jazz needs to have some structure imposed on it to make it listenable, and Weather Report get the balance right here.
The first Jazz album I ever bought, or was it Elegant Gypsy by Al Dimeola, get quite be certain. Birdland is a great song but the rest just aren't for me, not 45 years ago and not now. The closer; Havana gets a bit closer but al in all bot my cup of tea...but Birdland does elevate it to 4 stars
"Now you must aquire a taste for free-form jazz" -Patrick Star I like this album, some stuff goes a little too jazzy (i.e. freeform or something) for my liking, but I was definitely grooving to this album Also is this a JoJo reference? Favorite song: Birdland or Teen Town Worst song: Harlequin
Hey, ég á þessa plötu á disk í kassa útí bílskúr! Long time no listen. Mætti alveg hlusta oftar, þetta er ljómandi skemmtilegt
Hooray for Birdland! It is great. The rest is not as great --- sounded like a record of 80s TV themes, putting everything in soft focus like Cybil Shepherd in Moonlighting. I give Birdland 10 stars and the rest 3.
“OHHHH! THAT song!” I exclaimed as the opening notes of Weather Report’s “Birdland” filled my ears. I’ve heard this song a gazillion times on the radio - usually as background music for PSA’s or commercials. I’m VERY excited to hear it again! This is possibly the first time I’ve heard the song in its entirety. As the album progressed my reaction was positive. The songs were varied and interesting. I want to listen to it again. Jazz always scared me or put me off. Heavy Weather and some of the other great jazz albums I’ve heard in this project has made me realize there’s a place for it in my world.
Classic funky fusion sound, love it, though it does sound a bit too dated at times for its own good.
I was surprised by how much I liked this, as I always feel like Jazz Fusion is a genre that leaves a sour taste for me. But the consistency and experimental flair throughout was just the right flavor for me.
Nice jazz-rock fusion. Some of it’s smooth, some of it’s spacey, a lot of it is funky and weird. A lot great percussion too. My favorite track is “Palladium.” Sick album cover too.
This was a fun jazzy fusion album, great for background busy-music! I always appreciate some fun noodles and experimentation from talented musicians.
Awesome futuristic jazz album that covers prog, fusion, world music, latin percussion, etc. etc. the list goes on. The (mostly fretless) bass is really the standout for me on this album. The playing is virtuosic, lyrical, technial, and just all around amazing, but that's what you should expect from one of the greatest to ever do it- Jaco Pastorius. Solid 4 out of 5. Some tracks later on tend to track a little.
Tuneful and melodic from the first to the last not, with great hooks and several absolute classics of the genre (starting with "Birdland"). Has aged extremely well (one woudln't have guessed), but masterful playing is timeless, innit? An outright pleasure to hear (on one's deathbed or any time) to be reacquainted with.
Today's a cool morning filled with a heavy rain. The weather's heavy, you might say. And while I don't think a jazz fusion album suits such a day, this one didn't ruin the mood. I love the stormy energy of the instruments and the smooth flow of it all. Some tracks are quite boring, but as a whole, this album is a decent listen. Another great jazz.
Not the biggest fan of jazz but quite liked this one. Found it both accessible and with enough technical depth. Pretty close to prog rock in some parts... Maybe that's why I liked it?
Birdland is a classic. I could listen to that on repeat! It was interesting listening to the entire album, and I really enjoyed it. I could definitely put this on in the background while working.
7/6/2022 - ALBUM #160 Today's Album: "Heavy Weather" by Weather Report - This stands out as a pretty great Jazz album up there with the likes of Herbie Handcock Headhunters and Miles Davis' Bitches Brew and that becomes like a super obvious observation once you realize that this band is a mending of a lot of different members from those bands. The opener, Birdland, is a perfect Jazz track in my opinion. The long-form stylings of classic Jazz with the constant musical momentum of the fusion movement come together to create such a fun and energetic track. It is just one of those instrumentals that never gets old to me and has so many aspects to it it's impossible to explain everything I like about it. Carrying on, the album stays consistently high quality with the great contemplative ballad A Remark You Made and a bunch of upbeat energetic tracks like Teen Town, The Juggler and Havona. I think I'm not a huge fan of Rumba Mama because although it has an infectious loud energy to it, it doesn't really have a lot of progression to it and starts to feel stale as it goes on. I really like the closer on this album as well, Havona, as it ends off with this really dramatic and hectic improv section. It doesn't stick the landing when it comes to closing up the album with a strong climax, but it is pretty emblematic of the experimentation that was all over this record. The jazz fusion moments on this record especially stand out to me as being so fundamental to the genre and being just generally really likeable. Overall, there is a reason this is such a beloved and successful jazz album with covers of Birdland more plentiful than can be counted. Give this one a listen if you want a solid piece of Jazz history and a great album to just throw on to set a nice vibe. Highlights: Birdland, A Remark You Made, Teen Town, Harlequin, Palladium, The Juggler, Havona Score: 8/10 One of the most influential jazz albums of the late 70s
Some banging fusion, Birdland is a certified tune and the rest is also v good
Really great album. My fifth listen this year and still hearing new phrases each time
Ein seltener aber wichtiger Beitrag: Ein wirklich gut hörbares Jazz-Album!
Awesome jazz fusion album. Wayne Shorter can do no wrong.
Pretty cool! These boyz can PLAY
My favorite jazz album thus far. Very cool
Musical wanking at its finest
Wicked jazz fusion album. Super experimental and fun, lots of different influences from world music, jazz and funk coming through. The technical skill of all of the band members gets highlighted on this record; the drums, horns, keys, guitar, bass all have their moments in the spotlight throughout. Heavy Weather pushed the boundaries of a traditional sounding record at the time, and helped to evolve jazz and prog rock through this period. Fave tracks: Birdland, Havona
Jazz fusion. Está entretenido.
Mites tätä kuvailis? Kepeää fuusiota? Tälläsessä helsingin takatalven paskamyrskyssä kyl mieluusti asettuu tän levyn tunnelmiin. Yllätyin itseasiassa että tykkään tästä! 4/5
Ah Birdland on kyllä aivan megakova, kiva kuulla vihdoin koko levy. Erinomaista "modernia" jazzia jossa jopa elektronisia saundeja. 4/5.
Very cool jazz album that I had almost forgotten about.
Felt like a slightly more modern miles Davis album. Very nice ambient jazz type music and such. Also I found out that the endtroducing album could be called trip hop and I’m just noting that here
03/10/2022 Not at all the jazz that I expected it to be. This is so energetic and funky as hell. Really fun album!
Quel bonheur d'avoir affaire à de vrais professionnels. Les prévisions sont ici données à quinze jours, avec une précision étonnante pour les avoir vérifiées la semaine qui a suivi. Le featuring avec Catherine Laborde et Louis Bodin est sans doute le morceau le plus impressionnant. On y voit Weather Report gesticuler devant un fond vert sur lequel est projeté une carte de l'hexagone. Pendant trois minutes, chaque ville ou région sera impeccablement désignée par les index des différents membres. L'outro conclut l'album en beauté avec un « demain nous fêterons les Célestins » extrêmement satisfaisant.
Je tiens a remercier chaudement toute l'équipe de Weather Report, grâce à qui j'ai pu profiter plusieurs fois pleinement profiter de mes vacances. Grâce à une prévision météo à 7 jours des plus précises, j'ai pu amménager mon emploi du temps lors de visites de plusieurs pays, afin d'éviter le mauvais temps. En lançant l'album d'aujourd'hui, j'ai également pu réamménager mon planning de la semaine, me décidant à annuler ma sortie à vélo prévue pour jeudi, grâce à l'annonce d'une perturbation sur tout le nord de la Suisse alémanique lors de la piste 5 de l'album. Encore une fois, un grand merci à Weather Report.
Some really good sounds on this one
Jazz instrumental
Le jazz c'est mieux quand on joue pas des notes au hasard je trouve
A cause de Coltrane, je pensais que le jazz n'était pas trop mon style. En fait je kiffe bien !
mes colocs ont du se demander ce qu’il se passait pour que j’écoute de tels solos de saxophone un samedi midi
Wow, a very funky album. Mildly to moderately enjoyable. I remember playing Birdland on jazz flute as a kid, which was some unexpected nostalgia...and probably the biggest reason it was my favorite track. All of these songs aren't at what I'd call "legendary" status, but they're all very solid. I certainly understand why the album is on this list. This was very much worth the listen.
Great jazz rock album by Weather Report with the legendary bass guitar player Jaco Pastorius. To quote Wikipedia "Teen Town", a Pastorius composition where his bass takes the lead instrument role, is often considered a highlight of the album and of Pastorius's career."
Jazz fusion. Está entretenido.
Turned off by the title and the album cover; upon starting the first track I realized that I was actually very familiar with Zawinul and his Jazz Fusion! I played a lot of this in Jazz Band growing up. I guess that's what I get, judging an album by its cover!
Enjoyable music to listen to. Very jazzy. I just didn't vibe with all the songs.
Needed this.... Great traveling music
I can't stop humming Birdland. This album is amazing.
7/10
Jazz fusion
The synth sounds a bit dated, but this album is a fusion masterpiece featuring acrobatic musicianship and great exploratory passages.
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Great jazz album. Very pop like feel. Absolutely love the saxophones.
Haven't felt such funk in a long time.
// Favs: A Remark You Made Score: Light to Decent 4
Really enjoyed this. Just into ****
as predicted, heavy weather rolled in with a high pressure system that almost derailed everything during track one but then it stabilized and provided a nice 68 degree and sunshiny album. I give it Four 1980's Bruce Asbury's
Great album. Brings back a lot of memories. Not my favorite Jazz Style.
Pues chido y todo, perobpues sí la escuché más como de fondo. harlequin y rumba mama fueron las que más me gustaron. Y el radio despues del disco me mostró muchas canciones que me gustaron, mood: gracias weather report, por lo d que me mostró un radio interesante y por dar tantos samples a los del lofi y toda esa onditabdel pop hypnagogico. Lel
Fun jazz album! Will absolutely listen to again
NICE JAZZ
Siento que esto es jazz con algo de drogas. De hecho cuando inició el disco, no supe que esperar, ya después me di cuenta de qué era. Como lo he dicho antes, el jazz aún no logra atraparme, así que el disco lo escuché con poca atención. Sin embargo, sí me gustan las variaciones y que suene animado, muy uptempo (???). "Rumba Mama" está padre por su inclusión de los tambores que se escuchan, "Palladium" porque de repente tiene unos arranques padres, pero yo creo que la que más me gustó sí fue "Birdland". Música como para cena animada o con show, no sé, algo así. 7.5/10
Good funky jazz. Not going to be on any list of favorite albums I'll ever make, but it's the sort of thing you wouldn't be upset if it came on as background music
Good! Jazzy!
Fluid and delightfully arranged. Some very pleasant melodic phrasing. Joe Zawinul's solos are ethereal and vibrant - classy stuff.
not something i super dig, but it's good for what it is, 4
Awesome accessible start but quickly gets a bit jazzy for me. 4 stars are mostly in the strength of Birdland.
music perfect for playing in background (ambient)
One of these tracks is not like the others.
The keyboards are killing me.
It's the whitest Jazz you'll ever hear. I'm surprised this isn't a soundtrack to a 1980s crime movie, because that's the vibe of this entire album. Give it a go, particularly if you're a bit under the weather. Favorite Track: "Birdland".
Birdland is a good song and the instrumental work here is great, but I’m a little surprised how unimpressed I am by this. I’ve really enjoyed most of the jazz fusion I’ve heard, but this album is a little staid and, frankly, verges on corny.
Closer to Steely Dan than Miles Davis.
shes okay i guesssss pretty mid
very nice free jazz , funk
3 e meio fun
I like jazz fusion, but there are much better examples of it than Heavy Weather. Like it’s fine, generally pleasing. Kind of interesting but a bit boring at times too. If you want to represent jazz fusion on the list, there are some much better albums to pick from. Some Miles Davis, Herbie Hancock, or Mahavishnu Orchestra will get you a lot further than Weather Report
Favorite Track: Palladium
Wasn't sure what to expect, but it was some nice jazz. One track did have vocals, but other than that, all instrumental. Kind of nice energetic way to start the day
First track and how does this measure up to Maynard Ferguson which is what I heard first. Oh my! This is good. OK, I respect this is early jazz fusion; I'm heavily biased by Miles. Great music, fantastic musicians, forgettable tunes. What is the direction? Exploratory but cohesion? Wayne is so damn good. Toss up him and Coltrane on the soprano. I like how tight Wayne is.
Jazz fusion. This is a nice little background jam, or a critical listening album with some headphones if you want to dive deep into the layers and transitions throughout. Birdland is a banger, you will hear it and will fall into it hard.
Definitely jazz
I liked this more when I knew what to expect. Going in and thinking it was going to be a 70s pop or rock band (dunno why I assumed that based on the album art) and so when it was jazz I was completely thrown. Giving it a listen throughout the day I came to appreciate it more
Kind of ineffectual for me, can see Mario Kart took a lot of inspiration from this area of Jazz for its soundtrack. Some v easy listening, some fun, some boring. 3.0/5.0 Best Song: Teen Town
Just a puddle of melted cheese… but Jaco! And “Havona” is a jam.
Review - classic jazz fusion, bonkers bass. Score - 7/10 Need to listen? YES
The soundtrack to Rainbow Road
Pretty nice, relaxing jazz. Could imagine listening to this in a French cafe. Not usually a fan of jazz but quite liked this.
i need vocals man, im sorry 3/5
Struggling to come up with anything to say about this. It's good jazz. Not much else to say. Favorite Song: Bird Land
Interesting Jazz/Fuzion. just okay
Not much to say about this one other than it's a really good jazz fusion album. It can be a little cool jazz for me at times, but overall it's very enjoyable and there's a ton of variety to enjoy.
An interesting album, good instrumental work.
Fuck yea JAZZ!!! This was groovy, glad I got the chance to experience it. Birdman Mumba mama
Hmmmm prog jazz! I wish they’d done more like the live song with the djembe drums. That one was great! Good, but can’t see myself returning to this soon
Good jazz music.
1977. Seventh album. Released just as the jazz-rock movement began to run out of steam, according to AllMusic.
Nice to have some Jazz rather than endless Rap, but this this seemed so over produced. No desire to explore Weather Report any further.
Love Birdland, but the rest of the album was a bit of a mish\ mash
I was hoping I would like this a lot more than I did. Birdland is a great tune, and I will always love it. The rest of the album didn't really do anything for me. The second track was ok, and then it went places that didn't interest me at all. Still glad to listen to Birdland and good to know I'm not missing out by not listening to anything else by Weather Report.
Its kinda hard to see why this is on the list. Maybe I'm missing context within the genre.
Dober
Un album divertido, buen sonido, buen ritmo, personalmente no es de lo que mas me ha gustado pero esta bien
Sunday morning coffee music. Jojo reference.