Heavy Weather

Well, that was a jazz album.

Casual listening does not lend itself favorably to jazz

Pleasant enough background music but I'm not giving a pass mark to something that is too boring to remember.

This is the first jazz album I've gotten, and while I do listen to some jazz (mostly in the background while reading) I'll be the first to admit that I am not at all well-informed to review jazz albums. So my review here is mostly going to be vibes-based. And the vibes were not good on this one. It mostly sounded like elevator music, but with chaotic other sounds that were mostly just grating. There were points here and there where it was alright, but I quickly got tired of listening to this and felt that it was actually hard to listen to a few times. I don't have a lot more insight, I just really didn't like this very much. The musicians are clearly talented so credit for that, but not much else worked for me. I would be remiss to not mention the best part of this album though. This has to be the funniest album cover that I've ever seen before. A giant fedora. Various weather phenomena crudely photoshopped together with the best technology that 1977 had to offer. Is the lightning coming from the fedora? Does the fedora have flaps (is it Brian's hat)? What is this city that's experiencing this hell? The world may never know, but I can't imagine I'm going to come across a more hilarious album cover in these 1,001 albums. Favorite song: Birdland Other: The Juggler

Don't like it - prog rock muzak

Not a big fan of instrumental albums once again, sounds pretty good though. Favorite Tracks: Harlequin

Started ok but turned into a meandering mess by the end.

Holy synthesizer, Batman!

Not my thing

No lyrics but groovy

funky rhythms and bass, but not for me

Lively ambient, Not my speed

Too jazzy for me

Listened Before? N This is literal elevartor music from the 70s. Just seems boring and unremarkable. I didn't like or dislike it. It's 'meh'. Added to Library? N Songs added to playlist: Teen Town

Some moments of alright stuff but they succumbed to the Jazz, and I did not.

Birdland was interesting, the rest nothing better than background music

good job but no thanks!

what

A fine soundtrack to a detctive movie, didn't inspire anything more than that.

This album should be titled "Band Nerds Found a Bag of Weed", because that's basically what it sounded like. I had a weird feeling that I'd heard it before, but really couldn't say for sure. Generally found it dated and not that useful.

The first four songs are inches away from birthing yacht rock and easy listening. Just add crooning vocals from a bearded guy with shaggy hair and shades. Then things took a random world music detour, before introducing a bit of strange space jazz. The weather report today calls for nothing heavy today, just some light jazz.

Jazzers just can’t help themselves. The whole genre is built upon exercising your chops. Gotta show everyone how free your soul can be and crush some improv.

The first song is pretty solid. After that it just starts feeling like muzak. I'll never listen to this again unless I inadvertently do so while I'm put on hold.

Jazzy bluesy. Good background music. Probably influential in jazz/blues world? Which I disappointingly have very little experience with so I don't think I can fully appreciate it. Sounded good though

Really not very good this is it?

I've heard the whole of this album before... that time I was on hold waiting to get a refund from BT. I like the artwork though.

OK just a bit meh q very familiar track

I don't get it, maybe need to try again

“All operators are busy. We appreciate your call so please remain on the line and we will speak with you shortly.”

Not 4 me 2/5

Not a big jazz fusion fan. Reminds me of elevator music or on hold music. Not that great. 2.5/5

1% of the time, I’m in the mood for jazz. Yesterday was a 99% day

I honestly didn't hate this, but I wouldn't say this is good music or anything. It's strange to me that it was included on this list.

Obviously good musicians, but this just reminded me of boring situations I’ve been in in life

Weird experimental 80s sitcom theme jazz plus a live rumba in the middle. Not sure why this is in the list, wish it wasn't. I think it was slightly better than awful as it was interesting in some places, a 1.5 really.

Nice as background music but don't think I'd ever listen again. It's short enough that it doesn't overstay it's welcome. Rumba Mama is the odd one out from the album, sounding nothing like the other tracks. Highlights: Birdlands Teen Town

Quite nice as background music but nothing more. Not really my thing. Didn't really dislike it, but equally rarely realised I was listening to it

No. Weird kinda instrumental jazz.

There's another review for this that suggests it sounds like the soundtrack to a tellyshow from 1981, and I think that person got it cock on right. Once you get past the saxy tracks, this becomes rapidly very boring. Sure, you can appreciate the saxy saxing, but past that I find it difficult to pull anything out.

More jazz, this time of the funk variety. It put me to sleep after the first couple of tracks. It was all a little too Kenny G for my liking. It livened up slightly with the Latin feel. Maybe I just wan't in the mood for all that jazz.

Not really my thing, but I can respect how weird and experimental this is. Parts of it sounded like Dave Matthews going on some extended jam sesh

I listened to this album twice without realizing. Not because it was good, but because it was exceedingly meh yet not horrendous enough to take note of it. I appreciate instrumental music, it offers the opportunity to actually focus on the sound rather than to merely relegate them as backdrop to vocals and lyrics. But it has to be done exceptionally well and this was not exceptional.

Started out fresh and fruity. Like a banana about to be perfectly ripe. A yellowish green that promises enjoyment to those who wait patiently. We wait for a few songs, yet the banana does not seem to ripen to that golden yellow. We wait longer, hoping, praying for that succulent sunshine. Waiting, wishing, dreaming. We then see a brown spot form amongst the green. And another. And another. Before long the whole banana is a mix of brown, green and yellow. What bitter disappointment for us to witness such promise turn into dismay. Where does an album, I mean banana, with such promise belong? The same place as all other rotted bananas. The garbage.

It started off pretty well, I was thinking solid 3 with potential for a 4. And then after the first song I started to feel drained. And then I began to wonder if my taste is actually shit. And then I began to wonder if I'm more into music that is "purely" a particular genre. And then I began to wonder why spotify said basquiat listened to this. And then I began to wonder if I needed to listen to this before I died. And then I began to wonder why I was doing all of this. And then I began to hold my breath to see if I could pass out. And then I began to wonder if this was secretly a sabres of paradise album. And then the fourth song started. And then the album ended. And then I arrived at work. And now I'm writing this. And then I'll listen to more albums. And the cycle will repeat.

We played Birdland in high school jazz band, so the opener was fun trip down memory lane...and then there was still half an hour of slap bass and sax left. So. much. hi-hat. Best track: Birdland

Not really a fan of these jazzy albums, and they seem quite popular

Funk and jazz is an interesting combo but in reality not that interesting

Gelaber. Gut arrangiertes Gelaber, das macht es um so ärgerlicher.

Not for me

Music for an elevator made of cocaine.

You start out thinking, this is cool, but before long I'm thinking, ummmm, this is boring. Sorry but the whole improv jazz thing just rattles my brain a bit

un po' da sottofondo, non ha molto carattere.

Not really for me.

I appreciate the chops these guys have, but damn do i dislike this era of fusion. The arrangements and production is so dated and often sound wimpy. Having said that, Birdland is definitely fun. Someone else said it sounded like the soundtrack to an '80s buddy cop comedy and now that's all i can hear. Jaco crushes Havona. Palladium is fun, too. I love Miles Davis' fusion albums, and all of the guys who would go on to form all the biggest fusion bands started out in Miles Davis' band: Joe Zawinul and Wayne Shorter from Weather Report, John MacLaughlin and BIlly Cobham of Mahavishnu Orchestra, plus Chick Corea, Tony Williams, Herbie Hancock, and others. I love their work on Miles' albums, but I cannot stand any of their post-Miles music.

Sounds like background music that would be in a Tom Hanks Meg Ryan movie from the 1980s.

Hmmm

Resident sleepy jazz

Mad decent

too jazzy, not for me.

A smooth jazz type album that doesn’t really excite me much and seems like decent background music. Nothing too impressive and nothing noteworthy. 3.9/10

Not for me 🤷🏻‍♀️

Jazz with not my favourite instruments. Odd era.

I respect the musicianship and the experimentation for the time, but it just isn’t what I enjoy when it comes to jazz. Birdland and Havana were pretty good tracks, a Remark You Made was ok.

Not into this late stage jazz. Give me bebop or nothing at all

Nordstrom music.

I’m biased on instrumentals but this one caught my attention a couple times so it gets as much praise as an instrumental album can get

Ei oikein lähteny, vaikka olikin paikoin ihan mielenkiintoista instrumentaali-iloittelua.

Sounds like the top gun soundtrack but in a bad way.

Not for me

2.5

- First and foremost: fantastic album art - There are several sounds in here that I think of as quintessentially 80s, so this was surely ahead of its time - Flips between quirky tunes that I enjoy (Birdland, The Juggler) and that brand of aimless jazz-funk muzak that does nothing for me - Very 'Mario Kart menu music' 2.5

Meh

Painful listen for me...

As the originator of Birdland, this album definitely deserves a place on the list. Probably one of the most recent songs to make it in the Real Book, writing a jazz standard in 1977 is a feat in itself. Taking a step back from that, I find a lot of the other music on this album to be kind of boring. It's a little too soft-jazz/elevator muzak for me. I think it's the sax player. I can get behind all the sections where the keys, drums and bass are laying down some sick grooves, then the horn comes in and I just check out. I also don't get Rumba Mama, one live rumba track right in the middle of the album? Seems out of place to me, and throws me out of the groove. Fav tracks: Birdland, Harlequin, Havona

not great

Was ok. Nothing really stood out 4/10

Höh, Birdland on kova, joten odotin enemmän. Tuntuu fuusiolevyjen perisynniltä, että on mahdollisesti pari bängeriä, mutta muuten tosi latteaa tiluttelua. Toimii kyllä, kun kerää suosikkibiisit soittolistalle.

I'm not a fan of jazz fusion. My expectations were low but they weren't exceeded. To be fair, Birdland is joyous, but to my ears the rest of it sounded like the soundtrack to 70s soft porn, all played in the key of Kenny G.

I admit I have my own shameful, less-than-stellar background playing trumpet in high school band - jazz/wind/orchestra/cumbia. I simply set down my instrument and walked away from it one day in the middle of college and acknowledged I would never have the drive or talent to gain respectable skill, nor did the world need any more half-assed, schmalzy brass bands. Listening to this record triggered me to remember those days - to feel that same horrible embarrassment that one encounters lying awake, in the dark, in bed, late at night, recalling one’s foibles. On the other hand, hearing this helped me clearly sense, with retrospect, that it was a good move for me. Although the players are pretty good and, for the time, the arrangements must have been pretty exhilarating… I found it more nerve-grating than anything, especially with the soprano sax.

I am struggling to work out the point of this album. I accept that the musicians involved are talented, in the sense that they can play their instruments properly. But to what end? I've reached out to a mate who's more into this, and I think I have concluded that I hear this as the curdling of jazz fusion. I don't find it fun, nor interesting, nor that exploratory. Yes, I can understand that maybe (and I think it's questionable) that I'm judging from hindsight. But large parts are insufferable, large parts are boring, several are both, and the occasional glint of quality, where the talent actually finds a handhold, only reminds me that I'd've preferred a much different direction. Maybe I'd be more generous in a different state of mind, but I'm wondering what state I'd be in. Actually, I'll relent. I can accept that I wrote the preceding paragraph while grumpy. I subsequently relistened, and while I still don't really like it, it's not an overturned bus of an album. It's just from the iffy end of fusion jazz. God, this reviewing malarkey's trickier than it seems.

Fun and jazzy- low to mid 2

It is an entire instrumental album. It is best described a synthesized jazz. It was just ok. The first song on the album sounded somewhat familiar but I can't place it.

Some cool bass grooves. A bit much in the mix though, started to get headache

Sounds like the extended versions of classic sitcom scores on repeat for most of an hour.

6string bass heavy… extremely noodlie and lack any coherence that my musical brain requires!

Cool and jazzy, sounded like a Zappa backup band. Unfortunately, there was very little quirk and no lyrical humour, so it ended up being a bit boring

Elevator music on acid. Some of this is neat, like King Crimson, or maybe KC is like this… it feels sort of like a sequencer on random, which I’m not real sure about.

This floor men's haberdashery...

This sounds like an extended mix of the theme tune for the fictional sit-com, 'Jerry'.

it gets boring really fast

Lounge or loft

Sounds like the incidental music to a 70s cop show. Not offensive, but I just don’t see myself listening to something like the Kojack Official Soundtrack.

First listen. The first song is really great. Sounds so familiar. The rest of the album is good. 2/5

Its nothing that special. If you want to listen to this record, but 10 times better, put on Chuck Mangione. 2/5.

I'm sure it's good but not for me at all.

Meh. Kind of a combo of the elevator jazz my dad likes and Nintendo music. Not terrible but a little cheesy and self indulgent for my taste.

I was looking forward to this. I have no idea when it was made and I don’t intend on doing the most basic thing and looking up the year but the 80’s style sax and overall sound doesn’t sit with me. I get it, jazz is free and exciting and can take you places you’d never expect but i can’t find any structure in this at all. Nothing to hang my hat/coat on.

Real goofball stuff. At least that's what I thought to start. Just a bunch of jazz dorks dorking around with squiggly synths, tumbling horns and Jackson 5 pastiches. "I've just got to this party," I said to myself. "But if that's the vibe I'll tell ya now I ain't leavin' till it's over." But then it lost some of its surprise factor and settled all too comfortably into "atmosphere". I stuck it out with little to no grousing but with my booty unscorched by the hot jazz coals I'd been angling for I kicked it at 10.45pm. C'est la vie. A night that promises a lot but delivers half of it is nothing to sniff at.

Meh. I can see why jazz rock never quite caught on.

Snoozefest

não é meu estilo de álbum, mas ajudou a fazer o simulado de ontem

There really isn't too much excitement in an album that almost sounds more like a moods mix than an artistic effort.

Mostly sounds like a jazzy score for an 80s movie. But there's at least one live track, and I hate that.

ProggJazz, not good. Elevator music. 2 stars for production value

2/5 not really into that fusion jazz thing

Strange

Background music for the most part.

Slow, boring and directionless in parts. Really disappointed as was first thing I had absolutely no idea about that’s come up but just left me feeling it was a bit meh.

Done

Also der erste Track war ja voll in meiner Alf-Schiene, nice. Danach aber doch zu verkopft. Dann lieber Yes.

sure

Ok. First song was good, rest was mostly not my groove yo

Birdland is cool, and definitely a standout. Definitely reminiscent of a jazzy TV show intro. The rest is a bit blah techo jazzy that seems pretty dated.

Truly not for me. This is why I think I don't like jazz. Super dated sounding and just... ugh. DNF.

Sounds like the music from a 1990s morning show intro

Hated this. Half the songs sounded like Mario Kart music and the rest was boring and drab.

Birdland is a great piece of music, however after that this descended into generic lounge jazz - and frankly it wasn't even a killer version of Birdland. It's a bit harsh but I think this can only get a 1 from me

Fucking no, not in the mood for this :-(

1/10. First track, already not my thing. Don’t wanna waste time, and I’d rather get through the sludge as fast as I can until I get to something that’s actually mind blowing.

Up there with Steely Dan as artists to avoid!!

No pude con esto. Maybe cuando sea mayor

Mmmmm no

p376. 1977. 1 star. Soulless 70's synth based jazz for hipster bars. Don't like 70s synths. Don't like jazz. Don't like hipster bars. Nope.

They are probably good musicians, it’s just that I can’t listen to any of these songs without wanting to push the «next» button. On every single track. Fusion jazz? Count me out

imnot listening to this

This thing is unbelievably boring. I did not enjoy this one bit.

Didn't realize it was all instrumental. Honestly not sure even lyrics could have redeemed this. It has not aged well.

Not an album I would ever purchase.

Nicht mein Genre!

I’m not having a good run of late. Had no interest in this album, not sure what sort of person buys this and slips it onto the turntable for their general listening pleasure. If this is Jazz Fusion I can add it to the list of genres I have no interest in pursuing. Please music gods, something rock and roll next.

Baustelle, Gerstetten, Deutschland. Nein, einfach nur nein.

chato

Ya bu da o kadar olmadı ki bende… heavy weather diye bir şarkı bar başka bir grubun o güzel bak xd

Zuviel Jazz und so

I was sort of dreading the day when I got offered an album to listen to with the words “Jazz Fusion” bandied around it. In the early days of really listening to music I tried to be open minded (still do) around listening and also wanted to listen to skilled musicians. Having an early interest in my brothers Gong records I had heard things like Pierre Moerlen's Gong and indeed had even see a version of Weather Report at Glastonbury but nothing really made me want to posses an album like this as I was left a bit underwhelmed. So what does this feel like listening after 40 odd years. Meh. You cannot doubt the skills of the players but after listening to this album two and a half times I just couldn’t muster any enthusiasm for this album. I know it sold a tonne of records in its day bur so did Bros and I really can’t see how this warrants a place in a “Must Hear’ list. The biggest plus in hearing this, to me, high end elevator music, was that the album wasn’t overly long. Sorry guys but not for me but I might find some fusion I like yet.

This one wasn't for me.

Someone felt cultural superiority by selecting this for the list. Lots of yelling randomly. Sounds more like soundscape than music.

Meh

Meh

I’m just not a jazz fusion guy. The album opens with some lovely synth and bass on Birdland, sounding like pleasant theme music to a 70s morning show, but then loses it half way through. There are some nice driving beats on the tracks, and I particularly enjoyed Rumba Mama. I’m obviously the one at fault here, but I don’t understand how musicians at the top of their game can make a sax-synth duet on Palladium sound like a duck quacking along to some elevator Muzak. Not for me - it sounds like the stuff Howard Moon listens to in The Mighty Boosh - but I’m glad there are musical tastes in this world besides mine.

Holy shit do I ever fucking hate this

??? Elevator Jazz...oder, instrumental teils doch auch gute Parts, aber wird wohl nichts bleiben... c

No patience for shit like this today. Game show sounding shit to start the album andf it's their most played song. Fuck outta here.

Compound adjectives are rarely harbingers of something good. And jazz-fusion is no exception. I quite like a bit of jazz. So it must be the fusion bit that leaves me utterly disengaged.

I knew I had to get Weather Report on the list at some point. I know them enough by reputation, but I made it to 1040 before hitting it. I don’t know. I don’t get how people legitimately like this, to be honest. Tolerate, sure. Use for background, maybe. But enjoy? I feel like Weathers Report is why the music lovers who hate jazz think they hate jazz. Why did they need to make jazz sound more 80s? Jazz didn’t need or deserve that.

elevator music

I'm tempted to give this an extra star simply for being far ahead enough to be the inspiration for every crappy 80s movie soundtrack in existence. But I'm going to turn away from temptation, and this mess of an album, today.

Not my kind of 1977 music. US TV theme tune from some bad show - then some jazzy wank. Another US TV theme toon. Rumba Mama - some vocals! Still bad. Then back to Lift muzak. Awful.

The Weather Report is F-

1/1

I’m sure they’re great musicians, but this is brutal. Boring, cheesy, elevator music. Nothing to connect to emotionally, and with vey dated production. Sounds like what’s quietly playing in the background as you walk around an 80s mall.

Forgot it was playing in the background, but was nice

This was like a soundtrack for a cheesy seventies movie or show

Smooth, unengaging dinner-party-background-music Jazz Fusion.

In college, I had some friends who were really into this era of jazz. We’d sit around listening to farty bass sounds all day, smoking joints and playing go. Hearing Weather Report or Mahavishnu Orchestra, I immediately am primed to want coffee, like a whole pot’s worth. But, even though I indulged my jazz loving friends, I never took to this. It’s crazy stuff, and Jaco revolutionized how the bass was played (we’d have no modern Metallica without this, believe it or not), but I just really can’t. Not only is it SO dated, there’s literally nothing for me to grasp onto here. I can appreciate that they played a lot of difficult chords quickly, I guess. I can appreciate that the musicians made some choices… they just weren’t the right choices for, you know, pleasing my ears.

Nope not for me thank you.

Upbeat, synthy, cheesy music that deserves nothing better than being used as background tracks to 1980s corporate training videos. Sickening, for me this was genuinely one of the hardest albums to get through.

1+ Stars (3/15)

Trash

Meh

Weather Report is a band I’ve generally steered clear of over the years. I'd loosely file their sound under modern jazz—a genre I've never quite clicked with. Still, I figured it was time to give Heavy Weather a fair shot. Most of the jazz I've explored so far for this challenge has been from the late ’50s, and truth be told, it hasn’t really resonated with me. So how does ’70s jazz stack up in comparison? Let’s find out. The opening track, “Birdland,” was an enjoyable listen—upbeat, polished, and packed with vibrant wind instrumentation. I found myself liking it, along with a couple of other tracks. That said, the album as a whole strikes me as a rather bland attempt at modernizing jazz. Technically impressive, yes—but emotionally, it left me cold. Favourite track: “Rumba Mama” stood out as a fun, energetic detour from the rest of the album. It’s very short, but memorable. “Birdland” was also a highlight. Least favourite track: “Palladium” is the kind of jazz that really puts me off—disjointed and hard to engage with. Album artwork: I genuinely love the cover. It’s bold, vivid, and perfectly captures the experimental vibe of the music within.

This is like the Brian Eno of the fusion jazz world. I’m sure the players on here are proficient, and may well be gifted, but I found it wholly soulless. It just sounds like bland, background music from wine bars in the 1980s. The cover is more interesting than the 37 minutes of music and it didn’t engage me at all. I never want to hear this album again and I’m pretty sure I didn’t need to hear it before I die either.

I've heard duller records but I can't remember when

Das Album wird Jazz-Fusion betrachtet, es war jedoch kein Musikgenuss. Auch die Experimentierfreude der Band half es nicht einen emotionaler Zugang zur Musik zu schaffen. Tracks wie „Birdland“, wirkten auf kalt und mechanisch. Insgesamt konnte das Album weder mit seiner Atmosphäre noch mit seiner Komposition punkten.

1. bird - 1.5 2. made - 2 3. teen - 1 4. harlequin - 1.5 5. rumba - 1 6. palladium - 1.5 7. juggler - 1 8. havona - 1 9. market - 1 10. touun - 1 11. land - 0

I believe this album might have also served as the soundtrack all those Gene Wilder/Richard Pryor movies. I'm dying. This sounds like the music to the Roblox game Bee Swarm Simulator. I bet these guys love the Night Court theme. This had to be added as an inside joke. I guess Rumba Mama's Portuguese shouting at least breaks up the soft jazz. All the fusion jazz songs just blur into one terrible, long, hazy jam.

My least favorite type of album, Jazz. My musical blind spot. I didn't enjoy this at all.

Like a Mario kart soundtrack

Today in Halifax it started off sunny but felt cool due to an easterly wind. This weather has been typical of April 2025 due to the jet stream being to the south of the UK. High pressure has been across the UK. Consequently the UK has been dry all month with plenty of sunshine. It is expected that the wind direction will change tomorrow so temperatures are expected to rise until the weekend when the high pressure will move away to the continent and it will then become changeable with rain. All in all glorious weather for this time in April so able to sit out in the garden listening to music streamed to my smart speaker. But not this album. 1/5 9/4/25

Too experimental for me. ;-(

Meh lichy jazz Nawet nie dokończyłam

HATE the synths, those things shouldn't be anywhere near jazz. Sweet sax but I couldn't enjoy it because of the synths. Great cover art though I'll give them that.

Fucking hell, how did this make it into the 1001? Sat through 2 tracks then switched back to Elvis Costello. Reminded me of vintage porno soundtrack and not in a good way. My disappointment cannot be described with letters and words.

Bad songs good name. Should have been an Indie band.

When jazz goes bad. Sounds too much like the incidental music of terrible family films from the 1980s. I'm sure I heard that saxophone in Three Men and a Baby.

That was soo tough going!

Nah, that’s a pass dog.

It’s jazz and it’s shite

I was expecting Jazz, I got slightly jazzy lift music instead. I happen to be able to enjoy jazzy lift music in the right setting. Today was one of this moments where 90% of my brain was occupied elsewhere, and this seeped through the cracks in my concentration.

Ahhhh le jazz fusion. Quelle horreur. Tout ce qu’il y a de plus moche dans les bandes originales jazouille des années 70 - 80, ça fait vieux film de cul, course poursuite foireuse dans une série américaine foireuse de ces années là, c’est limite supportable et parfois drôle tellement c’est cliché. Après avoir survécu au premier titre “Birdland” et à alors qu’on croise les doigts pour autre chose, je crois que l’attaque au saxophone du deuxième titre (“A remark you made”) me fera toujours rire. Il y a un public pour ça, grand bien leur fasse, mais c’est un grand non.

not my vibe

Really not my thing. Couldn't make it through a full listen through.

bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad

I… don’t like this. I’m not a big fan of jazz in general, and this type of jazz in particular. I just don’t get anything here, it doesn’t mean anything to me. I’m sure these are very talented musicians who are all time greats but I would never choose to listen to this again.

What a pile of shite. Elevator music. Utterly undistinguished. I swear I heard this as the hold music the other day with my insurance company.

Too Jazzy

Someone must have bastardized the genre they represent because this sounds like a shitty sitcom intro that just won’t end.

It was alright, don't have too much to say about it. Instrumentals were fun I suppose. Not sure why it's here

i get that jaco pastorius was the best bass player in the world. wayne shorter's 60s solo records and work with the jazz messengers are some of my favourite jazz albums. but goddamn if this isn't some of the worst shit i've ever heard

No. I can’t imagine what type of person thinks “gee, what shall I listen to today?” and then chooses this.

I can appreciate Jazz music however this one was quite dry. The one track that lit a fire under me was Rumba Mama, I would have loved more of this. I don't usually have to forward tracks but with this I felt the need to jump ahead to confirm that how a track started was indeed how it was ending. This would probably be appreciated by more technical listeners of Jazz.

Easy listening jazz. Yawn

I tried. i tried so hard to love this. I made excuses for it. I blamed myself. I remembered that jazz is challenging, revealing listeners' limitations more than anything else... But this feels unfocused. Playful, but shallow. Like a kid that takes out all of the toys from the toy box but then doesn't really enjoy any of them and doesn't put them away. Maybe it's the "edge of the 80's" vibe, maybe it's that I just finished listening to Thelonious Monk, but--like a good boy--I finished all of the songs on the platter, but only because I was looking forward to some sort of dessert... Not an album or band I'll ever likely listen to again...

Play instrumental album. Just not my cup of tea.

This Albums forecast: Boring and disjointed with a chance of scattered snooze early on. This 1001 project has introduced me to some off the beaten path Jazz fusion that I like, but this ain’t no “Ye Ye De Smell”.

I can recognize the talent of the players involved here. But damn…it felt like I was in a non-stop montage scene from a late 70s movie or at times trapped in the opening credits of an 80s sitcom that didn’t get renewed for a second season.

Someone’s gonna have to tell me how the last 80% of this album was.

I loved it! Psych… Fuck Jazz fusion.

In the words of Randy Jackson: that’s gonna be a no for me, dawg. Not really in the mood for 80’s sitcom elevator music. Lulz 1.5/5

The aural equivalent of hospital food

To my ears, fusion (aka jazz rock) does a disservice to both jazz and rock. This sounds like one of the shitty demos on the keyboard my parents bought in the 80s.

No it just dont speak to me at all

Just not my music

First listen Saved 0/8

Pretty boring album, has an elevator music feel, or background music for a movie soundtrack. I like jazz but I don’t like this. This is a real chore to get through. Never need to hear this album again, and would’ve been fine never hearing it at all.

Zzzzzzzzz.

No.

Meh

I was expecting the news was about the come on at any moment. 1/5

Not for me

This is one of those times when I wish that I could advance without rating the album. I do not like this album at all. It's not my thing. BUT, people I know whose thing it IS say this album is in their top 10. One friend said they thought of Hardcore or Speed Metal as sped up Jazz Fusion. I love Hardcore and Speed Metal, but I do not make the same connection.

First track was pretty good. Then it devolved into elevator music. Jazz can be better than this.

Dull

Caused an uproar in the office and I was forced to turn it off

Gähn... lagweilliger Jazz

congratulations on the Weather Report for being incredibly committed to the bit, music suitable for a weather report intro scene when you want the vibe in your movie to be extremely 1980s. sounds exactly like the album cover, quite a feat there too. music: hated. (⌐■_■)

What is this? This is awful. How it made this list is beyond me.

why was this shit included

No. Did not enjoy this at all. It’s lame.

Piece of garbage

Stick to the weather

1.5 Didn’t even bother finishing it. Again how the fuck is this on a this list. What a load of shit

Fuck the Weather Report. This garbage isn't created for music fans - it's targeted to executive producers in network television in the hope that one of these "songs" will play over the opening credits of a late 70s TV show. This shit is created to grab royalties, not music fans. Fuck 1001 Albums Generator for introducing me to this unbearable noise. 👎👎

Welcome to Jazz Club…

It's looking pretty bleak out there.

Heavy going

couldn’t wait for this to end

either too soft or too intellectual

I don't think jazz is for me

Felt like i was bein battered by a piano while a saxophone laughed at me

These are clearly incredibly talented musicians. Still sounds like muzak/hold music to me. I want to like this; I do not like this.

The worst kind of technically accomplished but overindulgent, soulless toss

Never heard of this band before. Not being a big fan of jazz, I will certainly say that it was a lot of jazz. That is all.

I don't even like legit jazz from legit musicians like Miles Davis. But this noodling drivel that sounds like it might have been the background music at a shitty lounge in the 70s? Nope.

UGH. Did not enjoy this.

I don't want any of this in my life 1

Terrible, like being stuck on hold whilst in a lift that has broken down between floors but the music still works.

The first track is a classic. The rest is dross. Another disappointment.

Not for me, did not finish.

Who put this on the list? What critic listens to elevator jazz and is like, "Oooh, yeah. That's my shit. The world needs to hear these saxophone solos." Piss off, mate. This was a waste of everyone's time.

Fome.

Seventies US tv theme tunes. The live sounding track woke me up a little. Not my thing.

pissing it down here, guv

Not my thing, like the genre, but not enough funk from these guys

Wow. 80s background movie music. So bad

Meh

Obviously great musicians but way too muso for my liking

All I can see when I hear this music is a load of moustachioed men, bobbing their heads and grinning earnestly at each other. Birdland used to be the background music to every incidental sports medley on British television. Rumba mama doesn’t even sound like it belongs on this album, but was the best of a bad bunch. This has reinforced my view of how much I hate jazz fusion. It only brings one word to mind – SMUG!!!

I liked Rumba Mama. Otherwise, no thank you. I looked the band up and they’re really important in jazz circles. And that Rumba Mama was a live version. So while I will never listen to their studio recordings, I would probably have enjoyed them in Montreaux. The album title is the same as a song by Cousteau, a band I like very much. Now I’m listening to them.

Just, no.

instrumental, not my jam.

No me ha gustado el estilo de este disco y no lo termine de escuchar.

to smart for me maybe one day

Never again.

Alsof je een in olijfolie badende worm naar binnen probeert te werken...

Mjah, jazz is niet mijn ding en dit al helemaal niet.

Nope.

So boring! I guess it started to grow on me by the end but seriously, no likey.

Meh - not for me. bit a a jazz lounge style

This was difficult to get through.

I don't like jazz, sorry bee from Bee Movie.

Surto.

Whatever

🤮

Mmmm probando el Jazz-Fussion con sus creadores. En principio suena a intro de teleserie de los 80. No me ha interesado lo más mínimo.

Wtf is this album. Used emilys for the playlist… low end theory

Couldn't finish - sounded like a bad example of tedious noodly lounge-bar jazz

Terrible. Absolutely. This is a soundtrack for a B movie knockoff of Lethal Weapon or something.

An album I would have happily missed

I have to say.....I did not like this one

Meh

Didn’t enjoy, found it boring

Crap

Såklart veldig flinke musikere, særlig bassisten. Men jeg blir oppriktig irritert av å høre på dette. Det er noe med hele stemninga som er så cheesy og flåsete. Det albumet jeg har slitt mest med å komme meg gjennom så langt, merkelig nok.

Very strange and boring

Horrendous. Sax, cheesy bass, electric piano and congas

Seelenlose Architektenmuzak Angewiderte 0.1

Meine Güte, war das anstrengend. Hyperprätentiöses Zeug! Nachdem ich hier schon einiges entdeckt habe an Jazz den ich mag, tut es ja fast schon gut, zu hören wie Jazz klingt den ich nun ganz bestimmt NICHT mag.

Was soooooo excited that this might be a precursor to The Dead Weather... because Alison Mosshart. Will most likely never listen to this again.

I do love his voice.

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