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To commemorate the 40th anniversary of the founding of weather report, the zawinul estate is proud to release this live document of the supergroup's appearance at the 1975 jazztage Berlin, one of the oldest and most prestigious jazz festivals in europe. from the opening strains of wayne shorter's propulsive "freezing fire" to joe zawinul's exotic "badia" (a template for the world music movement that would come over a decade later), live in berlin, 1975 crackles with an audacious spirit of discovery and daring, underscored by an uncanny sense of group-think that allowed the band to be truly in the moment from tune to tune, from bar to bar.
As zawinul once famously said when he and shorter formed the band in 1971: "we always solo and we never solo." it was a perfect dictum to describe weather report's modus operandi and it became the band's mantra up until they disbanded in 1985. this method of organic collective improvisation was described in detail by author mark gridley in his book "jazz styles: history and analysis": "weather report explored an unusual approach to combo improvisation. instead of adhering to roles consistent with bop formulas, the instruments in weather report were played in highly interactive ways. spurts of melody might come from any member, not just from the sax. rhythmic figures and fills could also be produced by any member, not solely by the drummer.""
JOE ZAWINUL - SYNTHS, FENDER RHODES, GRAND PIANO
WANYE SHORTER - TENOR AND SOPRANO SAXOPHONE
ALPHONSO JOHNSON - ELECTRIC BASS
ALEX ACUNA - PERCUSSION
CHESTER THOMPSON - DRUMS"
TRACKLISTING:"
1. FREEZING FIRE 8.21
BY WAYNE SHORTER (ISKA MUSIC)
2. SCARLET WOMAN 8.43
BY JOE ZAWINUL (MULATTO MUSIC)
3. MYSTERIOUS TRAVELLER 4.48
BY WAYNE SHORTER (ISKA MUSIC)
4. BADIA / BOOGIE WOOGIE WALTZ 19.44
BY JOE ZAWINUL (MULATTO MUSIC)"
