Weather Report - Tale Spinnin' ( 1975 )

 

Track listing

All tracks composed by Joe Zawinul unless otherwise noted.

1. "Man in the Green Shirt" – 6:29
2. "Lusitanos" (Wayne Shorter) – 7:25
3. "Between the Thighs" – 9:33
4. "Badia" – 5:21
5. "Freezing Fire" (Wayne Shorter) – 7:29
6. "Five Short Stories" – 6:56

Note

• Canadian copies of the album list the tracks in a different order on the inner sleeve, with a seventh track titled "Krampus" added. However, the music heard on the album is the same as on other pressings.

Personnel

• Josef Zawinul - Rhodes piano, acoustic piano, melodica, TONTO synthesizer, ARP 2600 synthesizer, organ, steel drums, oud, mzuthra, West African talking drum, xylophone, cymbals, vocals
• Wayne Shorter - Soprano and tenor saxophones
• Alphonso Johnson - Electric bass
• Leon "Ndugu" Chancler - Drums, tympani, marching cymbals
• Alyrio Lima - Percussion

Weather Report - Mysterious Traveller ( 1974 )

Track listing

1. "Nubian Sundance" (Zawinul) – 10:40
2. "American Tango" (Vitouš, Zawinul) – 3:40
3. "Cucumber Slumber" (Johnson, Zawinul) – 8:22
4. "Mysterious Traveller" (Shorter) – 7:21
5. "Blackthorn Rose" (Shorter) – 5:03
6. "Scarlet Woman" (Johnson, Shorter, Zawinul) – 5:46
7. "Jungle Book" (Zawinul) – 7:25

Personnel

Weather Report

• Josef Zawinul - Electric and acoustic piano, synthesizer, guitar, kalimba, organ, tamboura, clay drum, tack piano, melodica
• Wayne Shorter - Soprano and tenor saxophone, tack piano
• Miroslav Vitouš - Upright bass (track 2 only)
• Alphonso Johnson - Bass guitar
• Ishmael Wilburn - Drums
• Skip Hadden - Drums (tracks 1 and 4 only)
• Dom Um Romão - Percussion, drums

Guest musicians

• Ray Barretto - Percussion (track 3 only)
• Meruga Booker aka Muruga Booker - Percussion (track 1 only)
• Steve Little - Timpani (track 6 only)
• Don Ashworth - Ocarinas and woodwinds (track 7 only)
• Isacoff - Tabla, finger cymbals (track 7 only)
• Edna Wright - Vocalists (track 1 only)
• Marti McCall - Vocalists (track 1 only)
• Jessica Smith - Vocalists (track 1 only)
• James Gilstrap - Vocalists (track 1 only)
• Billie Barnum - Vocalists (track 1 only)

Weather Report - Sweetnighter ( 1973 )

Track listing

1. "Boogie Woogie Waltz" (J. Zawinul)– 13:06
2. "Manolete" (W. Shorter)– 5:58
3. "Adios" (J. Zawinul)– 3:02
4. "125th Street Congress" (J. Zawinul)– 12:16
5. "Will" (M. Vitouš)– 6:22
6. "Non-Stop Home" (W. Shorter)– 3:53

Personnel

• Josef Zawinul – piano (2, 6), electric piano (1-5), synthesizer (1, 2, 6)
• Wayne Shorter – saxophone
• Miroslav Vitouš – acoustic bass (1, 2, 4), electric bass (3, 5)
• Andrew White - electric bass (1, 4, 6), English horn (3, 5)
• Herschel Dwellingham - drums (1, 2, 4, 6)
• Eric Gravatt - drums (2, 4, 6)
• Muruga Booker - Moroccan clay drums (1, 2), roller toy (3), Israeli jar drums (4)
• Dom Um Romão - percussion, wood flute

Weather Report - Live in Tokyo ( 1972 )

Track listing

1. "'Medley: Vertical Invader/Seventh Arrow/T.H./Doctor Honoris Causa'" (Vitouš, Zawinul) – 26:14
2. "'Medley: Surucucú/Lost/Early Minor/Directions'" (Shorter, Zawinul) – 19:19
3. "'Orange Lady'" (Zawinul) – 18:14
4. "'Medley: Eurydice/The Moors'" (Shorter) – 13:49
5. "'Medley: Tears/Umbrellas'" (Shorter, Zawinul) – 10:54

Personnel

• Josef Zawinul — electric and acoustic piano
• Wayne Shorter — saxophones
• Miroslav Vitouš — bass
• Eric Gravatt — drums
• Dom Um Romão — percussion

Weather Report - I Sing the Body Electric ( 1972 )

Track listing

Side one
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Unknown Soldier"	Josef Zawinul	8:00
2.	"The Moors"	Wayne Shorter	4:45
3.	"Crystal"	Miroslav Vitouš	7:25
4.	"Second Sunday in August"	Zawinul	4:13

Side two
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
5.	"Medley: Vertical Invader / T.H. / Dr. Honoris Causa"	Zawinul, Vitouš	10:40
6.	"Surucucú"	Shorter	7:42
7.	"Directions"	Zawinul	4:36
Total length:			46:28

Personnel

Weather Report

• Josef Zawinul - Electric and acoustic piano, ARP 2600 synthesizer
• Wayne Shorter - Saxophones
• Miroslav Vitouš - Bass
• Eric Gravatt - Drums
• Dom Um Romão - Percussion

Special Guests

• Andrew White - English horn ("Unknown Soldier" only)
• Hubert Laws, Jr. - Flute ("Unknown Soldier" only)
• Wilmer Wise - D and piccolo trumpets ("Unknown Soldier" only)
• Yolande Bavan - Voice ("Unknown Soldier" only)
• Joshie Armstrong - Voice ("Unknown Soldier" only)
• Chapman Roberts - Voice ("Unknown Soldier" only)
• Roger Powell - Consultant (synthesizer programming) ("Unknown Soldier" only)
• Ralph Towner - 12-string guitar ("The Moors" only)

Weather Report - Weather Report ( 1971 )

Track listing

Side one
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Milky Way"	Wayne Shorter, Joe Zawinul	2:33
2.	"Umbrellas"	Shorter, Zawinul, Miroslav Vitouš	3:27
3.	"Seventh Arrow"	Vitouš	5:23
4.	"Orange Lady"	Zawinul	8:44

Side two
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
5.	"Morning Lake"	Vitouš	4:26
6.	"Waterfall"	Zawinul	6:20
7.	"Tears"	Shorter	3:25
8.	"Eurydice"	Shorter	5:45
Total length:			40:05

Personnel

• Joe Zawinul – Electric and acoustic piano
• Wayne Shorter – Soprano saxophone
• Miroslav Vitouš – Electric and acoustic bass
• Alphonse Mouzon – Drums, voice
• Airto Moreira – Percussion

Other musicians

• Barbara Burton – Percussion (uncredited)
• Don Alias – Percussion (uncredited)