Night Passage (album)
| Night Passage | ||||
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| Studio album by Weather Report | ||||
| Released | 1980 | |||
| Recorded |
July 12/13, 1980 (#1-7) The Complex, Los Angeles June 1980 (#8) Osaka, Japan | |||
| Genre | Jazz fusion | |||
| Length | 48:05 | |||
| Label | Columbia | |||
| Producer | Joe Zawinul, Jaco Pastorius | |||
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| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [1] |
| Robert Christgau | C+[2] |
| The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide | [3] |
Night Passage is the eleventh album by Weather Report, released in 1980. The tracks were recorded in August 1980 at The Complex studios in Los Angeles (before a crowd of 250 people which can be heard on a couple of tracks),[4] except for "Madagascar", recorded live in Osaka, in June of the same year. The album introduces a new member to the band, percussionist Robert Thomas Jr. Night Passage loses the over-done production layers of some of Weather Report's earlier releases (most notably 1978's Mr. Gone). What is lost in layers of overdubs is made up in solo improvisation in the classic jazz tradition.
Trivia
"Three Views of a Secret" would be rerecorded for Jaco's solo album Word of Mouth.
Track listing
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Night Passage" | Zawinul | 6:30 |
| 2. | "Dream Clock" | Zawinul | 6:26 |
| 3. | "Port of Entry" | Shorter | 5:09 |
| 4. | "Forlorn" | Zawinul | 3:55 |
| 5. | "Rockin' in Rhythm" | Ellington, Mills, Carney | 3:02 |
| 6. | "Fast City" | Zawinul | 6:17 |
| 7. | "Three Views of a Secret" | Pastorius | 5:50 |
| 8. | "Madagascar" | Zawinul | 10:56 |
Personnel
- Josef Zawinul – Keyboards
- Wayne Shorter – Saxophones
- Jaco Pastorius – Bass
- Peter Erskine – Drums
- Robert Thomas Jr.– Hand drums
- Technical
- Brian Risner, George Massenburg, Jerry Hudgins - engineer
- Joseph Futterer, Richie Powell - art direction
- Nicholas DeVore III, Pete Turner - cover photography
References
- ↑ Ginell, Richard S. (2011). "Night Passage - Weather Report | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 19 July 2011.
- ↑ Christgau, R. (2011). "Robert Christgau: CG: weather report". robertchristgau.com. Retrieved 19 July 2011.
- ↑ Swenson, J. (Editor) (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 204. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
- ↑ At Jazzdisco
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