Sportin' Life (Weather Report album)

Sportin' Life
Studio album by Weather Report
Released	March 1985
Genre	Jazz fusion
Length	39:09
Label	Columbia
Producer	Joe Zawinul, Wayne Shorter
Weather Report chronology
Domino Theory (1984) Sportin' Life (1985) This is This! (1986)

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Sportin' Life is the fifteenth studio album by Weather Report, released in 1985. Although featuring many more vocal performances than any of their previous albums, words are rare and most vocals are chants from Bobby McFerrin or Carl Anderson. The album is named after a character from Porgy and Bess.

Track listing

All tracks composed by Joe Zawinul; except where indicated

1. "Corner Pocket" – 5:46
2. "Indiscretions" – 4:05
3. "Hot Cargo" – 4:41
4. "Confians" (Cinelu) – 5:07
5. "Pearl On the Half Shell" (Shorter) – 4:06
6. "What's Going On" (Renaldo Benson, Alfred Cleveland, Marvin Gaye) – 6:29
7. "Face on the Barroom Floor" (Shorter) – 3:59
8. "Ice-Pick Willy" – 5:00

Personnel

Weather Report

• Josef Zawinul – keyboards
• Wayne Shorter – saxophones
• Omar Hakim – drums, background vocals on "Confians"
• Victor Bailey – bass, background vocals on "Confians"
• Mino Cinélu – percussion, lead vocal and acoustic guitar on "Confians"

Additional musicians

• Bobby McFerrin – vocalist (tracks 1, 3, 5, 8)
• Carl Anderson – vocalist (tracks 1, 3, 8)
• Dee Dee Bellson – vocalist (tracks 1, 3, 8)
• Alfie Silas – voice (tracks 1, 3, 8)

Technical

• Howard Siegel - engineer
• Tony Lane, Nancy Donald - art direction
• Jerry McDonald - album artwork

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