Weather Report

Weather Report was an American jazz fusion band active from 1970 to 1986. The band was founded in 1970 by Austrian keyboardist Joe Zawinul, American saxophonist Wayne Shorter, Czech bassist Miroslav Vitouš, American drummer Alphonse Mouzon and American percussionists Don Alias and Barbara Burton. The band was initially co-led by Zawinul and Shorter but as the 1970s progressed, Zawinul became the primary composer and creative director of the group. Other prominent members throughout the band's history included bassists Jaco Pastorius, Alphonso Johnson and Victor Bailey, drummers Chester Thompson and Peter Erskine, and percussionists Airto Moreira and Alex Acuña. A quintet of Zawinul and Shorter plus a bassist, a drummer, and a percussionist was the standard formation for Weather Report. The band started as a free improvising group with avant-garde and experimental electronic leanings (pioneered by Zawinul); when Vitouš left Weather Report (due mostly to creative disagreements), Zawinul increasingly steered the band towards a funky, edgy sound incorporating elements of R&B and native musics from around the world. Zawinul used the latest developments in synthesizer technology, and he took advantage of a large variety of sounds and tone colors to make the band stand out. During the first half of their career, Weather Report were seen as one of the defining acts in modern jazz, winning the DownBeat "best album award" five times in a row. Alongside bands such as Mahavishnu Orchestra, Return to Forever, and Herbie Hancock's Headhunters (all with members inspired by and partially responsible for the fusion-era work of Miles Davis), Weather Report is widely considered one of the defining bands of the jazz fusion genre.

Wasserfall (Live Ossiach '71) - 2025-07-02T00:00:00.000000Z

Live In Japan 1978 - 2024-09-27T00:00:00.000000Z

Live In Georgia 1980 - 2024-06-21T00:00:00.000000Z

New York 1976 - 2024-06-21T00:00:00.000000Z

Serenite (Live Toulon '73) - 2024-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z

East 24th Street (Live Cleveland '75) - 2023-06-13T00:00:00.000000Z

Live Under the Sky...83 - 2021-03-29T00:00:00.000000Z

Live In London - 2020-06-12T00:00:00.000000Z

Shinjuku Koseinenkin Hall, Tokto Japan, June 28th 1978 - 2019-03-11T00:00:00.000000Z

The Essential Weather Report - 2013-09-03T00:00:00.000000Z

Pure... Psychedelic Rock - 2013-03-22T00:00:00.000000Z

Live in Cologne 1983 - 2011-09-16T00:00:00.000000Z

Collections - 2008-02-15T00:00:00.000000Z

Forecast: Tomorrow - 1970-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Weather Report "I sing the body electric" - 2003-06-30T00:00:00.000000Z

Live & Unreleased - 2002-08-27T00:00:00.000000Z

The Best Of Weather Report - 1970-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Ken Burns Jazz-The Story Of America's Music - 2000-05-07T00:00:00.000000Z

This Is Jazz - 1998-03-30T00:00:00.000000Z

This Is Jazz #40: Weather Report-The Jaco Years - 1998-02-01T00:00:00.000000Z

This Is Jazz #10 - 1996-03-27T00:00:00.000000Z

The Collection - 1993-06-18T00:00:00.000000Z

This Is This - 1986-08-26T00:00:00.000000Z

Sportin' Life - 1985-06-25T00:00:00.000000Z

Domino Theory - 1984-04-19T00:00:00.000000Z