Album
Black Market
1976 · Jazz
21 collectors on Gatefold own this
Black Market is a Jazz album by Weather Report, originally released in 1976. On Gatefold: 87 pressings tracked, owned by 21 collectors.
About
By the time <i>Black Market</i> was released in 1975, it was clear that Weather Report were an ever-evolving collective of musicians, with Joe Zawinul and Wayne Shorter the only two constants. Yet songs like “Black Market” and “Elegant People” were the clearest definitions of the group’s musical ethos, confirming the idea that the name Weather Report referred not to a specific team of musicians as much as a musical concept. That concept is embodied by the title song, which Zawinul has called the best song Weather Report ever made. Led by the quicksilver notes of Zawinul’s ARP synthesizer, the song is exacting but perfectly fluid, the rhythms propulsive but unexpectedly soothing. Most importantly, even though the song starts with a futuristic tone, it eventually builds to an African fanfare, setting the stage for the international motifs that run throughout the rest of the album. <i>Black Market</i> is also notable for the debut of Jaco Pastorius, whose spry and casually virtuosic playing alights “Cannon Ball” (Zawinul’s tribute to his mentor, Cannonball Adderley) and “Barbary Coast,” a leisurely but intricate funk workout that the 24-year-old Jaco penned himself.
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Tracklist
Side A
- A1Black Market6:30
- A2Cannon Ball4:35
- A3Gibraltar7:45
Side B
- B1Elegant People5:02
- B2Three Clowns3:14
- B3Barbary Coast3:05
- B4Herandnu6:35
Sound DNA
- Jazz
- Jazz Fusion
- dense
- hypnotic
- spacey
Credits
The people behind it.
Performers
- Alex AcuñaCONGAS , PERCUSSION CONGAS, PERCUSSION PERCUSSION , CONGAS
- Alphonso JohnsonBASS ELECTRIC BASS ELECTRIC BASS , ELECTRIC BASS
- Chester ThompsonDRUMS
- Don AliasCONGAS, PERCUSSION PERCUSSION, CONGAS PERCUSSION
- Jaco PastoriusBASS ELECTRIC BASS
- Joe ZawinulCONCERT GRAND PIANO , ELECTRIC PIANO , SYNTHESIZER GRAND PIANO , ELECTRIC PIANO , SYNTHESIZER , SYNTHESIZER GRAND PIANO , ELECTRIC PIANO , SYNTHESIZER
- Narada Michael WaldenDRUMS
- Wayne shorterTENOR SAXOPHONE, SOPRANO SAXOPHONE, LYRICON SAXOPHONE , LYRICON SAXOPHONE, STRINGS
21 collectors on Gatefold own this · 87 pressings tracked on Gatefold
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