Album
Sweetnighter
1973 · Jazz
21 collectors on Gatefold own this
Sweetnighter is a Jazz album by Weather Report, originally released in 1973. On Gatefold: 61 pressings tracked, owned by 21 collectors.
About
1973’s <i>Sweetnighter</i> was a transitional album for Weather Report, as the formerly pensive and open-ended outfit mutated into a fearsome funk-jazz juggernaut. Propelled by the percussive atmospherics of Muruga Booker and Dom Um Romao and the greasy keyboard stylings of Joe Zawinul, songs like “Boogie Woogie Waltz” and “125th Street Congress” have as much in common with Earth, Wind & Fire and Isaac Hayes as they do with Miles Davis. Except for Wayne Shorter’s elegiac “Manolete”—a cinematic theme reminiscent of Davis’ <i>Sketches of Spain</i>—the band’s melodic sensibility was being subjugated by all-consuming rhythmic passion. The music’s restless, metamorphic tone mirrors the changes occurring within the group. Zawinul was taking more control, giving Wayne Shorter less to do. Original bassist Miroslav Vitous only appears on half the album and would soon be exiled entirely. Vitous’ “Will” is one of the last great songs from the original Weather Report lineup. Textural and pensive, it reanimates the mood of the group’s early days but is nonetheless drenched in the cosmic goo of Zawinul’s keys.
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Tracklist
Side A
- A1Boogie Woogie Waltz13:01
- A2Manolete5:50
- A3Adios2:56
Side B
- B1125th Street Congress12:12
- B2Will6:13
- B3Non-Stop Home4:50
Sound DNA
- Jazz
- Jazz Fusion
- warm
- laid-back
- groovy
Credits
The people behind it.
Performers
- Andrew WhiteBASS BASS, ENGLISH HORN BASS, ENGLISH HORN, ELECTRIC BASS
- Dom Um RomaoPERCUSSION PERCUSSION, BELLS, TAMBOURINE, DRUMS , PANDEIRO, CUICA, DRUMS , GONG, COWBELL, CAXIXI , WOOD BLOCK, PERCUSSION , TOM TOM , CYMBAL, CASTANETS, CAXIXI, FLUTE BELLS , TAMBOURINE, PERCUSSION
- Eric GravattDRUMS
- Herschel DwellinghamDRUMS
- Joe ZawinulKEYBOARDS KEYBOARDS, SYNTHESIZER, ELECTRIC PIANO, PIANO COMPOSED BY, ELECTRIC PIANO
- Miroslav VitousBASS ELECTRIC BASS, BASS ACOUSTIC BASS
- Muruga BookerPERCUSSION PERCUSSION, DRUMS , TIMPANI, CYMBAL , TOY , DRUMS DRUM
- Wayne ShorterSAXOPHONE SOPRANO SAXOPHONE SOPRANO SAXOPHONE, TENOR SAXOPHONE
21 collectors on Gatefold own this · 61 pressings tracked on Gatefold
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