Oh yes!!!

Oh ye

Love this tune it's so driven keeps moving

Jean Lu Ponty and Pat Metheny as well.

Weather report were not this good

3 on 4. A bar of 3/4 = a bar of 4/4. The very beginning gives it away, they actually split it so the 3 is on one side and the 4 is on the other side. Each player could play it in 3, or 4, or mix it up. Welcome to the wonderful world of polyrhythms!

Ehi thanks a lot man! If I can profit from your knowledge, how do they think about it? Do they internalize the superposition of the two rythms or can hear them separately in their head? :O And if I can ask, can you explain on what time signature they play on Wildlife from the same album? (I'm interested particularly in the break starting from 2:29). Thanks again! :)

Indro Gianicolo Its 6/8 bro. Starting from the down beat of the kick start counting 6 8th notes. The drummer does a masterful job on the groove.

Indro, that's a great question "how they think about it". When a musician is totally new to a rhythm he/she may find that trying to just lock in on 1 thing is hard enough, ie "you play 3, and I'll play 4, and I'll try not to listen to your 3", but when they get comfortable with it they can think in 3, or 4, switch back and forth seamlessly, and ultimately think 3 on 4, or 4 on 3. Clearly these guys aren't new to it! You can clearly hear the drummer playing with the superimposition. Wildlife is an interesting one, at first I thought the beginning was in 7/4, but on closer listening I think it's 7/8 with 2 bar phrases. Sometimes with complex rhythms there's more than one way to count/write it, and I may listen to it again after more sleep and interpret it differently. I think ElStudent is close about the middle section, but I would interpret it as 12/8, which is like 4/4 divided into triplets (ONE two three, Two two three, THREE two three, FOUR two three). At 3:30 Jimmy is beating out the 4 on his bass. I also want to have another listen when I'm less tired, because I think the keyboard riff that plays throughout this section is doing something a little more interesting. It does switch back to 7 for the end section, though. Often an odd meter song will switch to an even one for the solo to make it easier to groove on the solo (Pink Floyd's "Money" for example), not that these guys needed to do that. This is a fun exercise, I haven't thought about these things for decades.

Guide - Tofino Sea Kayaking Man, mine was a good question but yours isa great answer! Thank you! I will try to pinpoint all your observations. Please share any new insights into thes beautiful works. Thanks to Elstudent too! (Can you suggest a resource to learn even and odd meters and polirythms? Videos on yt for exsmple?)

+Nicolas MOIRIGNOT me too. The poly-rhythms blew my mind. And Russo's solo over the end. It's burned into my mind. Probably my favorite solo of all time.

Everyone knows i play the hell out of this Jazz Group after discovering them waiting in line for Janet Jackson concert tickets back in 1989 for her Rhythm Nation tour Los Angeles. Need all their albums Have 4 or 5 of them. My Prince replacement band..

Nicolas MOIRIGNOT I was the same age and I absolutely agree with you.. I learned and continue to learn so much from this album.