Weather Report - Elegant People (Live At Montreux 1976)

[@RiveBassCovers]

Now he’s up there reunited with Miles, Joe, Jaco and all the others that left before him, probably having a kickass jam as we’re speaking. RIP Wayne Shorter 🙏🏻

[@spanqueluv9er]

^🙄🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤡🤷‍♂️

[@MrScogmo]

The bad news…God has a girlfriend and she likes to sing.

[@EdwinDekker71]

Down there. Christians go to be with the Lord. Get saved. Jesus Christ is the way, the truth and the life.

[@Gustavsnaf]

There will NEVER ever be another Weather Report, the discipline the creativity

[@nielspeterborgennielsen1386]

Jazz fusion magicians ❤ Heard them in Denmark 4th of July 1976. The greatest concert in my life, so far.

[@henrikviktorpetersen]

Magicians? Yes! Exactly.

[@simonhodgetts6530]

That Zawinul Rhodes sound! Shimmering, elegant, awesome!!

[@edwinrivera5695]

The drums and percussion of Acuna and Badrena here are extraordinary. What a group of musicians this was! Brilliant Shorter, Pastorius and Zawinul 👏

[@jackjoeharry9101]

absolutly 👍👋👏

[@lanielight6904]

For sure! I think he's among the Most Intuitively best drummers in the whole World! It's How He Hears the music in addition to his skills! Truly among the World's Best drummers and musicians and I understand he is multi-instrumentalist. I met him once at a live gig he played percussion with Clare Fischer, and Alex was Very Humble! Very sweet, genuine spirit. Wish I could connect again to just say, "Hi Alex! Remember me? No? Well, I remember You 😄What a WONDERFUL tune.

[@lanielight6904]

Oh man, Alex Acuna is truly one of the most skilled, intuitive, gifted drummers/rhymists in this world, of our time! Thank you, Alex!

[@urbansamurai3609]

Wayne Shorter an American treasure... Weather Report pure virtuosos.....

[@cabrinibruno]

Jazz Bass A world treasure

[@poopposter6005]

@@cabrinibruno *Za warado

[@albertombari66]

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[@elisavieira737]

They are good 👌

[@gregscheyd4131]

COULDN'T AGREE MORE ..........

[@themangkuks]

Magnifique! RIP Wayne Shorter, Saxophone Colossus!

[@condocord7544]

Acuna is on fire, so is Badrena - best Weather Report line up

[@matthewspratt817]

Without a doubt.

[@bigwhig3126]

I just can't get over how hard this band worked for their audience and to get that uniquely Weather Report sound! Wayne looks like he's almost dying up there he's putting so much wind through that sax! Most sax players never touch the gear he's in shaping those notes with his embouchure. And Jaco, just unreal....did he shave the frets off that Fender bass he's playing? Just amazingly talented group of musicians at the top of their game who took Jazz into completely uncharted waters and succeeded in helping create a new form of music; Fusion. There will never be another band like them EVER but I'm so glad I got the chance to discover their music over 30 years ago.

[@mattgwardesq]

I'm a little late to the party here bit Jaco help popularize the fretless bass. He is said to have created his own jazz basses.

[@nicholasreichard6284]

I totally agree. The most incredible, iconic and talented fusion band of all time and hands down the masters of progressive jazz funk fusion all mixed into one. Truly the masters of their genre and craft.

[@evanpittsonmusic]

Totally agree, there will never be anything else like Weather Report. Joe and Wayne were willing to dive straight into the unknown, and not look back! For the curious, Jaco took his 1962 Fender Jazz Bass and ripped the frets out with pliers, filled the holes with wood glue, and then sealed the fingerboard with boat epoxy. I think he was aware that there was such a thing as a fretless electric, and somehow heard what he would do with it, but he said he couldn't afford to buy it! So the rest is history.

[@Riccardo_Silva]

Fifty years after WR are still unparalleled! Greatest electric jazz band ever! I was 14 when i first heard "Birdland" and decided bass playing was my goal!

[@georgecrosscross8253]

Yes, and that pair of Acoustic 370 were the top of bass amps, making entire jump the stage!😊

[@madbebopper]

Unreal ...... 3 geniuses in one band, Jaco, Wayne and Joe at the height of their powers but the thing about this group especially during the time Jaco was a member the whole is greater than the sum of it's parts. I saw this group about a year and a half later when it was even a much more powerful and seamless unit with only four pieces including Peter Erskine on drums in my home town of Passaic at a small venue that since burned down - The Capitol Theater. From the 3rd row center I witnessed one of the most soul satisfying and memorable musical events of my entire life. The cohesion and brilliance of those four musicians was like nothing I'd ever heard before or since. A band like this only happens once in a lifetime and I'm grateful to have been there when they were on fire.

[@craigcaver4051]

You really think the 1 drummer lineup of Peter Erskine was better than Acuna and Badrena?

[@MrCappon1111]

That band with erskine is probably the best jazz fusion band in history, nothing is close, not even return to forever or mahavishnu.

[@madbebopper]

@@MrCappon1111 I feel the same way and that was a very special band at a unique point in time in music. Weather Report was already a great band before Jaco joined but once he became a member, then the group took off and their popularity soared and the band reached unprecedented musical and commercial heights.

[@gulftoad]

Acuna and manny are great too

[@RiveBassCovers]

@@madbebopper without a shadow of a doubt the Jaco years were Weather Report’s prime

[@RonCarterBassist]

Thank you for sharing this... Rest in peace, Wayne.

[@billbarr4108]

Jaco at the height of his talent.the bass playing on this tune is absolute perfection.

[@jellyfish3333]

We bass players have been chasing his tone for 40+ years now. Not to mention his phrasing and style. Truly one of a kind!

[@ethanlocke3604]

@@jellyfish3333 and don’t forget his impeccable groove

[@eddisc4205]

@@ethanlocke3604 the funkiest groove jazz will have ever known !!

[@stevenashurst819]

Powerful ensemble. Thank GOD for ears to hear one of the greatest performances of all time....

[@matthewspratt817]

This particular concert was notable for the fact that these live performances off the album,put most of the studio material in the shade. And I worshipped those performances!

[@giorgiopighini6340]

Oh my God! This is music! Passion, creativity, technique, generosity! Everything at the top

[@johnwaystreaming]

thanks for the post, here's the lineup that i found: Josef ‘Joe’ Erich Zawinul - keyboards; Wayne Shorter - saxophone; Jaco Pastorius - electric bass; Alejandro ‘Alex’ Acuña - drums; Manolo Badrena - percussion and vocals.

[@russhamer]

Personnel: Wayne Shorter - Sax Joe Zawinful - Keys Jaco Pastorius - Bass Alex Acuna - Drums Manolo Badrena - Percussion

[@petermaxwell2965]

Vcool percussion !

[@newvision9556]

Thank you

[@peachhead1928]

Very much thank you..

[@glipabazza9994]

Indeed he was zawinful of ideas.

[@LucilleBrawl17]

@Andres Porras You'll get lost in some brilliant music by listening to Jaco's solo work and to Weather Report.

[@ikkenhisatsu7170]

Alex Acuna is a monster. Of course, the whole band are. RIP Mr. Zawinul.

[@jesusmenna6759]

Paco ceri el negro de costa de Marfil era mejor busca ...... Joe zawinul and sindicate en el mar Índico JVC.... papaaaaaaa

[@NicleT]

And sadly, RIP Mr. Shorter

[@craigcaver4051]

They always seemed to have a percussionist until 77. Then it was just Alex Acuna on drums by himself! One thing I always loved about Weather Report and Frank Zappa's bands was they were very percussion/rhythm/drum conscious!

[@DanielRiera]

Right. It's that tie in back to Africa that makes fusion so deep.

[@brokenmusician1]

The greatest band ever. My biggest regret is that I'm (just) too young to have ever seen them live. Seen the JZ Syndicate many times. There will never be another like them.

[@molochlight]

Wayne Shorter with all his experience with Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers and Miles Davis, Joe Zawinul with his years with Cannonball Adderley made Weather Report a true success with all the different drummers and bass players.

[@magiedaniels4708]

Jaco Pastorius is an Incredible Bass player...the band has an incredible connection

[@NimbzBass]

@@magiedaniels4708 Weather report had some of the best cats around for their time so I'd say that adds to them being an absolute monster in the community

[@flame-sky7148]

Amazing tune. The Legend of Weather Report. You are the epitome of Elegant People, Mr. Shorter.

[@kennethvenezia4400]

1976 - 81. I am so blessed to have seen this band with it's different personal changes every single time they came through NY. So long as there was Joe, Wayne, and Jaco, it was always great music and a wild show. That said, all the Weather Report bands were classic.

[@virgilrw]

Acuna and Badrena... #WOW!

[@pixelatedmushroom]

this is just so good 🤌

[@TAMSTERMAN]

I can never watch Badrena without thinking I could do a night on the town with that guy! Top band. I never get bored of as there is so much going on.

[@digidrum2003]

The great thing about music is that it is understood in any language......and man how we all understand Weather Report!!!!!

[@giannibiancocircus]

They left us with the need to continue this fusion. God bless ✌️

[@garyrotorua2491]

One of the best ensembles to have existed in my view, and I'm a guitar player.

[@garyrotorua2491]

@@saintnash1 Hi saintnash1, yes I have been aware of Johnson's playing for some years but was not aware of his connection with WR, good to know, will look it up, thanks. GB

[@dr05guitar]

the timing of his bass line just makes this song so sweet

[@skineyemin4276]

Alphonso Johnson played on the studio recorded version.

[@RiveBassCovers]

@@skineyemin4276 yeah but Jaco somehow managed to mix in his own style and groove into it without steering away from what Alphonso Johnson had laid into the original track

[@skineyemin4276]

@@RiveBassCovers Yes, he did, and still, WP moved on. I also assumed that Jaco played on the original recording of "Elegant People"...., which was Alphonso's style. Also, the drums and percussion were the stars of that tune on that night.

[@hivicar]

Wayne's solo on tenor a classic example of briefly going back to his earlier post bop roots, compared to his original expression on the studio recording. So fortunate to have seen them often!

[@hannaschroder724]

this is real music man, IM DANCING. great combination of jazz and funk. looooove it

[@mikemontoya3583]

Manolo wow he was always busy steady moving & on point never missing a beat being on key man what a job he had very underrated amongst others in THE band I give much RESPECTO he got DOWN bad DUDE !!!

[@kennethellison9713]

I was there. I was 18 years old and didn't quite know what I was hearing. I wish I knew then what I know now...

[@JamesFolkers]

Lucky man…

[@jadavirecords9198]

I was at this concert :-)! Absolutely amazing!!!! Art Blakey played on the same night, Billy Cobham George Duke Band (with Scofield) two days earlier. Those were the days!!!!

[@Guitfiddlejase]

Jadavi Records and Cobham and Duke had Alfonso Johnson with them-he had just left Weather Report! Jaco was the “new guy” on this gig!

[@vittli]

Guitfiddlejase True. And it was the first appearence of Scofield on the scene. He totally blew me away and made me quit the Guitar and start the Saxophone :-).

[@terrydactyl868]

A band that featured so much talent it hurt! Each one of them long since recognised as champions of their instrument and art! Not possible to get tired of Weather Report because they were so far ahead of the curve their music can never age.

[@jeffankton9175]

Bought this album in Flint Michigan back in 92 starting back then listening to alot of jazz fusion from the 70's. BLACK MARKET is a CLASSIC.

[@billhutchison7078]

Music that is great and never will be repeated.

[@PoliceBoy465]

I love this Weather Report lineup.

[@meunier621]

Des types "incroyables", un groupe " fantastique " , quelle pied d' avoir pu assister aux concerts ,

[@maazvdo]

Spectacular performance W.R ! Thanks for share, MONTREUX.

[@jellyfish3333]

What a killer set! Joe Zawinul doesn't get enough dap for his genius. He, along with Miles, Chick Corea, Herbie Hancock, and a few others was truly one of the creators of the Fusion Jazz genre. And like all of the greats, Zawinul knew when to back off and let the silence be heard.

[@DanielRiera]

A true wizard of synths and harmony

[@pattomuso]

Saw them 2 years later in Melbourne AUS.......life-changing!

[@michaeld.nichols2552]

Hard to comment about the best ever in fusion of musicians together at once jazz. WR!

[@BoomerMusicCompany]

Weather Report is on my top 5 all time favorite bands. A lot of people aren't hip to them which is a shame. This lineup in particular was as badass as they come.

[@jeremyevans8374]

I love the chords and sounds Joe uses here and many other WP songs of this period...creates a mood I want to inhabit all day.

[@davorinflis3825]

Me too. Before going to sleep, I always liked to put up their Mr. Gone album which still seems to me somehow unerathly magical!

[@maazvdo]

Joe Zawinul (teclados), Wayne Shorter (saxofone), Jaco Pastorius (baixo), Alex Acuna (bateria) e Manolo Badrena (percussão).

[@gustavoschuster2665]

Dream Team

[@gduckworth442]

Greatest line up for WR

[@PabloVestory]

I love how Wayne has his cork reinforced with probably teflon tape, maybe because a leak, or mouthpiece too loose... Even the top players need emergency solutions on the road sometimes

[@MrMrh1958]

The grooves and melodies are what WR were all about. Superb stuff!👏👏👏👏👏

[@neverobsolete6980]

Some awesome live Jaco. the GOAT. No showing off on this one, just playing amazing bass.

[@Tfunkize]

1975-1976 was very excided period for WR. with a lot of change in different musicians , Narada,alphonso johnson, chester thomsen ect.. very inspiring period for all mucisians

[@adrianscottburns]

this is really nicely cut. Also Manolo Badrena is a monster

[@ortsac7466]

The espectacular Alex Acuña on drums!

[@Maxroffe56]

Wow! Acuna and Badrena!

[@donalddeanmaracle3757]

Love Love Love these guys!!! They know how to lay down that hammer......

[@ernestopayamurgui4732]

Otra organiacción del Sr.Zawinul que ha hecho que limpie y libere tu alma con su música. Gracias.

[@logicreasonevidence7571]

Possibly the best band I have EVER seen in my life! The only other contender for that accolade is / was the early 80s line up of King Crimson!

[@craigcaver4051]

What lineup did you see?

[@boujeemelon7305]

2 great bands

[@artysanmobile]

Famously known as the “drums mix”. But the only player on the whole stage playing time is Jaco, laying down the 2 & 4 with perfect intonation. Just wow, Jaco! 46 years later, we’re listening to your master class in music. I can’t even express how happy that news would make him. He’d fly half a year on that.

[@mattiameis3300]

Class, elegance, skill, heart and delicacy.Unreachable!

[@Pcgonzal]

One of my favorite Weather Report tunes! Thanks for posting!

[@mhara5794]

ウエザーリポートは、私の一番のお気に入りです。 この緊張感とミステリアスな雰囲気が素晴らしい！！！！

[@miguellopez8608]

Dichosos los invitados a la cena del Señor. La mejor formacion que tuvo el W. R. Saludos desde Mexico

[@claussaunte2303]

Also respect to the workmen of the group Acuna, and Bageira with theire polyrytmics

[@lorenzomoro1970]

My favourite track!

[@marvinfernandez3495]

Grandes Jaco, shorter,Joe, acuña y bradena

[@lanielight6904]

When you get a bunch of Virtuosos together, This is the Thunder they make. Little do they know that God is dancing and moving to this music. Comon already! It's some the most amazing creativity I've ever heard! Much of it improvised around its theme/progression! Whoooooo

[@kristofubot]

The best❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@raymondmaynard2438]

What a lineup it’s 2023 lam still going wow eash musos is just 🌎 CLASS timeless

[@ΜΑΘΗΤΗΣΑΓΑΠΗΣ]

Great..... 😎 👍 🌈 You take me a trip to the past when I was younger... Inside l feel the same when l see this.!!!!! 👍 😊 Thenks!!! 🌈😎👌

[@cosmicman621]

So hip and sweet...it really does sum up what elegant people..look like..are

[@curiousnomad]

With the exception of the first Weather Report with Eric Gravatt, etc this is the most free and searching version of the group IMO.

[@pequeuxdarleux1480]

album that every jazz lover must have in his discotheque: at home.

[@Harsta2f]

Great Music...Great Sound.... Fabulous Musicians....

[@TexasGit]

Sad day... RIP, Wayne.

[@FatherRikhi]

when musicians were giants.

[@narvul]

They still are.

[@jonnehayesjr.9299]

Literally and figuratively...

[@kinoglaz777]

@@narvul I personally think not as high as in the period 60 - 80 effectively, and for jazz since '30. In jazz I think we have some very high leveled musicians but once seen some Bigs as Archie Shepp or Joe Henderson for example, you can understand that some genre of music han become underrated by the most of people and so the number of real geniuses possible is lower

[@klyona1]

+100%!

[@craigcaver4051]

Are you saying jazz hasn't been good since 1930? What about bebop? Except for stride piano players and Roy Eldgridge oh plus the big bands jazz sucked before 1945! Oh and Louis Armstrong was great but I find his music dated.

[@souljubilant12]

This makes shopping for groceries fun and exciting!

[@kiralylaszlo5877]

Legjobb dzsessz együttes valaha volt. MIndeki virtuóz. Király László Hungary

[@franksoul]

Rip Wayne Shorter

[@fliggityboo8687]

Wayne made that sax speak a whole different language, damn.

[@pinopenny411]

bella questa formazione alla batteria c'è L'Acuna che tutti avremmo voluto essere

[@3frp273]

RIP Wayne Shorter

[@claudeboisvert6623]

D'excellents souvenirs pour moi du spectacle à Montréal !

[@christophermiller7532]

Here's the easiest comment that can be made... GREATNESS!

[@marcosopranzi2499]

grandissimi......i miei preferiti!!!!!!!!!

[@Kelvin71]

The only instance in all of recorded music that “more cowbell” is absolutely justified. Badrena and Acuna killing it.

[@ImKevinFTW]

This fucking grooves way more than the studio version Way more energetic and immersive 2:22 That transition hits me like a fucking train every goddamn time holy shit And Zawinul with that spacey patch synchronizing with Shorter AHHHHHHHHH

[@jazzfusioner9840]

Truth...

[@LuffymanYT]

Rest up Wayne

[@Mike75065]

Jaco Best bass player ever. Incredable.

[@FCntertainr]

Zawinul and Shorter met while playing in Maynard Ferguson's big band a decade before Weather Report! Z played with Cannonball next and Shorter played with Art Blakey. Both played with Miles but Z only in the studio.

[@CastleCritters]

Any one who is any body , PLAYED with MILES , that is where the ELEMENTS of FUSION began, and MILES gave a lot of FREEDOM

[@jazzfusioner9840]

Peter Erskine also in Maynard's band in the 70s...Joe called up Maynard when Alex no longer the drummer...and off went Peter to WR. Saw one gig when Peter was in Maynard's band...that is top 10 gig I have ever witnessed...what a night in that Tulsa high school auditorium...complete wth a sitar player for the chart 'Chala Nata'....

[@byrong1561]

This performance encapsulates everything that is great about this amazing band.Thanks for sharing.

[@michaelvaladez6570]

The book titled Elegant People is a must read for those who want to know the back storu on Weather Report..a must read !!!

[@jamessward2540]

Zawinul and shorter are great musicians and I see Manolo Bradena is with Herlin Riley. I saw Zawinul at the London House in Chicago in 64 when he was with Cannonball. This is great stuff. Thanks so much!!

[@PhilWatson]

Rip Wayne! 😥🙏

[@aussie_philosopher8079]

I can't believe how good they played at this concert. It's kind of scary as a musician, remembering very complex arrangements, knowing all the parts and never making a mistake. These guys do it absolutely flawlessly.

[@spanqueluv9er]

@aussie_philosopher8079 ^That’s not how a musician talks- it’s not scary, it’s just being a musician.🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤡🤷‍♂️💩

[@przemysawmikoajczak4889]

One of the best I have ever heard

[@matosjorgemiguel]

RIP Wayne

[@Neeshuffle]

best drums job ever

[@cimponeriudorin8088]

U8dciol. M , vb. ht F fre4e3qdw2eC3g6 a hipnoza

[@jimbosteen2935]

No Chester better, groove wise ect. Lacuna to fn busy, actually I'm going to quit listening to this version

[@raymondkarlsson9794]

A monumental tune

[@pepegalvan_]

I love this tune!