On stage: Joe Zawinul-piano- Wayne Shorter-sax-Alphonso Johnson-bass-Alex Acuna-percussion-Chester Thompson-drums-
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@nylesfrench35682 жыл бұрын
Alphonso Johnson is actually my preferred Bassist in Weather Report.
@paxwallace83243 ай бұрын
I can dig it
@hubbsllcАй бұрын
I like him a lot too but for his post-WR work
@jonesy21112 жыл бұрын
Alphonso is the greatest! I just love that particular era of Weather Report. Some of the best grooves and jazzy bass there is
@shiatsuman013 жыл бұрын
Alphonso is a unheralded Master !!!
@chrischoir35942 жыл бұрын
It's tough to compete with Jaco or even Victor Bailey.
@dorotaduszynska3682 жыл бұрын
No, Jaco was.....
@nylesfrench35682 жыл бұрын
True
@PhuckHue22 жыл бұрын
@@dorotaduszynska368 Jaco stole all his stuff and admitted it
@BlackRootsUNLIMITED2 жыл бұрын
@@PhuckHue2 💯
@johnayres23034 жыл бұрын
Much as I like Jaco, there is not enough pre-Jaco WR on KZbin, so this is brilliant.
@paxwallace83243 ай бұрын
My favorite weather report
@flame-sky71484 ай бұрын
Amazing rhythm section, Alphonso Johnson and Chester Thompson. Mr. Thompson would eventually find his way to Phil Collins and Genesis. Wonderful to hear a live version of Mysterious Traveller!
@philreid984Ай бұрын
He also spent some time with Frank Zappa 😊
@germanrosas-ibarguen17393 жыл бұрын
Miss Weather Report forever!!!!!!
@atoieno5 жыл бұрын
The Mysterious Traveller album changed the way I experienced the world!
@johnayres23035 жыл бұрын
Mahn England Yes! same for me only it was I Sing the Body Electric. This album plus Sweetnighter and Mysterious Traveller are the Holy Trinity for me.
@richardshansky30404 жыл бұрын
Yes, mo too. It is the greatest album of all time in any genre. I never get tired of it.
@flame-sky71483 жыл бұрын
Yea, that album took it to another notch from Sweetnighter. From Nubian Sundance to Jungle Book (like Jaco's John and Mary playing with his children, just brings tears to your eyes) , Such a beautiful album.
@fnbworld51773 жыл бұрын
brilliant joe zawinul and the lineup!
@larrymonte5154 жыл бұрын
Chester Thompson's drumming is astounding! Versatile drummer! What a line up!
@mancuniancandidatem Жыл бұрын
It's amazing to think of the amount of music memorisation Chester has done in his career. What with Weather Report, Zappa, Genesis and Phil Collins solo he memorised alot of notes, grooves, figures, arrangements and cues.
@SC-cr1lj Жыл бұрын
Agreed, however Alex Acuna was a great addition to the band when he came along! 👍
@user-sv9sn6zk3y2 ай бұрын
Un chef d œuvre.alphonso...incroyable bassiste..spellbound
@galileoshift83305 жыл бұрын
Joe Zawinul is a funky ass white dude..that's miles loved him "IN A SILENT WAY" all damn day thank you for the perfect music of W eather R eport
@jazzatnight12 жыл бұрын
Alphonso paved the way for Jaco to fit in to the vibe of Weather Report which was more of a progressive approach than Miroslav Vitous had envisioned. Alphonso was my favorite bassist from his work with George Duke- I liked that fuzz sound that he used occasionally.
@kmaher4980 Жыл бұрын
Alphonso Johnson put out some great live grooves with Santana. Santana sounded more like jazz than rock at times when Johnson played with him in the late 1980s.
@rayfieldlewis87803 ай бұрын
I agree. George, Alphonso and Ndugu . 👏
@fernandosalomon80743 жыл бұрын
Acuña best peruvian drummer percussionist! Most versatile
@paxwallace83243 ай бұрын
All those guys Dom Um Ramão, Alex Acuña
@warrengaines7300Ай бұрын
Slim is killing that bass!
@robertperrella41945 жыл бұрын
listening to weather report is always BRIGHT AND SUNNY !!!!!!!!
@Marchaund6 жыл бұрын
Jazz as a spiritual instrument? Absolutely. This group actually changed the consciousness of the entire planet. Many a low vibratory entity was eliminated through this higher consciousness evoking band. That's the purpose of jazz in its entirety.
@robertb.79635 жыл бұрын
Yes, I had that sense of consciousness after hearing Mysterious Traveller- LP
@VINZBROWN4 жыл бұрын
Marchaund preeeeeeach!!!!
@GEoTize4 жыл бұрын
yes, yes, well said
@sherbetdab12003 жыл бұрын
Sweetnighter turned me into a pulsating organic kaleidoscope.
@mootbooxle11 күн бұрын
they have certainly lifted me out of dark places many many times! I love jazz for this reason. Jazz is my approach to life! Improvisation and unbridled expression of the inner self…what could be more spiritual? I am so thankful for this music and all it’s brought to my life.
@lmdeak111210 жыл бұрын
weather report, mysterious traveler, frog and night gown, Raleigh underground, 1975 OMG!!!! I feel sooo lucky and honored that I saw this band and was so close......it was a mystical experience
@tonyghazlo34864 жыл бұрын
So much emotion in his music, he from another world.
@halcop3 жыл бұрын
Alphonso Johnson is a beast.
@absoluteunit86283 жыл бұрын
If anyone sees this comment and can help me out with understanding how Alphonso Johnson got such an amazing bass tone here, I would like to achieve something on this level.
@d.l.loonabide99813 жыл бұрын
He might be using a fuzz box.
@jimmygell2343 жыл бұрын
Fretless
@michaelvaladez6570 Жыл бұрын
Alphonso Johnson played a fretless bass,before Jaco did.He never boasted about his abilities or him being the first to play a fretless in the band.A very good read is " ELEGANT PEOPLE ".A history about the band Weather Report. By Curt Bianchi..Backbeat books..publisher.In this book it talks about the band from the very start ,the line up changes,the music changes challenges etc.A must read for those who follow this band.As Joe Zawinual said the greatest band that ever was.
@cerimccoy6 жыл бұрын
Nice to hear Wayne Shorter play!
@WilliamBrownNYC4 жыл бұрын
Chordal hits played by Wayne are killin' ! :) They are SO integral to the tune. Never heard them before or used by anyone else since.
@OursDéplumé3 жыл бұрын
four years before Acuna switched to drums and helped build this absolute masterpiece: Heavy Weather
@Studio-623 жыл бұрын
I saw them on the Heavy Weather tour in 77 and Acuna was already on drums.
@prestwickpioneer34743 жыл бұрын
Less than a year later Acuña was on drums and Badrena was on percussion.
@castlefreak81223 жыл бұрын
4 years after this they we’d already recorded Mr. Gone and were doing the 8:30 tour with Peter Erskine. Acuna wasn’t even in the band anymore.
@niwa9575 жыл бұрын
Everybody keeps on raving about Jaco and Erskine, but these guys had a completely different groove down. The early Erskine was simply out-classed by Pastorius (with a few exceptions) but Chester and Al were on that same high level. And look at the size of Chester's cymbals and hi-hat. Some noise.....
@dagostinoification5 жыл бұрын
thank yOu for Chester Thompson ! great drummer !!!
@martinhalling99833 жыл бұрын
Saw them for the first time 1975. My God how good they were! And later I saw next ” generations” of WR. All to ” the bitter end”😀Always my favourites!
@MrBlackbass599 жыл бұрын
WOW! I remember this music when I was in high school. At 15 I thought of this music as a puzzle that I had to decipher. Alphonso Johnson was my hero before long Jaco showed up.
@drewper738 жыл бұрын
That's how I felt about the first album by Chick Corea Elektric Band. It was like a puzzle to me at age fifteen, listening to the way all the parts intertwined. I bought that album because I was reading a lot of Modern Drummer magazine and I kept seeing all these ads with Dave Weckl in them, so I had to see what all the fuss was about. I've been a huge fan ever since.
@pantsmcfagg7 жыл бұрын
This may very well be the best Weather Report video on KZbin.
@gregoryjohnson45386 жыл бұрын
Ryan i agree.....? just got done watchin wr in japan domino therory. .... n watchin a meteor shower here i pennsylvania
@ericdufour24796 жыл бұрын
Dont forget d flat japan
@victormusic01x4 жыл бұрын
..definitely the best I’ve seen with Alphonso Johnson, killing it here fo real..he and Chester Thompson seem to be on a nice tight level here..excellent..thanks..New York September 6, 2020..
@johnayres23033 жыл бұрын
Yes, no disrespect to Jaco but I prefer this era. I Sing... to Tale Spinnin.
@lmdeak111211 жыл бұрын
OMG - one of the best concerts of my life....
@timages4 жыл бұрын
Wayne Shorter is just amazing, he just goes off! ...love Chester Thompson and Alfonso Johnson, great rhythm section...thanks so much for posting!
@johnayres23035 жыл бұрын
This is funking fantastic!
@Nyquistic11 жыл бұрын
If Earth has a sound, surely this must be it!
@marcogallesi513224 күн бұрын
Alphonso is a good bassist, Jaco is FANTASTIC!
@davidcox66214 жыл бұрын
Alphonso Johnson played bass with Jeff Beck when I saw them on the Wired tour in St. Louis. It was great!
@jazzfusioner98402 жыл бұрын
Love that album...the album after Beck's mind blowing 'Blow by Blow'...must have been a jam gig with Alphonse in tow...
@gramefreer96844 жыл бұрын
Admired this band, and line-up changes, for years....brilliant!!Thanks from UK.
@davidmiller4078 Жыл бұрын
Ooh i remember this album still have the Vynal somewhere if my brother hasnt borrowed it even as a aspiring R n B guitarist this band and Mahavisnu showed me a way and stimulated me and still do phenomenal post cheers
@kevinmitchell40943 жыл бұрын
Zawinul and Shorter were the nucleus of a band that forged great music that took advantage of the skills of their sidemen. Phenomenal!!!
@TheObscureTimewarp3 жыл бұрын
And drugs. You forgot drugs. lol
@kevinmitchell40943 жыл бұрын
@@TheObscureTimewarp I'm about music and it's creators. Drugs? Lol!!! You can tell us about that!!!
@Studio-623 жыл бұрын
The kid, Alphonso Johnson, was very influential when he hit the scene. One of my favourite WR albums once they became more composition oriented is Tale Spinnin’, with he and Ndugu Chancler on drums. Following this album they would do Black Market, and Jaco would join. Zawinul showing off some wicked piano chops here.
@groovecollectors3 жыл бұрын
i was there and searching for this so long, thnx!!!!!!!
@gregoryjohnson45386 жыл бұрын
matter of fact fantàstic show... still listen to these guys i started in 74 first song ive ever heard was nubian sundance..... i have been hooked since i just finished a newer show wr live in japan domino therory it doesnt matter the lineup wr is the best band ive ever seen....... n ive seenm all miles dizzy herbie mahavishnu cobhams bands n on n on jack u yung cats better get hip someday my kids r .. shit im 62 sittin out on front porch watchin a meteor shower in new brighton pa.
@christopherjohnson35204 жыл бұрын
Chester! We Love Chester. I got to see him twice with Genesis. Nice. CJ
@jazzfusioner98404 жыл бұрын
Love us some Chester......
@thomasbridges7323 Жыл бұрын
Man the people who seen this injoyed this show can sit in where wow that thats a good show
@glennkrzywicki495411 жыл бұрын
Old memories coming back. Thanks!
@thirdearvideo10 жыл бұрын
Unreal-eakin' Joe. I am just blown by this music...AGAIN. in 2014, tonight. Heard this version of WP band in '75 (?), similar versions of Mysterious Traveller et all, of at Michigan Theater, Detroit. Just bleeewwww me out, then, and again, now. But you know, now, I see up close in this video, this spirit of this band and how it seemed to rEALLy catch the power of all players together in this special film. Stunning performance in Berlin. What a different vibe than Amerika...I read an earlier comment on the various Jaco WP versions, et all. I agree to a point. But they all had their own character...Joe Z...Just is so INCREDIBLE isn't he? I mean he was a genius and and told stories with every note...whew, that is an art! - - I think this and the live Sweetwater period were golden, personally, as that was my first exposure, after their first self-titled LP. & then Body Electric just threw me into space jazz, even more following SunRa's electronic space mystic approach, which I also just latched onto...seeing them for the first time in New Mexico in '81 as part of the NM Jazz Workshop... This WP band, however, with the melodic beauty of the Shorter, Alphonso, and Acuna......wow. It caught me right now, again, even stronger....Thank you Josef Erich Zawinul July 7, 1932-Sept. 11, 2007. Enriched by this band's music...what a gift to have heard this in my life.
@paxwallacejazz4 жыл бұрын
This was a more spatial weather report.
@monsterjazzlicks11 жыл бұрын
i bought and watched this DVD last week. Incredible concert. Just wish they played 2 x sets insead of just 1 !!
@RonCarterBassist Жыл бұрын
👏🏾👏🏾 Thanks for sharing.
@vurnt223 жыл бұрын
Alphonso Johnson was done dirty.
@thomasbridges7323 Жыл бұрын
Yup thanks utube love this a lot i have to go back to listen to what i came up with great sound back then hell of a well put together band thanks
@errolingram11316 жыл бұрын
Jaco Pastorius was only on "Cannon Ball" and "Barbary Coast" Alphonso Johnson appeared on 5 of them including "Herandnu" Alphonso had written before he left after "Black Market" was released.
@forgottengrooves60736 жыл бұрын
Errol Ingram Herandnu might be Alphonso's best song, next to Up From The Cellar on his Moonshadows solo album.
@crila074 жыл бұрын
next level band!
@christopherjohnson35204 жыл бұрын
That’s Groovy. Look at those sideburns. Nice. The Band trying to keep up with Chester! Man was he good. CJ
@gregoryjohnson45386 жыл бұрын
ty for this post...... sincerely enjoying one of the greatest bands I have ever heard
@damirfenrich54394 жыл бұрын
Great Chester on drums ! Tour drummer from Genesis...
@adam1984pl4 жыл бұрын
Joe is alos great classical player ,that showed at the end.
@earospace5 жыл бұрын
WOW, never seen this tune (MT) live, fantastic!
@robanderson28008 жыл бұрын
I never new chester Thompson played with weather report!!wow!!
@drewper738 жыл бұрын
Yeah, if you don't have it by now, go out and get "Black Market" by Weather Report. He plays drums on all but two tracks. Narada Michael Walden plays on the other two. Great album. The one right before "Heavy Weather."
@gostrum14 жыл бұрын
Me too. I knew he played in some hot Frank Zappa line-ups
@DanielGonzalez-eq4ow2 жыл бұрын
"Knew", you mean......
@gianca606 жыл бұрын
Wayne Shorter-tenor sax AND piano.
@elisavieira7372 жыл бұрын
Beautiful ❤️
@Marchaund6 жыл бұрын
I actually did my own psychotherapy with mushrooms and WR. GOOD COMPANY, GREAT VIBES, GOD THE ALMIGHTY AS PROCTOR.
@highgradeOG4 жыл бұрын
shorter jumping on piano!...whaaa??..love it! crunchy!
@SuperMusicology1015 жыл бұрын
My introduction into Fusion just a a nasty Groove
@Flechokalhipto7 жыл бұрын
Para recordar, una de las grandes agrupaciones de la vanguardia del JAZZ, entre los mas destacados y prominentes exponentes de la era de la FUSION, Jazz Rock, Progresivo, Avant Garde, Atmosférico, Psicodélico, Avanzado, Sinfónico, Contemporáneo, Concreto, Futurista, Ethno (étnico), World, Experimental...??? Etc. Etc. Etc., mas allá de cualquier etiqueta...
@LodoGrdzak11 жыл бұрын
So freaking great!!
@stratoleft4 жыл бұрын
The rhythmic challenges, as Larry Coryell would put it, .. to this tune, and others, is beyond the pale.
@paxwallacejazz4 жыл бұрын
My Jr. highschool band director was one of the acoustic bop mainstays of Charlotte NC in the 70s still is last time I looked but he sometimes had young 20 something jazz musicians hanging out around our band room to help. Anyway a bunch of us caught a ride to state contest with one of these jazz hippies and Tail Spinning was on his cassette player!😎 shit man o man mysterious Zen fusion not like Stanley Clark or Mahavishnu WTF. 🤔🙄☯️
@giovannigregoretti63947 жыл бұрын
questo fu il brano con il quale conobbi WR.... tempi lontani.... bellissimi!
@crila074 жыл бұрын
respect Joe!
@jazzfusioner98404 жыл бұрын
Truth.....Josef Z......
@drewper738 жыл бұрын
When I bought "Black Market" on cd I thought Jaco was on every song. It wasn't until I read the Wikipedia page for it that I realized that Alphonso played on at least half of the album.
@flame-sky71483 жыл бұрын
I thought that way in the 90's myself, and realized that Alphonso was playing fretless too, he did a great job on Elegant People. Jaco brought more out on his fretless, the sound innovator.
@Tfunkize12 жыл бұрын
in 1975 Weater Report was the number 1 groupe at least here in EU, evryone was inspiried by thire " mystirious traveller " music
@tucaoscar5 жыл бұрын
Chester and Alphonso!!!
@peterchristianmanstein11064 жыл бұрын
Renan Oscar Sorry, this is Victor Baily on bass.
@tucaoscar4 жыл бұрын
No, no
@peterchristianmanstein11064 жыл бұрын
Renan Oscar Sorry, definitly not Alphonso Johnson.
@swamisMotelBand19 жыл бұрын
thank you for posting this ! I remember this line up .. thank you thank you thank you
@rhall2307Ай бұрын
When concert toms ruled the world
@OldVillain8 жыл бұрын
As usual, Wayne is nothing short of magnificent. I'd love this for my iPoad/iPhone. Thanks for posting this.
@fernandosalomon80743 жыл бұрын
Great Unusual récording!
@Eleventhearlofmars10 жыл бұрын
I always find it intriguing that Wayne shorter and alfonso Johnson were listening to trick of the tail between gigs
@Eleventhearlofmars10 жыл бұрын
In an interview that Phil Collins did years ago
@Eleventhearlofmars10 жыл бұрын
Chester Thompson also said that they carried a cassette tape of that album and used to play it on train journeys
@swamisMotelBand19 жыл бұрын
Marc Worthington trick of the tail =?
@swamisMotelBand19 жыл бұрын
thanks for illuminating me on the WR info....
@connfyoozed9 жыл бұрын
Marc Worthington I can add to this: when Steve Hackett left Genesis, and the remaining members decided to remain a trio but add 2 part-time members to play live with them, of course Chester Thompson became the drummer... and Alphonso Johnson was one of the final 2 choices for the 2nd touring member of Genesis. They essentially let Mike Rutherford make the final decision, and Mike chose Daryl Stuermer primarily because he thought it would be easier to incorporate a guitar player who also played bass, not a bass player who also played guitar like Alphonso. If I remember right, Phil Collins still used Alphonso for some of his early solo stuff, so there weren't any hard feelings.
@andrewpearce45889 жыл бұрын
That was the sickest ive seen of weather report in years. I haven't seen this release up until now. I think I just had a release ;)
@alfredozedda401710 жыл бұрын
sono dei talenti della della musica celestiale fortissimi
@tonymartin6199 Жыл бұрын
funkiest version of WR to these ears!! wish they would of done more. Jaco's coo esp as a soloist but I personally feel the groove more here, a little less stiff
@esiegel25 жыл бұрын
wayne on piano!
@PeterMayer9 ай бұрын
Chester!!!
@dagostinoification3 жыл бұрын
MAGNIFICENT !
@mymoonjujumymen12 жыл бұрын
An simple Additional comment for you : Thx :) and for everyone : We have to Buy this Dvd :)))) Amazing Stuff :)
@tagstefmusic12 жыл бұрын
great musical ideas with or whitout Jaco...
@willmurray2222 жыл бұрын
Saw these guys. Wow end of concert a Joe looks at Chester to see if he has one more song in him. Chester shakes his head no, and that was it show over. Never saw a drummer put so much into a performance.
@udomatthiasdrums5322 Жыл бұрын
still love it!!
@thomasbridges7323 Жыл бұрын
Dam real drums
@cardboardmusic11 жыл бұрын
Amazing band at this period. Far in advance of anything around really, in the jazz world at least. I think they've just re-released the album (with extra material) re-mastered in a box set with the other 5 early albums. I'll be heading down to my local shop to find this. Thanks for uploading.
@JasonMarsalis12 жыл бұрын
Weather Report Live in Berlin 1975. Check various online stores such as Amazon, Buy, GoHastings, etc.
@paxwallacejazz6 жыл бұрын
Badia 2nd tune when played well got somekinda zen voodoo. Undercurrentz
@Gashy4211 жыл бұрын
wow, that is incredibly fast MT
@loganpearson9206 Жыл бұрын
Holy batmanboots! Phat fatty groove!
@paxwallace83243 ай бұрын
Oh this version of Badia doesn't have that call to Prayers from Tatoween shoot
@sticoo111 жыл бұрын
thanks!!
@joaocarlosfavaro97896 жыл бұрын
Best WR video.
@ghart566 жыл бұрын
Chester fits the WR groove no problem. Watch out for Alex he,s hell of a drummer.
@halcop3 жыл бұрын
It seems like Alex Acuna was in the band forever.
@lenardbarries83618 жыл бұрын
Is that Chester Thompson on skinz?
@joaocarlosfavaro97896 жыл бұрын
Yes
@freein233911 жыл бұрын
They didn't play the slow groove from Mysterious traveller....damn
@2ndEndingVintage4 жыл бұрын
Yes, agreed. It's a cool live version, but it DOES lose something as far as mysterioso-vibe compared to the original...
@Johannes_SWE12 жыл бұрын
15:50 So beautiful While Jaco was an awesome musician, i've always prefered Alphonso.. better tone.