Night Passage (Album)
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| Label (s) | Columbia Records | |||
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CD, LP |
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Title (number) |
8th |
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running time |
48:05 |
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Joe Zawinul, Jaco Pastorius |
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Studio (s) |
The Complex, Los Angeles |
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Night Passage is an album released in 1980 by Weather Report .
General
The first seven tracks were recorded live in Los Angeles in August 1980 in front of 250 listeners who can be heard on some recordings. Madagascar was recorded live in Osaka in June 1980 . Percussionist Robert Thomas Jr. is in the band for the first time. The album is less elaborately produced than its studio predecessor Mr. Gone and does not use overdubs .
Joe Zawinul called it "one of my favorite albums in the band".
About the title track Pastorius said:
“He [Zawinul] sent me my grades in the mail and I had to study them. It's a difficult part. It took me a week. "
Track list
- Night Passage (Zawinul) - 6:30
- Dream Clock (Zawinul) - 6:26
- Port of Entry (Shorter) - 5:09
- Forlorn (Zawinul) - 3:55
- Rockin 'in Rhythm ( Ellington , Mills , Carney ) - 3:02
- Fast City (Zawinul) - 6:17
- Three Views of a Secret (Pastorius) - 5:50
- Madagascar (Zawinul) - 10:56
reception
Richard S. Ginell gave the album four out of five stars, but also expressed criticism:
“The fault of this album is the lack of memorable compositions; it is more of a vehicle for virtuoso feats. [...] Port of Entry is a tour de force for Jaco, who overwhelms with incredibly fast, pointed runs that posthumously made him a legend. "
Web links
- Weather Report: Annotated Discography: Night Passage (Engl.)
- Allmusic.com: Review by Richard S. Ginell
Individual evidence
- ^ Jazzdisco.org: Weather Report - Night Passage
- ^ Gunther Baumann: Zawinul - A life from jazz , p. 144, Residenz Verlag 2002, ISBN 978-3701712915
- ^ Hugo Bruton: Weather Report: Hugo Bruton Forecasts Long Balmy Periods , International Musician and Recording World, January 1981, pp. 51-53
- ↑ allmusic.com: Review