Has anyone heard of a group called "Weather Report"?

babylonsister

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Sat Jul-14-07 12:51 AM
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Has anyone heard of a group called "Weather Report"?

I'm watching Chick Corea on Tavis Smiley and he brought that group to mind-was he ever in it, or am I cracking up?
Any help gratefully appreciated!

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Alexander

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Sat Jul-14-07 12:54 AM
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1. Yes. The group made Jaco Pastorius famous.

I have their 1977 album "Heavy Weather".

They're good.

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rucky

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Sat Jul-14-07 12:55 AM
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2. Wasn't Wayne Shorter in it, too? n/t

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Wapsie B

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Sat Jul-14-07 12:55 AM
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3. Yes he was.

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Karenina

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Sat Jul-14-07 04:55 AM
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10. Joe Zawinul, keyboards, Peter Erskine, drums.

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babylonsister

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Sat Jul-14-07 12:59 AM
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5. Yes! I remember that name. I guess Chick reminded me of that time in

my life. :evilgrin:

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Maestro

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Sat Jul-14-07 09:38 AM
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12. Jaco is a bass god!

He went way too soon to the other side!

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WCGreen

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Sat Jul-14-07 12:58 AM
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4. They got a lot of play on progressive rock stations in the early

70's...

And then when the Prog Rock, or Album Oriented Rock (AOR) was swiflty kicked back to college stations, FM became a crisper sounding AM top 30 format...

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some guy

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Sat Jul-14-07 01:03 AM
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6. AFAIK

Edited on Sat Jul-14-07 01:13 AM by some guy

Chick Corea was not ever a member of Weather Report.

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Starbucks Anarchist

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Sat Jul-14-07 01:47 AM
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7. Yep, though I don't have any of their albums.

They're one of the great jazz fusion bands, though.

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SeattleGirl

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Sat Jul-14-07 01:48 AM
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8. Chick Corea is on with Tavis Smiley? Woohoo, gotta watch that!

I love CC!

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Swamp Rat

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Sat Jul-14-07 04:05 AM
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9. Great band

I really dig Chick Corea.

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lizziegrace

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Sat Jul-14-07 09:15 AM
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11. He's performing with Bela Fleck

Two amazing musicians. :)

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Tripper11

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Sat Jul-14-07 10:19 AM
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14. We're going to see Bela Aug 1st!

At the Woodland Park Zoo in Seattle for their annual Summer Zoo Tunes program.

Excellent setting, great little venue...picnic, kids, and the sweet sweet funky jazz fusion(if you will) of Bela and his Flecktones!

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Maestro

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Sat Jul-14-07 09:38 AM
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13. Great Jazz!

Been around quite a while.

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evlbstrd

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Sat Jul-14-07 10:45 AM
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15. Weather Report was a great group!

I was lucky enough to catch them live before Jaco Pastorius was killed.
Watch this video for a taste:
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=6023343635648032146&q=weather+report&total=3407&start=0&num=10&so=0&type=search&plindex=1

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WritingIsMyReligion

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Sat Jul-14-07 10:50 AM
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16. Hell yeah. They're great. Classic jazz-fusion/jazz-rock.

:thumbsup:

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mitchum

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Sat Jul-14-07 12:05 PM
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17. Chick Corea was in Return To Forever, not Weather Report...

I had to listen to a lot of that with my stoner buddies in the 70s

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Blue-Jay

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Sat Jul-14-07 12:41 PM
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18. Nope. Never heard of 'em. Are they a boy-band?

:crazy:

Shorter? Erskine? Zawinul? Pastorius? Those sound like made-up names to me.

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