Weather Report – Black Market
Former members of Weather Report perform “Black Market”
This excerpt is from a J.T. Super Producers concert in Tokyo, Japan in 1995
Joe Zawinul – keyboards
Kirk Whalum – tenor saxophone
Alex Acuña – percussion
Alphonso Johnson – bass
Narada Michael Walden – drums
Sorry, wish it were longer!
Duration : 0:4:42
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Tags: acuna, alex, alphonso, bass, black, fretless, jazz, Joe, johnson, kirk, Market, michael, narada, report, walden, weather, whalum, zawinul
October 25th, 2009 at 8:45 pm
Narada Michael …
Narada Michael Walden is a monster. More talent in one finger than most drummers have on all four limbs. Check out his Mahavishnu clips to see what transhuman drumming is. What a shame he has mostly produced popular music and given up drumming, unlike Billy Cobham who continues to pound it out. Narada, drummer, RIP (Narada, the man, hope you live a long, long time.)
October 25th, 2009 at 8:45 pm
I totaly agree with …
I totaly agree with you!
October 25th, 2009 at 8:45 pm
Narada Michael …
Narada Michael Walden in this clip is marvelous!
October 25th, 2009 at 8:45 pm
Alphonso is one of …
Alphonso is one of my teachers. He’s probably the coolest acting person I have ever met.
October 25th, 2009 at 8:45 pm
U preffer that guy …
U preffer that guy over Jaco?
October 25th, 2009 at 8:45 pm
this is a funkier …
this is a funkier version of black market…
great, just great
think i like it more than the others…mainly because of alphonso on bass
October 25th, 2009 at 8:45 pm
In the line of …
In the line of great, innovative bass players, Alphonso comes before Jaco. And he was in WR before Jaco. The drummer here, Narada Michael Walden, was in WR briefly, for two tunes on Black Market (including the title tune) and had previously played with the Mahavishnu Orchestra. Acuna plays full drums on one WR record.
October 25th, 2009 at 8:45 pm
Sorry!It’s ‘95.??? …
Sorry!It’s ‘95.???Weather Report ??
October 25th, 2009 at 8:45 pm
Alphonso Johnson ! …
Alphonso Johnson !
grate!
but not ‘95.
October 25th, 2009 at 8:45 pm
You’re making a …
You’re making a pretty good point here, friends of Shits. Bravo! Anything else?
October 25th, 2009 at 8:45 pm
You are …
You are definitively a Shit, my friend!
October 25th, 2009 at 8:45 pm
they did this the …
they did this the year i was born!
October 25th, 2009 at 8:45 pm
Hehehe. Good point, …
Hehehe. Good point, fellow. And it’s quite interesting to read your whole comment.
Maybe we, “young fans”, have a more “popular conception” of WR music. But in my “short experience” i’ve found that music, in a “band-group” perspective, goes beyond individuals. And i’ve got to admit that my first impression from WR came from the Jaco era. Maybe that’s why is hard for me to catch your very own perspective (besides a well marked generation line between us ;D)
Music’s been made for being appreciated
October 25th, 2009 at 8:45 pm
Oh, Black Market, …
Oh, Black Market, Three Clowns, Elegant People were still ‘close to this old style’. But studio versions, don’t like this one.
October 25th, 2009 at 8:45 pm
Nothing against ‘ …
Nothing against ‘afro-cuban-latin-style’, my friend. All for… OK, sophisticated may sound aloof, but more interesting music. The point is, you have to be really patient and listen many times to the same tune to get it, otherwise it doesn’t seem to make much sense. Back in my time, we had all year to get to know ONE album, now if you, younger fans, listen to all of it at once, there is no way you ever get it. And it’s your loss b/c THAT music (71-76) is amazing… Try it, one song at a time.
October 25th, 2009 at 8:45 pm
Greetings Mr. …
Greetings Mr. PrZemek.
Now i understand a lil bit more the basis in your perspective about this “Jaco-Weather Report” topic (anyway, i still respect it).
But in my opinion. I think this “Jaco-Zawinul” combo gave at WR, of course; the popularity (obviously given by Jaco’s “eccentricityies”) but most of all, the enrichment of the WR tunes by the musical perspective Jaco had.
Maybe i think this ’cause of the “afro-cuban-latin style” WR got “increased” since Jaco’s entrance.
Cheers y A DARLE, man.
October 25th, 2009 at 8:45 pm
For sure, Jaco was …
For sure, Jaco was a bad mother fucker, but unfortunately he started to repeat himself, and mental illness eventually got him
October 25th, 2009 at 8:45 pm
Definitivamente …
Definitivamente Weather Report es toda una Institucion del Jazz. Bravo!
October 25th, 2009 at 8:45 pm
Jaco was such an …
Jaco was such an extroverted talent, that he needed to coexist with less restrictive circumstances as a canvas for what he was doing. He was trying to bring a fresh point of view from an instrumnet that had a background status, and push a new direction from a new style of musical entity.
WR was strong before and after Jaco, but it had a unique flavor with him, that cannot be denied.
October 25th, 2009 at 8:45 pm
what a jam!
what a jam!
October 25th, 2009 at 8:45 pm
Oh, thank you, …
Oh, thank you, socrates1818…
Usually, I don’t write much here but WR is my No 1 EVER, and all this ‘Jaco mania’ drives me (almost) crazy. To me (and most of the THEN critics, the absolutely best WR stuff comes from 1971 – 76. (to me, personally, 73-76.)
Pastorius was a genius and probably the best bass PLAYER ever but didn’t really bring much CREATIVELY to WR. His joining the band, sadly, marked the beginning of the slow decline of this amazing band.
October 25th, 2009 at 8:45 pm
Al Johnson was …
Al Johnson was deeper than Jaco (who was brilliant but unhidden). this rhythm section is ballsy from 2′ – 4′ off the hook bass and drums, just chaotic, ready to explode/fall apart like Janis Joplin.
October 25th, 2009 at 8:45 pm
You are the faggy …
You are the faggy hat, faggy hat.
October 25th, 2009 at 8:45 pm
kirk whalum is NOT …
kirk whalum is NOT awful he is a great tenor saxophonist in his own right and he played the song in his style which is in itself a mark of a great saxophonist – he doesnt try to imitate shorter. and seriously….faggy hat? just enjoy good musicianship and stop being rediculous.
October 25th, 2009 at 8:45 pm
John Entwistle was …
John Entwistle was voted by other professional bass players as the, “BASSIST OF THE MILLENIUM”, enough said.