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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.....
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!
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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...
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.
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. 🤔🙄☯️
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."
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
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
Alphonso Johnson is actually my preferred Bassist in Weather Report.
I can dig it
I like him a lot too but for his post-WR work
I agree
he actuallly plays the bass
Alphonso is the greatest! I just love that particular era of Weather Report. Some of the best grooves and jazzy bass there is
Much as I like Jaco, there is not enough pre-Jaco WR on TH-cam, so this is brilliant.
My favorite weather report
It's all good.
Alphonso is a unheralded Master !!!
It's tough to compete with Jaco or even Victor Bailey.
No, Jaco was.....
True
@@dorotaduszynska368 Jaco stole all his stuff and admitted it
@@PhuckHue2 💯
The Mysterious Traveller album changed the way I experienced the world!
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.
Yes, mo too. It is the greatest album of all time in any genre. I never get tired of it.
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.
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
Miss Weather Report forever!!!!!!
Chester Thompson's drumming is astounding! Versatile drummer! What a line up!
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.
Agreed, however Alex Acuna was a great addition to the band when he came along! 👍
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.
Yes, I had that sense of consciousness after hearing Mysterious Traveller- LP
Marchaund preeeeeeach!!!!
yes, yes, well said
Sweetnighter turned me into a pulsating organic kaleidoscope.
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.
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.
He might be using a fuzz box.
Fretless
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.
brilliant joe zawinul and the lineup!
Alphonso Johnson is a beast.
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.
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.
I agree. George, Alphonso and Ndugu . 👏
Un chef d œuvre.alphonso...incroyable bassiste..spellbound
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.....
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!
He also spent some time with Frank Zappa 😊
Acuña best peruvian drummer percussionist! Most versatile
All those guys Dom Um Ramão, Alex Acuña
listening to weather report is always BRIGHT AND SUNNY !!!!!!!!
So much emotion in his music, he from another world.
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
Nice to hear Wayne Shorter play!
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!
four years before Acuna switched to drums and helped build this absolute masterpiece: Heavy Weather
I saw them on the Heavy Weather tour in 77 and Acuna was already on drums.
Less than a year later Acuña was on drums and Badrena was on percussion.
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.
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.
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.
Chordal hits played by Wayne are killin' ! :) They are SO integral to the tune. Never heard them before or used by anyone else since.
If Earth has a sound, surely this must be it!
Slim is killing that bass!
OMG - one of the best concerts of my life....
thank yOu for Chester Thompson ! great drummer !!!
This is funking fantastic!
This was a more spatial weather report.
Man the people who seen this injoyed this show can sit in where wow that thats a good show
Admired this band, and line-up changes, for years....brilliant!!Thanks from UK.
Wayne Shorter is just amazing, he just goes off! ...love Chester Thompson and Alfonso Johnson, great rhythm section...thanks so much for posting!
Zawinul and Shorter were the nucleus of a band that forged great music that took advantage of the skills of their sidemen. Phenomenal!!!
And drugs. You forgot drugs. lol
@@TheObscureTimewarp I'm about music and it's creators. Drugs? Lol!!! You can tell us about that!!!
i was there and searching for this so long, thnx!!!!!!!
Wayne Shorter-tenor sax AND piano.
Old memories coming back. Thanks!
Alphonso Johnson played bass with Jeff Beck when I saw them on the Wired tour in St. Louis. It was great!
Love that album...the album after Beck's mind blowing 'Blow by Blow'...must have been a jam gig with Alphonse in tow...
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.
Alphonso Johnson was done dirty.
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.
Errol Ingram Herandnu might be Alphonso's best song, next to Up From The Cellar on his Moonshadows solo album.
Chester! We Love Chester. I got to see him twice with Genesis. Nice. CJ
Love us some Chester......
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
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.
next level band!
Great Chester on drums ! Tour drummer from Genesis...
i bought and watched this DVD last week. Incredible concert. Just wish they played 2 x sets insead of just 1 !!
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...
I actually did my own psychotherapy with mushrooms and WR. GOOD COMPANY, GREAT VIBES, GOD THE ALMIGHTY AS PROCTOR.
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.
Joe is alos great classical player ,that showed at the end.
Beautiful ❤️
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. 🤔🙄☯️
ty for this post...... sincerely enjoying one of the greatest bands I have ever heard
When concert toms ruled the world
I never new chester Thompson played with weather report!!wow!!
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."
Me too. I knew he played in some hot Frank Zappa line-ups
"Knew", you mean......
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
WOW, never seen this tune (MT) live, fantastic!
in 1975 Weater Report was the number 1 groupe at least here in EU, evryone was inspiried by thire " mystirious traveller " music
That’s Groovy. Look at those sideburns. Nice. The Band trying to keep up with Chester! Man was he good. CJ
respect Joe!
Truth.....Josef Z......
So freaking great!!
shorter jumping on piano!...whaaa??..love it! crunchy!
My introduction into Fusion just a a nasty Groove
questo fu il brano con il quale conobbi WR.... tempi lontani.... bellissimi!
sono dei talenti della della musica celestiale fortissimi
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.
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.
Great Unusual récording!
Chester and Alphonso!!!
Renan Oscar Sorry, this is Victor Baily on bass.
No, no
Renan Oscar Sorry, definitly not Alphonso Johnson.
The rhythmic challenges, as Larry Coryell would put it, .. to this tune, and others, is beyond the pale.
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 ;)
From Zappa to Weather Report to Genesis (Chester). That’s fucking crazy!
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
great musical ideas with or whitout Jaco...
Chester!!!
👏🏾👏🏾 Thanks for sharing.
wayne on piano!
I always find it intriguing that Wayne shorter and alfonso Johnson were listening to trick of the tail between gigs
In an interview that Phil Collins did years ago
Chester Thompson also said that they carried a cassette tape of that album and used to play it on train journeys
Marc Worthington trick of the tail =?
thanks for illuminating me on the WR info....
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.
As usual, Wayne is nothing short of magnificent. I'd love this for my iPoad/iPhone.
Thanks for posting this.
thank you for posting this ! I remember this line up .. thank you thank you thank you
MAGNIFICENT !
Oh this version of Badia doesn't have that call to Prayers from Tatoween shoot
An simple Additional comment for you : Thx :)
and for everyone : We have to Buy this Dvd :))))
Amazing Stuff :)
still love it!!
They didn't play the slow groove from Mysterious traveller....damn
Yes, agreed. It's a cool live version, but it DOES lose something as far as mysterioso-vibe compared to the original...
Badia 2nd tune when played well got somekinda zen voodoo. Undercurrentz
It seems like Alex Acuna was in the band forever.
thanks!!
wow, that is incredibly fast MT
Is that Chester Thompson on skinz?
Yes
Dam real drums
Best WR video.
Weather Report Live in Berlin 1975. Check various online stores such as Amazon, Buy, GoHastings, etc.
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.
exactly!!
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.
Holy batmanboots! Phat fatty groove!
When camera showed Wayne at 8:33,It looks like Hendrix.
❤❤🙏🙏