Many video, compilation and live albums were released after the breakup of the band. Live and Unreleased was made available in 2002. In September 2006 Columbia/Legacy released a Weather Report box set, Forecast: Tomorrow. A DVD video of the 1976 Montreux Jazz Festival performance has become available as well. Columbia/Legacy have also re-released the 1984 Live in Japan concert on DVD.
Year |
Album |
Peak chart positions |
Billboard album charts[10] |
SWE
[11] |
UK
[12] |
200 |
Jazz |
R&B |
1971 |
Weather Report
Additional information[13][14][15][16][17] |
Type: [1st] Studio album
Format: LP
Released: May 1971
Recorded: February 16, 1971 – March 17, 1971
Genre: Jazz fusion
Length: 40:05
Label: Columbia, CBS
- Track listing
- "Milky Way" (Wayne Shorter, Joe Zawinul) – 2:33
- "Umbrellas" (Shorter, Miroslav Vitous, Zawinul) – 3:27
- "Seventh Arrow" (Vitous) – 5:23
- "Orange Lady" (Zawinul) – 8:44
- "Morning Lake" (Vitous) – 4:26
- "Waterfall" (Zawinul) – 6:20
- "Tears" (Shorter) – 3:25
- "Eurydice" (Shorter) – 5:45
- Weather Report
- Joe Zawinul - Electric and acoustic piano
- Wayne Shorter - Soprano saxophone
- Miroslav Vitous - Electric and acoustic bass
- Alphonse Mouzon - Drums, voice
- Airto Moreira - Percussion
- Guest musicians
- Barbara Burton - Percussion (uncredited)
- Don Alias - Percussion (uncredited)
- Reissues
- 1990 CBS CD 32024 (CD)
- 1991 Columbia 468212 (CD, LP)
- 1992 Columbia Legacy CK 48824 (CD, LP)
- 1997 Columbia 9138 (CD)
- 1998 Sony Music Distribution 4682122 (CD)
- 2001 Sony Music Distribution 9658 (CD)
- 2005 Sony Music Distribution SICP-741 (CD)
- 2007 Sony Music Distribution SICP-1238 (CD)
- 2007 Sony Music Distribution SICP-1251 (CD)
- 2008 Sbme Special Mkts. 724465 (CD)
- Notes
- Jazz Album of the Year at the 36th Down Beat Readers Poll
- Swing Journal Magazine Grand Prix Award, Best Band of the Year, Best Selling Jazz Album of the Year.
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191 |
7 |
— |
— |
— |
1972 |
I Sing the Body Electric
Additional information[18][19][20][21][22] |
Type: [2nd] Studio album
Format: LP, Cassette
Released: May 1972
Recorded: November 1971 - January 13, 1972
Genre: Jazz fusion
Length: 46:28
Label: Columbia, CBS
- Track listing
- "Unknown Soldier" (Joe Zawinul) – 8:00
- "The Moors" (Wayne Shorter) – 4:45
- "Crystal" (Miroslav Vitous) – 7:25
- "Second Sunday in August" (Zawinul) – 4:13
- Medley: "Vertical Invader" (Zawinul) / "T.H." (Vitous) / "Dr. Honoris Causa" (Zawinul) – 10:40
- "Surucucú" (Shorter) – 7:42
- "Directions" (Zawinul) – 4:36
- Weather Report
- Guest musicians
- Reissues
- 1982 CBS CBS 32062 (LP; Spain)
- 1990 Columbia CK 46107 (CD; United States)
- 1991 Columbia COL 468207 2 (CD)
- 1997 Sony SRCS 9141 (CD; Japan)
- 2004 Columbia 5128972 (CD)
- 2007 Sony SICP 1239 (CD Sized Album Replica, Paper/Cardboard Sleeve, Remastered; Japan)
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|
147 |
— |
— |
— |
— |
1973 |
Sweetnighter
Additional information[23][24][25][26][27] |
Type: [3rd] Studio album
Format: LP
Released: 1973
Recorded: February 3, 1973 – February 7, 1973
Genre: Jazz fusion
Length: 44:41
Label: Columbia, CBS
- Track listing
- "Boogie Woogie Waltz" (Joe Zawinul) – 13:06
- "Manolete" (Traditional) – 5:58
- "Adios" (Madriguera, Woods) – 3:02
- "125th Street Congress" (Zawinul) – 12:16
- "Will" (Miroslav Vitous) – 6:22
- "Non-Stop Home" (Wayne Shorter) – 3:53
- Weather Report
- Joe Zawinul - Electric and acoustic piano, synthesizer
- Wayne Shorter - Soprano and tenor sax
- Miroslav Vitous - Electric and acoustic bass
- Eric Gravatt - Drums (tracks 2, 4 and 6)
- Dom Um Romão - Percussion
- Guest musicians
- Reissues
- 1983 CBS S 65532 (LP; Europe)
- 1996 Columbia Legacy COL 485102 2 (CD)
- 1996 Columbia CK 64976 (CD)
- 1997 Sony SRCS 9142 (CD Sized Album Replica, Remastered; Japan)
- Notes
- Jazz Group of the Year at the 38th Down Beat Readers Poll
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|
85 |
2 |
41 |
— |
— |
1974 |
Mysterious Traveller
Additional information[28][29][30][31][32] |
Type: [4th] Studio album
Format: LP
Released: 1974
Recorded: February 1974 - May 1974 at Devonshire Sound, North Hollywood, California
Genre: Jazz fusion
Length: 48:11
Label: Columbia, CBS
Producer: Joe Zawinul, Wayne Shorter
- Track listing
- "Nubian Sundance" (Zawinul) – 10:40
- "American Tango" (Miroslav Vitous, Zawinul) – 3:40
- "Cucumber Slumber" (Alphonso Johnson, Zawinul) – 8:22
- "Mysterious Traveller" (Shorter) – 7:21
- "Blackthorn Rose" (Shorter) – 5:03
- "Scarlet Woman" (Johnson, Shorter, Zawinul) – 5:46
- "Jungle Book" (Zawinul) – 7:25
- Mastersound SBM edition bonus track
- "Miroslav's Tune" (Vitous) – 5:25
- Weather Report
- Joe Zawinul - Electric and acoustic piano, synthesizer, guitar, kalimba, organ, tamboura, clay drum, tack piano, melodica
- Wayne Shorter - Soprano and tenor saxophone, tack piano
- Miroslav Vitous - Bass on track 2 and 8
- Alphonso Johnson - Bass
- Ishmael Wilburn - Drums
- Skip Hadden - Drums on track 1 and 4
- Dom Um Romão - Percussion, drums
- Guest musicians
- Meruga - Percussion on track 1
- Billie Barnum - Vocalist on track 1
- James Gilstrad - Vocalist on track 1
- Marti McCall - Vocalist on track 1
- Jessica Smith - Vocalist on track 1
- Edna Wright - Vocalist on track 1
- Ray Barretto - Percussion on track 3
- Steve Little - Timpani on track 6
- Don Ashworth - Ocarinas and woodwinds on track 7
- Isacoff - Tabla and finger cymbals on track 7
- Reissues
- 1983 CBS S 80027 (LP; Europe)
- 1985 Columbia CK 32494 (CD; United States and Canada)
- 1992 Columbia Legacy 471860 2 (CD, Remastered; United States and Europe)
- 1997 Sony Music Entertainment SRCS 9143 (CD, Remastered; Japan)
- 2002 Columbia Legacy 507657 2 (CD, Remastered; Europe)
- 2002 Columbia Legacy CK 65112 (CD, Remastered)
- 2002 Columbia Legacy CS 65112 (SACD, Remastered, Multichannel; United States)
- Notes
- Jazz Album and Jazz Group of the Year at the 39th Down Beat Readers Poll
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46 |
2 |
31 |
— |
— |
1975 |
Tale Spinnin'
Additional information[33][34][35][36][37] |
Type: [5th] Studio album
Format: LP, LP Quadraphonic
Released: 1975
Recorded: February 1975 (except the last track, "Five Short Stories", recorded on April 4, 1975) at Wally Heider Studios, Los Angeles, California
Genre: Jazz fusion
Length: 43:01
Label: Columbia, CBS
Producer: Joe Zawinul, Wayne Shorter
- Track listing
- "Man in the Green Shirt" (Joe Zawinul) – 6:29
- "Lusitanos" (Wayne Shorter) – 7:25
- "Between the Thighs" (Zawinul) – 9:33
- "Badia" (Zawinul) – 5:21
- "Freezing Fire" (Shorter) – 7:29
- "Five Short Stories" (Zawinul) – 6:56
- Weather Report
- Joe Zawinul - Rhodes piano, melodica, acoustic piano, TONTO synthesizer, ARP 2600 synthesizer, organ, steel drums, out, mzuthra, vocals, West Africk, xylophone, cymbals
- Wayne Shorter - Soprano and tenor saxophones
- Alphonso Johnson - Electric bass
- Leon "Ndugu" Chancler - Drums, tympani, marching cymbals
- Alyrio Lima - Percussion
- Reissues
- 1994 Columbia Legacy CK 57905 (CD)
- 1994 Sony Music Distribution 4769072 (CD)
- 1997 Columbia 9144 (CD)
- 1997 Sony Music Entertainment SRCS 9144 (CD; Japan)
- 2002 Columbia Legacy CK 65110 (CD, Remastered; United States and Canada)
- 2002 Columbia Legacy 507656 [2] (CD, Remastered; Europe)
- 2007 Sony Music Distribution 1244 (CD)
- Notes
- Jazz Album and Jazz Group of the Year at the 40th Down Beat Readers Poll
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|
31 |
3 |
12 |
— |
— |
1976 |
Black Market
Additional information[38][39][40][41][42] |
Type: [6th] Studio album
Format: LP, Cassette
Released: April 1976
Recorded: December 1975 – January 1976
Genre: Jazz fusion
Length: 36:55
Label: Columbia, CBS
Producer: Joe Zawinul, Wayne Shorter
- Track listing
- "Black Market" (Joe Zawinul) – 6:28
- "Cannon Ball" (Zawinul) – 4:36
- "Gibraltar" (Zawinul) – 8:16
- "Elegant People" (Wayne Shorter) – 5:03
- "Three Clowns" (Shorter) – 3:31
- "Barbary Coast" (Jaco Pastorius) – 3:19
- "Herandnu" (Alphonso Johnson) – 6:36
- Weather Report
- Joe Zawinul – 2 ARP 2600, Rhodes electric piano, Yamaha grand piano, Oberheim polyphonic synthesizer
- Wayne Shorter – Selmer soprano and tenor saxophones, Computone Lyricon
- Alphonso Johnson – Fender electric bass, Charles La Boe electric bass on tracks 1, 3, 4, 5, and 7
- Jaco Pastorius – Fender Fretless electric bass on tracks 2 and 6
- Chester Thompson – Ludwig drums
- Narada Michael Walden – Drums on tracks 1 and 2
- Don Alias – Congas and percussion on tracks 1 and 6
- Alex Acuña – LP congas and percussion
- Reissues
- 1983 CBS CBS 32226 (LP; Europe)
- 1989 CBS CDCBS 32226 (CD)
- 1991 Columbia CK 34099 (CD; United States)
- 1991 Columbia COL 468210 2 (CD; Europe)
- 1997 Sony Music Entertainment SRCS 9145 (CD, Remastered; Japan)
- 2001 Sony Music Distribution 9659 (CD)
- 2002 Columbia Legacy 507658 2 (CD, Remastered; Europe)
- 2002 Columbia Legacy CK 65169 (CD, Remastered; United States)
- 2002 Sony Music Distribution SRGS-4576 (CD)
- 2007 Sony Music Distribution 1245 (CD)
- Notes
- Jazz Album and Jazz Group of the Year at the 41st Down Beat Readers Poll
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|
42 |
2 |
20 |
— |
— |
1977 |
Heavy Weather
Additional information[43][44][45][46][47] |
Type: [7th] Studio album
Format: LP
Released: March 1977
Recorded: Late 1976 – Early 1977 at the Devonshire Sound Studios in North Hollywood, California
Genre: Jazz fusion
Length: 37:39
Label: Columbia, CBS
Producer: Joe Zawinul, Jaco Pastorius, Wayne Shorter
- Track listing
- "Birdland" (Joe Zawinul) – 5:57
- "A Remark You Made" (Zawinul) – 6:51
- "Teen Town" (Jaco Pastorius) – 2:51
- "Harlequin" (Wayne Shorter) – 3:59
- "Rumba Mamá" (Manolo Badrena, Alex Acuña) – 2:11
- "Palladíum" (Shorter) – 4:46
- "The Juggler" (Zawinul) – 5:03
- "Havona" (Pastorius) – 6:01
- Weather Report
- Joe Zawinul – 2 ARP 2600, Rhodes electric piano, Yamaha grand piano, Oberheim polyphonic synthesizer, vocal, melodica, guitar, tabla
- Wayne Shorter – Soprano and tenor saxophones
- Jaco Pastorius – Electric bass, mandocello, vocals, drums, steel drums
- Alex Acuña – Drum set, congas, tom-toms, handclaps
- Manolo Badrena – Tambourine, congas, vocal, timbales, percussion
- Reissues
- 1983 CBS CBS 32358 (LP, Rissue; Europe)
- 1984 Columbia CK 34418 (CD; United States)
- 1990 Columbia CK-34418 (CD, Reissue; United States)
- 1991 Columbia 468209 2 (CD; United States)
- 1992 Columbia CK47481 Contemporary Masters (CD; United States)
- 1994 Master Sound, Columbia CK 64427 (CD, Gold CD; United States)
- 1994 Sony Music Distribution 4682092 (CD)
- 1997 Sony Music Distribution, Columbia Legacy CK 65108 (CD, Remastered)
- 1997 Columbia 9146 (CD)
- 1997 Columbia Legacy CS 65108 (SACD)
- 1997 Columbia CM 65108 (MD, Rematered; United States)
- 1999 Columbia 104 (CD)
- 1999 Millennium 4952282 (CD)
- 2000 Sony Music Distribution SRCS-9639 (CD)
- 2002 Sony Music Distribution SRGS-4509 (CD)
- 2002 Columbia Legacy CS 65108 (SACD, Remastered; United States)
- 2005 Sony Music Distribution SICP-708 (CD)
- 2007 Columbia Legacy 712760 (CD)
- 2007 Sony Music Distribution 9639 (CD)
- 2007 Sony BMG 88697127602 (CD)
- 2007 Sony Music Distribution 1246 (CD)
- 2008 Columbia Legacy, RSM, Red 8869735142 (LP)
- Notes
- Jazz Album and Jazz Group of the Year at the 42nd Down Beat Readers Poll
- Record of the Year at the Jazz Forum People's Poll
- Swing Journal's Silver Disc Award
- Playboy's Jazz Record and Jazz Band of the Year
- Record World's Instrumental Group of the Year
- Cash Box's Record of the Year
- Grammy Nomination, Best Instrumental Composition, "Birdland"
- Grammy Nomination, Best Jazz Soloist, Jaco Pastorius, Heavy Weather
- Grammy Award, Manhattan Transfer version of "Birdland"
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|
30 |
1 |
33 |
40 |
43 |
1978 |
Mr. Gone
Additional information[48][49][50][51][52] |
Type: [8th] Studio album
Format: LP, Cassette
Released: 1978
Recorded: May 1978 at the Devonshire Sound Studios in North Hollywood, California
Genre: Jazz fusion
Length: 37:15
Label: Columbia, CBS, American Record Company
Producer: Joe Zawinul, Jaco Pastorius
- Track listing
- "The Pursuit of the Woman with the Feathered Hat" (Joe Zawinul) – 5:03
- "River People" (Jaco Pastorius) – 4:50
- "Young and Fine" (Zawinul) – 6:55
- "The Elders" (Wayne Shorter) – 4:21
- "Mr. Gone" (Zawinul) – 5:26
- "Punk Jazz" (Pastorius) – 5:09
- "Pinocchio" (Shorter) – 2:26
- "And Then" (Zawinul) – 3:22
- Weather Report
- Joe Zawinul - modified Rhodes 88 electric piano, two ARP 2600 synthesizers, Oberheim polyphonic synthesizer, Sequential Circuits Prophet 5 synthesizer, Mu-Tron Bi-Phase and Mu-Tron Volume Wah effects, kalimba, thumbeki drums, sleigh bells, melodica, high hat, voice, acoustic piano
- Wayne Shorter - Tenor and soprano saxophone, voice on track 1
- Jaco Pastorius - Bass, drums (tracks 1 and 2), voice on tracks 1, 2, and 5, timpani on track 2
- Peter Erskine - Drums (tracks 1 and 7), hi-hat on track 3
- Manolo Badrena - Percussion, Voice on track 1
- Guest musicians
- Reissues
- 1984 CBS, Sony 35DP 132 (CD; Japan)
- 1991 Columbia 468208 2 (CD, Remastered)
- 1991 Columbia Legacy CK-46869 (CD, Remastered; United States)
- 1994 Sony Music Distribution 4682082 (CD)
- 1997 Columbia 9149 (CD)
- 2007 Sony Music Distribution SICP 1249 (CD Sized Album Replica; Japan)
- 2008 Sbme Special Mkts. 724285 (CD)
- Notes
- Jazz Group of the Year at the 43rd Down Beat Readers Poll
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52 |
1 |
— |
42 |
47 |
1980 |
Night Passage
Additional information[53][54][55][56][57] |
Type: [9th] Studio album
Format: LP, Cassette
Released: 1980
Recorded: 12–13 July 1980 at The Complex in Los Angeles, California
Genre: Jazz fusion
Length: 49:42
Label: Columbia, CBS, American Record Company
Producer: Joe Zawinul, Jaco Pastorius
- Track listing
- "Night Passage" (Joe Zawinul) – 6:30
- "Dream Clock" (Zawinul) – 6:26
- "Port of Entry" (Wayne Shorter) – 5:09
- "Forlorn" (Zawinul) – 3:55
- "Rockin' in Rhythm" (Duke Ellington, Irving Mills, Harry Carney) – 3:02
- "Fast City" (Zawinul) – 6:17
- "Three Views of a Secret" (Jaco Pastorius) – 5:50
- "Madagascar" (Zawinul) – 10:56
- Weather Report
- Reissues
- 1983 CBS, Sony 35DP 8 (CD; Japan)
- 1990 Columbia CK-36793 (CD; United States)
- 1991 Columbia 468211 2 (CD, Remastered, Europe)
- 1997 Sony SRSC 9150 (CD; Japan)
- 2004 CBS SRCS9150 (CD)
- 2007 Sony Music Distribution 1250 (CD)
- 2008 Sbme Special Mkts. 724274 (CD)
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57 |
2 |
— |
— |
— |
1982 |
Weather Report
Additional information[58][59][60][61][62] |
Type: [10th] Studio album
Format: LP, Cassette, CD
Released: February 1982
Recorded: 1981 at The Power Station in New York
Genre: Jazz fusion
Length: 41:04
Label: Columbia, CBS, American Record Company
Producer: Joe Zawinul, Jaco Pastorius, Wayne Shorter
- Track listing
- "Volcano for Hire" (Joe Zawinul) – 5:25
- "Current Affairs" (Zawinul) – 5:54
- "N.Y.C. Part One: 41st Parallel / Part Two: The Dance / Crazy About Jazz)" (Zawinul) – 10:11
- "Dara Factor One" (Zawinul) – 5:25
- "When It Was Now" (Wayne Shorter) – 4:45
- "Speechless" (Zawinul) – 5:58
- "Dara Factor Two" (Zawinul, Shorter, Jaco Pastorius, Peter Erskine, Robert Thomas Jr.) – 4:27
- Weather Report
- Joe Zawinul – Electric keyboards, piano, clay drum, drum computer, percussion, voice, horn, woodwind, string and brass sounds
- Wayne Shorter – Tenor and soprano saxophones
- Jaco Pastorius – Bass guitar, percussion, voice
- Peter Erskine – Drums, drum computer, claves
- Robert Thomas Jr. – Percussion
- Reissues
- 1983 CBS, 35DP 29 (CD; Japan)
- 1987 Columbia CK 37616 (CD; United States)
- 1991 Columbia 9151 (CD)
- 1994 Columbia 476752 2 (CD, Remastered; United States and Europe)
- 2009 Sony SICP 20125 (CD; Japan)
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68 |
5 |
— |
— |
92 |
1983 |
Procession
Additional information[63][64][65][66][67] |
Type: [11th] Studio album
Format: LP
Released: Spring 1983
Recorded: 1983
Genre: Jazz fusion
Length: 39:36
Label: Columbia, CBS
Producer: Joe Zawinul and Wayne Shorter
- Track listing
- "Procession" (Joe Zawinul) – 8:42
- "Plaza Real" (Wayne Shorter) – 5:30
- "Two Lines" (Zawinul) – 7:43
- "Where the Moon Goes" (Zawinul, Lyrics by Nan O'Byrne and Zawinul) – 7:50
- "The Well" (Shorter, Zawinul) – 4:00
- "Molasses Run" (Omar Hakim) – 5:49
- Weather Report
- Joe Zawinul - Keyboards and synthesizers
- Wayne Shorter - Tenor and soprano saxophones
- Omar Hakim - Drums, guitar and vocals
- Victor Bailey - Bass
- José Rossy - Percussion and concertina
- Guest musicians
- Reissues
- 1991 Columbia 489775 (CD, Remastered; Europe)
- 1997 Columbia Legacy 65453 (CD)
- 2001 Sony Music Distribution 489775 (CD)
- 2004 CBS SRCS9152 (CD)
- 2004 Sony Music Distribution 4897752 (CD)
- 2007 Sony Music Distribution 1252 (CD)
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96 |
3 |
46 |
— |
— |
1984 |
Domino Theory
Additional information[68][69][70][71][72] |
Type: [12th] Studio album
Format: LP, CD
Released: February 1984
Recorded: 1983
Genre: Jazz fusion
Length: 47:14
Label: Columbia, CBS, American Record Company
Producer: Joe Zawinul, Wayne Shorter, Omar Hakim
- Track listing
- "Can It Be Done" (Wilson Tee) – 4:02
- "D♭ Waltz" (Joe Zawinul) – 11:10
- "The Peasant" (Zawinul) – 8:16
- "Predator" (Wayne Shorter) – 5:21
- "Blue Sound - Note 3" (Zawinul) – 6:52
- "Swamp Cabbage" (Shorter) – 5:22
- "Domino Theory" (Zawinul) – 6:09
- Weather Report
- Joe Zawinul - keyboards and synthesizers
- Wayne Shorter - saxophones
- Omar Hakim - drums
- Victor Bailey - bass
- José Rossy - percussion
- Guest musicians
- Reissues
- 1994 TriStar Music 80926 (CD)
- 1995 Sony SRCS 7181 (CD; Japan)
- 1997 Columbia Legacy 65313 (CD)
- 2003 Sony Music Media 5126882 (CD, Digipak; France)
- 2003 CBS SRCS-9153 (CD)
- 2004 Sony Music Distribution 5126882 (CD)
- 2007 Sony Music Japan International 1253 (CD)
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136 |
5 |
— |
— |
54 |
1985 |
Sportin' Life
Additional information[73][74][75][76][77] |
Type: [13th] Studio album
Format: LP, CD
Released: March 1985
Recorded: 1985
Genre: Jazz fusion
Length: 39:13
Label: Columbia, CBS
Producer: Joe Zawinul, Wayne Shorter
- Track listing
- "Corner Pocket" (Joe Zawinul) – 5:46
- "Indiscretions" (Zawinul) – 4:05
- "Hot Cargo" (Zawinul) – 4:41
- "Confians" (Mino Cinélu) – 5:07
- "Pearl On the Half Shell" (Wayne Shorter) – 4:06
- "What's Going On" (Renaldo Benson, Alfred Cleveland, Marvin Gaye) – 6:29
- "Face on the Barroom Floor" (Shorter) – 3:59
- "Ice-Pick Willy" (Zawinul) – 5:00
- Weather Report
- Joe Zawinul - Keyboards
- Wayne Shorter - Saxophones
- Omar Hakim - Drums, background vocals on Confians
- Victor Bailey - Bass, background vocals on Confians
- Mino Cinélu - Percussion, lead vocal and acoustic guitar on "Confians"
- Guest musicians
- Reissues
- 1991 Columbia PCT-39908 (Cassette)
- 1997 Columbia 9154 (CD)
- 2007 Sony Music Distribution 1254 (CD)
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191 |
13 |
— |
— |
— |
1986 |
This Is This!
Additional information[78][79][80][81][82] |
Type: [14th and last] Studio album
Format: LP, CD, Cassette
Released: June 1986
Recorded: December 1985–January 1986
Genre: Jazz fusion
Length: 45:41
Label: Columbia, CBS
Producer: Joe Zawinul
- Track listing
- "This Is This" (Joe Zawinul) – 7:06
- "Face the Fire" (Zawinul) – 2:34
- "I'll Never Forget You" (Zawinul) – 7:51
- "Jungle Stuff, Part 1" (Mino Cinelu) – 4:43
- "Man With the Copper Fingers" (Zawinul) – 6:12
- "Consequently" (Victor Bailey) – 4:56
- "Update" (Zawinul) – 6:08
- "China Blues" (Zawinul) – 6:11
- Weather Report
- Guest musicians
- Reissues
- 1991 Columbia CK 40280 (CD; United States)
- 1997 Columbia 9155, Sony Music Entertainment SRCS 9155 (CD, Remastered)
- 2004 Sony Music Distribution 5126872 (CD)
- 2007 Sony Music Distribution 1255 (CD)
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195 |
13 |
— |
— |
— |
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that country. |
Year |
Album |
Peak chart positions |
Billboard albums charts[10] |
200 |
Jazz |
R&B |
1972 |
Live in Tokyo
Additional information[83][84][85][86][87] |
Type: [1st] Live album
Format: 2-LP
Released: 1972
Recorded: Live at the Shibuya Kokaido Hall in Tokyo, Japan on January 13, 1972
Genre: Jazz fusion
Length: 88:29
Label: CBS, Sony 40AP 942/943, 28AP 2172-3
Producer: Joe Zawinul, Wayne Shorter
- Track listing
- Medley: "Vertical Invader" / "Seventh Arrow" / "T.H." / "Doctor Honoris Causa" (Miroslav Vitous, Joe Zawinul) – 26:14
- Medley: "Surucucu" / "Lost" / "Early Minor" / "Directions" (Wayne Shorter, Zawinul) – 19:19
- "Orange Lady" (Zawinul) – 18:14
- Medley: "Eurydice" / "The Moors" (Shorter) – 13:49
- Medley: "Tears" / "Umbrellas" (Shorter, Zawinul) – 10:54
- Weather Report
- Reissues
- 1997 Columbia Legacy 65314 (2-CD)
- 1997 Sony SRCS 9139/40 (2-CD; Japan)
- 1998 Columbia 489208 2 (2-CD; Europe)
- 2007 Sony BMG 1240/1 (2-CD)
- 2008 Jazzdoor 12159 (2-CD)
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— |
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1979 |
8:30
Additional information[88][89][90][91][92] |
Type: [2nd] Live album
Format: 2-LP
Released: 1979
Recorded: Live in January–February 1979 during the 8:30 tour except for tracks 10-13, which were recorded in studio
Genre: Jazz fusion
Length: 71:34
Label: CBS 88455, ARC PC2 36030
Producer: Joe Zawinul, Jaco Pastorius
- Track listing
- "Black Market" – 9:47
- "Scarlet Woman" (Alphonso Johnson, Wayne Shorter, Joe Zawinul) – 8:42
- "Teen Town" (Jaco Pastorius) – 8:01
- "A Remark You Made" (Zawinul) – 6:55
- "Slang" (Pastorius) – 4:45
- "In a Silent Way" (Zawinul) – 2:47
- "Birdland" (Zawinul) – 7:13
- "Thanks for the Memory" (Leo Robin, Ralph Rainger) – 3:33
- Medley: "Badia" / "Boogie Woogie Waltz" (Zawinul) – 9:32
- "8:30" (Zawinul) – 2:36
- "Brown Street" (Zawinul, Shorter) – 8:34
- "The Orphan" (Zawinul) – 3:17
- "Sightseeing" (Shorter) – 5:34
- Weather Report
- Guest musicians
- The West Los Angeles Christian Academy Children's Choir - vocals on "The Orphan"
- Reissues
- 1984 CBS, Sony 50DP 133~4 (2-CD; Japan)
- 1990 CBS CD 88455 (2-CD; United States)
- 1994 Columbia Legacy 476908 2 - CK 57665 (2-CD, Reissue, Remastered)
- 1995 Sony SRCS 7178~9 (2-CD; Japan)
- 1997 CBS COLCD 88455, Sony SRCS 9147-8 (2-CD, Remastered)
- 2007 Sony BMG 1247/8 (2-CD)
- 2008 Sbme Special Mkts. 723267 (2-CD)
- Notes
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2002 |
Live and Unreleased
Additional information[94][95][96][97] |
Type: [3rd] Live album
Format: 2-CD
Released: 1 October 2002
Recorded: November 25, 1975 – June 3, 1983
Genre: Jazz fusion
Length: 131:31 (Disc One: 61:13; Disc Two: 70:25)
Label: Columbia, Sony SICP-239/40, 5080582, C2K 65526
Producer: Joe Zawinul, Wayne Shorter
- Track listing
Disc One
- "Freezing Fire" (Wayne Shorter) – 8:14
- "Plaza Real" (Shorter) – 7:04
- "Fast City" (Joe Zawinul) – 6:49
- "Portrait of Tracy" (Jaco Pastorius) – 5:57
- "Elegant People" (Shorter) – 4:28
- "Cucumber Slumber" (Alphonso Johnson, Zawinul) – 11:39
- "Teen Town" (Pastorius) – 6:30
- "Man in the Green Shirt" (Zawinul) – 10:31
Disc Two
- "Black Market" (Zawinul) – 9:26
- "Where the Moon Goes" (Zawinul, N. O'Byrne) – 12:05
- "River People" (Pastorius) – 6:57
- "Two Lines" (Zawinul) – 8:15
- "Cigano" (Shorter) – 3:59
- "In a Silent Way / Waterfall" (Zawinul) – 5:45
- "Night Passage" (Zawinul) – 5:53
- "Port of Entry" (Shorter) – 8:08
- "Rumba Mama" (Alex Acuña, Manolo Badrena) – 1:15
- "Directions / Dr. Honoris Causa" (Zawinul) – 8:38
- Weather Report
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2015 |
The Legendary Live Tapes: 1978-1981
Additional information[98][99][100][101][102] |
Type: [4rd] Live album
Format: 4-CD
Released: 20 November 2015
Recorded: June 23, 1978 – June, 1981
Genre: Jazz fusion
Length: 247:35 (Disc One: 61:16; Disc Two: 60:45; Disc Three: 63:02; Disc Four: 62:32)
Label: Columbia, Sony Legacy Legacy / 88875141272
Producer: Peter Erskine
Executive-Producer: Tony Zawinul
- Track listing
Disc One
- "8:30" (Joe Zawinul) – 2:19
- "Sightseeing" (Wayne Shorter) – 7:34
- "Brown Street" (Shorter, Zawinul) – 11:17
- "The Orphan" (Zawinul) – 1:51
- "Forlorn" (Zawinul) – 4:11
- "Three Views Of A Secret" (Jaco Pastorius) – 7:33
- "Badia/Boogie Woogie Waltz" (Zawinul) – 10:58
- "Wayne Solo" (Shorter) – 7:34
- "Jaco Solo (Osaka 1980)" (Pastorius) – 7:59
Disc Two
- "Joe And Wayne Duet" (Duke Ellington) – 8:40
- "Birdland" (Zawinul) – 6:18
- "Peter's Solo ("Drum Solo")" (Peter Erskine) – 4:43
- "A Remark You Made" (Zawinul) – 7:34
- "Continuum/River People" (Pastorius) – 12:22
- "Gibraltar" (Zawinul) – 21:08
Disc Three
- "Fast City" (Zawinul) – 8:38
- "Madagascar" (Zawinul) – 17:44
- "Night Passage" (Zawinul) – 10:07
- "Dream Clock" (Zawinul) – 9:37
- "Rockin' In Rhythm" (Ellington, Harry Carney, Irving Mills) – 4:21
- "Port Of Entry" (Shorter) – 12:35
Disc Four
- "Elegant People" (Shorter) – 9:18
- "Scarlet Woman" (Zawinul, Shorter, Alphonso Johnson) – 11:53
- "Black Market" (Zawinul) – 13:14
- "Jaco Solo" (Pastorius) – 8:19
- "Teen Town" (Pastorius) – 8:59
- "Peter's Drum Solo" (Erskine) – 3:59
- "Directions" (Zawinul) – 6:50
- Weather Report
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Year |
Album |
Peak chart positions |
Billboard Jazz[10] |
1983 |
Die 70er Jahre
Additional information[103][104][105] |
Format: LP
Released: 1983
Recorded: 1971–1980
Genre: Jazz fusion
Length: 42:23
Label: Zweitausendeins, CBS, 54 491
- Track listing
Side one
- "Black Market" (Joe Zawinul) – 6:30
- "Teen Town" (Jaco Pastorius) – 2:53
- "American Tango" (Zawinul, Miroslav Vitous) – 3:42
- "Umbrellas" (Zawinul, Vitous, Wayne Shorter) – 3:24
- "Second Sunday in August" (Zawinul) – 4:04
Side two
- "Birdland" (Zawinul) 5:59
- "Port of Entry" (Shorter) – 5:06
- "A Remark You Made" (Zawinul) – 7:40
- "Barbary Coast" (Pastorius) – 3:05
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1990 |
Best of Weather Report Vol. I
Additional information[106][107][108] |
Format: CD
Released: 1990
Recorded: 1971–1986
Genre: Jazz fusion
Length: 69:36
Label: Columbia 466996-2
- Track listing
- "Birdland" (Joe Zawinul) – 5:59
- "And Then" (Zawinul) – 3:19
- "A Remark You Made" (Zawinul) – 6:52
- "Second Sunday in August" (Zawinul) – 4:04
- "Herandnu" (Alphonso Johnson) – 6:35
- "Tears" (Wayne Shorter) – 3:22
- "Elegant People" (Shorter) – 5:02
- "Eurydice" (Shorter) – 5:43
- "Man With the Copper Fingers" (Zawinul) – 6:12
- "Where the Moon Goes" (Zawinul, Lyrics by Nan O'Byrne and Zawinul ) – 7:47
- "Harlequin" (Shorter) – 4:00
- "Speechless" (Zawinul) – 5:56
- "Palladíum" (Shorter) – 4:45
- Guest musicians
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The Collection
Additional information[109][110][111] |
Format: CD
Released: 1990
Recorded: 1976–1980
Genre: Jazz fusion
Length: 76:15
Label: Castle CCS CD 244
- Track listing
- "Birdland" (Joe Zawinul) – 6:05
- "Teen Town" (Jaco Pastorius) – 2:55
- "The Juggler" (Zawinul) – 5:08
- "The Pursuit of the Woman with the Feathered Hat" (Zawinul) – 5:04
- "The Elders" (Wayne Shorter) – 4:21
- "Punk Jazz" (Pastorius) – 5:10
- "And Then" (Zawinul) – 3:22
- "Black Market" (Live) (Zawinul) – 9:36
- "A Remark You Made" (Live) (Zawinul) – 7:47
- "Night Passage" (Zawinul) – 6:32
- "Rockin' in Rhythm" (Duke Ellington, Irving Mills, Harry Carney) – 3:03
- "Fast City" (Zawinul) – 6:19
- "Madagascar" (Zawinul) – 10:53
- Reissues
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1993 |
Starbox
Additional information[112][113] |
Format: CD
Released: 19 November 1993
Recorded: 19??-19??
Genre: Jazz fusion
Length: ??:??
Label: Sony 6907
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1996 |
Birdland
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This Is Jazz, Vol. 10: Weather Report
Additional information[116][117][118] |
Format: CD
Released: 30 April 1996
Recorded: 1971–1978
Genre: Jazz fusion
Length: 56:38
Label: Sony CK 64627
- Track listing
- "Birdland" (Joe Zawinul) – 6:01
- "A Remark You Made" (Zawinul) – 6:53
- "Black Market" (Zawinul) – 6:32
- "Man in the Green Shirt" (Zawinul) – 6:31
- "Young and Fine" (Zawinul) – 6:57
- "The Moors" (Wayne Shorter) – 4:45
- "Mysterious Traveller" (Shorter) – 7:24
- "Orange Lady" (Zawinul) – 8:43
- "Teen Town" (Jaco Pastorius) – 2:52
- Reissues
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1998 |
This Is Jazz, Vol. 40: Weather Report – The Jaco Years
Additional information[121][122][123][124] |
Format: CD
Released: 28 April 1998
Recorded: 1975–1981
Genre: Jazz fusion
Length: 54:54
Label: Columbia, Sony CK 65451
- Track listing
- "Punk Jazz" (Jaco Pastorius) – 5:08
- "River People" (Pastorius) – 4:50
- "A Remark You Made" (Joe Zawinul) – 8:00
- "Havona" (Pastorius) – 6:00
- "Three Views of a Secret" (Pastorius) – 5:52
- "Teen Town" (Pastorius) – 6:05
- "Speechless" (Zawinul) – 5:57
- "Port of Entry" (Wayne Shorter) – 5:07
- "Barbary Coast" (Pastorius) – 3:07
- "Slang" (Pastorius) – 4:48
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2002 |
The Best of Weather Report
Additional information[125][126][127] |
Format: CD
Released: 4 June 2002
Recorded: 1973–1980
Genre: Jazz fusion
Length: 74:36
Label: Columbia/Legacy, Sony, 85400, 5076592, SICP-238
- Track listing
- "Birdland" (Joe Zawinul) – 5:58
- "Mysterious Traveller" (Wayne Shorter) – 7:21
- "Boogie Woogie Waltz" (Zawinul) – 13:04
- "The Elders" (Shorter) – 4:20
- "Night Passage" (Zawinul) – 6:32
- "Freezing Fire" (Shorter) – 7:28
- "A Remark You Made" (Zawinul) – 6:52
- "Elegant People" (Shorter) – 5:05
- "Man in the Green Shirt" (Zawinul) – 6:28
- "Blackthorn Rose" (Shorter) – 4:59
- "Black Market" (Zawinul) – 6:29
- Reissues
- 2007 Sony BMG 88697127632, 238, Columbia Legacy 712763 (CD)
- 2008 Columbia 88697342352 (CD)
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2006 |
Forecast: Tomorrow
Additional information[128][129][130][131] |
Format: 3-CD + 1-DVD Box set
Released: 19 September 2006
Recorded: 1969–1985, 2005
Genre: Jazz fusion
Length: 223:37 (Disc One: 78:38; Disc Two: 68:51; Disc Three: 76:08)
Label: Columbia/Legacy 85570, Sony 82876855752
Producer: Bob Belden, Joe Zawinul, Wayne Shorter
- Track listing
Disc One
- "In a Silent Way" (Joe Zawinul) – 4:17
- "Super Nova" (Wayne Shorter) – 4:48
- "Experience in E Major" (Excerpt) (Zawinul) – 5:42
- "Milky Way" (Shorter, Zawinul) – 2:31
- "Tears" (Shorter) – 3:23
- "Eurydice" (Full Version) (Shorter) – 10:44
- "Orange Lady" (Zawinul) – 8:42
- "Unknown Soldier" (Zawinul) – 7:58
- "Directions" (Take 1) (Zawinul) – 5:29
- "Surucucu" (Shorter) – 8:19
- "Second Sunday in August" (Zawinul) – 4:12
- "125th Street Congress" (Zawinul) – 12:14
Disc Two
- "Nubian Sundance" (Live) (Joe Zawinul) – 13:05
- "Blackthorn Rose" (Wayne Shorter) – 5:01
- "Badia" (Zawinul) – 5:21
- "Cannon Ball" (Zawinul) – 4:38
- "Black Market" (Zawinul) – 6:33
- "Three Clowns" (Shorter) – 3:24
- "Havona" (Jaco Pastorius) – 6:01
- "Birdland" (Zawinul) – 5:58
- "Palladíum" (Shorter) – 4:47
- "The Pursuit of the Woman With the Feathered Hat" (Zawinul) – 5:03
- "The Orphan" (Shorter, Zawinul) – 3:17
- "Sightseeing" (Shorter) – 5:35
Disc Three
- "Dream Clock" (Joe Zawinul) – 6:28
- "Three Views of a Secret" (Jaco Pastorius) – 5:53
- "Port of Entry" (Live) (Wayne Shorter) – 5:08
- "Dara Factor Two" (Zawinul, Shorter, Pastorius, Peter Erskine, Robert Thomas Jr.) – 4:27
- "Procession" (Zawinul) – 8:42
- "Plaza Real" (Shorter) – 5:28
- "The Well" (Shorter) – 3:57
- "D♭ Waltz" (Zawinul) – 11:12
- "Domino Theory" (Zawinul) – 6:10
- "Predator" (Shorter) – 5:20
- "Face on the Barroom Floor" (Shorter) – 3:58
- "Indiscretions" (Zawinul) – 4:06
- "125th Street Congress (DJ Logic Remix)" (Zawinul) – 5:04
- DVD (Concert in Offenbach am Main, on September 29, 1978 for the German TV program Rockpalast)
- "Black Market" (Joe Zawinul)
- "Scarlet Woman" (Alphonso Johnson, Zawinul, Wayne Shorter)
- "Young and Fine" (Zawinul)
- "The Pursuit of the Woman With the Feathered Hat" (Zawinul)
- "A Remark You Made" (Zawinul)
- "River People" (Jaco Pastorius)
- "Thanks for the Memory" (Leo Robin, Ralph Rainger)
- "Delores" (Shorter) / "Portrait of Tracy" (Pastorius) / "Third Stone from the Sun" (Jimi Hendrix)
- "Mr. Gone" (Zawinul)
- "In a Silent Way" (Zawinul)
- "Waterfall" (Zawinul)
- "Teen Town" (Pastorius)
- "I Got It Bad (and That Ain't Good)" (Duke Ellington, Paul Francis Webster) / "The Midnight Sun Will Never Set on You" (Lionel Hampton, Sonny Burke, Johnny Mercer)
- "Birdland" (Zawinul)
- Introductions
- "Fred & Jack" (Peter Erskine)
- "Elegant People" (Shorter)
- "Badia" (Zawinul)
- Personnel for the Offenbach Concert
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2007 |
Original Album Classics: Weather Report
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2008 |
Collections
Additional information[136][137][138] |
Format: CD
Released: 25 February 2008
Recorded: 1971–1983
Genre: Jazz fusion
Length: 78:11
Label: Sony 88697252732
- Track listing
- "Birdland" (Joe Zawinul) – 5:58
- "Black Market" (Zawinul) – 6:31
- "Night Passage" (Zawinul) – 6:33
- "Can It Be Done" (Wilson Tee) – 4:04
- "A Remark You Made" (Zawinul) – 6:52
- "Man in the Green Shirt" (Zawinul) – 6:29
- "Orange Lady" (Zawinul) – 8:42
- "Teen Town" (Jaco Pastorius) – 6:07
- "D♭ Waltz" (Zawinul) – 11:12
- "Cucumber Slumber" (Alphonso Johnson, Zawinul) – 8:22
- "Mysterious Traveller" (Wayne Shorter) – 7:21
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