Black Market
The shifts in Weather Report s personnel come fast and furious now, with Narada Michael Walden and Chester Thompson as the drummers, Alex Acuna and Don Alias at the percussion table, and Alphonso Johnson giving way to the mighty, martyred Jaco Pastorius It is interesting to hear Pastorius expanding the bass role only incrementally over what the more funk-oriented Johnson was doing at this early point -- that is, until "Barbary Coast," where suddenly Jaco leaps athletically forward into the spotlight. Joe Zawinul or just Zawinul as he preferred to be billed -- contributed all of side one's compositions, mostly Third World-flavored workouts except for "Cannon Ball," a touching tribute to his ex-boss Cannonball Adderley (who had died the year before). Shorter Pastorius and Johnson split the remainder of the tracks, with Shorter now set in a long-limbed compositional mode for electric bands that would serve him into the 1990s. While it goes without saying that most Weather Report albums are transition albums, this diverse record is even more transient than most, paving the way for WR s most popular period while retaining the old sense of adventure. ~ Richard S. Ginell, All Music Guide
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Credits »
Bob Belden - Reissue Producer
Wayne Shorter - Producer
Wayne Shorter - Assistant Producer
Weather Report - Main Performer
Steven Berkowitz - A&R
Joe Zawinul - Producer
Joe Zawinul - Orchestration
Ed Caraeff - Photography
Ron Malo - Engineer
Mark Wilder - Mastering
Hal Miller - Liner Notes
Seth Rothstein - Project Director
Howard Fritzson - Art Direction
Nancy Donald - Design
David McMacken - Illustrations
Patti Matheny - A&R
Seth Foster - Mastering
Darren Salmieri - Artist Coordination
Linda Chang - Packaging Manager
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