Release Date: 10 June 2016
Label: ECM Records
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 602537729562
Genres: Jazz Contemporary
Description
The great Czech bassist returns once more to the music of Weather Report, the group he co-founded with Joe Zawinul and Wayne Shorter in 1970.
It's the improvisational freedom of the early Weather Report that most interests Vitous, and he abides by their old rallying call "everyone solos and no one solos".
Well-known Report repertoire re-explored includes "Birdland", "Seventh Arrow", "Scarlet Woman", "Pinocchio" and "Morning Lake" and Miroslav's group also plays "Juggler's Issue" a piece which the first Weather Report line-up played but didn't record. Interspersed along the way are three new blues tunes from Vitous's pen.
The band, driven by the astounding double drumming of Gerald Cleaver and Nasheet Waits, is energetic and daring, juxtaposing fast tempos and rhythmically free pulses, with Miroslav's arco bass playing sometimes sounding like a third horn in between the two saxophones.
Personnel: Miroslav Vitous (double bass, keyboards), Gary Campbell (soprano and tenor saxophone), Roberto Bonisolo (soprano and tenor saxophone), Aydin Esen (keyboards), Gerald Cleaver (drums), Nasheet Waits (drums).
Tracklisting
Vijay Iyer; Wadada Leo Smith
Anouar Brahem; Anja Lechner; Django Bates; Dave Holland
Patrick Demenga; Latvian State Academic Choir; Youth Choir Kamer; Riga Cathedral Boys Choir; Andres
Nicolas Masson; Colin Vallon; Patrice Moret; Lionel Friedli
Various artists
Yuval Cohen Quartet
Thomas Stronen; Craig Taborn; Chris Potter; Sinikka Langeland; Jorge Rossy
Stephan Micus
Miroslav Vitous
Miroslav Vitous
Miroslav Vitous
Miroslav Vitous
Miroslav Vitous
Miroslav Vitous
