Night Passage (Weather Report album)

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Night Passage
Studio album by Weather Report
Released	1980
Recorded	The Complex, Los Angeles, California
Genre	Jazz fusion
Length	48:05
Label	Columbia Records
Producer	Joe Zawinul, Jaco Pastorius
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link
Weather Report chronology
8:30 (1979) Night Passage (1980) Weather Report (1982)

Night Passage is Weather Report's tenth album, released in 1980. The album brings about a new member to the band, percussionist Robert Thomas Jr. Night Passage loses the over-done production layers of some of Weather Report's earlier releases (most notably 1978's Mr. Gone). What is lost in layers of overdubs is made up in solo improvisation in the classic jazz tradition.

[edit] Track listing

1. "Night Passage" (Zawinul)– 6:33
2. "Dream Clock" (Zawinul)– 6:29
3. "Port Of Entry" (Shorter)– 5:10
4. "Forlorn" (Zawinul)– 3:53
5. "Rockin' In Rhythm" (Carney, Ellington, Mills)– 3:03
6. "Fast City" (Zawinul)– 6:21
7. "Three Views Of A Secret" (Pastorius)– 5:55
8. "Madagascar" (Zawinul) live in Osaka, Japan – 10:57

[edit] Personnel

• Josef Zawinul - Keyboards
• Wayne Shorter - Saxophones
• Jaco Pastorius - Bass
• Peter Erskine - Drums
• Robert Thomas Jr. - Hand drums

[edit] External links

• Weather Report Annotated Discography: Night Passage