SWEETNIGHTERWeather ReportJazz Rock/Fusion3.81 | 190 ratings |
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Warthur
Prog Reviewer |
Sweetnighter is a strong fusion album from Weather Report which offers a notable
improvement over its predecessor, I Sing the Body Electric. It's founder member Miroslav
Vitous' last album with the group, and his bass playing is a particular highlight, laying down a
funk-powered foundation over which the rest of the instrumentalists strut their stuff in dynamite
fashion. This approach is particularly effective in the two longer songs on the album, 125th
Street Congress and Boogie Woogie Waltz, which are surely highlight's of the group's
repertoire. You can still perceive the influence of Miles Davis (who I think of as the musical
"grandfather" of this band, Mahavishnu Orchestra, Return to Forever, and other groups founded
by key members of the In a Silent Way/Bitches Brew sessions), but by this point Weather
Report are pulling full steam ahead into their own distinctive musical terrain, the compromise
between cutting-edge fusion and commercial reach that would characterise their mid-70s work
becoming visible.
Warthur |
4/5 |
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