Weather Report Live in Stadhalle (civic center) in the district of Offenbach 🇩🇪 September 28, 1978
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- Опубліковано 14 тра 2024
- 🎹 Joe Zawinul (keyboards)
🎷 Wanye Shorter (tenor and soprano saxophone)
🎸 Jaco Pastorius (electric bass)
🪘 Peter Erkskine (drums)
00:00 Black Market
10:12 Joe's intro to Scarlet Woman/"Liftoff"
13:27 Scarlet Woman
19:37 Young and Fine
26:21 The Pursuit of the Woman with the Feathered Hat
33:11 A Remark You Made
40:15 River People
48:08 Thanks for the Memories (Solo Wayne - Tenor)
51:55 Dolores / Portrait of Tracy / Third Stone from the Sun (Jaco's Solo)
1:01:45 Mr. Gone
1:10:24 In a Silent Way
1:12:37 Waterfall
1:14:27 Teen Town
1:22:37 I Got It Bad and That Ain't Good (Solo Joe)
1:26:00 The Midnight Sun Will Never Set On You (Joe & Wayne)
1:31:26 Birdland
1:38:15 Introductions
1:40:02 Fred & Jack (Solo Peter)
1:47:32 Elegant People
1:55:28 Badia
Zawinul's pieces are the focus, as you'd expect. 'Black Market' opens the proceedings with a lot more fire than the original, although I always thought it should be a calm piece. The sax and drums break in the middle is one of the best moments of the night, simultaneously highlighting Peter Erskine's best asset, groove, and Wayne Shorter's best asset, melody. Well, we know Shorter was a jazz God anyway; this performance just proves he hadn't lost it in 1978. 'Scarlet Woman' is more moody, while 'Young and Fine' sets the tone for the majority of the show; the band sets into a groove with various riffs and bass lines hammering over a beat, while Shorter and Zawinul proceed to splash their brilliant melodies, solos and chordal flurries all over the shop. The perpetually flanged electric piano is a constant source of pleasure behind the rumblings of tenor and soprano saxes. Jaco Pastorius' bass, while well-played of course, lacks an interesting or powerful timbre like the rest of the band, so it is a shame for such a virtuoso to, at times, sound like another artificial keyboard.
'A Remark You Made' is performed with some extra sections, all of them as beautiful as the well-known 'verses'. 'River People', a song that was new to me, was a bit of a wow moment. It turns into what is probably the funkiest, most upbeat jam of the evening. Very, very good stuff. Then, rightfully, the intensity eases off while we hear solo spots from Shorter and then Pastorius. Both of them display the virtuosity of the players, which we are already aware of, and not a lot else. I'm not someone who buys into the whole 'pretentious' thing that gets thrown around a lot of discussions about jazz and progressive rock, but Jaco's moment here is one piece of music I can definitely say is indulgent.
'Mr Gone' might be as controversial as the similarly titled album. This must have been one of the song's last performances, but I quite like the piece. 'In A Silent Way' and 'Waterfall' are more subtle, and are good examples of how well this quartet works as a single unit, rather than anyone taking the lead all the time. But just as things begin to grow tiring, 'Teen Town' kicks in with a bang, played with excitement and fire. The medley afterwards continues the fun, while less impactive, but 'Birdland' is, as it always was, a jaw-dropping finale. The excellent composition is daringly sped up, and morphs into a swinging shuffle pretty soon. The climax of this show is 'Birdland's fantastically catchy outro, before the band members take some bows and prepare their encore.
'Fred and Jack' serves as a vehicle for Erskine's mesmerising drum solo, though nothing we haven't seen before. 'Elegant People' is just great, and the closing 'Badia' leaves a cool, eastern flavour in one's mouth once the show is over.
I think, of those available, this is the one Weather Report show that begs to be seen, not just heard. The chemistry is there, still, and these guys make their silences count as much as their melodies. The quality only dips on a couple of occasions, and there is so much good material here that you will be in fusion heaven from the word go.
Review by thehallway - Розваги
I was there,will never forget..RIP Joe Zawinul.Wayne Shorter, and Jaco Pastorius..
The best jazz fusion band ever. Mysterious Traveler is the best album ever of any kind. thanks for this video. I saw QR live in NJ. They were the opening act for ZZ Top of all bands. I was the only person there to see WR. I left when ZZ To came out.
The best line up of WP.
El Mejor Grupo de la Historia del Jazz/Rock/Fussion del Planeta Tierra!!!.
RIP Wayne Shorter
One of the best bands ever - regardless of genre or style.
When musicians were totally free and inspired. The best band of those years, still top quality and fresh today.
RIP
Thanks so much.
Weather forever !
magia !!!ancora oggi MAGIA!!!
Jaco, just wow. What he can make you feel through the instrument, amazing
This is as good as it gets - great musicians, great band on the peak of their creativity and prowess. Thanks for German TV for this excellent recording. I love UA-cam for clips like this one - brings back a lot of many happy memories!
I heard the band in Gothenburg, Sweden with Jaco in his top form. Say no more. Very, VERY touching!!,
WR had something no other band did. When Jaco became the replacement bass player, they stepped up another level, if that’s even possible. Watching Jaco playing is beyond words.
I was raised up with this music, as my dad is Dick Vennik, the Dutch saxophone player, who was into Free Jazz etc those days
Timeless ✌️😎
With Jaco, WReports greatly increased their quality. Every time you listen you learn something.
Listening to Black Market and Peter Erskine is KILLING it!!!
You’re right that’s awesome !!
forgot how truly great this group was, is, que viva JOE Z, WAYNE SHORTER, and JACO
and the amazing Peter Erskine!!!!!
78 was a good year
Immer wieder WUNDERSCHÖN !!!
Always the same pleasure to listen those guys. But the pleasure to watch and listening, fucking hell its great.
Saw them in London back in the days. Still strong in my memory. Thx
Such a joy to listen to.
Superb video quality, too.
THANK YOU, Realcut, WEATHER REPORT is one of my favorite bands, one of a kind ; you brought me a wonderful gift, for which i am very happy
❤❤
Thanksss...!!! ;)
Tremendous show, and all the Mr. Gone tunes live.
Gracias por el aporte.
In tears... What an opening (that I experienced a few days later) of a concert!
What a fine group of musicians: Thanks for creating this!
Excellent recording!
How unconstrained all the melodies in all voices flow. Great band!
Gracias!!! por compartir esta maravilla musical
Merveilleux ! Christmas before the date!🥂🙏🎸
Jaco sounds like a synthesiser on Teen Town. insane tone and feel
Sounds like Zawinul is doubling him.
@@claudearthur4532 He is, but still
I saw them in Barcelona during the tour that resulted on the recordings for the 8:30 live album... BRILLIANT BAND!!
Jag var där också.
River people!
JACO !
Awesome show! btw.. Peter looks like he wearing a sweater..lol
So awesome. Jaco had time and feel like no other. A total star in 78. I saw this band at the Hammersmith Odeon London at that time. I think Shakti and George Duke band were on the same bill?
The gig was at the Stadthalle (civic center) Offenbach on Sept. 29th 1978
Danke !
♥
I would have payed for that today.
Who else would?
Any chance the more knowledgeable among us could venture a guess as to which particular synthesizers and keyboards Joe Zawinul is playing in this lineup? Thanks in advance..
Amazing stuff from such a powerful time!!
Awesome! Great sounds
❤ & ✌
Zawinal has his middle keyboard in reverse, high to low, left to right. Geez, how can he play 2 keyboards at the same time in different directions?
River People is from the LP Mr Gone and one of my faves from them. It was , well, different particularly for the time- this is somewhat less psychedelic than the studio version though
I totally agree with you.. the studio version of river people has a kind of tribal psychedelic vibe
I havent this recording.......why?
This is a decent consert.
OMG.......Better than The Beatles
Amazing how they can play a two hour concert without one single melody. 😁
Can anyone explain to me why J Z plays a contrary keyboard, that is, with the low notes on the right and high on the left?
I was very puzzled the same way! But then i've thought it could be because the total film was mirrored when putting it into digital format.
It was only at the first song "Black Market". 🤓
he could switch the keyboard to do that with reversed voltage and by playing the same thing reversed he achieved true counterpoint
@@oliverkraft1621 It is called (in German) "Notenspiegelung".
@@kaffeepause5807 yes!
No percussionist on this gig?
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