Forecast: Tomorrow is a 3-CD/1-DVD career-spanning compilation of recordings of Weather Report. The 37 tracks are presented chronologically, beginning with three tracks pre–Weather Report, from ensemble duties with Miles Davis (both Zawinul and Shorter), Cannonball Adderley (Zawinul), and from a Shorter solo album. In addition to two previously unreleased tracks, the set closes with DJ Logic's remix of "125th Street Congress".
Forecast: Tomorrow | ||||
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Released | September 19, 2006 | |||
Recorded | 1969–1985 | |||
Genre | Jazz fusion | |||
Length | Total: 223:37 Disc One: 78:38 Disc Two: 68:51 Disc Three: 76:08 | |||
Label | Columbia | |||
Producer | Bob Belden, Joe Zawinul, Wayne Shorter | |||
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The 4th disc in the package is a 2-hour DVD of a concert in Offenbach am Main, on September 28, 1978 for the German TV program Rockpalast. The boxed set includes a 100-page book with notes on the set by compiler Bob Belden, a long essay on the band by Hal Miller, and a reminiscence of the 1978 concert by drummer Peter Erskine.
CD Track listing
editDisc One | ||||
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Track Title | Composer | Track Length | Year Recorded | Original Release |
"In a Silent Way" | Joe Zawinul | 4:17 | 1969 | In a Silent Way, Miles Davis |
"Super Nova" | Wayne Shorter | 4:48 | 1969 | Super Nova, Wayne Shorter |
"Experience in E Major" (Excerpt) | Joe Zawinul | 5:42 | 1970 | The Cannonball Adderley Quintet & Orchestra, Cannonball Adderley |
"Milky Way" | Wayne Shorter, Joe Zawinul | 2:31 | 1971 | Weather Report |
"Tears" | Wayne Shorter | 3:23 | 1971 | Weather Report |
"Eurydice" (Full Version) | Wayne Shorter | 10:44 | 1971 | Weather Report |
"Orange Lady" | Joe Zawinul | 8:42 | 1971 | Weather Report |
"Unknown Soldier" | Joe Zawinul | 7:58 | 1971 | I Sing the Body Electric |
"Directions" (Take 1, Studio Version) | Joe Zawinul | 5:29 | 1971 | Previously Unreleased |
"Surucucu" | Wayne Shorter | 8:19 | 1972 | Live in Tokyo, I Sing the Body Electric |
"Second Sunday in August" | Joe Zawinul | 4:12 | 1972 | I Sing the Body Electric |
"125th Street Congress" | Joe Zawinul | 12:14 | 1973 | Sweetnighter |
Disc Two | ||||
Track Title | Composer | Track Length | Year Recorded | Original Release |
"Nubian Sundance" (Live) | Joe Zawinul | 13:05 | 1974 | Previously Unreleased |
"Blackthorn Rose" | Wayne Shorter | 5:01 | 1974 | Mysterious Traveller |
"Badia" | Joe Zawinul | 5:21 | 1975 | Tale Spinnin' |
"Cannon Ball" | Joe Zawinul | 4:38 | 1976 | Black Market |
"Black Market" | Joe Zawinul | 6:33 | 1976 | Black Market |
"Three Clowns" | Wayne Shorter | 3:24 | 1976 | Black Market |
"Havona" | Jaco Pastorius | 6:01 | 1976 | Heavy Weather |
"Birdland" | Joe Zawinul | 5:58 | 1976 | Heavy Weather |
"Palladíum" | Wayne Shorter | 4:47 | 1976 | Heavy Weather |
"The Pursuit of the Woman With the Feathered Hat" | Joe Zawinul | 5:03 | 1978 | Mr. Gone |
"The Orphan" | Wayne Shorter, Joe Zawinul | 3:17 | 1979 | 8:30 |
"Sightseeing" | Wayne Shorter | 5:35 | 1979 | 8:30 |
Disc Three | ||||
Track Title | Composer | Track Length | Year Recorded | Original Release |
"Dream Clock" | Joe Zawinul | 6:28 | 1980 | Night Passage |
"Three Views of a Secret" | Jaco Pastorius | 5:53 | 1980 | Night Passage |
"Port of Entry" (Live) | Wayne Shorter | 5:08 | 1980 | Night Passage |
"Dara Factor Two" | Joe Zawinul, Wayne Shorter, Jaco Pastorius. Peter Erskine, Robert Thomas | 4:27 | 1981 | Weather Report (1982) |
"Procession" | Joe Zawinul | 8:42 | 1982 | Procession |
"Plaza Real" | Wayne Shorter | 5:28 | 1982 | Procession |
"The Well" | Wayne Shorter | 3:57 | 1982 | Procession |
"D-Flat Waltz" | Joe Zawinul | 11:12 | 1984 | Domino Theory |
"Domino Theory" | Joe Zawinul | 6:10 | 1984 | Domino Theory |
"Predator" | Wayne Shorter | 5:20 | 1984 | Domino Theory |
"Face on the Barroom Floor" | Wayne Shorter | 3:58 | 1985 | Sportin' Life |
"Indiscretions" | Joe Zawinul | 4:06 | 1985 | Sportin' Life |
"125th Street Congress (DJ Logic Remix)" | Joe Zawinul | 5:04 | 1973/2005 | First Release |
Personnel for the Offenbach Concert
editDVD Track listing
edit- "Black Market" (Zawinul)
- "Scarlet Woman" (Johnson/Zawinul/Shorter)
- "Young and Fine" (Zawinul)
- "The Pursuit of the Woman With the Feathered Hat" (Zawinul)
- "A Remark You Made" (Zawinul)
- "River People" (Pastorius)
- "Thanks for the Memories" (Rainger/Robin)
- "Delores/Portrait of Tracy/Third Stone from the Sun" (Shorter)/(Pastorius)/(Hendrix)
- "Mr. Gone" (Zawinul)
- "In a Silent Way" (Zawinul)
- "Waterfall" (Zawinul)
- "Teen Town" (Pastorius)
- "I Got It Bad and That Ain't Good/The Midnight Sun Will Never Set on You" (Ellington/Webster)/(Burke/Hampton/Mercer)
- "Birdland" (Zawinul)
- "Introductions"
- "Fred & Jack" (Erskine)
- "Elegant People" (Shorter)
- "Badia" (Zawinul)
References
edit- ^ Jurek, Thom (2011). "Forecast: Tomorrow - Weather Report | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 19 July 2011.