Weather ReportSweetnighter

Label:

Columbia – KC 32210

Format:

Vinyl , LP, Album, Stereo

Country:

US

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Genre:

Jazz

Style:

Contemporary Jazz

Tracklist

A1 Boogie Woogie Waltz
Bells, Tambourine, Percussion [Chucalho]Dom Um Romao
Electric BassMiroslav Vitous
Percussion [Moroccan Clay Drums]Muruga*
Soprano Saxophone, Tenor SaxophoneWayne Shorter
Synthesizer, Electric PianoJosef Zawinul*
Written-ByJ. Zawinul*
13:01
A2 Manolete
Acoustic BassMiroslav Vitous
Electric Piano, Piano, SynthesizerJosef Zawinul*
Soprano SaxophoneWayne Shorter
Timpani, Cymbal, Percussion [Moroccan Clay Drums]Muruga*
Written-ByW. Shorter*
5:50
A3 Adios
Electric BassMiroslav Vitous
Electric PianoJosef Zawinul*
English HornAndrew White
Percussion [Roller Toy]Muruga*
Tenor SaxophoneWayne Shorter
Written-ByJ. Zawinul*
2:56
B1 125th Street Congress
Acoustic BassMiroslav Vitous
Drums [Intro]Eric Gravatt
Electric BassAndrew White
Electric PianoJosef Zawinul*
Pandeiro, Cuica, Gong, Tambourine, Cowbell, Percussion [Tamanco], Percussion [Chucalho]Dom Um Romao
Percussion [Israeli Jar Drum]Muruga*
Soprano SaxophoneWayne Shorter
Written-ByJ. Zawinul*
12:12
B2 Will
Caxixi, Wood Block, Percussion [Chucalho]Dom Um Romao
Electric BassMiroslav Vitous
Electric PianoJosef Zawinul*
English HornAndrew White
Tenor SaxophoneWayne Shorter
Written-ByM. Vitous*
6:13
B3 Non-Stop Home
BassAndrew White
Percussion, Percussion [Vaibis-Stone], Cymbal, Percussion [Castanhola], Gong, Wood Block, Caxixi, Percussion [Wood Flute], Tambourine, Percussion [Chinese Tom Tom]Dom Um Romao
Soprano SaxophoneWayne Shorter
Synthesizer, PianoJoseph Zawinul*
Written-ByW. Shorter*
4:50

Companies, etc.

  • Copyright ©CBS Inc.
  • Phonographic Copyright ℗CBS Inc.
  • Recorded AtConnecticut Recording Studios

Credits

  • BassMiroslav Vitous
  • Bass, English HornAndrew N. White III*
  • CoverRichard Hess*
  • Design [Cover]John Berg
  • DrumsHerschel Dwellingham
  • EngineerPhil Giambalvo
  • KeyboardsJoseph Zawinul*
  • PercussionMuruga*
  • Photography ByColumbia Records Photo Studio
  • ProducerShoviza Productions
  • Soprano SaxophoneWayne Shorter

Notes

(C) 1973 CBS Inc. / (P) 1973 CBS Inc.
Recorded Feb. 3-7, 1973
Manufactured by Columbia Records/CBS Inc.
B3 Special Thanks to Billy Rose and Connecticut Recording Studio
Dom Um Romao appears through the courtesy of Cobblestone Records.
Andrew N. White III performs through the courtesy of Andrew's Music Inc.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

  • Matrix / Runout (Label side A): AL 32210
  • Matrix / Runout (Label side B): BL 32210
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, stamped): P AL 32210 1A
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, stamped): P BL 32210-1A

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Title (Format) Label Cat# Country Year
Sweetnighter (LP, Album, Stereo) CBS S 65532, KC 32210 Europe 1973
Sweetnighter (LP, Album) CBS S 65532, 65532 UK 1973
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Sweetnighter (LP, Album) CBS S 65532, 65532 Italy 1973
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Sweetnighter (LP, Album) Columbia KC 32210 Canada 1973
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Sweetnighter (LP, Album) CBS/Sony SOPL 189, SOPL-189 Japan 1973

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Reviews

  • Dillpc's avatar
    Dillpc
    my vote for best weather report record. this thing grooves. Has a kraut-rock feel to it. This press also sounds spectacular. what a gem.
    • shantiq's avatar
      shantiq
      Edited 3 years ago
      so unbelievably funky .... them Return To Forever and Miles in 4 albums around 1970 all defined funk rock fusion and this all echoes right through to now in so many genres and recordings .... but we like to go back to the originators and Sweetnighter is one of the best
      PS these were the tokers choice round my way right through the 70s :]
      • WOEBOT's avatar
        WOEBOT
        Check the proto LTJ Bukem-style ambient jungle on "Non-Stop Home".
        • kwhitehead's avatar
          kwhitehead
          I’m not much of a Weather Report fan but here’s one I can get behind. Less fusion, more groovin’.
          • alacool's avatar
            alacool

            here is the continuation and the consecration of the sound of Zawinul, already there in his collaboration with Cannonball Adderley (see "the price you got to pay to be free" album ...) and especially the first fruits on the track "the soul of the village part.2 "on his 1968 lp . This record, a complete fusion succeeds, is to put away with Miroslav Vitous "magical shepperd" and Chick Correa "return to forever", magic
            • Expansive09's avatar
              Expansive09
              Edited 5 years ago
              Pure alchemical reaction even the most ingenious of music scientist will never figure out...that is Sweetnighter. The instrumental, subtle funkiness and brilliant wah-piano courtesy of Zawinul sures any fusion made in 1973. I also believe this was the 1st time Zawinul started to incorporate synthesizer into the band although not as present as Mysterious Traveler.
              Musicianship here was sent by the same deity that delivered Tesla(the Serbian inventor!) to grace our ears with delicious instrumental soma!
              • MEllODrOnE's avatar
                MEllODrOnE
                One brilliant record I found for $1. Some of the best music I've ever heard. Jazz rock
                • wholesome_quality's avatar
                  I donated most of the other Weather Report albums I owned to the less fortunate. Not this one. Zawinul points his band in the right direction on Sweetnighter. There's still plenty of free-floating jazz-rock-funk-fusion going on like previous Weather Report productions. However, the goal was clearly set in maintaining and circling back to the rhythm, unlike previous albums.

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