Learn Diverse Artists - 2000 Celebrating The Music Of Atmospheric Condition Report

Telarc as well as producer Jason Miles brought inward a boat-load of contemporary jazz heavyweights to celebrate the 30th anniversary of Weather Report's formation alongside this recording, as well as quite a celebration it is. Miles as well as his all-star cast stimulate got managed to stay truthful to the original music, patch updating as well as opening upward the arrangements. Tenor saxman extraordinaire Michael Brecker smokes upward "Elegant People," patch alto superstar David Sanborn teams upward alongside the lastly Weather Report beat department of Victor Bailey as well as Omar Hakim to accept a scrumptious, synth-soaked stroll through "Cannonball." Lesser known saxophonist Aaron Heick comports himself good every bit he fills Shorter's shoes on "Mysterious Traveller," as well as Spyro Gyra's Jay Beckentein turns inward a lovely soprano sax Pb over Joe Sample's distinctive pianoforte on the ballad "Harlequin." "The Man inward the Green Shirt" journeys to the islands courtesy of steel pan human being Andy Narell. Randy Brecker's trumpet gives a novel dimension to "Palladium," patch Marcus Miller as well as John Scofield accept a loping, funky trip through "Cucumber Slumber." In fact, the alone electrical charge close this recording is that the modern synthesizers, employed a fiddling heavy-handedly at times yesteryear Miles, stimulate got a much cheesier audio than did Joe Zawinul's depository fiscal establishment of organic keyboards as well as early on synths inward the band's heyday. Nonetheless, this celebration offers a bevy of delights to remind old-time Weather Report fans of the band's greatness; it may fifty-fifty help innovate a novel generation of listeners to this superb music, hopefully enticing them to depository fiscal establishment jibe out the originals.

With a rich champaign of report to mine as well as a distinctive, creative vision, the compilation Celebrating the Music of Weather Report (Telarc CD-83473; 58:30) stands a cutting inward a higher house the glut of all-star tribute albums currently on the market. The mutual thread uniting a football game team-sized cast is keyboard phenom Jason Miles, who through unique arrangements of carefully chosen pieces traces the band’s development as well as highlights its influence without wandering into cliché territory. Where “Birdland” is given a whammy-bowed, stone guitar read yesteryear Chuck Loeb, alongside Take six edifice rich rhythms via voice, “Cannonball” finds David Sanborn belting the alto sax tune over Miles’ lovely keyboard tones as well as fusion-styled breaks. “Badia” boasts exotic percussion backbeat, tribal vocals as well as prickly mid-eastern tones, patch “Harlequin” makes an unexpectedly lush, darkly romantic disceptation alongside saxophonist Jay Beckenstein at the helm. Most startling as well as revealing are “Mysterious Traveler,” alongside Miles setting a haunted, cornered keyboard musical note for Aaron Heick to ready aflame alongside multiple squealing saxes, as well as “Palladium,” which starts alongside a music-box keyboard experience earlier opening into a fusion storm, alongside Omar Hakim’s spitfire drums as well as Randy Brecker’s singing, abrupt trumpet line.

With a huge assembly of star performers similar Marcus Miller, Dennis Chambers, Jay Beckenstein etc.,the performances are top-notch, but the overall production borders on "smooth", although simply about of Weather Reports' catalog is serenity catchy inward a "pop" variety of means as well as thus lends itself to a slightly to a greater extent than "poppy as well as smooth" version of fusion jazz.

The sonics are every bit park for Telarc, fantastic, as well as the music is perfectly suited for 5.1, as well as the mix does not
disappoint, alongside tasteful piece of job of the surrounds for synths, percussion as well as "atmosphere", but the master copy functioning is up-front.

Track Listing:

01. Birdland
02. Elegant People
03. Badia
04. Young And Fine
05. Cannonball
06. Pursuit Of The Woman With The Feathered Hat
07. Mysterious Traveller
08. Harlequin
09. Man In The Green Shirt
10. Palladium
11. Cucumber Slumber

Personnel:

- John Scofield, Chuck Loeb, Dean Brown / guitar
- Randy Brecker / trumpet
- Michael Brecker / Tenor saxophone
- David Sanborn / Alto saxophone
- Joe Sample / piano
- Victor Bailey, Mike Pope, John Patitucci, Will Lee, Marcus Miller / bass
- Dennis Chambers, Vinnie Colaiuta, Steve Gadd, Omar Hakim / drums
- Aaron Heick / Soprano & Tenor saxophones
- Jay Beckenstein / Soprano saxophone
- Jason Miles / keyboards, programming, background vocals
- Tom Schuman / synthesizer
- Andy Narell / pans
- Mark Quinones, Cyro Baptista / percussion
- Mary Fahl, Porter Carroll, Take six / background vocals