Weather Report Live DVD

03/12/07
. (PR) As part of its acclaimed �Live At Montreux� series, Eagle Rock Entertainment, through its wholly-owned Eagle Eye Media, will release Weather Report Live At Montreux 1976 on April 17. This 10-track 80-minute DVD retails for $14.98.

Existing heretofore only as a bootleg of a television broadcast, this historic set is the only known full-length concert DVD of this legendary Weather Report lineup: keyboardist Joseph Zawinul, saxophonist Wayne Shorter, the tragic late bassist Jaco Pastorius, drummer Alex Acuna and multi-percussionist Manolo Badrena.

Touring in support of that year�s Black Market CD, they were mere months away from recording the fusion landmark Heavy Weather. This is a vital visual and aural document of a band in its prime, six years in and destined for greatness. Having met in and around the orbit of Miles Davis, the music is infused with a Miles-like quest. Acuna and Badrena shine on a two-man percussion discussion. Similarly, Zawinul and Shorter read each other�s minds on a duet. But it is Jaco, particularly, who is heartbreakingly poetic [dig that extended unaccompanied bass solo!], especially when one knows what his future held for him.

Tracks include �Elegant People,� �Scarlet Woman,� �Barbary Coast,� �Portrait Of Tracy,� �Cannon Ball,� �Black Market,� �Drum and Percussion Duet,� �Piano and Saxophone Duet,� �Dr Honoris Causa/Directions� and �Badla/Gibralter.�

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