Recording:Concert, opgenomen in 1984 in Tokyo, Japan
Sound format:Dolby 2.0 Stereo
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Region 0 (eg Netherlands).
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Released:June 2008
Total playing time:0:56:02
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It is often said that after the hit album Heavy Weather (1977) it went downhill with Weather Report. The fusion band around Joe Zawinul and Wayne Shorter had found its successful commercial formula and it was being milked further and further. The all-star line-up with bassist Jaco Pastorius and drummer Peter Erskine did indeed offer the opportunity to rest on your laurels and switch on the automatic… pilot, but the claim that everything after 1977 is uninteresting really goes too far. Especially after Victor Bailey and Omar Hakim succeeded Pastorius and Erskine respectively in 1982, the band got a new impulse. This can be heard on the 1983 album Procession. It can also be seen on the 1984 DVD Live In Tokyo. Weather Report played two recent songs in Japan (D-flat Waltz and Where The Moon Goes) and a medley of their greatest hits. The highlight is an improvised duet by Zawinul and Shorter, in which the sound of Shorter's soprano sax seamlessly blends with Zawinul's sci-fi keyboard sounds. It is interesting to compare this DVD with the Edison award-winning Live At Montreux 1976 DVD and conclude how the band had evolved further. (HB)more
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