Weather Report/CA, USA 1979

The quartet of Zawinul, Shorter, Jaco, and Peter Erskine develops the dialogue between Shorter and Steve Gadd in Steely Dan/Aja, and the interplay between Shorter and Erskine in the middle is spectacular. Starting with Black Market, the song begins, turns, and ends with the cool-down progressive Scarlet Woman, followed by Jaco’s super cool Teen Town, which plays out at a faster tempo than usual, followed by Jaco’s solo, which is more talkative than usual. Jaco is untouchable. From the big hit Birdland to Badia, where the four of them explode at the end, the spectacular stages that show off Weather in his heyday are recorded in high quality! Live at Playboy Jazz Festival,Hollywood Bowl,Hollywood,CA June.16.1979 1. Black Market 2. Scarlet Woman 3. Teen Town 4. Pastorius Solo 5. Birdland 6. Badia Joe Zawinul (key) Wayne Shorter (Sax) Jaco Pastorius ( Bass) Peter Erskine (Dr)