Night Passage (album)

Night Passage
Live album by Weather Report
Released	1980
Recorded	The Complex, Los Angeles, California
Genre	Jazz fusion
Length	48:05
Label	Columbia
Producer	Joe Zawinul, Jaco Pastorius
Weather Report chronology
8:30 (1979) Night Passage (1980) Weather Report (1982)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
Robert Christgau	(C+)[2]

Night Passage is Weather Report's third live album, released in 1980. It was recorded live over two nights (July 12-13, 1980) at The Complex studios in Los Angeles for a crowd of 250 people. The album brings about a new member to the band, percussionist Robert Thomas Jr. Night Passage loses the over-done production layers of some of Weather Report's earlier releases (most notably 1978's Mr. Gone). What is lost in layers of overdubs is made up in solo improvisation in the classic jazz tradition.

Trivia

"Three Views of a Secret" would be rerecorded for Jaco's solo album Word of Mouth.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Night Passage"	Zawinul	6:30
2.	"Dream Clock"	Zawinul	6:26
3.	"Port of Entry"	Shorter	5:09
4.	"Forlorn"	Zawinul	3:55
5.	"Rockin' in Rhythm"	Ellington, Mills, Carney	3:02
6.	"Fast City"	Zawinul	6:17
7.	"Three Views of a Secret"	Pastorius	5:50
8.	"Madagascar"	Zawinul	10:56

Personnel

• Josef Zawinul – Keyboards
• Wayne Shorter – Saxophones
• Jaco Pastorius – Bass
• Peter Erskine – Drums
• Robert Thomas Jr. – Hand drums

References

1. ^ Ginell, Richard S. (2011 [last update]). "Night Passage - Weather Report | AllMusic". allmusic.com. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r149934. Retrieved 19 July 2011. 
2. ^ Christgau, R. (2011 [last update]). "Robert Christgau: CG: weather report". robertchristgau.com. http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?name=weather+report. Retrieved 19 July 2011. 

External links

• Weather Report Annotated Discography: Night Passage