Procession (album)

Infobox Album |
Name = Procession
Type = Studio album
Artist = Weather Report


Released = 1983
Genre = Jazz fusion
Length = 39:36
Label = Columbia Records
Producer = Joe Zawinul, Wayne Shorter
Reviews = *Allmusic Rating|3|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:7ad1vwdta92k link]
Last album = "Weather Report"
(1982)
This album = "Procession"
(1983)
Next album = "Domino Theory
(1984)

"Procession" is the eleventh studio album from Weather Report. It is the first album to feature the newest lineup of Weather Report. Victor Bailey replaced Jaco Pastorius as the bassist and Omar Hakim replaced Peter Erskine as the drummer. José Rossy was also added to the line up as percussionist. Omar Hakim is credited with finding Bailey and Rossy, they were all signed with Weather Report before Zawinul or Shorter even met them.This is one of the band's finest albums according to many fans and critics.

Track listing

#"Procession" (Zawinul) – 8:42
#"Plaza Real" (Shorter) – 5:30
#"Two Line" (Zawinul) – 7:43
#"Where The Moon Goes" (Zawinul, Lyrics by Nan O'Byrne and Zawinul ) – 7:50
#"The Well" (Shorter, Zawinul) – 4:00
#"Molasses Run" (Hakim) – 5:49

Personnel

*Josef Zawinul - Keyboards and synthesizers
*Wayne Shorter - Tenor and soprano saxophones
*Omar Hakim - Drums, guitar and vocals
*Victor Bailey - Bass
*José Rossy - Percussion and concertina

with

*The Manhattan Transfer - Vocals on "Where The Moon Goes"

External links

* [http://www.binkie.net/wrdisc/Procession.html Weather Report Annotated Discography: Procession]