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Heavy Weather
The 1408th greatest album of all time
Heavy Weather (1977) by Weather Report is a jazz fusion album led by keyboardist Joe Zawinul and saxophonist Wayne Shorter with the recent addition of bassist Jaco Pastorius. It blends improvisational jazz with funk and rock-influenced rhythms, prominent electric keyboards and synthesizers, and melodic compositions such as the well-known track "Birdland". The record is notable for Jaco Pastorius's lyrical fretless bass work and Zawinul's layered synth textures, and it remains a key reference in late 1970s fusion.
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