Black Market (Weather Report album)

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Black Market is an instrumental jazz fusion album released by Weather Report in 1976. This album was produced by Joe Zawinul and Wayne Shorter. It was recorded in December 1975 and released in April 1976 through Columbia Records. Columbia released it again as a digitally-remastered CD in 1991.

This is Weather Report's sixth album and marks the transition from, both featured on this release, bassist Alphonso Johnson to Jaco Pastorius. The album draws heavily from African influences and its style could be described as "world fusion". The second song, "Cannon Ball" is tribute to Zawinul's then recently deceased former boss, saxophonist Julian "Cannonball" Adderley.

Track listing

1. "Black Market" (J. Zawinul) – 6:28
2. "Cannon Ball" (J. Zawinul) – 4:36
3. "Gibraltar" (J. Zawinul) – 8:16
4. "Elegant People" (W. Shorter) – 5:03
5. "Three Clowns" (W. Shorter) – 3:31
6. "Barbary Coast" (J. Pastorius) – 3:19
7. "Herandnu" (A. Johnson) – 6:36

Personnel

• Joe Zawinul — 2 ARP 2600, Rhodes electric piano, Yamaha grand piano, Oberheim polyphonic synthesizer
• Wayne Shorter — Selmer soprano and tenor saxophones, Computone Lyricon
• Jaco Pastorius — Fender Fretless electric bass
• Alphonso Johnson — Fender electric bass, Charles La Boe electric bass
• Chester Thompson — Ludwig drums
• Narada Michael Walden — Drums
• Don Alias — Congas and percussion
• Alejandro Neciosup Acuña — LP congas and percussion

External links

• Weather Report Annotated Discography: Black Market