Aktion	Zweigstelle	Standorte	Status	Frist	Vorbestellungen
Vorbestellen	Zweigstelle: 17., Hormayrg. 2	Standorte: CD.10 Weat	Status: Verfügbar	Frist:	Vorbestellungen: 0

"The live album - seven of the eight numbers were performed in front of 250 fans for each of the four gigs over two evenings at The Complex studios, Los Angeles - is Weather Report at the peak of its performance power. The most famous lineup - Joe Zawinul, Wayne Shorter, Jaco Pastorius, Peter Erskine, percussionist Robert Thomas, Jr. - with Jaco's iconic composition, Three Views of a Secret, being the surprising standout. Zawinul penned four numbers, Shorter has one and there is a neat cover of Duke Ellington's Rockin' in Rhythm. An eighth track - Madagascar - was recorded while on a 1980 tour of Japan. The band was playing in larger venues and had truly crossed-over into a rock audience, but it seems as if Zawinul seized control of the train to deliver a jazz recording worthy for inclusion with the releases of the early-1970s. There is an excitement to the music that seems to be attempting to light a clear path for jazz in the 1980s. That it quickly became a trail lightly treaded upon simply shows that brilliance can be a lonely traveler. "