Weather Report - Montreux Jazz Festival 1976

Weather Report - Montreux Jazz Festival 

Montreux, Switzerland 1976

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Weather Report are captured live at the Montreux Jazz Festival in 1976 in this made for Swiss TV video recording.

Jaco Pastorius had been in the bass slot just a few months but harnessing his great potential had already led to the replacement of drummer Chester Thompson with Alex Acuña (who had been playing percussion) and the introduction of Manolo Badrena (joining in the vacant percussion slot). As Joe Zawinul recalled: "As great a drummer as Chester was, he and Jaco didn't flow. Jaco was more of an upbeat player - more driving…… We had Alex Acuña move over to the drums and then Badrena came in. All of a sudden we had some smokin' stuff again."

Most of the material performed is from the "Black Market" album from earlier that year which had marked Jaco Pastorius' first recording in the band. Only "Scarlet Woman" (from "Mysterious Traveller"), "Badia (from "Tale Spinnin'") and the medley "Dr Honoris Causa / Directions" are from elsewhere.
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Set List:

1 Elegant People
2 Scarlet Woman
3 Barbary Coast
4 Portrait Of Tracy
5 Cannon Ball
6 Black Market
7 Rumba Mama
8 Badia / Gibraltar

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