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Elegant People - A History of the Band Weather Report (Hardcover)
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Elegant People - A History of the Band Weather Report (Hardcover)
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Elegant People is the definitive history of Weather Report, the
premier fusion band of the 1970s and beyond. Founded in late 1970
by three stars of the jazz world--keyboardist Joe Zawinul,
saxophonist Wayne Shorter, and bassist Miroslav Vitous--Weather
Report went on to become the most unique and enduring jazz band of
its era, with a style of music wholly its own. Now, on the fiftieth
anniversary of Weather Report's first album release, comes Elegant
People: A History of the Band Weather Report, the first book to
tell the band's story in detail. Based on years of research and
dozens of interviews with musicians, engineers, managers, and
support personnel, Elegant People is written from an insider's
perspective, describing Weather Report's transformation from a
freewheeling, avant-garde jazz band whose ethos was "We always solo
and we never solo" to a grooving juggernaut that combined elements
of jazz, funk, Latin, and rhythm and blues. Fueled by Zawinul's hit
tune "Birdland" and the charismatic stage presence of legendary
electric bass player Jaco Pastorius, Weather Report took on the
aura of rock stars. By the time Zawinul and Shorter mutually agreed
to part ways in 1986, Weather Report had produced sixteen albums, a
body of work that ranks among the most significant in jazz and
continues to resonate with musicians and fans today.
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