Miroslav Vitous - Remembering Weather Report (Ocrd)
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Artist: Miroslav VitousEdition: Music CD
Audio: English (Unknown)
CD Release Date: 2009-07-07
Music Label: Ecm Records
Soundtracks:
- Variations On W. Shorter
- Variations On Lonely Woman
- Semina
- Surfing With Michel
- When Dvorak Meets Miles
- Blues Report
Music reviews of Remembering Weather Report (Ocrd)
Music Review: The Forgotten Side of Weather Report
Rating: 5 Stars
I am delighted to say that this recording is long overdue. When you look at the renewed interest in the Weather Report musical legacy after the passing of Joe Zawinul, a lot of the focus centered around the period that evolved after Miroslav Vitous departed the group in mid 70's. The funkier/soulful music that Weather Report recorded when Alphonso Johnson and Jaco Pastorious anchored the Bass chairs cannot be argued or denied as anything but brilliant music. As one of the three original founding members of Weather Report, Miroslav's contribution to the group's success has almost been lost in the latest interest in the Group's contribution to Jazz. Vitous was, and still is, a masterful composer with a truly unique approach to the Acoustic Bass. Looking back at Weather Report during his tenure with the group, his playing was so far ahead of everything else I heard at the time, that I missed part of his unique contributions to the group's open-ended improvisational sound. "Remembering Weather Report" sent me reeling backwards to those beautiful moments captured in the first three Weather Report albums.
This is a jewel of a recording that updates and pushes forward the idea of Jazz being centered around "direct conversations and parity between the instruments." The beauty in this music is that you can clearly here the passion that each musician brings to the recording. Miroslav is still the best at Bass bowing because he is not afraid to tap into all musical spectrums to color his sound. I was not familiar with the other musician playing here, but have started exploring their individual works because they play so well in this setting. I hope that this is the first of many recordings that they will do together. This creative and startling beautiful music will open your ears to new possibilities to explore. I hope you enjoy it as much as I have.
I also hope that this release will highly motivate ECM to release two other exceptional recordings from Miroslav's catalog. The vibrant and beautiful "First Meeting" (1980) and "Miroslav Vitous Group" (1981) deserve to be released from the ECM vaults. This Bassist deserves to be heard and treasured. So let's get cracking and get it done! In the mean time, cherish this work of excellence. Peace!
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Description of Remembering Weather Report (Ocrd)
Vitous was one of the founders of Weather Report and helped to shape its early (and revolutionary) mix of enigmatic, free-flowing compositions and high-level improvisational dialogs, in which all the instruments enjoyed parity. It is this formative period that Miroslav salutes with his all-acoustic band and some phenomenal playing. The obvious musical empathy between Vitous and drummer Gerald Cleaver is a joy, Ambrosetti and Campbell contribute inspired solos - as does guest Michel Portal, another iconic figure in the history of the music. Material, almost exclusively from Vitous's pen, alludes to Wayne Shorter's "Nefertiti" and to Ornette Coleman's "Lonely Woman" - as well as to Miles Davis and Antonín Dvorák.Jazz CDs
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