Weather Report – Sweetnighter

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Label:	Columbia – KC 32210
Format:	Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo
Country:	US
Released:	1973
Genre:	Jazz
Style:	Fusion, Contemporary Jazz

Tracklist

A1	Boogie Woogie Waltz Bells, Tambourine, Percussion [Chucalho] – Dom Um Romao Drums – Herschel Dwellingham Electric Bass – Andrew White, Miroslav Vitous Percussion [Moroccan Clay Drums] – Muruga* Soprano Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone – Wayne Shorter Synthesizer, Electric Piano – Josef Zawinul* Written-By – J. Zawinul*	13:01
A2	Manolete Acoustic Bass – Miroslav Vitous Drums – Eric Gravatt, Herschel Dwellingham Electric Piano, Piano, Synthesizer – Josef Zawinul* Soprano Saxophone – Wayne Shorter Timpani, Cymbal, Percussion [Moroccan Clay Drums] – Muruga* Written-By – W. Shorter*	5:50
A3	Adios Electric Bass – Miroslav Vitous Electric Piano – Josef Zawinul* English Horn – Andrew White Percussion [Roller Toy] – Muruga* Tenor Saxophone – Wayne Shorter Written-By – J. Zawinul*	2:56
B1	125th Street Congress Acoustic Bass – Miroslav Vitous Drums – Herschel Dwellingham Drums [Intro] – Eric Gravatt Electric Bass – Andrew White Electric Piano – Josef Zawinul* Pandeiro, Cuica, Gong, Tambourine, Cowbell, Percussion [Tamanco], Percussion [Chucalho] – Dom Um Romao Percussion [Israeli Jar Drum] – Muruga* Soprano Saxophone – Wayne Shorter Written-By – J. Zawinul*	12:12
B2	Will Caxixi, Wood Block, Percussion [Chucalho] – Dom Um Romao Electric Bass – Miroslav Vitous Electric Piano – Josef Zawinul* English Horn – Andrew White Tenor Saxophone – Wayne Shorter Written-By – M. Vitous*	6:13
B3	Non-Stop Home Bass – Andrew White Drums – Eric Gravatt, Herschel Dwellingham Percussion, Percussion [Vaibis-Stone], Cymbal, Percussion [Castanhola], Gong, Wood Block, Caxixi, Percussion [Wood Flute], Tambourine, Percussion [Chinese Tom Tom] – Dom Um Romao Soprano Saxophone – Wayne Shorter Synthesizer, Piano – Joseph Zawinul* Written-By – W. Shorter*	4:50

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Copyright © – CBS Inc.
Phonographic Copyright ℗ – CBS Inc.
Recorded At – Connecticut Recording Studios

Credits

Bass – Miroslav Vitous
Bass, English Horn – Andrew N. White III*
Cover – Richard Hess*
Design [Cover] – John Berg
Drums – Eric Gravatt, Herschel Dwellingham
Engineer – Phil Giambalvo
Keyboards – Joseph Zawinul*
Percussion – Dom Um Romao, Muruga*
Photography By – Columbia Records Photo Studio
Producer – Shoviza Productions
Soprano Saxophone – Wayne Shorter

Notes

(C) 1973 CBS Inc. / (P) 1973 CBS Inc.
Recorded Feb. 3-7, 1973
Manufactured by Columbia Records/CBS Inc.
B3 Special Thanks to Billy Rose and Connecticut Recording Studio
Dom Um Romao appears through the courtesy of Cobblestone Records.
Andrew N. White III performs through the courtesy of Andrew's Music Inc.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

Matrix / Runout (Label side A): AL 32210
Matrix / Runout (Label side B): BL 32210
Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, stamped): P AL 32210 1A
Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, stamped): P BL 32210-1A

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	Title (Format)	Label	Cat#	Country	Year
	Sweetnighter (LP, Album, Stereo)	CBS, CBS	S 65532, KC 32210	Europe	1973
	Sweetnighter (LP, Album)	CBS, CBS	S 65532, 65532	UK	1973
Recently Edited	Sweetnighter (LP, Album)	CBS, CBS	S 65532, 65532	Italy	1973
Recently Edited	Sweetnighter (LP, Album)	Columbia	KC 32210	Canada	1973
New Submission	Sweetnighter (LP, Album)	CBS/Sony, CBS/Sony	SOPL 189, SOPL-189	Japan	1973

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Reviews

shantiq Sep 11, 2021
Edited 3 years ago
so unbelievably funky .... them Return To Forever and Miles in 4 albums around 1970 all defined funk rock fusion and this all echoes right through to now in so many genres and recordings .... but we like to go back to the originators and Sweetnighter is one of the best
PS these were the tokers choice round my way right through the 70s :]
WOEBOT Feb 16, 2021
Check the proto LTJ Bukem-style ambient jungle on "Non-Stop Home".
kwhitehead Dec 24, 2020
I’m not much of a Weather Report fan but here’s one I can get behind. Less fusion, more groovin’.
alacool Jun 25, 2019
here is the continuation and the consecration of the sound of Zawinul, already there in his collaboration with Cannonball Adderley (see "the price you got to pay to be free" album ...) and especially the first fruits on the track "the soul of the village part.2 "on his 1968 lp . This record, a complete fusion succeeds, is to put away with Miroslav Vitous "magical shepperd" and Chick Correa "return to forever", magic
Expansive09 Oct 9, 2018
Edited 5 years ago
Pure alchemical reaction even the most ingenious of music scientist will never figure out...that is Sweetnighter. The instrumental, subtle funkiness and brilliant wah-piano courtesy of Zawinul surpasses any fusion made in 1973. I also believe this was the 1st time Zawinul started to incorporate synthesizer into the band although not as present as Mysterious Traveler.
Musicianship here was sent by the same deity that delivered Tesla(the Serbian inventor!) to grace our ears with delicious instrumental soma!
MEllODrOnE Apr 29, 2017
One brilliant record I found for $1. Some of the best music I've ever heard. Jazz rock
wholesome_quality Mar 19, 2013
I donated most of the other Weather Report albums I owned to the less fortunate. Not this one. Zawinul points his band in the right direction on Sweetnighter. There's still plenty of free-floating jazz-rock-funk-fusion going on like previous Weather Report productions. However, the goal was clearly set in maintaining and circling back to the rhythm, unlike previous albums.