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Sportin' Life is the thirteenth studio album by American jazz fusion band Weather Report which was released in June 1985 through Columbia Records. Although featuring many more vocal performances than any of their previous studio albums, words are rare and most vocals are chants from guest musicians such as Bobby McFerrin or Carl ...
Sportin' Life è il quindicesimo album in studio del gruppo musicale statunitense Weather Report, pubblicato nel 1985. Contiene Confians, il loro unico pezzo cantato (in lingua swahili) Tracce. Corner Pocket – 5:46. Indiscretions – 4:05. Hot Cargo – 4:41. Confians – 5:07. Pearl On the Half Shell – 4:06. What's Going On – 6:29.
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For Weather Report’s fourteenth album, the line-up remained the same as the previous two albums except for percussion, where Mino Cinélu replaced José Rossy. Born in Martinique in 1957 and raised in France, Cinélu played in a band with his brothers before moving to New York in 1979, where he led his own band, the Mino Cinélu Ensemble. In 1981 he jo...
1. Corner Pocket (Zawinul) 5:43
While much of Sportin’ Life was conceived and sequenced in Zawinul’s home, Zawinul told Woodard that this tune was a studio effort. [Mus85]
2. Indiscretions (Zawinul) 4:03
Zawinul said this tune “was done at home, but I had overdubbed Omar and Mino, just boom, boom, boom, to get the wide bass drum overdub sound.” [Mus85] Zawinul continued to play “Indiscretions” live at least into the late 1990s, and it can be heard on the Zawinul Syndicate album World Tour.
3. Hot Cargo (Zawinul) 4:38
Of “Hot Cargo,” Zawinul said “I did [it] totally at home in one shot with MIDI. Wayne overdubbed the melody. Mino overdubbing on that solo part. I had three voices singing on that at the end.” [Mus85]
5. Pearl On The Half-Shell (Shorter) 4:04
Woodard asked Shorter how he conceived “Pearl On The Half-Shell:”
6. What’s Going On (Marvin Gaye) 6:26
Asked if this was a tribute to Marvin Gaye, Zawinul responded: In a 1997 article for Jazziz, Josef Woodard recalled Zawinul warming up for a rehearsal in his home studio by dipping “into a bronze-colored reading of ‘What’s Going On.'” “[Gaye] was my favorite pop musician,” Zawinul told Woodard. “There’s a point where you have to say, ‘I’m going to do my own thing, thank you very much, sir,’ and that’s what Marvin Gaye did.” [JI97]
7. Face On The Barroom Floor (Shorter) 3:55
In 2005, Hal Miller elicited this comment from Shorter about this song: “Well, it’s that old Broadway play. I thought the title was kind of picturesque — it kind of snaps you back to the way that people are concerned with themselves, and having a good time. But even though you’re in a place where you’re raising a lot of hell and having a good time, there’s something there that takes you away from yourself, and you wonder about the story that’s in this place because something’s out of place. F...
Released. 1975 — US. Vinyl —. LP, Album. Explore the tracklist, credits, statistics, and more for Sportin' Life by Weather Report. Compare versions and buy on Discogs.
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38:48. Genre. Jazz. Styles. Fusion. Recording Location. Crystal Recording Studios, Hollywood, CA. Music Room, Pasadena, CA. Discography Timeline. See Full Discography. Mr. Gone (1978) 8:30 (1979) Night Passage (1980) Weather Report [1982] (1982) Procession (1983) Sportin' Life (1984) Domino Theory (1984) This Is This! (1985)
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Sportin' Life by Weather Report (Album, Jazz Fusion): Reviews, Ratings, Credits, Song list - Rate Your Music. Rate/Catalog. --- Catalog. Set listening. Tags. Review. Track ratings. 7 Issues. Expand all 7 issues. merton May 11 2023. A concept album about relaxing and having a good time. And what's wrong with that, I ask you? Published.
Listen to Sportin' Life by Weather Report on Apple Music. 1985. 8 Songs. Duration: 39 minutes.
