Mysterious Traveller

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Mysterious Traveller

Studio album by Weather Report
Released	1974
Recorded	February 1974 - May 1974 Devonshire Sound, North Hollywood, California
Genre	Jazz fusion
Length	48:11
Label	Columbia Records
Producer(s)	Wayne Shorter, Josef Zawinul
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Weather Report chronology
Sweetnighter (1973)	Mysterious Traveller (1974)	Tale Spinnin' (1975)

Mysterious Traveller, the fourth release of Weather Report, completes the journey that Sweetnighter began. This album marked the end of bassist Miroslav Vitous's tenure with the band. Vitous was replaced by the great electric bassist Alphonso Johnson. Another addition to the line-up is drummer Ishmael Wilburn. Greg Errico was the drummer previously for Sweetnighter and the ensuing tour, but declined an invitation to be a permanent member of the band.

[edit] Track listing

Nubian Sundance (Zawinul)– 10:40
American Tango (Vitous, Zawinul)– 3:40
Cucumber Slumber (Johnson, Zawinul)– 8:22
Mysterious Traveller (Shorter)– 7:21
Blackthorn Rose (Shorter)– 5:03
Scarlet Woman (Johnson, Shorter, Zawinul)– 5:46
Jungle Book (Zawinul)– 7:25

Note: The Mastersound SBM edition of Mysterious Traveller includes a previously-unreleased song, Miroslav's Tune, as a bonus track at the end of the album.

[edit] Personnel

Weather Report:

Josef Zawinul - Electric and acoustic piano, synthesizer, guitar, kalimba, organ, tamboura, clay drum, tack piano, melodica
Wayne Shorter - Soprano and tenor saxophone, tack piano
Alphonso Johnson - Bass
Ishmael Wilburn - Drums
Skip Hadden - Drums (tracks 1 and 4 only)
Dom Um Romão - Percussion, drums