Sweetnighter

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Sweetnighter
Studio album by Weather Report
Released	1973
Recorded	February 3, 1973 - February 7, 1973
Genre	Jazz fusion
Length	44:41
Label	Columbia Records
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link
Weather Report chronology
Live in Tokyo (1972) Sweetnighter (1973) Mysterious Traveller (1974)

Sweetnighter is Weather Report's third album, released in 1973. Originally, Weather Report was almost completely an improvisatory band. Though the improvising is ever present, the music is more structured than previously heard.

[edit] Track listing

1. "Boogie Woogie Waltz" (Zawinul)– 13:06
2. "Manolete" (Traditional)– 5:58
3. "Adios" (Madriguera, Woods)– 3:02
4. "125th Street Congress" (Zawinul)– 12:16
5. "Will" (Vitous)– 6:22
6. "Non-Stop Home" (Shorter)– 3:53

[edit] Personnel

• Josef Zawinul - Electric and acoustic piano, synthesizer
• Wayne Shorter - Soprano and tenor sax
• Miroslav Vitous - Electric and acoustic bass
• Eric Gravatt - Drums (tracks 2, 4 and 6)
• Dom Um Romão - Percussion

with

• Muruga Booker - Percussion
• Andrew White (saxophonist) - Electric bass (tracks 1, 4 and 6), English horn (tracks 3 and 5)
• Herschel Dwellingham - Drums (tracks 1, 2, 3 and 6)

[edit] External links

• Weather Report Annotated Discography: Sweetnighter