Tale Spinnin'

Tale Spinnin'
Studio album by Weather Report
Released May 1975
Recorded February 1975 - April 4, 1975 Wally Heider Studios, Los Angeles, California
Genre Jazz fusion
Length 43:01
Label Columbia
Producer Wayne Shorter, Josef Zawinul
Weather Report chronology

Mysterious Traveller
(1974)		 Tale Spinnin'
(1975)		 Black Market
(1976)
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic [1]
Robert Christgau B−[2]

Tale Spinnin' is the sixth album by Weather Report, recorded and released in 1975, featuring the addition of Leon "Ndugu" Chancler on the drums. Ndugu was recruited after Josef Zawinul heard him play with Carlos Santana. Weather Report was recording next door to Ndugu in the studio, and Chancler was asked to join them for a recording session. That session ended up lasting a week and produced Tale Spinnin'. After the record, Ndugu was asked to join the band as a permanent member, but declined in favor of continuing to work with Carlos Santana.

Track listing

All tracks composed by Joe Zawinul unless otherwise noted.

  1. "Man in the Green Shirt" – 6:29
  2. "Lusitanos" (Wayne Shorter) – 7:25
  3. "Between the Thighs" – 9:33
  4. "Badia" – 5:21
  5. "Freezing Fire" (Wayne Shorter) – 7:29
  6. "Five Short Stories" – 6:56

Personnel

References

  1. ↑ Ginell, Richard S. "Tale Spinnin' - Weather Report | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 19 July 2011.
  2. ↑ Christgau, Robert. "Robert Christgau: CG: weather report". robertchristgau.com. Retrieved 19 July 2011.

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