Formed in 1970 in New York City, Weather Report was one of the most influential
jazz fusion group of all time. Founded by Austrian keyboardist Joe Zawinul and
American saxophonist Wayne Shorter, the group’s original line-up also featured
American drummer and vocalist Alphonse Mouzon, Czech bassist Miroslave Vitouš,
and American percussionists Don Alias and Barbara Burton. Throughout the group’s
16 years of existence, the fluid line-up would find Zawinul and Shorter joined
by a series of acclaimed musicians including bassists Jaco Pastorius, Alphonso
Johnson, and Victor Bailey, an...