Weather Report - Black Market (Live at Montreux 1976)

Weather Report was founded in 1970 by musicians who had met whilst playing with Miles Davis. This Montreux Festival show from 1976 follows on from the release of their album "Black Market" but features the line-up that would release their most famous and successful album "Heavy Weather" in 1977. Previously only available as a bootleg of a TV broadcast, this new DVD release is fully authorized and has been restored to its full length.

1976 RTS / Montreux Sounds

LIVE AT MONTREUX – MONTREUX JAZZ ARCHIVES
This performance is part of the unique Claude Nobs Foundation audio-visual collection, included since 2013 in the UNESCO Memory of the World Register. From Aretha Franklin or Miles Davis to David Bowie or Prince, more than 5’000 concerts have been recorded LIVE both in audio and video since the creation of the Montreux Jazz Festival in 1967 by Claude Nobs.

Official Websites:

MONTREUX JAZZ FESTIVAL
WHERE LEGENDS ARE BORN

The Montreux Jazz Festival takes place for two weeks every summer in Switzerland, drawing 250,000 music lovers to the shores of Lake Geneva. Since 1967, the Festival has celebrated all genres of music and generated countless legendary performances. Artists who have graced the stage of Montreux include Aretha Franklin, David Bowie, Prince, Bob Dylan, Lauryn Hill, Kendrick Lamar, Leonard Cohen, Marvin Gaye, Miles Davis, Nina Simone and many more.

#MJF
#montreuxsounds
#claudenobsfoundation
#montreuxdigitalproject
#MontreuxJazzFestival
#MontreuxJazz

[rixvspinner]

RIP soprano sax playing, composer, Miles Davis Quintet member, Blue Note Records and solo release classics, legend, Wayne Shorter. Black Market is one of my fav Weather Report albums. His creative musical output was extraordinary.

[ricardoprovan]

NOTICE THE UPPER KEYBOARD: Higher notes on the left!

[SMAudio]

Rest in peace Wayne you were truly one of the greats.

[genegleckner]

Jaco playing a fretted bass with a pick ! Strumming cords with a pick ! Always serving the song genius !

[carlbowles]

No one could compete with them in their own space. Weather report was one of a kind. RIP departed Weather report members with deep respect and good wishes for those still living.

[Cybi]

Joe Zawinul: Keyboards
Wayne Shorter: Sax
Jaco Pastorius: Bass
Alex Acuna: Drums
Manolo Badrena: Percussion, Voice


MalcoMix Fusion put the whole concert with the names of the players and the playlist with links, while "Montreux Jazz Festival" are not even able to mention the wonderful artists who played for them ... what a pity ...

[bradallmand]

Alex Acuna is a wonderful human being and one of the best drummers ever. I would love to meet him in person.

[olymoon]

These guys, they dont just play music, they ARE music.

[jamiepastman]

for you younger keyboard players -- notice when Zawinul plays the melody on the ARP 2600 that the keyboard scale is reversed. As he goes up, the notes go lower, as he goes down the notes go higher. Zawinul actually wrote the melody for Black Market with the ARP tuned this way. Inspiration can come from anywhere, always try crazy shit, don't be shy! (from a 40 year pro keyboard player)

[jhavajoe]

Saw them in 78'- Jaco leaped in from somewhere out of the dark like a spaceman and started his solo.
Wayne played with a minimum of body movement and Zawinul looked like a pirate. There has never been a band like this again.

[kennethellison]

I was at this gig! My college band played just a few nights before with Clark Terry. Incredible music, amazing music and musicians, wonderful memories.

[drumsNstuff]

Alex Acuna! I could listen to him groove for days. Such a killer performance! I love his inspiring story of coming to the U.S. and how his career progressed from this great stepping stone. Such a nice guy, so colorful and fun.

[MarkVickers]

Just, just epic!

Somehow, the 70s seemed to spawn a generation of musicians who were willing to play music like it was their last day on Earth

And boy, these guys are rockin' it ta **ck!!

[dennismiller]

Fabulous to hear, shame they don't get the credit they deserve. Listened to them 40 yrs ago and now showcase to friends

[kimcaspar]

Wayne Shorter's soprano sax playing is so intense and beautiful at the same time.

[fluxmuldar]

This was the best Weather Report lineup. They really took off when Acuna moved from percussion to drums, and added Badrena on percussion. It's a shame that this lineup only lasted about a year.

[hajirizayev]

My father used to watch this masterpiece. Papa, I love you!

[kellycbeckett]

this was such a brilliant time for gifted musicians and fusion jazz..there was a plethora of creativity in the early - mid 70's between Return to Forever, Jean-Luc Ponty, Billy Cobham, Pat Metheny, Al di Meola..lot of them ended working in the studio together as well...glad I was alive and able to see them perform in their prime -- another great chapter in musical history sorely missed..

[NJbakintheday]

I was introduced to the music of Weather Report in 1986 while stationed in Germany, and I was never the same again. It opened up a whole other world for me musically. VonDexter Montegut, thank you brother for broadening my horizons. I would say rest in peace, but I have no doubt you're up there jammin' with Joe Z. and Jaco P. as i type this... the jam session of your dreams.

[Pierre-Leloup]

All of this has never happened before, and will never happen again. Forever unique