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Jaco Pastorius
Jaco Pastorius
American jazz bassist, producer, educator
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Peter Erskine
Peter Erskine
American musician
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Robert Thomas, Jr.
Robert Thomas, Jr.
American musician
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Miroslav Vitouš
Miroslav Vitouš
Czech bass guitarist, jazz musician and contrabassist
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Wayne Shorter
Wayne Shorter
American jazz saxophonist and composer
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Richard Bona
Richard Bona
Cameroon-American jazz bassist and musician
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Alphonso Johnson
Alphonso Johnson
American musician
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Alex Acuña
Alex Acuña
Peruvian musician
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John Scofield
John Scofield
American jazz guitarist and composer
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Mike Stern
Mike Stern
American jazz guitarist
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Randy Bernsen
Randy Bernsen
musical artist
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Gerald Veasley
Gerald Veasley
American musician
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Habib Faye
Habib Faye
Senegalese musicians
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Robert Trujillo
Robert Trujillo
American Bass Player
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John McLaughlin
John McLaughlin
English guitarist, bandleader, and composer; founder of the Mahavishnu Orchestra
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Joe Zawinul
Joe Zawinul
Austrian composer and pianist
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Will Calhoun
Will Calhoun
American musician
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Herbie Mann
Herbie Mann
American jazz flutist
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Yellowjackets
Yellowjackets
American jazz fusion band
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Mino Cinelu
Mino Cinelu
French musician
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Biréli Lagrène
Biréli Lagrène
French guitarist and bassist
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Don Alias
Don Alias
American jazz percussionist
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Pat Metheny
Pat Metheny
American jazz musician
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Bob Mintzer
Bob Mintzer
jazz musician
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Juan Alderete
Juan Alderete
musician
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Kenny Kirkland
Kenny Kirkland
American musician
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Airto Moreira
Airto Moreira
Brazilian musician
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Brian Bromberg
Brian Bromberg
American musician
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Michael Brecker
Michael Brecker
American musician
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Tony Williams
Tony Williams
American jazz drummer
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Kazumi Watanabe
Kazumi Watanabe
Japanese jazz guitarist, composer, producer and University visiting professor (1953-)
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Return to Forever
Return to Forever
American jazz fusion group led by Chick Corea
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Jimmy Haslip
Jimmy Haslip
American electric bass player and record producer
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Randy Brecker
Randy Brecker
American flugelhorn and trumpet player (1945-)
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Stanley Clarke
Stanley Clarke
American bassist, film composer and founding member of Return to Forever
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Chick Corea
Chick Corea
American jazz and fusion pianist, keyboardist, and composer
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Michel Camilo
Michel Camilo
Dominican Grammy-award winning pianist and composer (born 1954)
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Bruce Ditmas
Bruce Ditmas
American musician
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John Taylor
John Taylor
British jazz pianist
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Fareed Haque
Fareed Haque
American musician
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John Medeski
John Medeski
American jazz keyboards player and composer
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Pedro Aznar
Pedro Aznar
Argentine musician and singer-songwriter
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Jeff Berlin
Jeff Berlin
American musician
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Howard Johnson
Howard Johnson
American musician
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Jerry Gonzalez
Jerry Gonzalez
American musician
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Blood, Sweat & Tears
Blood, Sweat & Tears
American rock music band
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Joe Chambers
Joe Chambers
American jazz drummer, pianist, vibraphonist and composer
Weather Report
American jazz fusion band of the 1970s and early 1980s

Weather Report

Intro
American jazz fusion band of the 1970s and early 1980s
Record Labels
Awards Received
Grammy Award for Best Jazz Fusion Performance
Grammy Hall of Fame
Grammy Hall of Fame
Nominated For
Grammy Award for Best Jazz Fusion Performance
News
Members, past and present

Weather Report was an American jazz fusion band active from 1970 to 1986. The band was founded (and initially co-led) by Austrian keyboard player Joe Zawinul, American saxophonist Wayne Shorter and Czech bassist Miroslav Vitouš. Other prominent members at various points in the band's lifespan included Jaco Pastorius, Alphonso Johnson, Victor Bailey, Chester Thompson, Peter Erskine, Airto Moreira, and Alex Acuna. Throughout most of its existence, the band was a quintet consisting of Zawinul, Shorter, a bass guitarist, a drummer, and a percussionist.

The band started as a free improvising jazz group with avant-garde and experimental electronic leanings; when Vitouš left Weather Report (due mostly to creative disagreements), Zawinul increasingly steered the band towards a funky, edgy sound incorporating elements of R&B and native musics from around the world. Zawinul utilized the latest developments in synthesizer technology, and took advantage of a large variety of sounds and tone colors to make the band stand out. During the first half of their career, Weather Report were seen as one of the defining acts in modern jazz, winning the DownBeat "best album award" five times in a row.

Alongside Mahavishnu Orchestra, Return to Forever, and Herbie Hancock's the Headhunters, Weather Report are widely considered one of the defining bands of the fusion era.