In September 1978, “ARC” label released “Mr. Gone”, the ninth Weather Report album. It was recorded in May 1978, at “Devonshire Sound Studios” in Hollywood, and was produced by Joe Zawinul and Jaco Pastorius.
Personnel:
- Joe Zawinul- modified Rhodes 88 electric piano, acoustic piano, two ARP 2600 synthesizers, Oberheim polyphonic synthesizer, Sequential Circuits Prophet 5 synthesizer, Mu-Tron Bi-Phase and Mu-Tron Volume Wah effects, kalimba, thumbeki drums, sleigh bells, melodica, high hat, voice
- Wayne Shorter- tenor, alto and soprano saxophone, voice
- Jaco Pastorius- bass, drums, timpani, voice
- Peter Erskine- drums , high hat , voice
- Tony Williams, Steve Gadd- drums
- Manolo Badrena- voice solo
- Jon Lucien, Deniece Williams- voice
- Maurice White- vocal
- Alex Kazanegras – engineer
- Dave Mancini – second engineer
- Nancy Donald – design
- Lou Beach – cover illustration
Track listing:
- The Pursuit of the Woman with the Feathered Hat – Joe Zawinul
- River People – Jaco Pastorius
- Young and Fine – Joe Zawinul
- The Elders – Wayne Shorter, arranged by Joe Zawinul
- Gone – Joe Zawinul
- Punk Jazz – Jaco Pastorius
- Pinocchio – Wayne Shorter
- And Then – music – Joe Zawinul, lyrics – Sam Guest
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