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| name = Night Passage
| name = Night Passage
| type = Studio
| type = Studio
| longtype = with a live track<br />
| artist = [[Weather Report]]
| artist = [[Weather Report]]
| cover = WRnightpassage.jpg
| cover = WRnightpassage.jpg
| alt =
| alt =
| released = November 1980
| released = November 1980
| recorded = July 12/13, 1980 (#1-7)<br>The Complex studios, [[Los Angeles]]<br>June 29, 1980 (#8)<br>[[Festival Hall, Osaka]], [[Japan]]
| recorded = June 29, 1980 (#8) <br />July 12/13, 1980 (#1–7)
| venue =
| venue = [[Festival Hall, Osaka]], [[Japan]]
| studio =
| studio = The Complex ([[Los Angeles]])
| genre = [[Jazz fusion]]
| genre = [[Jazz fusion]]
| length = 48:05
| length = 48:05
| label = [[American Record Corporation|ARC]]/ [[Columbia Records|Columbia]]
| label = [[American Record Corporation|ARC]]/[[Columbia Records|Columbia]]
| producer = [[Joe Zawinul]], [[Jaco Pastorius]]
| producer = [[Joe Zawinul]], [[Jaco Pastorius]]
| prev_title = [[8:30]]
| prev_title = [[8:30]]
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| next_year = 1982
| next_year = 1982
}}
}}
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'''''Night Passage''''' is the ninth studio album by [[Weather Report]], released in 1980. The tracks were recorded on July 12 and 13, 1980, at The Complex studios in Los Angeles (before a crowd of 250 people who can be heard on a couple of tracks),<ref>[http://www.jazzdisco.org/wayne-shorter/catalog/#columbia-jc-36793 Weather Report - ''Night Passage'' (1980) album] at JazzDisco.org</ref> except for "Madagascar", recorded live at the [[Festival Hall, Osaka]], Japan on June 29 of the same year.


The album introduces a new member to the band, percussionist [[Robert Thomas Jr.]] ''Night Passage'' dials back the elaborate production of some of Weather Report's earlier releases (most notably 1978's ''[[Mr. Gone (album)|Mr. Gone]]''). What is lost in overdubs is made up in solo improvisation in the classic [[jazz]] tradition.

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[[Jaco Pastorius]] re-recorded the seventh track on the album, "Three Views of a Secret", for his second solo studio album, ''[[Word of Mouth (Jaco Pastorius album)|Word of Mouth]]'' (1981).

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== Critical reception ==
{{Album ratings
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
| rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
| rev1Score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref name=Allmusic>{{cite web |url= http://www.allmusic.com/album/r149934 |title=Weather Report - ''Night Passage'' (1980) album review, credits & releases &#124; AllMusic |first=Richard S. |last=Ginell |work=allmusic.com |year=2011 |accessdate=19 July 2011}}</ref>
| rev1Score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref name=Allmusic>{{cite web |url= http://www.allmusic.com/album/r149934 |title=Weather Report - ''Night Passage'' (1980) album review, credits & releases &#124; AllMusic |first=Richard S. |last=Ginell |work=allmusic.com |year=2011 |accessdate=19 July 2011}}</ref>
| rev2 = ''[[Robert Christgau]]''
| rev2 = [[Robert Christgau]]
| rev2Score = C+ <ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?name=weather+report |title=Robert Christgau: CG: weather report |first=R. |last=Christgau |work=robertchristgau.com |year=2011 |accessdate=19 July 2011}}</ref>
| rev2Score = C+<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?name=weather+report |title=Robert Christgau: CG: weather report |first=R. |last=Christgau |work=robertchristgau.com |year=2011 |accessdate=19 July 2011}}</ref>
| rev3 = ''[[The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide]]''
| rev5 = ''[[The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide]]''
| rev5Score = {{rating|4|5}}<ref name=RSJRG>{{Cite book|editor-last=Swenson |editor-first=J. |author-link = |year = 1985 |title = The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide |publisher = Random House/Rolling Stone |location = USA |isbn = 0-394-72643-X |pages = 204 }}</ref>
| rev3Score = {{rating|4|5}} <ref name=RSJRG>{{Cite book
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| rev4 = ''[[The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings]]''
|editor-last=Swenson
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| rev4score = {{Rating|3|4}}<ref name="Penguin">{{cite book |last1=Cook |first1=Richard |authorlink1=Richard Cook (journalist) |last2=Morton |first2=Brian |authorlink2=Brian Morton (Scottish writer) |title=[[The Penguin Guide to Jazz|The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings]] |year=2008 |edition=9th |publisher=[[Penguin Books|Penguin]] |isbn=978-0-141-03401-0 |page=1475}}</ref>
|editor-first=J.
| rev3 = ''[[Jazz Journal]]''
| author-link =
| rev3score = (favourable)<ref name=JazzJournal>{{cite web|url=https://jazzjournal.co.uk/2021/03/30/jj-03-81-weather-report-night-passage/|title=JJ 03/81: Weather Report – Night Passage
| year = 1985
|last=Gilbert |first=Mark|publisher=[[Jazz Journal]]|date=March 1981|access-date=August 21, 2023}}</ref>
| title = The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide
| publisher = Random House/Rolling Stone
| location = USA
| isbn = 0-394-72643-X
| pages = 204
}}</ref>
|rev4 = [[High Fidelity (magazine)|High Fidelity]]
|rev4Score = (favourable)<ref name=HighFidelity>{{cite magazine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UVdLAAAAYAAJ|title=Weather Report: Night Passage|author=Heckman, Don|page=102|volume=31|date=February 1981|publisher=[[High Fidelity (magazine)|High Fidelity]]}}</ref>
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|rev5 = ''[[The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings]]''
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|rev5score = {{Rating|3|4}}<ref name="Penguin">{{cite book |last1=Cook |first1=Richard |authorlink1=Richard Cook (journalist) |last2=Morton |first2=Brian |authorlink2=Brian Morton (Scottish writer) |title=[[The Penguin Guide to Jazz|The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings]] |year=2008 |edition=9th |publisher=[[Penguin Books|Penguin]] |isbn=978-0-141-03401-0 |page=1475}}</ref>
}}
}}
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Richard S. Ginell of [[AllMusic]] wrote: "All things being relative, this is Weather Report's straight-ahead album, where the elaborate production layers of the late-'70s gave way to sparer textures and more unadorned solo improvisation in the jazz tradition, electric instruments and all."<ref name=Allmusic /> Don Heckman of ''[[High Fidelity (magazine)|High Fidelity]]'' called ''Night Passage'' "one of the finest albums Weather Report has ever made".<ref name="HighFidelity">{{cite web|url=http://www.americanradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Audio/Archive-High-Fidelity-IDX/IDX/80s/High-Fidelity-1981-02-IDX-122.pdf#search=%22weather%20report%22|title=Weather Report: Night Passage |last=Heckman |first=Don |publisher=[[High Fidelity (magazine)|High Fidelity]] |volume=31|issue=2|date=February 1981|page=102|access-date=December 8, 2022 }}</ref>


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''Night Passage'' was [[Grammy]]-nominated in the category of [[Best Jazz Fusion Performance, Vocal or Instrumental]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Weather Report |url=https://www.grammy.com/artists/weather-report/16387 |website=grammy.com |publisher=[[The Recording Academy]]}}</ref>
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'''''Night Passage''''' is the ninth studio album by [[Weather Report]], released in 1980. The tracks were recorded on July 12 and 13, 1980 at The Complex studios in Los Angeles (before a crowd of 250 people who can be heard on a couple of tracks),<ref>[http://www.jazzdisco.org/wayne-shorter/catalog/#columbia-jc-36793 Weather Report - ''Night Passage'' (1980) album] at JazzDisco.org</ref> except for "Madagascar", recorded live at the [[Festival Hall, Osaka]], Japan on June 29 of the same year. The album introduces a new member to the band, percussionist [[Robert Thomas, Jr. (percussionist)|Robert Thomas Jr.]] ''Night Passage'' loses the over-done production layers of some of Weather Report's earlier releases (most notably 1978's ''[[Mr. Gone (album)|Mr. Gone]]''). What is lost in layers of overdubs is made up in solo improvisation in the classic jazz tradition.


==Trivia==
== Track listing ==
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"Three Views of a Secret" would be rerecorded for Jaco's solo album ''[[Word of Mouth (Jaco Pastorius album)|Word of Mouth]]'' (1981).

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==Critical reception==
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Richard S. Ginell of [[Allmusic]] gave a four out of five stars review saying "All things being relative, this is Weather Report's straightahead album, where the elaborate production layers of the late-'70s gave way to sparer textures and more unadorned solo improvisation in the jazz tradition, electric instruments and all."<ref name=Allmusic /> Don Heckman of [[High Fidelity (magazine)|High Fidelity]] called Night Passage "one of the finest albums Weather Report has ever made".<ref name=HighFidelity />

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Night Passage was [[Grammy]] nominated in the category of [[Best Jazz Fusion Performance, Vocal or Instrumental]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.grammy.com/grammys/artists/weather-report|title=Weather Report|publisher=[[The Recording Academy]]|website=grammy.com}}</ref>

==Track listing==
{{tracklist
{{tracklist
| title1 = Night Passage
| title1 = Night Passage
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| length2 = 6:26
| length2 = 6:26
| title3 = Port of Entry
| title3 = Port of Entry
| writer3 = Shorter
| writer3 = [[Wayne Shorter]]
| length3 = 5:09
| length3 = 5:09
| title4 = Forlorn
| title4 = Forlorn
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| length6 = 6:17
| length6 = 6:17
| title7 = Three Views of a Secret
| title7 = Three Views of a Secret
| writer7 = Pastorius
| writer7 = [[Jaco Pastorius]]
| length7 = 5:50
| length7 = 5:50
| title8 = Madagascar
| title8 = Madagascar
| writer8 = Zawinul
| writer8 = Zawinul
| note8 = live
| length8 = 10:56
| length8 = 10:56
}}
}}


==Personnel==
== Personnel ==
'''Weather Report'''
*[[Josef Zawinul]] – keyboards, synthesizers
* Josef Zawinul – keyboards and synthesizers
*[[Wayne Shorter]] – saxophones
*[[Jaco Pastorius]] – fretless bass
* [[Wayne Shorter]] – saxophones
*[[Peter Erskine]] – drums
* [[Jaco Pastorius]] – fretless bass
* [[Peter Erskine]] – drums
*[[Robert Thomas, Jr. (percussionist)|Robert Thomas Jr.]] – percussion
* [[Robert Thomas Jr.]] – percussion
;Technical

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*Brian Risner, [[George Massenburg]], Jerry Hudgins – engineer
'''Production'''
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*Joseph Futterer, Richie Powell – art direction
* Brian Risner – engineer
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*Nicholas DeVore III, Pete Turner – cover photography
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* [[George Massenburg]] – engineer
* Jerry Hudgins – engineer
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* Joseph Futterer – art direction
* Richie Powell – art direction
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* [[Nicholas DeVore III]] – cover photography
* [[Pete Turner (photographer)|Pete Turner]] – cover photography


==References==
== References ==
{{reflist}}
{{reflist}}


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* [http://www.binkie.net/wrdisc/Night%20Passage.html Weather Report Annotated Discography: ''Night Passage'' (1980)]
* [http://www.binkie.net/wrdisc/Night%20Passage.html Weather Report Annotated Discography: ''Night Passage'' (1980)]
* [https://www.discogs.com/Weather-Report-Night-Passage/release/681251 Weather Report - ''Night Passage'' (1980) album releases & credits] at [[Discogs]]
* [https://www.discogs.com/Weather-Report-Night-Passage/release/681251 Weather Report - ''Night Passage'' (1980) album releases & credits] at [[Discogs]]
* [http://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=8014 Weather Report - ''Night Passage'' (1980) album credits & user reviews] at ProgArchives.com
* [https://open.spotify.com/album/297vP5Fa2Zox6ZNb5zWOuG Weather Report - ''Night Passage'' (1980) album to be listened] on [[Spotify]]
* [https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_kPXEH50FlLnXIvQ4L2Fs1TnXQq2JBFxSg Weather Report - ''Night Passage'' (1980) album to be listened] on [[YouTube]]


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Latest revision as of 16:17, 11 June 2024

Night Passage
Studio album with a live track
by
Weather Report
ReleasedNovember 1980
RecordedJune 29, 1980 (#8)
July 12/13, 1980 (#1–7)
VenueFestival Hall, Osaka, Japan
StudioThe Complex (Los Angeles)
GenreJazz fusion
Length48:05
LabelARC/Columbia
ProducerJoe Zawinul, Jaco Pastorius
Weather Report chronology
8:30
(1979) 		Night Passage
(1980) 		Weather Report
(1982)

Night Passage is the ninth studio album by Weather Report, released in 1980. The tracks were recorded on July 12 and 13, 1980, at The Complex studios in Los Angeles (before a crowd of 250 people who can be heard on a couple of tracks),[1] except for "Madagascar", recorded live at the Festival Hall, Osaka, Japan on June 29 of the same year.

The album introduces a new member to the band, percussionist Robert Thomas Jr. Night Passage dials back the elaborate production of some of Weather Report's earlier releases (most notably 1978's Mr. Gone). What is lost in overdubs is made up in solo improvisation in the classic jazz tradition.

Jaco Pastorius re-recorded the seventh track on the album, "Three Views of a Secret", for his second solo studio album, Word of Mouth (1981).

Critical reception

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Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
Robert ChristgauC+[3]
Jazz Journal(favourable)[6]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings[5]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide[4]

Richard S. Ginell of AllMusic wrote: "All things being relative, this is Weather Report's straight-ahead album, where the elaborate production layers of the late-'70s gave way to sparer textures and more unadorned solo improvisation in the jazz tradition, electric instruments and all."[2] Don Heckman of High Fidelity called Night Passage "one of the finest albums Weather Report has ever made".[7]

Night Passage was Grammy-nominated in the category of Best Jazz Fusion Performance, Vocal or Instrumental.[8]

Track listing

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No.TitelWriter(s)Length
1."Night Passage"Joe Zawinul6:30
2."Dream Clock"Zawinul6:26
3."Port of Entry"Wayne Shorter5:09
4."Forlorn"Zawinul3:55
5."Rockin' in Rhythm"Duke Ellington, Irving Mills, Harry Carney3:02
6."Fast City"Zawinul6:17
7."Three Views of a Secret"Jaco Pastorius5:50
8."Madagascar" (live)Zawinul10:56

Personnel

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Weather Report

Production

References

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  1. ^ Weather Report - Night Passage (1980) album at JazzDisco.org
  2. ^ a b Ginell, Richard S. (2011). "Weather Report - Night Passage (1980) album review, credits & releases | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 19 July 2011.
  3. ^ Christgau, R. (2011). "Robert Christgau: CG: weather report". robertchristgau.com. Retrieved 19 July 2011.
  4. ^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 204. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
  5. ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1475. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
  6. ^ Gilbert, Mark (March 1981). "JJ 03/81: Weather Report – Night Passage". Jazz Journal. Retrieved August 21, 2023.
  7. ^ Heckman, Don (February 1981). "Weather Report: Night Passage" (PDF). High Fidelity. p. 102. Retrieved December 8, 2022.
  8. ^ "Weather Report". grammy.com. The Recording Academy.
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