Cannon Ball

Weather Report (Joe Zawinul) · 1976 · comp. Joe Zawinul

Context

Zawinul's tribute to Julian « Cannonball » Adderley, who had employed him in the 1960s and died a few months before the sessions. Jaco Pastorius plays fretless bass on this track.

In the genealogy of jazz

This track belongs to Fusion, jazz-rock, jazz-funk. Among the origins and influences of Fusion, jazz-rock, jazz-funk: Modal, Soul jazz, boogaloo, Hard bop, Free jazz, Brazilian instrumental music, Indo-jazz, Modern big bands, Clube da Esquina (Minas Gerais).

By the same artist

• Black Market (1976)
• Elegant People (1976)
• Barbary Coast (1976)
• Teen Town (1977)
• Havona (1977)
• Palladíum (1977)

Sources

• EN: Black Market (Weather Report album)

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