There was a thing went in me, we listened to this and we knew Jaco was the guy because he had the flexibility to grow and Chester was Chester." Heavy Weather was the album and "Birdland" the track which elevated Weather Report off of obscure "Best of" lists of critics and onto radio play and the turntables of fans, but Black Market is equally strong as the set-up left jab for the following roundhouse right punch that would follow a year later. Zawinul explained why Thompson was one-and-done in Weather Report as a decision to go with Pastorious and have Acuna play drums on the next album, Heavy Weather, "Jaco and Chester couldn't play together, couldn't make it. Johnson would soon follow to join Duke and Billy Cobham's band and he would be superseded by one John Francis Anthony Pastorius III, otherwise known as "Jaco." To fill the ever changing drum chair, Thompson was recommended by Alphonso Johnson and Acuna by Don Alias who was departing. The new Reporters recruited for the fifth album were drummer Chester Thompson, an expatriate from one of Frank Zappa's numerous Mothers of Invention, where other musicians ( George Duke, Vinnie Colaiuta, Jean-Luc Ponty) enhanced their jazz chops and Peruvian percussionist Alejando Acuna. It is essential for tons of information and insights about the inner workings of the group including Zawinul explaining the method behind the practice of swapping out musicians. Any devotee of the band should already have Curt Bianchi's site, Weather Report: The Annotated Discography bookmarked.
Living up to their name under the guidance of keyboardist Zawinul and saxophonist supreme, Wayne Shorter, the duo were the only constants throughout their 15 year run and they weren't reluctant on pulling the trigger when they felt it was time for a personnel change. Changing musicians gives us fresh blood, new ideas." But sometimes they're going in one direction and we're going in another one, so we have to make a change. All the people who have played with us are great mother-fucking musicians.
There are a lot of musicians out there in the world. Zawinul explained the latest comings-and-goings in a 1976 interview, "We're always happy with the group, because if we're not happy, we change it. Gone from 1975's Tale Spinnin' line up were percussionist Alyrio Lima and drummer Ndugu Leon Chancler. As Weather Report returned to the studio to cut their next album the band was yet again in flux.
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