Mr. Gone (album)

Mr. Gone
Studio album by Weather Report
Released	September 1978
Recorded	May 1978 Devonshire Sound Studios, North Hollywood, California
Genre	Jazz fusion, disco
Length	37:15
Label	ARC/Columbia
Producer	Joe Zawinul, Jaco Pastorius
Weather Report chronology
Heavy Weather (1977) Mr. Gone (1978) 8:30 (1979)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
Robert Christgau	(B)[2]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide	[3]

Mr. Gone is the ninth album by Weather Report. Recorded and released in 1978, it is perhaps best known for receiving a "one-star" rating by Down Beat magazine.

According to Down Beat magazine, "Zawinul, Shorter, et al. have made the controversial music a commercial product; unfortunately ... Weather Report has over-orchestrated its sound." The album was quickly certified Gold, being the follow-up to the widely successful Heavy Weather and topped out at #52 on the Billboard music charts.

Track listing

1. "The Pursuit of the Woman with the Feathered Hat" (Zawinul) 5:03
2. "River People" (Pastorius) 4:50
3. "Young and Fine" (Zawinul) 6:55
4. "The Elders" (Shorter, arranged by Zawinul) 4:21
5. "Mr. Gone" (Zawinul) 5:26
6. "Punk Jazz" (Pastorius) 5:09
7. "Pinocchio" (Shorter) 2:26
8. "And Then" (musiс - Zawinul, lyrics - Sam Guest) 3:22

Personnel

Weather Report:

• 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 (track 1)
• Wayne Shorter - Tenor, alto and soprano saxophone, voice (track 1)
• Jaco Pastorius - Bass, drums (tracks 1 and 2), timpani (track 2), voice (tracks 1, 2 and 6)
• Peter Erskine - Drums (tracks 1 and 7), high hat (track 3), voice (track 1)

with

• Tony Williams - Drums (tracks 5 and 6)
• Steve Gadd - Drums (tracks 3 and 8)

Guests:

• Manolo Badrena - Voice Solo (track 1)
• Jon Lucien - Voice (track 1)
• Deniece Williams - Voice (track 8)
• Maurice White - Vocal (track 8)

References

1. Ginell, Richard S. (2011). "Mr. Gone - Weather Report | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 19 July 2011.
2. Christgau, Robert (2011). "Robert Christgau: CG: weather report". robertchristgau.com. Retrieved 19 July 2011.
3. Swenson, J. (Editor) (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 204. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.

External links

• Weather Report Annotated Discography: Mr. Gone