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Procession (album)

April 10, 2024

Procession is the eleventh studio album by the jazz fusion band Weather Report. It was released in 1983 through Columbia Records. Although several previous Weather Report tracks included wordless singing, and "And Then" from Mr. Gone included brief lyrics, "Where the Moon Goes" was the band's first track including lyrics throughout, sung by members of The Manhattan Transfer. The band would continue to feature vocals on the next three studio albums.

Procession
Studio album by
Weather Report
ReleasedFebruary 19, 1983
RecordedJuly - August 1982
Studio
GenreJazz fusion
Length39:36
LabelColumbia
ProducerJoe Zawinul, Wayne Shorter
Weather Report chronology
Weather Report
(1982) 		Procession
(1983) 		Domino Theory
(1984)

Critical reception edit

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic     [1]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings    [3]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide     [2]

Reviewing the album in Record, Steve Futterman dismissed Procession as being competently crafted but too similar to Weather Report's previous albums to be of any interest. Noting the band's change in lineup, he stated, "Integrating new members, finding what they can offer and letting them stir things up can give an established band a welcome jolt of creativity, of fresh ideas. But in Weather Report's case, the overwhelming control of co-leaders Joe Zawinul and Wayne Shorter has reined in the skills of bassist Victor Bailey, drummer Omar Hakim and percussionist José Rossy in service of highly crafted but essentially petrified music."[4]

Track listing edit

  1. "Procession" (Josef Zawinul) – 8:42
  2. "Plaza Real" (Wayne Shorter) – 5:30
  3. "Two Lines" (Zawinul) – 7:43
  4. "Where the Moon Goes" (Zawinul, lyrics by Nan O'Byrne and Zawinul) – 7:50
  5. "The Well" (Shorter, Zawinul) – 4:00
  6. "Molasses Run" (Omar Hakim) – 5:49

Personnel edit

Weather Report

Additional musician

Production

  • Neil Dorfsman – engineer
  • Tom Fouce – engineer
  • Mitch Gibson – engineer
  • Tom Miller – engineer
  • John Lykes – cover artwork
  • Bruce Talamon – photography

References edit

  1. ^ Ginell, Richard S. (2011). "Procession - Weather Report | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 19 July 2011.
  2. ^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. pp. 204. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
  3. ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1475. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
  4. ^ Futterman, Steve (June 1983). "Procession review". Record. 2 (8): 29.

External links edit

  • Weather Report Annotated Discography: Procession

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