Sweetnighter

Sweetnighter
Studio album by Weather Report
Released	1973
Recorded	February 3-7, 1973 Connecticut Recording Studio
Genre	Jazz fusion
Length	44:41
Label	Columbia
Producer	Bob Belden (Reissue producer)
Weather Report chronology
Live in Tokyo (1972) Sweetnighter (1973) Mysterious Traveller (1974)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic
Robert Christgau	(B)
Rolling Stone	(not rated)

Sweetnighter is Weather Report's third studio album, released on Columbia Records in 1973. The group had recorded the songs in a five day stretch during February of the same year. It was to be the last album to feature founding member Miroslav Vitouš as the primary bassist.

Track listing

1. "Boogie Woogie Waltz" (J. Zawinul)– 13:06
2. "Manolete" (W. Shorter)– 5:58
3. "Adios" (J. Zawinul)– 3:02
4. "125th Street Congress" (J. Zawinul)– 12:16
5. "Will" (M. Vitouš)– 6:22
6. "Non-Stop Home" (W. Shorter)– 3:53

Personnel

• Josef Zawinul - Electric and acoustic piano, synthesizer
• Wayne Shorter - Soprano and tenor sax
• Miroslav Vitouš - Electric and acoustic bass
• Eric Gravatt - Drums (tracks 2, 4 and 6)
• Dom Um Romão - Percussion

with

• Muruga Booker - Percussion
• Andrew White - Electric bass (tracks 1, 4 and 6), English horn (tracks 3 and 5)
• Herschel Dwellingham - Drums (tracks 1, 2, 3 and 6)

External links

• Weather Report Annotated Discography: Sweetnighter