Tale Spinnin'

Tale Spinnin'
Studio album by Weather Report
Released	1975
Recorded	February 1975 - April 4, 1975 Wally Heider Studios, Los Angeles, California
Genre	Jazz fusion
Length	43:01
Label	Columbia
Producer	Wayne Shorter, Josef Zawinul
Weather Report chronology
Mysterious Traveller (1974) Tale Spinnin' (1975) Black Market (1976)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic
Robert Christgau	B−

Tale Spinnin' is Weather Report's fifth album, featuring the addition of Leon "Ndugu" Chancellor on the drums. Ndugu was recruited after Zawinul heard him play with Carlos Santana and liked what he heard. Weather Report was recording next door to Ndugu in the studio. He was asked to join them for a recording session. That session ended up lasting a week and produced Tale Spinnin'. After the record, Ndugu was asked to join the band as a permanent member, but declined in favor of continuing to work with Carlos Santana.

Track listing

1. "Man in the Green Shirt" (Zawinul) – 6:29
2. "Lusitanos" (Shorter) – 7:25
3. "Between the Thighs" (Zawinul) – 9:33
4. "Badia" (Zawinul) – 5:21
5. "Freezing Fire" (Shorter) – 7:29
6. "Five Short Stories" (Zawinul) – 6:56

Personnel

• Josef Zawinul - Rhodes piano, melodica, acoustic piano, TONTO synthesizer, ARP 2600 synthesizer, organ, steel drums, out, mzuthra, vocals, West Africk, xylophone, cymbals
• Wayne Shorter - Soprano and tenor saxophones
• Alphonso Johnson - Electric bass
• Leon "Ndugu" Chancler - Drums, tympani, marching cymbals
• Alyrio Lima - Percussion

External links

• Weather Report Annotated Discography: Tale Spinnin'