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I Sing the Body Electric (album)

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Released
  
May 26, 1972

Producer
  
Robert Devere

Artist
  
Weather Report

Label
  
Columbia Records

Length
  
46:28

I Sing the Body Electric (1972)
  
Live in Tokyo (1972)

Release date
  
26 May 1972

Genre
  
Jazz fusion

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Recorded
  
November 1971 (A1-A2) January 1972 (A3-A4) January 13, 1972 (B1-B3)

Similar
  
Weather Report albums, Jazz fusion albums

I Sing the Body Electric is the second album released by Weather Report from 1972. The album includes two new members of the band: percussionist Dom Um Romão and drummer Eric Gravatt. The last three tracks were recorded live in concert in Tokyo, Japan on January 13, 1972. These tracks have been edited for this album and can be heard in their entirety on Weather Report's 1972 import album Live in Tokyo.

Contents

The album takes its title from an 1855 poem by Walt Whitman, also a 1969 short story by Ray Bradbury.

Track listing

  1. "Unknown Soldier" (Zawinul) – 8:00
  2. "The Moors" (Shorter) – 4:45
  3. "Crystal" (Vitouš) – 7:25
  4. "Second Sunday In August" (Zawinul)– 4:13
  5. "Medley: Vertical Invader" (Zawinul) /"T.H." (Vitouš) /"Dr. Honoris Causa" (Zawinul)– 10:40
  6. "Surucucú" (Shorter) – 7:42
  7. "Directions" (Zawinul) – 4:36

Personnel

Weather Report
  • Josef Zawinul - Electric and acoustic piano, ARP 2600 synthesizer
  • Wayne Shorter - Saxophones
  • Miroslav Vitouš - Bass
  • Eric Gravatt - Drums
  • Dom Um Romão - Percussion
    • Special Guests
  • Andrew White - English horn ("Unknown Soldier" only)
  • Hubert Laws, Jr. - Flute ("Unknown Soldier" only)
  • Wilmer Wise - D and piccolo trumpets ("Unknown Soldier" only)
  • Yolande Bavan - Voice ("Unknown Soldier" only)
  • Joshie Armstrong - Voice ("Unknown Soldier" only)
  • Chapman Roberts - Voice ("Unknown Soldier" only)
  • Roger Powell - Consultant (synthesizer programming) ("Unknown Soldier" only)
  • Ralph Towner - 12-string guitar ("The Moors" only)
    • Technical
  • Wayne Tarnowski, Susumu Satoh - engineer
  • Ed Lee - cover design
  • Fred Swanson, Jack Trompetter - cover artwork

    • Songs

    1Unknown Soldier
    2The Moors4:43
    3Crystal7:19

    References

    I Sing the Body Electric (album) Wikipedia
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