Weather Report Mysterious Traveller Jazz Music CD Review

Not certain what's happening with me on this one, but it looks like the more than Iodine listen to it, the better Cryptic Traveler gets. Cryptic Traveler simply set is one of their best CDs to date.

It's a rare twenty-four hours indeed that I acquire a cadmium from an creative person that I can truthfully state makes not have got a bad path in the bunch. I'm more than happy to denote that's exactly what I must state about this one. There simply isn't a bad 1 in the bunch. No fillers here at all, with each song standing tall on it's own.

Mysterious Traveler is a nicely varied, premix of 7 paths that are very well written and brilliantly performed songs by these clearly talented musicians. With many of the songs displaying a batch of the sort emotion that brands for a really great listen. Clearly drawing from what I can only conceive of are their ain existent life experiences. At different points touching on the most existent emotions of love, heartbreak, pain, failed human relationships and unachievable romance. They're all here.

Listen to this cadmium and I believe you'll happen there's not much to dis-like astir it. The songs are inspired, the production is simply outstanding, and this is clearly the work of a grouping of instrumentalists in top form. So much so that if you're level mildly into Wind music you'll bask this album.

While the full record record album is outstanding some of my favourites are path 2 - American Tango, path 5 - Blackthorn Rose, and path 7 - Jungle Book

My Bonus Pick, and the 1 that got Sensitive [...as in "Stuck On REpeat"] is path 1 - Nubian Sundance. Good stuff!

Mysterious Traveler Release Notes:

Weather Report originally released Cryptic Traveler on June 4, 2002 on the Bequest Recordings label.

CD Path List Follows:

1. Nubian Sundance

2. American Tango

3. Cucumber Slumber

4. Cryptic Traveller

5. Blackthorn Rose

6. Red Woman

7. Jungle Book

Weather Report: John Wayne Shorter (soprano & tenor voice saxophones); Joe Zawinul (Fender Rhodes, piano, synthesizer); Alphonso Samuel Johnson (electric bass); Ishmael Wilburn (drums); Dom Um Romao (percussion).

Additional personnel: Miroslav Vitous (acoustic bass); Eric Gravatt (drums).

Recorded at Devonshire Sound, North Hollywood, Golden State between February and March 1974. Includes line drive short letters by Hal Miller.