This article is about the Weather Report album. For the System 7 compilation album, see System 7 (band). For the anthology radio series, see The Mysterious Traveler.
1974 studio album by Weather Report
Mysterious Traveller
Studio album by
Weather Report
Released
March 24, 1974
Recorded
November 1973 – March 1974
Studio
Devonshire Sound Studios, Los Angeles
Genre
Jazz fusion
Length
48:17
Label
Columbia
Producer
Josef Zawinul, Wayne Shorter
Weather Report chronology
Sweetnighter (1973)
Mysterious Traveller (1974)
Tale Spinnin' (1975)
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source
Rating
Allmusic
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Robert Christgau
B[2]
Sputnikmusic
[3]
All About Jazz
(favorable)[4]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide
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The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings
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Mysterious Traveller is the fourth studio album by the jazz and jazz fusion ensemble Weather Report and was released in 1974. This was their final recording with founding bassist Miroslav Vitouš, who left due to creative differences. Vitouš was replaced by Alphonso Johnson. Another addition to the line-up is drummer Ishmael Wilburn. Greg Errico was the drummer for the tour between the previously released Sweetnighter and this album, but declined an invitation to be a permanent member of the band.
The record is the band's first that predominantly uses electric bass and incorporates liberal uses of funk, R&B grooves, and rock that would later be hallmarked as the band's "signature" sound. Also, the more restricted compositional format became evident on this album, replacing the more "open improvisation" formats used on the first three albums. It was voted as the album of the year by the readers of DownBeat for 1974, garnering Weather Report's second overall win in that category, also garnering a five-star review from that publication along the way. The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings included the album in its suggested “core collection” of essential recordings.[6]
The album peaked at number 2 in the Billboard Jazz Albums chart, number 31 in the R&B album chart, and number 46 in the Billboard 200.[7]
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