Procession (album)

Procession is the eleventh studio album by the jazz fusion band Weather Report. It was released in 1983 through Columbia Records. Although several previous Weather Report tracks included wordless singing, and "And Then" from Mr. Gone included brief lyrics, "Where the Moon Goes" was the band's first track including lyrics throughout, sung by members of The Manhattan Transfer. The band would continue to feature vocals on the next three studio albums.

Procession
Studio album by
Weather Report
ReleasedFebruary 1983
RecordedJuly - August 1982
StudioThe Power Station (New York City)
Universal Recording (Chicago)
The Music Room (Pasadena)
Fantasy Studios (Berkeley)
The Sound Castle (Los Angeles)
GenreJazz fusion
Length39:36
LabelColumbia
ProducerJoe Zawinul, Wayne Shorter
Weather Report chronology
Weather Report
(1982)		 Procession
(1983)		 Domino Theory
(1984)

Critical reception
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings[2]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide[3]

Reviewing the album in Record, Steve Futterman dismissed Procession as being competently crafted but too similar to Weather Report's previous albums to be of any interest. Noting the band's change in lineup, he stated, "Integrating new members, finding what they can offer and letting them stir things up can give an established band a welcome jolt of creativity, of fresh ideas. But in Weather Report's case, the overwhelming control of co-leaders Joe Zawinul and Wayne Shorter has reined in the skills of bassist Victor Bailey, drummer Omar Hakim and percussionist José Rossy in service of highly crafted but essentially petrified music."[4]

Track listing
  1. "Procession" (Josef Zawinul) – 8:42
  2. "Plaza Real" (Wayne Shorter) – 5:30
  3. "Two Lines" (Zawinul) – 7:43
  4. "Where the Moon Goes" (Zawinul, lyrics by Nan O'Byrne and Zawinul) – 7:50
  5. "The Well" (Shorter, Zawinul) – 4:00
  6. "Molasses Run" (Omar Hakim) – 5:49

Personnel

Weather Report

with:

Production

  • Neil Dorfsman – engineer
  • Tom Fouce – engineer
  • Mitch Gibson – engineer
  • Tom Miller – engineer
  • John Lykes – cover artwork
  • Bruce Talamon – photography

References
  1. Ginell, Richard S. (2011). "Procession - Weather Report | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 19 July 2011.
  2. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1475. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
  3. Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. pp. 204. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
  4. Futterman, Steve (June 1983). "Procession review". Record. 2 (8): 29.
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