Remastered CD and MiniDisc reissue of the album. Heavy Weather is the seventh album by Weather Report, released in 1977 through Columbia Records. By 1991, the release had sold 1,000,000 copies in the US alone; it would prove to be the band's most commercially successful album and one of the best sellers in the Columbia jazz catalog. DownBeat magazine gave Heavy Weather a five-star review, and later its readers voted it jazz album of the year. The lineup for the album consisted of Weather Report founders Joe Zawinul (keyboards, synthesizers) and Wayne Shorter (saxophone), alongside Jaco Pastorius (bass), Alex Acuña (drums), and Manolo Badrena (percussion). It was produced and orchestrated by Zawinul, with additional production by Shorter and Pastorius, and engineered by Ron Malo. Manufactured By – Columbia Records Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Sony Music Entertainment Inc. Copyright © – Sony Music Entertainment Inc. Recorded At – Devonshire Studios Mastered At – Sony Music Studios, New York City A&R [Columbia Jazz Reissue Series] – Kevin Gore, Steve Berkowitz Art Direction [Reissue Art Direction] – Howard Fritzson Co-producer – Jaco Pastorius Coordinator [A&R Coordination] – Patti Matheny Coordinator [Project Director] – Seth Rothstein Design – Nancy Donald Design [Reissue Design] – Randall Martin Engineer – Ron Malo Engineer [Assistant Engineer] – Brian Risner, Jerry Hudgins Illustration – Lou Beach Liner Notes [July 1997] – John Ephland Management [Packaging Manager] – Nicholas Bennett Mastered By [Digitally Mastered By] – Mark Wilder Other [Chief Meteorologist] – Brian Risner Photography By – Keith Williams* Photography By [Liner Photography] – Don Hunstein Photography By [Page 4] – Sony Music Archives Producer [Assistant Producer] – Wayne Shorter Producer [Original Producer], Orchestrated By [Orchestrator] – Joe Zawinul Producer [Production Assistance] – Rene Arsenault Reissue Producer [Produced For Reissue By] – Bob Belden © 1997 Sony Music Entertainment Inc./ ℗ 1977 Sony Music Entertainment Inc. Disc(s) made in Germany. Packaged in USA.

Eleanora Fagan (April 7, 1915 – July 17, 1959), better known as Billie Holiday, was an American jazz singer with a career spanning nearly thirty years. Nicknamed "Lady Day" by her friend and music partner Lester Young, Holiday had a seminal influence on jazz music and pop singing.

Part of the 'Masters Of Jazz: The History Series 1949-1969'. 20 bit digitally remastered.

Scott Joplin was an American composer and pianist. Dubbed the "King of Ragtime", he composed more than 40 ragtime pieces, one ragtime ballet, and two operas.

The Original Dixieland Jazz Band was the first jazz group to record. Although their two earliest titles for Columbia ("Darktown Strutters Ball" and "Indiana") have not been reissued in a long time, all of the ODJB's output for Victor (including "Livery Stable Blues," the first jazz recording ever released) is on this definitive CD. This colorful group, which stuck exclusively to ensembles with no solos, introduced such standard tunes as "Original Dixieland One Step," "At the Jazz Band," "Fidgety Feet," "Sensation," "Clarinet Marmalade," "Margie," "Jazz Me Blues," "Royal Garden Blues," and "Tiger Rag," all of which are included on this release. It's an essential acquisition for any serious jazz library.

Ferdinand Joseph LaMothe, known professionally as Jelly Roll Morton, was an American ragtime and jazz pianist, bandleader, and composer. Morton was jazz's first arranger, proving that a genre rooted in improvisation could retain its essential characteristics when notated.

Ferdinand Joseph LaMothe, known professionally as Jelly Roll Morton, was an American ragtime and jazz pianist, bandleader, and composer. Morton was jazz's first arranger, proving that a genre rooted in improvisation could retain its essential characteristics when notated.

KID ORY - trombone ALVIN ALCORN - trumpet GEORGE PROBERT - clarinet DON EWELL - piano BILL NEWMAN - guitar ED GARLAND - bass MINOR HALL - drums

Companies, etc. Recorded At – Generation Sound Studios Mastered At – Sterling Sound Distributed By – Polydor Incorporated Phonographic Copyright (p) – ECM Records GmbH Credits Artwork – Rolf Liese Composed By – Jan Hammer (tracks: A1, B1), John Abercrombie (tracks: A2, A3, B2, B3) Drums – Jack De Johnette* Engineer – Tony May Engineer [Mixing Engineer] – Jan Erik Kongshaug Guitar – John Abercrombie Mastered By – RL* Organ, Synthesizer, Piano – Jan Hammer Photography By – Roberto Masotti Producer – Manfred Eicher Notes Includes printed inner sleeve. Recorded June 21, 22, 1974 at Generation Sound Studios, New York. Printed in U.S.A. Barcode and Other Identifiers Matrix / Runout (Side A etched except STERLING stamped var. 1): ECM-1047·A STERLING RL Matrix / Runout (Side B etched except STERLING stamped var.1): ECM-1047·B STERLING RL Matrix / Runout (Side A stamped except X etched var. 2): ST-ECM 1047-A1 X Matrix / Runout (Side B etched except STERLING stamped var. 2 ): ECM-1047-B STERLING RL Matrix / Runout (Side A stamped except XX etched var. 3): ST-ECM 1047-A1 XX Matrix / Runout (Side B stamped except XX etched var. 3): ST-ECM 1047-B1 XX