Sweetnighter

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Sweetnighter is a 1973 jazz fusion album by Weather Report that marked the band’s shift toward a funkier, groove-oriented sound.

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Sweetnighter canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf album
studio album
artist Weather Report
chronology Weather Report studio albums chronology
countryOfOrigin United States
featuresInstrument bass
drums
electric piano
percussion
soprano saxophone
tenor saxophone
featuresMusician Andrew White
Dom Um Romão
Eric Gravatt
Herschel Dwellingham
Joe Zawinul
Miroslav Vitouš
Muruga Booker
Wayne Shorter
genre funk
jazz
jazz fusion
hasCoverArt Sweetnighter cover image
hasCriticalReception noted for pioneering jazz-funk direction in Weather Report’s music
hasTrack 125th Street Congress
Adios
Boogie Woogie Waltz
Manolete
Non-Stop Home
linked to: Non-Stop

Will
language instrumental
length approximately 46 minutes
mainStyle groove-oriented jazz fusion
musicBrainzType Album
nextWork Mysterious Traveller
notableFor shift toward a funkier groove-oriented sound
partOf Weather Report discography
previousWork I Sing the Body Electric
producer Wayne Shorter
Weather Report
Zawinul
recordedAt Columbia Studios, New York City
recordLabel CBS Records
Columbia Records
releaseDate 1973-04-27
releaseYear 1973

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Weather Report notableWork Sweetnighter
Mysterious Traveller precededBy Sweetnighter
I Sing the Body Electric followedBy Sweetnighter