Domino Theory (album)

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Domino Theory
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Studio album using 3 live recordingsby
Weather Report
ReleasedApril 1984
Recorded1983
Venue Koseinenkin Hall (Osaka, Japan)
StudioThe Music Room (Pasadena, California)
Sound Castle and Lion Share Recording Studios (Los Angeles, California)
Genre Jazz fusion
Length47:28
Label Columbia
Producer Joe Zawinul, Wayne Shorter, Omar Hakim
Weather Report chronology
Procession
(1983)		Domino Theory
(1984)		 Sportin' Life
(1985)
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Domino Theory is the twelfth studio album by jazz fusion band Weather Report, released in April 1984. It is the second studio album to feature the Hakim-Bailey-Rossy rhythm section. The album contains seven tracks, three of which were recorded live.

Contents

The title of the album is a reference towards the American geopolitical theory of the same name which gained popularity between the 1950s and 1980s.

Track listing

All tracks composed by Joe Zawinul, except where indicated.

  1. "Can It Be Done" (Wilson Tee) – 4:02
  2. "D Flat Waltz" – 11:10
  3. "The Peasant" – 8:16
  4. "Predator" (Wayne Shorter) – 5:21
  5. "Blue Sound - Note 3" – 6:52
  6. "Swamp Cabbage" (Wayne Shorter) – 5:22
  7. "Domino Theory" – 6:09

Personnel

Weather Report

Production

References

  1. ↑ Ginell, Richard S. (2011). "Domino Theory - Weather Report | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved July 19, 2011.
  2. ↑ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 204. ISBN   0-394-72643-X.
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