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Weather Report (With Carlos Santana) - This Is This 1986


Weather Report (With Carlos Santana) - This Is This 1986

Jazz

"Weather Report's fifteenth -- and final -- album is a feeble tribute to a group that reigned for more than a decade as the ultimate jazz-rock fusion band. Devoid of spirit or purpose, This Is This is such a halfhearted effort that one has to wonder if it was released merely to fulfill contractual obligations. (Evidence to support such a contention is provided by the horrendous black-and-white illustrations of past group members featured on this record's inner sleeve.)... Whatever the reasons, Weather Report's swan song is a sad one indeed, despite the generally solid supporting contributions by bassist Victor Bailey, drummer Peter Erskine and percussionist Mino Cinelu. Unfortunately, their efforts can't compensate for Shorter's virtual absence or the uninspired quality of the eight compositions presented, and not one song here comes close to the sterling quality of Weather Report's previous record, Sportin' Life."
George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, July 13, 1986
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"Aside from special guest Carlos Santana's overheated guitar solos, the 15th Weather Report album is notable only for being the last. Barring a Joe Zawinul-Wayne Shorter reconciliation, it looks as though we'll have two state-of-the-art snoozers a year to look forward to instead of one."
Francis Davis, Philadelphia Inquirer, August 1, 1986
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"After 15 years and 15 albums, it's understandable that Weather Report's founders, Joe Zawinul and Wayne Shorter, would want to take a break. And considering the way Zawinul dominates This Is This, the band's last album, it's easy to see why Shorter might want to concentrate his efforts elsewhere."
J.D. Considine, Washington Post, September 5, 1986
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"This is the end of Weather Report as we have known it... Future Zawinul excursions probably will sound much like the first track on each side of This Is This, since they make prominent use of a guitar (Carlos Santana)... Santana contributes earthy emotion to 'Man With the Copper Fingers.' Zawinul's 'I'll Never Forget You,' dedicated to the memory of his parents, achieves a beautifully sorrowful mood. The quirky line of 'Update' and the hypnotic 'China Blues' stand out in a set that doesn't quite achieve the creative level of [Zawinul's] recent solo LP, Dialects.
Leonard Feather, Los Angeles Times, July 27, 1986
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Joe Zawinul- Keyboards;
Carlos Santana- Guitar;
Wayne Shorter- Saxophones;
Victor Bailey- Bass;
Mino Cinelu- Percussion, vocals;
Peter Erskine- Drums;
Omar Hakim- Drums (track 6 only);
Marva Barnes- Vocalist;
Colleen Coil- Vocalist;
D. Siedah Garrett- Vocalist;
Darryl Phinnessee- Vocalist.
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01. This Is This (Zawinul, Joe) 7:06
02. Face the Fire (Zawinul, Joe) 2:34
03. I'll Never Forget You (Zawinul, Joe) 7:51
04. Jungle Stuff, Pt. 1 (Cinelu, Mino) 4:43
05. Man With the Copper Fingers (Zawinul, Joe) 6:12
06. Consequently (Bailey, Victor) 4:56
07. Update (Zawinul, Joe) 6:08
08. China Blues (Zawinul, Joe) 6:11
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