''Domino Theory'' is the twelfth studio album by
jazz fusion
Jazz fusion (also known as fusion and progressive jazz) is a music genre that developed in the late 1960s when musicians combined jazz harmony and jazz improvisation, improvisation with rock music, funk, and rhythm and blues. Electric guitars, ...
band
Weather Report
Weather Report was an American jazz fusion band active from 1970 to 1986. The band was founded in 1970 by Austrian virtuoso keyboardist Joe Zawinul, American saxophonist Wayne Shorter, Czech bassist Miroslav Vitouš, American drummer and vocali ...
, released in February 1984. It is the second studio album to feature the ''Hakim-Bailey-Rossy'' rhythm section. In actuality, three tracks are using live recorded source.
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.
#"Can It Be Done" (
Wilson Tee) – 4:02
#"D Flat Waltz" – 11:10
#"The Peasant" – 8:16
#"Predator" (Wayne Shorter) – 5:21
#"Blue Sound - Note 3" – 6:52
#"Swamp Cabbage" (Wayne Shorter) – 5:22
#"Domino Theory" – 6:09
Personnel
Weather Report
*
Josef 'Joe' Erich Zawinul - keyboards and synthesizers
*
Wayne Shorter
Wayne Shorter (born August 25, 1933) is an American jazz saxophonist and composer. Shorter came to prominence in the late 1950s as a member of, and eventually primary composer for, Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers. In the 1960s, he joined Miles Davi ...
- saxophones
*
Omar Hakim
Omar Hakim (born February 12, 1959) is an American jazz, jazz fusion and pop music drummer, producer, arranger and composer. He has worked with Weather Report, David Bowie, Foo Fighters, Sting, Madonna, Dire Straits, Bryan Ferry, Journey, Kate B ...
- drums
*
Victor Bailey - bass
* José Rossy - percussion
*
Carl Anderson - vocals (track 1)
Production
* Bernie Fromm - engineer
* Mitch Gibson - engineer
* Tom Suzuki - engineer
* Larry Ferguson - assistant engineer
* Tony Lane - cover design
* Nancy Donald - cover design
References
External links
Weather Report Annotated Discography: Domino Theory
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1984 albums
Columbia Records albums
Weather Report albums