''Live and Unreleased'' is a compilation of live recordings of the

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band

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, released on

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in 2002. The tracks are taken from live performances that took place from November 27, 1975 to June 3, 1983. It is their third official live recording after the Japan-only '' Live in Tokyo'' from 1972 and '' 8:30'' from 1979, although previous albums such as '' Heavy Weather'' (1977) and '' Night Passage'' (1980) also included occasional live tracks. The discs are sequenced in non-chronological fashion, with songs from different line-ups cross-faded into one another. The compositions "

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" and "Directions" had both been recorded by

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during the tenure of

Josef Zawinul Josef Erich Zawinul ( '; 7 July 1932 – 11 September 2007) was an Austrian jazz and jazz fusion keyboardist and composer. First coming to prominence with saxophonist Cannonball Adderley, Zawinul went on to play with Miles Davis and to bec ...

and

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in the Davis band.

Track listing

Disc one

Disc two

Personnel

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Alphonso Johnson Alphonso Johnson (born February 2, 1951) is an American jazz bassist active since the early 1970s. Johnson was a member of the jazz fusion group Weather Report from 1973 to 1975, and has performed and recorded with numerous high-profile rock and ...

– bass on "Freezing Fire", "Cucumber Slumber", "Man in the Green Shirt", "Cigano", and "Directions/Dr. Honoris Causa" *

Jaco Pastorius John Francis Anthony "Jaco" Pastorius III (; December 1, 1951 – September 21, 1987) was an American jazz bass guitar, bassist, composer and producer. He recorded albums as a solo artist and band leader and was a member of Weather Report from 1 ...

– fretless bass on "Fast City", "Portrait of Tracy", "Elegant People", "Teen Town", "Black Market", "River People", "In a Silent Way/Waterfall", "Night Passage", and "Port of Entry" * Victor Bailey – bass on "Plaza Real", "Where the Moon Goes", and "Two Lines" *

Chester Thompson Chester Cortez Thompson (born December 11, 1948) is an American drummer best known for his tenures with Frank Zappa and The Mothers of Invention, Weather Report, Santana, the progressive rock band Genesis and Phil Collins as a solo artist. Thomp ...

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on "Freezing Fire", "Cucumber Slumber", "Man in the Green Shirt", "Cigano", and "Directions/Dr. Honoris Causa" *

Alex Acuña Alejandro Neciosup Acuña (born December 12, 1944), known professionally as Alex Acuña, is a Peruvian-American drummer and percussionist. Background Born in Pativilca, Peru, Acuña played in local bands such as La Orquesta de los Hermanos Neci ...

– drums on "Portrait of Tracy", "Elegant People", "Teen Town", and "Black Market";

percussion A percussion instrument is a musical instrument that is sounded by being struck or scraped by a beater including attached or enclosed beaters or rattles struck, scraped or rubbed by hand or struck against another similar instrument. Exc ...

on "Freezing Fire", "Cucumber Slumber", "Man in the Green Shirt", "Cigano", "Rumba Mamá", and "Directions/Dr. Honoris Causa" *

Peter Erskine Peter Erskine (born June 5, 1954) is an American jazz drummer who was a member of the jazz fusion groups Weather Report and Steps Ahead. Early life and education Erskine was born in Somers Point, New Jersey, U.S. He began playing the drum ...

– drums on "Fast City", "River People", "In a Silent Way/Waterfall", "Night Passage", and "Port of Entry" *

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 on "Plaza Real", "Where the Moon Goes", and "Two Lines" *

Manolo Badrena Manolo Badrena (born March 17, 1952, in San Juan, Puerto Rico) is a percussionist most noted for his work with Weather Report from 1976 to 1977. He has made contributions to over 100 recordings that span jazz, world music, pop, and Latin music. B ...

– percussion on "Portrait of Tracy", "Elegant People", "Teen Town", "Black Market", and "Rumba Mamá" * Robert Thomas Jr. – percussion on "Fast City", "Night Passage", and "Port of Entry" * José Rossy – percussion on "Plaza Real", "Where the Moon Goes", and "Two Lines" ;Production personnel * Josef Zawinul, Wayne Shorter – original recording producers * Josef Zawinul, Ivan Zawinul, Bob Belden – release producers * Ivan Zawinul, Jim Anderson – mixing * Fabiola Cáceres, Howard Fritzson – art direction * Leigh Wells – cover illustration

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