Domino Theory [Import]

Domino Theory [Import]

ASIN: B000024DXW

Track Listings

1. Blue Sound - Note 3

2. Can It Be Down

3. Predator

4. Swamp Cabbage

5. D Waltz

6. The Peasant

7. Domino Theory

Tracks:

Can It Be Done
D Flat Waltz
Peasant
Predator
Blue Sound - Note 3
Swamp Cabbage
Domino Theory

Album Details

Japanese Limited Edition Issue of the Album Classic in a Deluxe, Miniaturized LP Sleeve Replica of the Original Vinyl Album Artwork.

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Can It Be Done?
Excellent Comeback for Zawinul and Shorter...
Buy it for Db waltz

Domino Theory
Weather Report
Manufacturer: Sony/Columbia
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000024DXW
Release Date: 2004-02-16

Tracks:

Can It Be Done
D Flat Waltz
Peasant
Predator
Blue Sound - Note 3
Swamp Cabbage
Domino Theory

Customer Reviews:

Can It Be Done?.......2005-05-18

'Domino Theory' is Weather Reports 1984 offering and,in many basic ways is far more sprightly then the previous album
'Procession'.That's because the album gently backs away from WR
classic sound and slowly into the sound of they're last two albums circa 1985-86.The opening track "Can It Be Done" features
a lovely vocal by Carl Anderson married to a stark ballad.The lyrics refer not only to the band as a unit but to the end of the musical era they represent,which is a fine statement for this album.Joe Zawinul was here witnessing the ending of the original fusion era and that beginning of the smooth jazz generation,and he was still committed here to his classic sound.
Musically speaking this entire album is a showcase for this often underrated version of the band "D Flat Waltz" and "Predator" feature deep,fat electric bass solo's abound from Victor Bailey.The deeply metatative "The Peasant" is very pretty and memorable and,oddly enough,embellished by Zawinuls first use of digital keyboards."Blue Sound" and the manic title track could almost be described as stereotypical Weather Report with busy keyboard fills dancing around Wayne Shorters always electric saxophone."Swamp Cabbage" by contrast showcases a deep funk groove,almost too deep to even be funk but it works.
Taken as a whole 'Domino Theory' is certainly not Weather Report's greatest album ever (or really even of the 1980's) but it certainly works very well as a demonstration of
the bands transitionary period that sadly would soon represent the end of Weather Report itself.But this being the beginning of Weather Reports last triade of albums is certainly as dynamic as ever,even if the public was loosing interest and the sound was,by mid 80's standard pretty retro 70's jazz fusion in parts.But it is still Weather Report's sound that they carried with them until the very end.So in that respect this album was indeed a success.

Excellent Comeback for Zawinul and Shorter..........2003-12-29

With the incredible rhythm section of Jaco Pastorius and Peter Erskine now off in Jaco's Word of Mouth Big Band, Zawinul had the seemingly impossible task of keeping WR's momentum while keeping the music both fresh & exciting. He does this by enlisting drummer Omar Hakim and a young bassist called Victor Bailey, and moves WR from the r&b vibe of this previous albums and revisits its early sounds (with Vitous) while breaking ground in world music (as in Zawinul's later recordings). It seems Zawinul used the departure of Pastorius and Erskine to re-invent WR (and maybe himself?). Unfortunately, we hear less enthusiasm from Wayne Shorter. His sound is still Shorter, but not as fresh and on fire as in earlier WR records. This LP is a turning point and a high one, but also the beginning of the end.

Buy it for Db waltz.......2002-05-08

With the slow death of WR in the early to mid 80's I stopped buying their lps. I was listening to jazz radio one night and turned it on half way through Db Waltz. I have loved this tune ever since. Hakim gets a groove going on this tune that's awesome! This tune was a return to what made WR great. A good groove and great soloing from Shorter. A nice change from the previous few techno synth albums which "shorted" shorter. The rest of album has its good moments as well. If you are a Omar Hakim fan get this one and Procession and invite some friends over to dance. (sure they willl find you strange but what the hell)

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Domino Theory
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Manufacturer: Sony Music Entertain
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Release Date: 2000-01-01

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Manufacturer: RCA
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000008F5K
Release Date: 1990-03-12

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Weather Report reborn...

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Tracks:

Can It Be Done
D Flat Waltz
Peasant
Predator
Blue Sound - Note 3
Swamp Cabbage
Domino Theory

Customer Reviews:

Weather Report reborn..........2003-09-23

I recall reading an article wherewhich the author states that Weather Report could not and did not survive Jaco's departure. Well, as much as I love Pastorius' work with WR and solo, I must say that WR existed before Jaco was even known (maybe via Wayne Cochrane, if at all), and the band was well on its way to becoming jazz fusion juggernaut. With Jaco, WR became a force in more mainstreem audiences ("Jaco was responsible for bringing the white kids to the concerts" - Joe Zawinul) besides college campuses and in Japan. Afterwards, his "replacement" Victor Bailey took the groove Jaco brought out from within the band and expanded it. I say "replacement" because Bailey did not cop any style of Jaco's, he brought his own. Bailey is no where near flamboyant on stage as Pastorius, but this is a CD and WR is about musicianship, and even on the videos I've seen of this tour Bailey compliments Zawinul and Shorter in ways Pastorius could not and did not. Far removed from the early material (Umbrellas, the Moors, Scarlet Woman) , this CD offers a much more fluid and infecuous style that cannot be denied.

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Running Out of Steam
Good album however...

Domino Theory
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Manufacturer: Sony
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00009XFS6
Release Date: 2005-05-31

Tracks:

Can It Be Done
D Flat Waltz
Peasant
Predator
Blue Sound - Note 3
Swamp Cabbage
Domino Theory

Customer Reviews:

Running Out of Steam.......2004-09-28

This disc is proof that state-of-the-art technology and ill-advised vocal tunes do not guarantee a great disc even from such high-calibre musicians as Weather Report.

The opening "Can It Be Done" was a horrid idea at best, with extremely corny lyrics, anemic music and all manner of good intentions gone to hell. Worse yet, it did NOTHING to help WR's album sales anyway.

However, tracks like "Db Waltz" fare far better as does most of the album. Far from essential, but has some worthwhile moments, just skip track 1 altogether.

Good album however..........2004-09-08

I just don't remember it being that interesting, overall. There are some good longer cuts with some excellent solo work but I think this was a more commercial-sounding album, if that makes any sense. I think instead it could have been Zawinul and Shorter, but especially Zawinul, who were feeling the pressure of keeping it alive and wanting to move on. I think the last two albums, Sportin Life and This is This had a few better cuts, over all.

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Domino Theory (Part 1 and 2)

Manufacturer: Silver Rarities
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD
ASIN: B0009DVYOE

Product Description

2 disc set. Recorded live at Fillmore East, NY, Oct. 23, 1970.

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