Tale Spinnin'

Tale Spinnin'
Studio album by Weather Report
Released	May 1975
Recorded	February 1975 - April 4, 1975
Studio	Wally Heider Studios, Los Angeles, California
Genre	Jazz fusion
Length	43:01
Label	Columbia
Producer	Wayne Shorter, Josef Zawinul
Weather Report chronology
Mysterious Traveller (1974) Tale Spinnin' (1975) Black Market (1976)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
Robert Christgau	B−[2]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide	[3]

Tale Spinnin' is the sixth album by Weather Report, recorded and released in 1975, featuring the addition of Leon "Ndugu" Chancler on the drums. Ndugu was recruited after Josef Zawinul heard him play with Carlos Santana. Weather Report was recording next door to Ndugu in the studio, and Chancler was asked to join them for a recording session. That session ended up lasting a week and produced Tale Spinnin'. After the record, Ndugu was asked to join the band as a permanent member, but declined in favor of continuing to work with Carlos Santana.

Track listing

All tracks composed by Joe Zawinul unless otherwise noted.

1. "Man in the Green Shirt" – 6:29
2. "Lusitanos" (Wayne Shorter) – 7:25
3. "Between the Thighs" – 9:33
4. "Badia" – 5:21
5. "Freezing Fire" (Wayne Shorter) – 7:29
6. "Five Short Stories" – 6:56

Note

• Canadian copies of the album list the tracks in a different order on the inner sleeve, with a seventh track titled "Krampus" added. However, the music heard on the album is the same as on other pressings.^[4]

Personnel

• Josef Zawinul - Rhodes piano, acoustic piano, melodica, TONTO synthesizer, ARP 2600 synthesizer, organ, steel drums, oud, mzuthra, West African talking drum, xylophone, cymbals, vocals
• Wayne Shorter - Soprano and tenor saxophones
• Alphonso Johnson - Electric bass
• Leon "Ndugu" Chancler - Drums, tympani, marching cymbals
• Alyrio Lima - Percussion

Technical

• Bruce Botnick - recording engineer, mixing
• Teresa Alfieri, John Berg - cover design

References

1. Ginell, Richard S. "Tale Spinnin' - Weather Report | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 19 July 2011.
2. Christgau, Robert. "Robert Christgau: CG: weather report". robertchristgau.com. Retrieved 19 July 2011.
3. Swenson, J. (Editor) (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 204. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
4. Discogs

External links

• Weather Report Annotated Discography: Tale Spinnin'