''Domino Theory'' is the twelfth studio album by
jazz fusion
Jazz fusion (also known as jazz rock, jazz-rock fusion, or simply fusion) is a popular music genre that developed in the late 1960s when musicians combined jazz harmony and improvisation with rock music, funk, and rhythm and blues. Electric gui ...
band
Weather Report
Weather Report was an American jazz fusion band active from 1970 to 1986. The band was founded in 1970 by Austrian keyboardist Joe Zawinul, American saxophonist Wayne Shorter, Czech bassist Miroslav Vitouš, American drummer Alphonse Mouzon a ...
, released in April 1984. It is the second studio album to feature the ''Hakim-Bailey-Rossy'' rhythm section. The album contains seven tracks, three of which were recorded live.
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
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Joe 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 ...
– keyboards, synthesizers
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Wayne Shorter
Wayne Shorter (August 25, 1933 – March 2, 2023) was an American jazz saxophonist, composer and bandleader. Shorter came to mainstream prominence in 1959 upon joining Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers, for whom he eventually became the primary comp ...
– saxophones
*
Victor Bailey – bass
*
Omar Hakim
Omar Hakim (born February 12, 1959) is an American drummer, producer, arranger and composer. His session work covers jazz, jazz fusion, and pop music. He has worked with Weather Report, David Bowie, Foo Fighters, Chic, Sting, Madonna, Dire S ...
– drums
* José Rossy – percussion
*
Carl Anderson – vocals (1)
Production
* Joe Zawinul – producer
* Omar Hakim – co-producer
* Wayne Shorter – co-producer
* Bernie Fromm – engineer
* Mitch Gibson – engineer
* Tom Suzuki – engineer
* Larry Ferguson – assistant engineer
*
Bernie Grundman
Bernie Grundman (born 16 December 1943, Minneapolis) is an American audio engineer.
He is most known for his mastering work and his studio, Bernie Grundman Mastering, which he opened in 1984 in Hollywood. The studio, which includes engineers Chr ...
– mastering at
A&M Studios
The Jim Henson Company Lot, formerly A&M Studios, is a studio property located just south of the southeast corner of La Brea Avenue and Sunset Boulevard in Hollywood. Originally established by film star Charlie Chaplin, the property served as C ...
(Hollywood, California)
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Tony Lane Anthony Samuel Lane (May 2, 1944 – January 1, 2016) was an American graphic artist best known for his album art for various musicians and bands. He began his career as an assistant to Alexey Brodovitch at Harper's Bazaar, and became an early art ...
– 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