I am posting about my two Weather Report records because she and I caught a really fun, loose, local jazz quartet we dig play a gig at a local supper club last week. And I was blown away when, during their first set, they segued into those deep and foreboding opening chords of Birdland. The group is called Freak Easy, featuring easily Chicago's premier saxophonist - Pat Mallinger. Pat is in the world renowned Chicago Jazz Ensemble, along with his own duo called Sabretooth, and sits in with many other groups. Sabretooth has played over 900 Saturday nights in a row (without missing a one) at Chicago's Green Mill. Above are Black Market and Mysterious Traveller. I bought Black Market in college. The price sticker shows it was marked down to $2.99 - in early eighties dollars by Divinyl Madness - the college record store I frequented. I was not trying to be overly or artificially sophisticated by buying, owning, and playing that record. I think I thought there'd be something choice on it. I don't recall playing it much during college Sessions. Mysterious Traveller is their fourth release. This album marked the end of bassist Miroslav Vitous's tenure with the band. Vitous was replaced by Alphonso Johnson. Another addition to the line-up is drummer Ishmael Wilburn. Greg Errico was the drummer for the tour between the previously released Sweetnighter and this album, but declined an invitation to be a permanent member of the band.
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