1977 Tour Personnel (Pictured from left)

Joe Zawinul - Keyboards

Jaco Pastorius - Bass

Alex Acuna - Drums

Wayne Shorter - Sax

Manolo Badrena - Percussion

 

 

 

 

 

Sunday June 5, 1977

Unknown Venue

Kansas City, MO

This is one of the most unique Weather Report shows I have heard.  Many of the performances are unlike those elsewhere. Songs may be in incorrect order.
1. Scarlet Woman (Johnson-Shorter-Zawinul) 8:51
2. Teen Town (Pastorius) 5:04
3. Portrait of Tracy (Pastorius) 6:47  In the middle of Jaco's solo someone calls for Donna Lee, which they play later for the one and only time, to my knowledge.
4. Rhumba Mama (Badrena) 3:37
5. Directions (Zawinul) 5:16
6. Barbary Coast (Pastorius) Directions Reprise (Zawinul) 6:15  This is not the Barbary Coast they played on other dates on this tour.  It sounds more like a jam, much slowed down, and with the Barbary Coast bass figure the only recognizable part of  the tune.  The song concludes with the ending from Directions, the previous song.
7. Sophisticated Lady (piano solo) (Ellington-Mills-Parish) 3:58
8. Palladium (Shorter) 5:00
9. Harlequin (Shorter) 5:29
10. Birdland (Zawinul) 7:14
11. Band Intros :35
12. Sax Solo (Shorter) 2:58
13. Donna Lee - Jam (Parker) 6:55  Wayne introduces this as a song by a man who "was born here, Charlie Yardbird Parker".  Jaco launches into a breakneck version, accompanied only by percussion.  After 2 1/2 minutes the keyboard enters as though they are going to play Badia, but the rest have no part of it and keep on jamming.  Eventually Joe gives up, and the whole thing morphs into Its About That Time.
14. Its About That Time (Davis) 3:54