By analyzing everything Jaco does in this song, one can begin to understand how Jaco made his presence through muted notes. This recording is interesting because it is extremely easy, yet Jaco and Alphonso (who is nothing short of a bass virtuoso himself) make it extremely charactaristic of their styles. This song is all about the synergy between keyboardist Joe Zawinul and bassist Alphonso Johnson who start the song off on one of the most inviting musical arrangements that The Weather Report have ever contrived.
You can find a lead sheet for Black Market for free at However, it is only to be used for educational purposes. The eponymous opener, 'Black Market', begins the album on a truly magnificent overture. My suggestion is to find a lead sheet for the song and draw your own from there. On both of the recordings and other recordings later done by Weather Report with Jaco Pastorius, the bass part to the tougher part is different. Unfortunately, many high resolution titles were remastered with the current 'let's compress it to sound modern' mentality and this has compromised the quality we could have gotten in these formats.Song: Black Market Band: Weather Report Album: Black Market, 8:30, Live and Unreleased Bassist: Alphonso Johnson (original recording "Black Market"), Jaco Pastorius (more famous live version taken originally from "8:30", also on "Live and Unreleased".) Written by: Joseph Zawinul Tabbed by: Sak Note: This tab was derived from the Live Version featuring Jaco Pastorius on bass.
This is a very recommended title if you want to hear Jaco Pastorius at the top of his game and listen to what a jazz fusion album can sound like with the untouched dynamics of the master tape.
They are good, but compared to the DJM vinyls they are compressed to death). I wish other jazz fusion and rock titles on SACD were done respecting the dynamics of the original as this JSACD does (I'm thinking of the Elton John titles, for example. Yet songs like Black Market and Elegant People were the clearest definitions of the group’s musical ethos, confirming the idea that the name Weather Report referred not to a specific team of. Jacos first album with Weather Report, performing on two tracks, one of which was his own composition, Barbary Coast. As much as I like the group's other two titles on SACD, this one beats them both in sound quality. By the time Black Market was released in 1975, it was clear that Weather Report were an ever-evolving collective of musicians, with Joe Zawinul and Wayne Shorter the only two constants. This is clearly one of the best-sounding SACDs I've listened to. I know that some SACDs out there are compressed and others sound flat, but Weather Report's "Black Market" is clearly not one of them. Besides the revolving door of bass, Weather Report always had a helluva time maintaining a steady drummer. For that reason, not to mention the top quality of the performances, this is a most welcome reissue. I've got the JSACD of this title - the only version I know exists on this format - and it must be one of the most dynamic SACDs I have in my collection. Black Market documents the effects of that momentous personnel change, as both bassists perform here on different tracks. Are you sure you are reviewing the SACD of this, or is it some DSD mastering of it on CD? Changing personnel marked each of Weather Reports first five albums, and Black Market carried forth that tradition, with Chester Thompson, Narada Michael. Barb, I sincerely can't understand what SACD of this title you are writing about.