Mysterious Traveller  

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Mysterious Traveller is the fourth release of Weather Report. This album marked the end of bassist Miroslav Vitouš's tenure with the band. Vitouš 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.

Track listing

1. "Nubian Sundance" (Zawinul) – 10:40
2. "American Tango" (Vitouš, Zawinul) – 3:40
3. "Cucumber Slumber" (Johnson, Zawinul) – 8:22
4. "Mysterious Traveller" (Shorter) – 7:21
5. "Blackthorn Rose" (Shorter) – 5:03
6. "Scarlet Woman" (Johnson, Shorter, Zawinul) – 5:46
7. "Jungle Book" (Zawinul) – 7:25

The Mastersound SBM edition of Mysterious Traveller includes a previously unreleased song, Miroslav's Tune, as a bonus track at the end of the album.

Personnel

Weather Report:

• Josef Zawinul - Electric and acoustic piano, synthesizer, guitar, kalimba, organ, tamboura, clay drum, tack piano, melodica
• Wayne Shorter - Soprano and tenor saxophone, tack piano
• Miroslav Vitouš - Upright bass (track 2 only)
• Alphonso Johnson - Bass guitar
• Ishmael Wilburn - Drums
• Skip Hadden - Drums (tracks 1 and 4 only)
• Dom Um Romão - Percussion, drums

Guests:

• Ray Barretto - Percussion (track 3 only)
• Meruga - Percussion (track 1 only)
• Steve Little - Timpani (track 6 only)
• Don Ashworth - Ocarinas and woodwinds (track 7 only)
• Isacoff - Tabla, finger cymbals (track 7 only)
• Edna Wright - Vocalists (track 1 only)
• Marti McCall - Vocalists (track 1 only)
• Jessica Smith - Vocalists (track 1 only)
• James Gilstrad - Vocalists (track 1 only)
• Billie Barnum - Vocalists (track 1 only)