The Best of Weather Report

Original Release Date:  June 4, 2002

Track Listing

• 1. Birdland
• 2. Mysterious Traveller
• 3. Boogie Woogie Waltz
• 4. The Elders
• 5. Night Passage
• 6. Freezing Fire
• 7. A Remark You Made
• 8. Elegant People
• 9. Man in the Green Shirt
• 10. Blackthorn Rose
• 11. Black Market

Credits

• Bob Belden: Compilation Producer
• Peter Erskine: Drums
• Jaco Pastorius: Bass (Electric), Vocals, Producer, Mandocello
• Wayne Shorter: Piano, Sax (Soprano), Sax (Tenor), Lyricon, Producer, Shells, Mixing, Assistant Producer
• Miroslav Vitous: Bass (Electric)
• Andrew White: Bass (Electric)
• Chester Thompson: Drums
• Steven Berkowitz: A&R
• Don Alias: Percussion
• Ndugu: Drums, Tympani [Timpani]
• Muruga: Clay Drums
• Alex Acuña: Percussion, Conga, Drums
• Joe Zawinul: Synthesizer, Piano, Keyboards, Programming, Vocals, Melodica, Producer, Fender Rhodes, Oberheim, Orchestration, Mixing, Piano (Grand), Arp 2600, Mu-Tron, Prophet 5
• Manolo Badrena: Percussion, Conga, Tambourine
• Bruce Botnick: Engineer, Mixing
• Herschell Dwellingham: Drums
• Eric Gravatt: Drums
• Skip Hadden: Drums
• Alan Howarth: Programming, Editing
• Alphonso Johnson: Bass (Electric)
• Alex Kazanegras: Engineer
• Alyrio Lima: Percussion
• Ron Malo: Engineer
• Narada Michael Walden: Drums
• Dom Um Romão: Percussion, Bells, Tambor, Chucalho
• Ishmael Wilburn: Drums
• Mark Wilder: Mastering
• Hal Miller: Liner Notes
• Don Hunstein: Cover Photo
• Seth Rothstein: Project Director
• Howard Fritzson: Art Direction
• Bobby Thomas, Jr.: Percussion
• Art Maillet: Photography
• Patti Matheny: A&R
• Seth Foster: Mastering
• Darren Salmieri: A&R
• Linda Chang: Packaging Manager
• Fabiola Cáceres: Art Direction, Design