Customer Reviews
Music that lasts - By: H. Jensen, 05 Nov 2007 
This is a superb performance. While some of the so-called jazz-fusion music of the 1970s sounds awfully outdated today, Weather Report never got hit seriously by the passing of time. On the contrary, their albums continue to grow on me.
The line-up presented on this DVD has a special placein my heart, because it was the one I saw one year later at one of my first major concerts. Then, 30 years ago, they blew me away. Now, 30 years later, I realize that their music really still stands. And the performance here is an excellent documentation of this. The interplay between carefully composed intricate patterns & free-form improvisations are stunning. The footage also captures the report between the band members admirably. The concentration & joyin everybody's eyes are a joy to witness.
Enjoy!
As good as it gets ... - By: Mr. I. Stephen, 17 Jul 2007 Great to see an official release of this at long last - what took you so long ! I'm familiar with it already, having tracked a copy down about three years ago. Up until then this was my visual musical 'Holy Grail' ever since witnessing tantalizing clips from it introduced by Humph on some late night BBC2 jazz programme backin '76. I agree that this is perhaps the finest incarnation of the band ( also made evident by some of the live stuff that saw the light of day on CD a few years back ). The whole performance is transfixing, check out the rendition of 'Black Market' on here - the band are ON FIRE. Completely essential listening & viewing for any jazz-rock fans anywhere.
A musical space-trip - By: Bodhi Heeren, 08 Jun 2007 While worldclass musicians kept revolving around the nucleus of the band: keyboard wizzard & sonic genius Joe Zawinul & transcendental saxplayer Wayne Shorter, I think it's fair to say that this line-up, who went on to record their groundbreaking hit-album "Heavy Weather", was the classic one.
With the dynamic southamerican percussion/drum duo of Manolo Badrena & Alex Acuña. And basslegend Jaco Pastorius, the master of the fretless bass, who not only had the chops, but also - as this DVD shows - like his great idol Jimi Hendrix the stage-presence & the charisma of a true star. His solo-piece "Portrait Of Tracy" gives convincing evidence to why so many consider him the best bassist ever. But also his ensemble playing is brilliantly funky all the way.
I was very fortunate to see this bandin Copenhagen the year after, & the words that kept resoundingin my head during & after was 'electric church music'. This show certainly confirms my impression of a high soaring band, with rootsin the earth & the minds firmly plantedin deep space.
The only surprise is how relatively 'thin' Zawinul's keyboardsound is. Not least compared with his latest brilliant recordings: "Bird Jam" (mainly with african musicians) & "Brown Street" (with german Big Band). Makes me realize that the stern-faced Austrian visionary actually sounds & plays better than ever at 75!
If one should complain about anything, it should be the relatively short duration. But while the claimin the linernotes that this band cover more groundin an hour than most others doin a year might be slightly exaggerated, it's certainly not completely off the mark.
Allin all another fine releasein the exciting "Live at Montreux"-series. And as always the sound is very good, without being outstanding.
