The Best of Weather Report (Paperback)

The Best of Weather Report (Transcribed Scores) is a jazz fusion songbook featuring 14 songs by Weather Report, with instrumental parts for bass, drums, piano and keyboard, and saxophone. Rated medium to medium-difficult, it is especially relevant to Weather Report listeners, instrumentalists, ensembles, educators, and musicians interested in studying or performing the band's recorded arrangements.

The collection brings multiple instrumental parts together in full-score format, offering a detailed view of how the music's rhythmic, harmonic, melodic, and ensemble elements interact. The transcriptions follow the arrangements as recorded by Weather Report, making the book useful for learning individual parts, examining ensemble relationships, rehearsing selected pieces, or exploring the distinctive textures of the band's jazz fusion repertoire.

Having bass, drum, keyboard, and saxophone material presented within the same collection gives musicians a practical reference for focused practice and group performance. Familiar compositions such as Birdland, Black Market, A Remark You Made, and Mysterious Traveller sit alongside pieces from across the band's catalog, providing variety for musical study while preserving the character of the original recordings. The collection can also encourage deeper listening by connecting written parts with the interplay heard in Weather Report's performances.

Song List

Badia/Boogie Woogie Waltz Medley * Birdland * Black Market * Brown Street * 8:30 * Mr. Gone * Mysterious Traveller * Night Passage * Palladium * Procession * Pursuit Of The Woman W/ Feather * A Remark You Made * Sightseeing * Young And Fine

For learning, rehearsal, performance preparation, or close study of Weather Report's arrangements, this transcribed score keeps 14 enduring selections together in one collection.