Elegant People

~ Recording by Weather Report

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack artistRelease titleRelease artistRelease group typeCountry/DateLabelCatalog#
Official
1.4Elegant People5:05Weather ReportBlack MarketWeather ReportAlbum
Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX)PC 34099
1.4Elegant People5:05Weather ReportBlack MarketWeather ReportAlbum
CBS (CBS Records’ international imprint from 1962–1990; renamed since 1991 as Columbia)CBS 81325
1.4Elegant People5:08Weather ReportBlack MarketWeather ReportAlbum
CBS/Sony (imprint used in Japan, South Korea and Southeast Asia 1968–1991; also used in Spain until 1997)35DP 130
1.4Elegant People5:05Weather ReportBlack MarketWeather ReportAlbum
Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX)CK 34099
1.7Elegant People5:04Weather ReportBest Of, Volume 1Weather ReportAlbum + Compilation
CBS (CBS Records’ international imprint from 1962–1990; renamed since 1991 as Columbia)4669962
1.4Elegant People5:05Weather ReportBlack MarketWeather ReportAlbum
  • JP1992-03-01
Sony Records (Japanese imprint)SRCS-7034
1.4Elegant People5:05Weather ReportBlack MarketWeather ReportAlbum
  • JP2001-02-07
SME Records (Japanese imprint – not equivalent to “Sony Music Entertainment”)SRGS 4576
1.4Elegant People5:04Weather ReportBlack MarketWeather ReportAlbum
  • US2002-06-04
Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX), Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment)CK 65169
1.8Elegant People5:05Weather ReportThe Best of Weather ReportWeather ReportAlbum + Compilation
  • US2002-06-04
Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment)507659 2
1.4Elegant People5:04Weather ReportBlack MarketWeather ReportAlbum
  • XE2002-06-17
Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment)507658 2
1.4Elegant People5:05Weather ReportBlack MarketWeather ReportAlbum
  • JP2007-04-04
Sony Records International (Japanese TEXTLESS boxed Walking Eye imprint)SICP 1245
4.4Elegant People5:05Weather ReportOriginal Album ClassicsWeather ReportAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2007-11-12
Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX)88697145472, 88697145472CD1, 88697145472CD2, 88697145472CD3, 88697145472CD4, 88697145472CD5
4.4Elegant People5:05Weather ReportOriginal Album ClassicsWeather ReportAlbum + Compilation
  • DE2008-09-26
Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX)88697145472
1.4Elegant People5:04Weather ReportThe Columbia Albums 1976-1982Weather ReportAlbum + Compilation
Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment)
1.11Elegant People5:03Wayne ShorterThe Complete Columbia Albums CollectionWayne ShorterAlbum + Compilation
Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX)88697920242
1.7Elegant People5:04Weather ReportBest Of, Volume 1Weather ReportAlbum + Compilation
CBS Schallplatten GmbH466996 2
1.4Elegant People5:05Weather ReportBlack MarketWeather ReportAlbumColumbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX)
1.4Elegant People5:06Weather ReportBlack MarketWeather ReportAlbumCBS (CBS Records’ international imprint from 1962–1990; renamed since 1991 as Columbia)CDCBS 81325
1.4Elegant People5:03Weather ReportBlack MarketWeather ReportAlbumColumbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX)
1.4Elegant People5:05Weather ReportBlack MarketWeather ReportAlbumColumbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX)468210 2

Relationships

engineer:Ron Malo
co-producer:Wayne Shorter (US jazz saxophonist and composer)
producer:Joe Zawinul (jazz and fusion keyboard player)
congas and percussion:Alejandro Neciosup Acuna
drums (drum set):Chester Thompson (US drummer Chester Cortez Thompson)
electric bass guitar:Alphonso Johnson
grand piano, Rhodes piano, synthesizer [ARP 2600 - Two ARP 2600s] and synthesizer [Oberheim Polyphonic Synthesizers]:Joe Zawinul (jazz and fusion keyboard player)
Lyricon, soprano saxophone and tenor saxophone:Wayne Shorter (US jazz saxophonist and composer)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:Sony Music Entertainment Inc. (not for release label use! company owned by Sony Corporation of America from 1991–2004, operated worldwide except in JP) (in 1976)
recorded at:Devonshire Studios in Burbank, United States (from 1975 until 1976)
sampled by:Strangers by Portishead
Strangers by Portishead
recording of:Elegant People

Elegant People

composer:Wayne Shorter (US jazz saxophonist and composer)