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Interesting. I grew up during the time WR and Jaco were active but I was too immersed in hard rock (Nugent, AC/DC etc,) to pay any attention. Have some catching up to do. Thanks.
Is he singing in an actual language or is that some kind of modern jazz version of Scat?
ReplyDeleteI thought it was Portuguese.
ReplyDeleteI recognize some of the words, so at least some of the words are real words, sounding both French and Spanish.
Interesting. I grew up during the time WR and Jaco were active but I was too immersed in hard rock (Nugent, AC/DC etc,) to pay any attention. Have some catching up to do. Thanks.
ReplyDeleteJust to be clear, Jaco does not play on this song. Bass player is Victor Bailey.
ReplyDeleteThis is, to my mind, one of Weather Report's finest moments.
I used Google translate to detect the language of the lyrics. According to Google, it is Haitian Creole.
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