tr.v., -ket·ed, -ket·ing, -kets.

To trade (something) in the black market.

• Artist: Weather Report
• Flags: Instrumental, Enhanced CD-ROM
• Rating:
• Style: Fusion
• Track Picks: "Black Market," "Cannon Ball"
• Similar Albums: Midnight Rain, The Brecker Bros. Collection, Vol. 2, Free as the Wind, Chain Reaction, Jaco Pastorius, Electric Guitarist, Inner Worlds, Elegant Gypsy, Street Life, The Brecker Bros. Collection, Vol. 1

Review

The shifts in Weather Report's personnel come fast and furious now, with Narada Michael Walden and Chester Thompson as the drummers, Alex Acuna and Don Alias at the percussion table, and Alphonso Johnson giving way to the mighty, martyred Jaco Pastorius. It is interesting to hear Pastorius expanding the bass role only incrementally over what the more funk-oriented Johnson was doing at this early point -- that is, until "Barbary Coast," where suddenly Jaco leaps athletically forward into the spotlight. Joe Zawinul or just Zawinul, as he preferred to be billed -- contributed all of side one's compositions, mostly Third World-flavored workouts except for "Cannon Ball," a touching tribute to his ex-boss Cannonball Adderley (who had died the year before). Shorter, Pastorius, and Johnson split the remainder of the tracks, with Shorter now set in a long-limbed compositional mode for electric bands that would serve him into the 1990s. While it goes without saying that most Weather Report albums are transition albums, this diverse record is even more transient than most, paving the way for WR's most popular period while retaining the old sense of adventure. ~ Richard S. Ginell, All Music Guide

Tracks

Track Title	iTunes	Composers	Performers	Time
Black Market		Joe Zawinul	Weather Report	(6:30)
Cannon Ball	...	Joe Zawinul	Weather Report	(4:40)
Gibraltar	...	Joe Zawinul	Weather Report	(7:49)
Elegant People		Wayne Shorter	Weather Report	(5:03)
Three Clowns		Wayne Shorter	Weather Report	(3:27)
Barbary Coast		Jaco Pastorius	Weather Report	(3:10)
Herandnu	...	Alphonso Johnson	Weather Report	(6:38)

Credits

Bob Belden (Reissue Producer), Jaco Pastorius (Bass), Jaco Pastorius (Bass (Electric)), Wayne Shorter (Lyre), Wayne Shorter (Saxophone), Wayne Shorter (Sax (Soprano)), Wayne Shorter (Sax (Tenor)), Wayne Shorter (Producer), Wayne Shorter (Assistant Producer), Weather Report (Main Performer), Chester Thompson (Drums), Steven Berkowitz (A&R), Don Alias (Percussion), Don Alias (Conga), Alex Acuña (Percussion), Alex Acuña (Conga), Joe Zawinul (Synthesizer), Joe Zawinul (Piano), Joe Zawinul (Keyboards), Joe Zawinul (Piano (Electric)), Joe Zawinul (Producer), Joe Zawinul (Fender Rhodes), Joe Zawinul (Oberheim), Joe Zawinul (Orchestration), Joe Zawinul (Piano (Grand)), Joe Zawinul (Arp 2600), Ed Caraeff (Photography), Alphonso Johnson (Bass), Alphonso Johnson (Bass (Electric)), Ron Malo (Engineer), Narada Michael Walden (Drums), Mark Wilder (Mastering), Hal Miller (Liner Notes), Don Elias (Percussion), Don Elias (Conga), Seth Rothstein (Project Director), Howard Fritzson (Art Direction), Nancy Donald (Design), David McMacken (Illustrations), Randall Martin (Desaccordee), Patti Matheny (A&R), Seth Foster (Mastering), Darren Salmieri (Artist Coordination), Linda Chang (Packaging Manager), Alejandro Neciosup Acuña (Percussion), Alejandro Neciosup Acuña (Conga)

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The adjective has one meaning:

Meaning #1: distributed or sold illicitly
  Synonyms: bootleg, black, contraband, smuggled

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