Sportin' Life (Weather Report album)

Sportin' Life
Sportin' Life
Studio album by Weather Report
Released	June 25, 1985
Recorded	August – September 1984
Genre	Jazz fusion
Length	39:09
Label	Columbia
Producer	Joe Zawinul, Wayne Shorter
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Allmusic	^[1]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	^[2]

Sportin' Life is the thirteenth studio album by American jazz fusion band Weather Report which was released in June 1985 through Columbia Records. Although featuring many more vocal performances than any of their previous studio albums, words are rare and most vocals are chants from guest musicians such as Bobby McFerrin or Carl Anderson. The album is named after a character from Porgy and Bess. Sportin' Life was to be the last Weather Report studio album, but due to contractual obligations with Columbia the band had to release a follow-up, This Is This!, in 1986.

^ Ginell, Richard S. (2011). "Sportin' Life - Weather Report | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 19 July 2011.
^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1475. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.

[1] Ginell, Richard S. (2011). "Sportin' Life - Weather Report | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 19 July 2011.

[Penguin-2] Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1475. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.

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