This Is This!

1986 studio album by Weather Report

This Is This!

Studio album by

Weather Report

Released

August 26, 1986

Recorded

December 1985

Genre

Jazz fusion

Length

45:41

Label

Columbia

Producer

Joe Zawinul, Wayne Shorter

Weather Report chronology

Sportin' Life
(1985)

This Is This!
(1986)

Live and Unreleased
(2002)

Joe Zawinul chronology

Sportin' Life
(1985)

This Is This!
(1986)

Di•a•lects
(1986)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	^[2]

This Is This! is the fourteenth and final studio album by Weather Report, released in August 1986. The band thought that it had fulfilled its contract with Columbia Records through the release of the previous album, Sportin' Life. This, however, was not the case, and the band had to release one more record.^[3]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Joe Zawinul, except where noted.

"This Is This" – 7:06
"Face the Fire" – 2:34
"I'll Never Forget You" – 7:51
"Jungle Stuff, Part 1" (Mino Cinélu) – 4:43
"Man with the Copper Fingers" – 6:12
"Consequently" (Victor Bailey) – 4:56
"Update" – 6:08
"China Blues" – 6:11

Personnel

Weather Report

Josef Zawinul - keyboards, cover concept
Wayne Shorter - saxophones
Victor Bailey - bass
Mino Cinélu - percussion, vocals
Peter Erskine - drums
Omar Hakim - drums (track 6)

Additional musicians

Carlos Santana - guitar (tracks 1 & 5)
Marva Barnes - vocals
Colleen Coil - vocals
Siedah Garrett - vocals
Darryl Phinnessee - vocals

Production

Howard Siegel – engineer
Paul Ericksen – engineer
Tony Lane – cover artwork
Nancy Donald – cover artwork
Lou Beach – cover illustration

References

^ Ginell, Richard S. (2011). "This Is This! - 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.
^ Mercer, Michelle (2007). Footprints: The Life and Work of Wayne Shorter. Jeremy P. Tarcher / Penguin. pp. 207–208.