(Fusion, Post-Bop, Contemporary Jazz) VA - Mysterious Voyages: A Tribute to Weather Report (2CD) - 2005, MP3, 320 kbps

This double-CD has 24 different groups of fusion musicians (including some from Europe) paying tribute to Weather Report. Despite the personnel and often the instrumentation changing from track to track, there is a unity to the project and many of the bands sound quite a bit like Weather Report, either purposely as part of the tribute or naturally. The programming is somewhat random and the bands bring back the sound, grooves, and spirits of Weather Report rather than necessarily always sticking to their compositions. All in all, this is a heartfelt and very well-played tribute that can also serve as an introduction to a cross-section of some of today's top fusion musicians, many of whom are not household names yet.

Scott Kinsey Band: Scott Kinsey (microKorg vocoder, reason malstrom solo, nord lead 2, electro organ, samples), Steve Taglione (alto flute solo, bass clarinet, EWI, sampled recorder, electric guitar), Armand Sabal-Lecco (electric bass), Brad Dutz (congas, percussion), Kirk Covington (Yamaha drums, zildjan cymbals, sticks), Cyril Atef and Karim Ziad (vocalizations, handclaps), Mamady Keita (sampled vocals)
Marcus Miller: Marcus Miller (bass guitar, bass clarinet), Hiram Bullock (guitar), Philippe Saisse (keyboards), Steve Ferrone (main beat, high hat, sidestick, bass drum), Omar Hakim (fill drums, snare drum, bass drum, cymbals), Don Alias (congas), Paulinho Da Costa (percussion), Andy Narell (steel drums)
Michiel Borstlap & Yuri Honing: Michiel Borstlap (Korg M1), Yuri Honing (soprano saxophone)
Trinity: Matthias Krauss (keyboards, sounds, programming), Franz Holtmann (guitars, soundstreching), Gudze (bass, editing), Marco Minnemann (drums, percussion), Holger Czukay (English horn)
Michael Wolff Trio: Michael Wolff (piano), Christian McBride (bass), Tony Williams (drums)
Tribal Tech: Scott Henderson (guitar), Scott Kinsey (keyboards), Gary Willis (bass), Kirk Covington (drums)
John McLean: John McLean (guitar), Larry Kohut (acoustic bass), Karl Montzka (piano, Hammond B-3), Jim Gailloretto (sax), Adam Nussbaum (drums)
Kai Eckhardt: Kai Eckhardt (bass), Aydin Esen (keyboards), Sean Rickman (drums)
Angela Celeda: Andrej Olejniczak (tenor sax), Alfredo Mahiques (trombone), Nando de la Casa (piano, keyboards), Tony Carmano (guitar), Carlos Velasco (guitar), Laurent Vernerey (bass), Angel Celeda (drums)
Richard S. & The Vibe Tribe: Richard S. (guitar), Bill Evans (soprano sax), Bob Malach (tenor sax), Patrice Rushen (synthesizers), Kai Echkardt (bass), Terri Lyne Carrington (drums), Munyungo Jackson (percussion), Roy Galloway (backing vocals), Orin Waters (backing vocals)
Rachel Z Trio: Rachel Z (piano), Miriam Sullivan (bass), Allison Miller (drums)
Gary Willis: Gary Willis (fretless bass, keyboards), Steve Taglione (EWI), Dennis Chambers (drums)
White House: Boudewijn Lucas (bass, shekere, loop programming), Michiel Borstlap (grand piano, fender rhodes, Korg M1), Yuri Honing (soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone), Joost Lijbaart (drums), Bart Fermie (percussion, voice)
Terje Gewelt & Christian Jacob: Terje Gewelt (acoustic bass, fender jazz bass), Christian Jacob (piano)
Rocco Zifarelli: Rocco Zifarelli (guitar, guitar synthesizer), Matthew Garrison (bass), Paco Sery (drums)
Jim Beard: Jim Beard (keyboards, additional drum programming), Bob Malach (tenor sax), Jon Herington (guitar), Arto Tuncboyaciyan (percussion), Matthew Garrison (bass), Zach Danziger (drum programming), Gene Lake (drums)
Acoustic Mania: Antonio Forcione (nylon string guitar), Neil Stacey (guitar synthesizer)
Torsten De Winkel: Torsten De Winkel (guitars, electric sitar, additional programming), Janek Gwizdala (electric bass, programming), Audan Waage (trumpet), Scott Kinsey (keyboards, additional programming)
Karizma: David Garfield (keyboards), Michael Landau (guitar), Neil Stubenhaus (bass), Vinnie Colaiuta (drums)
Tony Grey: Tony Grey (bass), Romain Collin (keyboards), Walter Smith III (sax), David Fuiczynski (guitar), Kenwood Dennard (drums)
Alex Gunia: Alex Gunia (guitar), André Cayres (double bass), Michael Klaukien (drums)
Slop Shop: J. Peter Schwalm (synths, vocoder, sonics), Christoph Buhse (drums), Mark Oliver Klenk (guitar), Heiko Himmighoffen (percussion)
Mantra: Jon Ozment (organ, electric piano, synth), Chuck Underwood (guitar loops), Mark Merella (drums, percussion)
Clive Stevens: Clive Stevens (keyboards, sax, WX7-MIDI-wind controller), Lincoln Goines (bass), Frank Colon (percussion), Steve Gaboury (sound design)