Where the moon goes
(Zawinul, Lyrics By N. O'byrne And Zawinul)
This tune features the processed vocals of Manhattan
Transfer, which had recorded a version of "Birdland"
that won a Grammy award. Manhattan Transfer made
an unannounced appearance with Weather Report at
the 1982 Playboy Jazz Festival for the band's
"Birdland" encore--a performance that caught the
audience by surprise and brought the house down.
Transfer vocalist Janis Siegel told Glasser that "Where
The Moon Goes" was "the hardest piece I have ever
sung." "Oh my god, it's just completely obtuse. The
way [Zawinul] hears things is... original. He had
everything all written out but the tune is bizarre. You
have to really, really count everything, and you know
singers don't do that... You know, 'Where's the bridge?
Okay, repeat the verse.' 'Time and again, over and
over...' It was just relentless! And he had harmony, and
oh my god, it was really difficult. We sang over a track
with all the instruments, and we did it in real time. But it
was a great experience. He liked to pull the rug out
from under you, that's his MO!" About the processed
vocals, Siegel said, "I thought that was kind of
interesting in retrospect. He used us as an instrument.
He compressed us. He uses the voices as an effect, in
fact."
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