Rockin' in rhythm
(Ellington/Mills/Carney)
In his Musician article, Pareles described Weather
Report's live performance of "Rockin' In Rhythm" like
this: "In a night of curveballs at the Beacon, the most
unexpected one was that Weather Report actually
played a cover: Duke Ellington's 'Rockin' In Rhythm.' It
was perfect, not only for its title, but for the way the
band tore into it. They treated its bluesy line as they'd
treat anything Shorter or Zawinul might have come up
with, hard and swinging, while behind it Zawinul
punched sustaining modal Fender Rhodes chords off
the beats in a trademark style. In totally regrooving
Ellington, Weather Report asserted their continuity with
jazz tradition, simultaneously proving they had
something of their own to add to it."
In a 1997 article for Jazziz magazine, Josef Woodard
described Zawinul warming up for a rehearsal in his
home studio with a "knuckle-busting voicing of Duke
Ellington's 'Rockin' In Rhythm.'" "You've gotta be able
to play keyboards," Zawinul told Woodard. "It's a lot of
thirds."
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