Post #331914 by sushiman on Tue, Sep 11, 2007 6:20 PM

A few weeks ago on a drum forum I frequent I'd read that he'd been hospitalized . Very sad to hear that he has left us .

One of the great pioneers of jazz fusion ...His work on Miles Davis' In A Silent Way ( he wrote the title track ) and Bitches Brew , and with his and Wayne Shorter's group Weather Report broke so much new ground . His tunes Mercy , Mercy , Mercy and Birdland classics . One of my fave albums of all time in any genre is Weather Report's Mysterious Traveller .

R.I.P. Joe .