This Is This!

This Is This!
Studio album by
ReleasedAugust 26, 1986
RecordedDecember 1985
GenreJazz fusion
Length45:41
LabelColumbia
ProducerJoe 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
SourceRating
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] It was their only album to feature no compositions by saxophonist Wayne Shorter.

  1. ^ Ginell, Richard S. (2011). "This Is This! Weather Report". AllMusic. Retrieved 19 July 2011.
  2. ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1475. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
  3. ^ Mercer, Michelle (2007). Footprints: The Life and Work of Wayne Shorter. Jeremy P. Tarcher / Penguin. pp. 207–208.