Weather Report were an American jazz fusion band of the 1970s and early 1980s. Weather Report by Weather Report is the bands 1971 debut album.
Over a 16-year career, Weather Report explored various areas of music, centered on jazz (including both the “free” and “Latin” varieties), but also including various elements of art music, ethnic music, R&B, funk, and rock. While their work was often categorized as “jazz fusion”, the band members themselves generally rejected the term