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Vitous' Virtuoso jazz bass playing has led critics to place him in the same league as Scott LaFaro , Dave Holland , Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen and Christian McBride ). A representative example of Vitous's double bass playing is '' Now He Sings, Now He Sobs '' (1968), with Chick Corea on Piano and Roy Haynes on Drums . This album shows his strong rhythmic sense, innovative walking lines, and intensity and abandon as an improviser. His first album as a leader, '', Herbie Hancock , Jack DeJohnette , and (slightly) elder statesman Joe Henderson . A founding member of the group Weather Report , he has worked with Jan Hammer , Freddie Hubbard , Miles Davis , Chick Corea , Wayne Shorter , Joe Zawinul , and Jan Garbarek . Vitous has since discussed his contentious departure from Weather Report with journalists, specifically regarding his relationship with Zawinul. Alphonso Johnson , who replaced Vitous, was himself replaced by the highly innovative and influential bassist Jaco Pastorius . In 1988 he moved back to Europe to focus on composing, but nonetheless continued to perform in festivals. |
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