I first heard Joe Zawinul when I was 14, on a couple of Weather Report albums. I think it was Black Market and Heavy Weather. Although his pop tunes like Birdland were catchy, I was more drawn to his other compositions.
And Zawinul's compositions are legendary. He wrote "Mercy Mercy Mercy" for Cannonball Adderly and "In A Silent Way" for Miles Davis, to name a couple.
RIP Joe Zawinul
Update: Here's a great article: A Look at the Life and Work of Joe Zawinul
Zawinul Syndicate Live
World Tour
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I love this album. 2 CDs packed with amazing energy and musicianship.
Paco Sery on drums and Victor Bailey and Richard Bona on bass.
More Zawinul
Zawinul Syndicate - Patriots, live (1997)
Zawinul Syndicate: Carnavalito Live
Zawinul Syndicate - "My People" live
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- coreybrown coreybrown Aug 29, 2007 @ 11:52 pm
- Hi Juan, I'm afraid we're a rare breed these days. I made a Weather Report lens a while back, and my first lens ever was on Jaco. They were the ultimate band in my book.
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- Cinetech Cinetech Aug 28, 2007 @ 7:50 pm
- Hey Corey, you made my day with this lens. Weather Report is still one of my favorite jazz fusion bands!!! Love In A Silent Way!!!
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Josef Erich Zawinul (July 7, 1932 - September 11, 2007)allmusic Biography was an Austrian jazz keyboardist and composer.
First coming to prominence with saxophonist Cannonball Adderley, Zawinul went on to play with trumpeter Miles Davis, and to become one of the creators of jazz fusion, an innovative musical genre that combined jazz with elements of rock and world music. Later, Zawinul co-founded the groups Weather Report and the world fusion music oriented Zawinul Syndicate. Additionally, he made pioneering use of electric piano and synthesizers. Zawinul won the "Best Keyboardist" award 30 times from American jazz magazine Down Beat's critics' poll.Jazz keyboard legend dies at 75, by Boris Groendahl, 11.09.2007
Several artists have honored Zawinul with songs, notably Brian Eno's instrumental "Zawinul/Lava", John McLaughlin's instrumental "Jozy", Warren Cuccurullo's "Hey Zawinul", Bob Baldwin's "Joe Zawinul", and Biréli Lagrène's instrumental "Josef". Zawinul's playing style is often...
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