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Joe Zawinul
Joe Zawinul live with "The Zawinul Syndicate" (Freiburg/Germany, 2007)
Background information
Birth name	Josef Erich Zawinul
Born	July 7, 1932(1932-07-07) Vienna, Austria
Died	September 11, 2007 (aged 75) Vienna, Austria
Genre(s)	Jazz Fusion
Occupation(s)	keyboardist, composer
Instrument(s)	keyboard
Years active	1949–2007
Associated acts	Weather Report Miles Davis
Website	www.zawinulmusic.com

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First coming to prominence with saxophonist Cannonball Adderley, Zawinul went on to play with trumpeter Miles Davis, and to become one of the earliest musicians to play jazz fusion, which blended jazz with rock and roll. 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.^[1] Julian Edwin Cannonball Adderley (September 15, 1928 – August 8, 1975), originally from Tampa, Florida, was a jazz alto saxophonist of the small combo era of the 1950s and 1960s. ... Miles Dewey Davis III (May 26, 1926 – September 28, 1991) was an American jazz musician, widely considered to be one of the most influential of the 20th century. ... Jazz fusion (or jazz-rock fusion or fusion) is a musical genre that merges elements of jazz with other styles of music, particularly pop, rock, folk, reggae, funk, metal, country, R&B, hip hop, electronic music and world music. ... Rock and roll (also spelled Rock n Roll, especially in its first decade), also called rock, is a form of popular music, usually featuring vocals (often with vocal harmony), electric guitars and a strong back beat; other instruments, such as the saxophone, are common in some styles. ... For the song Weather Report by The American Analog Set, see The Golden Band. ... World fusion music is a fusion genre of world music, blending musical traditions from around the world, and possibly mixing them with modern music such as jazz or rock. ... An electric piano (e-piano) is an electric musical instrument whose popularity started in the late 1960s, was at its greatest during the 1970s and still is big today. ... For other uses, see Synthesizer (disambiguation). ... Down Beat is an American magazine devoted to jazz. ...

Several artists have honored Zawinul with songs, notably Brian Eno's instrumental "Zawinul/Lava", John McLaughlin's instrumental "Jozy", Warren Cuccurullo's "Hey Zawinul" and Biréli Lagrène's instrumental "Josef". Brian Eno (pronounced ) born on 15 May 1948 in Woodbridge, Suffolk, England) is an English electronic musician, music theorist and record producer. ... Another Green World is an album by experimental musician Brian Eno, released in November 1975 (see 1975 in music). ... John McLaughlin John McLaughlin (aka pinyon)(born January 4, 1942), also Mahavishnu John McLaughlin, is a jazz fusion guitar player from Doncaster, Yorkshire in England. ... Warren Bruce Cuccurullo (born December 8, 1956 in Brooklyn) is a rock and pop guitarist who has worked with Frank Zappa, Duran Duran, and Missing Persons. ... Biréli Lagrène is a French guitarist and electric bassist. ...

Biography

Early life

Zawinul was born and grew up in Landstraße, in Vienna, Austria, where he went to school with the late former Austrian Federal President Thomas Klestil. His grandmother was a Sinti ("Gypsy"). Landstraße (literally country road in German) is the third district of Vienna. ... For other uses, see Vienna (disambiguation). ... Thomas Klestil (4 November 1932 – 6 July 2004) was an Austrian diplomat and politician. ... Sinti or Sinte (Singular masc. ...

Early career

Classically trained at the Vienna Conservatoire, Zawinul played in various broadcasting and studio bands before emigrating to the U.S. in 1959 on a music scholarship at Berklee College of Music. Josef was already so good that his teacher at Berklee said something to the effect that "there is nothing you can learn here", go out and start playing professionally. He played with trumpeter Maynard Ferguson, where he first met Wayne Shorter after Zawinul had an influence in hiring him. Shorter left soon thereafter to play in Art Blakey's group and Josef was apparently dismissed from the Ferguson band for wanting to have too much control over personnel decisions. Zawinul would later perform with singer Dinah Washington. The Konservatorium Wien is the music conservatory in Vienna, Austria. ... Walter Maynard Ferguson (May 4, 1928 – August 23, 2006) was a Canadian jazz trumpet player and bandleader. ... Dinah Washington (August 29, 1924 – December 14, 1963) was a blues, R&B and jazz singer. ...

With Cannonball Adderley

In 1961, Zawinul joined the Quintet led by saxophonist Cannonball Adderley. During his nine-year stint with Adderley, Zawinul wrote the hit song "Mercy, Mercy, Mercy." He also composed "Walk Tall" and "Country Preacher," the latter a tribute to U.S. Civil Rights Movement leader Rev. Jesse Jackson. In this title cut to the quintet's popular 1969 album, Country Preacher, Austrian-born Zawinul demonstrated a sophisticated and intimate understanding of the African/African-American concept of cool, of motion and interval. When "Country Preacher" debuted at a live recording session in Chicago at Jackson's Operation Breadbasket, it elicited enthusiastic cheers of immediate recognition from the mostly African-American audience. Julian Edwin Cannonball Adderley (September 15, 1928 – August 8, 1975), originally from Tampa, Florida, was a jazz alto saxophonist of the small combo era of the 1950s and 1960s. ... Martin Luther King is perhaps most famous for his I Have a Dream speech, given in front of the Lincoln Memorial during the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom This article is about the civil rights movement following the Brown v. ... Jesse Louis Jackson, Sr. ... Also: 1969 (Stargate SG-1) episode. ... Country Preacher is a live recording by the Cannonball Adderley Quintet at a meeting of the Chicago chapter of the Southern Christian Leadership Conferences Operation Breadbasket. ... A world map showing the continent of Africa Africa is the worlds second-largest and second most-populous continent, after Asia. ... Languages Predominantly American English Religions Protestantism (chiefly Baptist and Methodist); Roman Catholicism; Islam Related ethnic groups Sub-Saharan Africans and other African groups, some with Native American groups. ... Look up cool in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Nickname: Motto: Urbs in Horto (Latin: City in a Garden), I Will Location in the Chicago metro area and Illinois Coordinates: , Country State Counties Cook, DuPage Settled 1770s Incorporated March 4, 1837 Government  - Mayor Richard M. Daley (D) Area  - City  234. ... Operation Breadbasket is an organization dedicated to improving the economic conditions of black communities across the United States of America. ...

The Zawinul Syndicate, live in Freiburg, 2007

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With Miles Davis

In the late 1960s, Zawinul recorded with Miles Davis's studio band and helped create the sound of the Jazz fusion. Among others, he played on the album In a Silent Way, the title track of which he composed, and the landmark album Bitches Brew, for which he contributed the twenty-minute track, "Pharaoh's Dance", which occupied the whole of side one. Miles Dewey Davis III (May 26, 1926 – September 28, 1991) was an American jazz musician, widely considered to be one of the most influential of the 20th century. ... Jazz fusion (or jazz-rock fusion or fusion) is a musical genre that merges elements of jazz with other styles of music, particularly pop, rock, folk, reggae, funk, metal, country, R&B, hip hop, electronic music and world music. ... In a Silent Way is a 1969 album by jazz trumpeter Miles Davis. ... Bitches Brew is an album recorded by American jazz trumpeter Miles Davis in 1969. ...

Zawinul is known to have played live with Davis only once, on July 10, 1991, shortly before Davis' death.

Zawinul, along with other Davis sidemen Chick Corea and Herbie Hancock, was one of the first to use electric pianos and early synthesizers like the ARP 2600 in 1973's Sweetnighter. He was among the first to use a Fender-Rhodes with a Phasing effect and a Wah-Wah pedal. His creativity and attention to detail resulted in a very contemporary and modern sound. He also has played the kalimba on Weather Report's Mysterious Traveller and Mr. Gone. [2], [3] Armando Anthony Chick Corea (born June 12, 1941) is a multiple Grammy Award winning American jazz pianist/keyboardist and composer. ... Herbert Jeffrey Hancock (born April 12, 1940) is an Academy Award and multiple Grammy Award-winning jazz pianist and composer from Chicago, Illinois, U.S. Hancock is one of jazz musics most important and influential pianists and composers. ... An electric piano (e-piano) is an electric musical instrument whose popularity started in the late 1960s, was at its greatest during the 1970s and still is big today. ... The ARP 2600 was semi-professional before being made popular. ... For the song by James Blunt, see 1973 (song). ... Sweetnighter is Weather Reports fourth album, released in 1973. ... A Rhodes piano is a musical instrument. ... Kalimba can refer to: Kalimba is a folk musical instrument of Caribbean Islands. ... For the song Weather Report by The American Analog Set, see The Golden Band. ... Mysterious Traveller is the fourth release of Weather Report. ... Mr. ...

With Weather Report

In 1970, Zawinul cofounded Weather Report with saxophonist and Davis alumnus Wayne Shorter. Their first two years emphasized a relatively open, group improvisation format not dissimilar to what Miles Davis was doing in a more rock oriented format. However, Josef started making changes with their 3rd album, "Sweetnighter", citing he was "tired of waiting for something to happen". Funk elements such as electric bass, wah-wah pedal, etc. started to be introduced in the band's sound. Music critics generally agree that their 4th album, Mysterious Traveller, was their true breakthrough album, capturing the classic Weather Report "sound" for the first time. The musical forms were now through composed similar to classical music, and the combination of jazz harmonies with 70's groove elements launched the band into its most successful period. For the song Weather Report by The American Analog Set, see The Golden Band. ... Wayne Shorter (born August 25, 1933) is an American jazz composer and saxophonist. ... Mysterious Traveller is the fourth release of Weather Report. ...

Their biggest commercial success came from his composition "Birdland", a 6-minute opus featured on Weather Report's 1977 album Heavy Weather, which peaked at number 30 on the Billboard pop albums chart. ^[2]"Birdland" is one of the most recognizable jazz pieces of the 1970s, covered by many prominent artists from The Manhattan Transfer to Maynard Ferguson and Jefferson Starship. Even Weather Report's version received significant mainstream radio airplay — unusual for them — and served to convert many new fans to music which they may never have heard otherwise. Birdland is an instrumental composition by keyboardist Joe Zawinul which debuted on the Weather Report album Heavy Weather in 1977. ... Also: 1977 (album) by Ash. ... Heavy Weather is Weather Reports seventh album, released in 1977 through Columbia Records. ... Billboard can refer to: Billboard magazine Billboard (advertising) Billboard antenna In 3D computer graphics, to billboard is to rotate an object so that it faces the viewer. ... The Manhattan Transfer is an American vocal group that was established in New York City in 1972. ... Walter Maynard Ferguson (May 4, 1928 – August 23, 2006) was a Canadian jazz trumpet player and bandleader. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ...

Weather Report was active through the '80s, with Zawinul and Shorter remaining the sole constant members through multiple personnel shifts. Weather Report was also notable for bringing to prominence pioneering fretless bass guitarist Jaco Pastorius. John Francis Anthony Jaco Pastorius III (December 1, 1951 – September 21, 1987) was an American jazz musician and composer widely acknowledged for his virtuosity of the fretless bass,[1][2] as well as his command of varied musical styles. ...

Stories of the Danube

Zawinul also wrote a Symphony, called Stories of the Danube, which was commissioned by the Brucknerhaus, at Linz. It was first performed as part of the Linzer Donauklangwolke (a large-scale open-air broadcast event), for the opening of the 1993 Bruckner Festival. In its seven movements, the symphony traces the course of the Danube from Donaueschingen through various countries ending at the Black Sea. It was recorded in 1995 by the Czech State Philharmonic Orchestra, Brno, conducted by Caspar Richter. This article does not cite any references or sources. ... The Poestlingberg church in Linz. ... Bruckner redirects here. ... This article is about the Danube River. ... Donaueschingen is a city in the southwest of Baden-Württemberg in the Schwarzwald-Baar District. ... For other uses, see Black Sea (disambiguation). ...

Death

Zawinul was hospitalized in his native Vienna on August 7, 2007^[3], only one week after concluding a six-week European tour. He died from a rare form of skin cancer (Merkel Cell Carcinoma) on September 11, 2007^[4]. is the 219th day of the year (220th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st century. ... Skin cancer is a malignant growth on the skin which can have many causes. ... Merkel cell cancer, also called Merkel cell carcinoma, trabecular cancer, Apudoma of skin, or Small cell neuroepithelial tumor of the skin, is a rare and highly aggressive cancer where malignant cancer cells develop on or just beneath the skin and in hair follicles. ... is the 254th day of the year (255th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st century. ...

Discography

With Dinah Washington

• What a Difference a Day Makes (Mercury, 1960)
• Dinah Washington & Brook Benton - Two Of Us (Mercury, 1960)

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With Cannonball Adderley

• Nancy Wilson and Cannonball Adderley (Capitol, 1961)
• In New York (Riverside, 1962)
• In Europe (Landmark, 1962)
• Jazz Workshop Revisited (Riverside, 1963)
• Nippon Soul (Riverside, 1963)
• Live! (Capitol, 1964)
• Fiddler On The Roof (Capitol, 1964)
• Domination (Capitol, 1965)
• Mercy, Mercy, Mercy! Live At The Club (Capitol, 1966)
• 74 Miles Away/Walk Tall (Capitol, 1967)
• Why Am I Treated So Bad! (Capitol, 1967)
• Accent On Africa (Capitol, 1968)
• Country Preacher (Capitol, 1969)
• In Person (Capitol, 1970)
• The Price You Got To Pay To Be Free (Capitol, 1970)
• Experience In E, Tensity, Dialogues (Capitol, 1970)

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With Miles Davis

• In a Silent Way (Columbia, 1969)
• Big Fun (Columbia, 1969)
• Bitches Brew (Columbia, 1970)
• Live-Evil (Columbia, 1971)
• Directions (Columbia)
• Circle In The Round (Columbia)

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With Weather Report

• Weather Report (1971)
• I Sing the Body Electric (1972)
• Live in Tokyo (1972)
• Sweetnighter (1973)
• Mysterious Traveller (1974)
• Tale Spinnin' (1975)
• Black Market (1976)
• Heavy Weather (1977)
• Mr. Gone (1978)
• 8:30 (1979)
• Night Passage (1980)
• Weather Report (1982)
• Procession (1983)
• Domino Theory (1984)
• Sportin' Life (1985)
• This is This! (1986)
• Live and Unreleased (2002)
• Forecast: Tomorrow (2006)

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As Joe Zawinul

• The Rise And Fall Of The Third Stream (Vortex, 1965)
• Money In The Pocket (Atco, 1966)
• Zawinul (Warner, 1971)
• Di-a-lects (Columbia, 1986)
• My People (ESC-Records, 1996)
• Stories Of The Danube (Polygram, 1996)
• Mauthausen - Vom großen Sterben hören (ESC-Records, 2000) [3]
• Faces & Places (ESC-Records, 2002)
• Brown Street (2006)
• Music For Two Pianos - mit Friedrich Gulda: Brahms' Variationen über ein Thema von Haydn / WDR Big Band Köln (Capriccio, 2006)

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With The Zawinul Syndicate

• The Immigrants (Columbia, 1988)
• Black Water (Columbia, 1989)
• Lost Tribes (Columbia, 1992)
• World Tour (ESC, 1997)
• Joe Zawinul & The Zawinul Syndicate - Vienna Nights - Live at Joe Zawinul’s Birdland (BirdJAM 2005)

References

External links

• Joe Zawinul website
• Obituary from The Times
• Profile of Joe Zawinul by Guardian writer and Unknown Public editor John L. Walters
• Official Joe Zawinul website
• Zawinul Online
• Rolling Stone's Joe Zawinul Page
• BBC's Profile of Joe Zawinul
• Joe Zawinul Portal
• "Birdland", the jazz club owned by Zawinul in Vienna, Austria
• Jazz Police's review of "Brown Street", Joe Zawinul's latest release
• Joe Zawinul backstage at his club "Birdland" in Vienna, Austria - by Johann Marcus Streitner
• See Zawinul Story for what happened during the Malibu Fire with the Weather Report Concert Recordings Tapes
• Joe Zawinul Died at age 75
• Public Tribute and Obituary

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Interviews

• In-Depth Interview with Anil Prasad of Innerviews