Josef Erich Zawinul ( '; 7 July 1932 – 11 September 2007) was an Austrian

jazz Jazz is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, Louisiana in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, with its roots in blues and ragtime. Since the 1920s Jazz Age, it has been recognized as a major ...

and

jazz fusion Jazz fusion (also known as fusion and progressive jazz) is a music genre that developed in the late 1960s when musicians combined jazz harmony and jazz improvisation, improvisation with rock music, funk, and rhythm and blues. Electric guitars, ...

keyboardist and composer. First coming to prominence with saxophonist

Cannonball Adderley Julian Edwin "Cannonball" Adderley (September 15, 1928August 8, 1975) was an American jazz alto saxophonist of the hard bop era of the 1950s and 1960s. Adderley is perhaps best remembered for the 1966 soul jazz single "Mercy, Mercy, Mercy", whi ...

, Zawinul went on to play with

Miles Davis Miles Dewey Davis III (May 26, 1926September 28, 1991) was an American trumpeter, bandleader, and composer. He is among the most influential and acclaimed figures in the history of jazz and 20th-century music. Davis adopted a variety of music ...

and to become one of the creators of

, a musical genre that combined jazz with rock. He co-founded the groups

Weather Report Weather Report was an American jazz fusion band active from 1970 to 1986. The band was founded in 1970 by Austrian virtuoso keyboardist Joe Zawinul, American saxophonist Wayne Shorter, Czech bassist Miroslav Vitouš, American drummer and vocali ...

and

The Zawinul Syndicate The Zawinul Syndicate was a jazz fusion band formed by Austrian keyboardist Joe Zawinul in 1988. The band evolved out of Zawinul's former band Weather Report. The band adhered to Zawinul's roots in jazz. Their style could be described as a comb ...

. He pioneered the use of

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and

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, and was named "Best Electric Keyboardist" twenty-eight times by the readers of ''

DownBeat ' (styled in all caps) is an American music magazine devoted to "jazz, blues and beyond", the last word indicating its expansion beyond the jazz realm which it covered exclusively in previous years. The publication was established in 1934 in Chi ...

'' magazine.

Biography

Early life and career

Zawinul grew up in Vienna, Austria. Accordion was his first instrument. When he was six or seven, he studied clarinet, violin, and piano at the Vienna Conservatory (

Konservatorium Wien The Music and Arts University of the City of Vienna ( (MUK)) in Vienna, Austria, is a university of music and the arts. It was previously (2005−2015) named (KONSuni, Konservatorium Wien University), and before that (Conservatory of Vienna). ...

). During the 1950s he was a staff pianist for

Polydor Polydor Records Ltd. is a German-British record label that operates as part of Universal Music Group. It has a close relationship with Universal's Interscope Geffen A&M Records label, which distributes Polydor's releases in the United States. ...

. He worked as a jazz musician with

Hans Koller Antonio Hans Cyrill Koller (12 February 1921 in Vienna – 21 December 2003 in Vienna) was an Austrian jazz tenor saxophonist and bandleader. Koller attended the University of Vienna from 1936 to 1939 and served in the armed forces from 1940 to 1 ...

Friedrich Gulda Friedrich Gulda (16 May 1930 – 27 January 2000) was an Austrian pianist and composer who worked in both the classical and jazz fields. Biography Early life and career Born in Vienna the son of a teacher, Gulda began learning to play the piano ...

Karl Drewo Karl Drewo (also spelled Carl Drevo) (May 17, 1929, Vienna - May 10, 1995, Wels) was an Austrian jazz saxophonist. As a child, Drewo studied piano and accordion, but switched to tenor sax in his teens, working in the late 1940s with Charlie Gaudr ...

, and

Fatty George Franz Georg Pressler (24 April 1927 – 29 March 1982), known by the stage name Fatty George was an Austrian jazz clarinet The clarinet is a musical instrument in the woodwind family. The instrument has a nearly cylindrical bore and a fl ...

. In 1959 he moved to the U.S. to attend

Berklee College of Music Berklee College of Music is a private music college in Boston, Massachusetts. It is the largest independent college of contemporary music in the world. Known for the study of jazz and modern American music, it also offers college-level cours ...

, but a week later he received a job offer from

Maynard Ferguson Walter Maynard Ferguson CM (May 4, 1928 – August 23, 2006) was a Canadian jazz trumpeter and bandleader. He came to prominence in Stan Kenton's orchestra before forming his own big band in 1957. He was noted for his bands, which often served ...

, so he left school and went on tour. He then accompanied

Dinah Washington Dinah Washington (born Ruth Lee Jones; August 29, 1924 – December 14, 1963) was an American singer and pianist, who has been cited as "the most popular black female recording artist of the 1950s songs". Primarily a jazz vocalist, she performe ...

. He spent most of the 1960s with

. During this time he wrote "

Mercy, Mercy, Mercy "Mercy, Mercy, Mercy" is a jazz song written by Joe Zawinul in 1966 for Julian "Cannonball" Adderley and which appears on his album '' Mercy, Mercy, Mercy! Live at "The Club"''. The song is the title track of the album and became a surprise hit i ...

" and "Walk Tall", and "Country Preacher" and played electric piano. At the end of the decade he recorded with Miles Davis on ''

In a Silent Way ''In a Silent Way'' is a studio album by American jazz trumpeter, composer, and bandleader Miles Davis, released on July 30, 1969, on Columbia Records. Produced by Teo Macero, the album was recorded in one session date on February 18, 1969, at CBS ...

'' as Davis was establishing the genre of

, combining jazz with rock.

With Weather Report

In 1970, Zawinul founded

with

Wayne Shorter Wayne Shorter (born August 25, 1933) is an American jazz saxophonist and composer. Shorter came to prominence in the late 1950s as a member of, and eventually primary composer for, Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers. In the 1960s, he joined Miles Davi ...

. Their first two years emphasized a relatively open, group improvisation format similar to what Miles Davis was doing in a more rock oriented format. However, Zawinul started making changes with their third album, ''

Sweetnighter ''Sweetnighter'' is the third studio album by American jazz fusion band Weather Report, released by Columbia Records in 1973. Writing and recording The group had recorded the songs in a five-day stretch during February of the same year. It was ...

''. Funk elements such as bass guitar and wah-wah pedal began to be introduced to the band's sound. With the fourth album, ''

Mysterious Traveller ''Mysterious Traveller'' is the fourth studio album by the jazz ensemble Weather Report and was released in 1974. This was their final recording with founding bassist Miroslav Vitouš, who left due to creative differences. Vitouš was replace ...

'', the musical forms were composed similar to classical music, and the combination of jazz harmonies with 1970s groove helped move the band into its most commercially successful period. The band's biggest commercial success came from Zawinul's composition " Birdland" on the 1977 album '' Heavy Weather'', which peaked at number 30 on the ''

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'' pop albums chart. "Birdland" is one of the most recognizable jazz pieces of the 1970s, recorded by

The Manhattan Transfer The Manhattan Transfer is a Grammy award–winning vocal group founded in 1969 that has explored a cappella, vocalese, swing, standards, Brazilian jazz, rhythm and blues, and pop music. There have been two editions of the Manhattan Transfer, ...

Quincy Jones Quincy Delight Jones Jr. (born March 14, 1933) is an American record producer, musician, songwriter, composer, arranger, and film and television producer. His career spans 70 years in the entertainment industry with a record of 80 Grammy Award n ...

, and

Buddy Rich Bernard "Buddy" Rich (September 30, 1917 – April 2, 1987) was an American jazz drummer, songwriter, conductor, and bandleader. He is considered one of the most influential drummers of all time. Rich was born and raised in Brooklyn, New York ...

among others. The song won him three

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. Weather Report was active until the mid-1980s, with Zawinul and Shorter remaining the sole constant members through multiple personnel shifts. Shorter and Zawinul went separate ways after recording '' Sportin' Life'', but it was discovered they had to do one more album to fulfill their contract with CBS Records. '' This Is This!'' therefore became the band's final album. In 1991, Zawinul was awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Music from

and on this occasion performed with a group consisting of Matthew Garrison,

Torsten de Winkel Torsten de Winkel (born 6 January 1965) is a German musician, composer, and philosopher primarily active in the jazz, world music, fusion and electronic music genres. He is known as an electric and acoustic guitarist but also records and perfor ...

Abe Laboriel Jr. Abraham Laboriel Jr. (born March 23, 1971) is an American session drummer. He is the son of Mexican bass guitarist Abraham Laboriel, nephew of Mexican rocker Johnny Laboriel, and brother of record producer, songwriter, and film composer Mateo ...

and Melvin Butler.

With The Zawinul Syndicate

Zawinul syndicate 2007-03-28 live in freiburg

was a jazz fusion band formed in 1988. It evolved out of

. Their style could be described as a combination of unusual grooves, driving and swinging rhythms and many borrowings from different music cultures. Zawinul himself stated that he gave the band its name due to a syndicate bearing more resemblance to a family than "just" a band. After the death of Zawinul in 2007, several members of The Zawinul Syndicate decided to reform and performing Zawinul's music live under their shortened name The Syndicate. Several major members of the Syndicate over the years include

Scott Henderson Scott Henderson (born August 26, 1954) is an American jazz fusion and blues guitarist best known for his work with the band Tribal Tech. Tribal Tech Henderson formed Tribal Tech with bass player Gary Willis in 1984. Under the direction of Hende ...

, Bobby Thomas Jr, Linley Marthe,

Paco Sery Paco Sery (born 1 May 1956 in Côte d'Ivoire) is a world music and jazz fusion drummer. He has played with Joe Zawinul and Eddy Louiss. He also has his own band, releasing his first solo album, ''Voyages'', in 2000. Discography With Sixun ...

Manolo Badrena Manolo Badrena (born March 17, 1952, in San Juan, Puerto Rico) is a percussionist most noted for his work with Weather Report from 1976 to 1977. He has made contributions to over 100 recordings that span jazz, world music, pop, and Latin music. B ...

, Nathaniel Townsley, Sabine Kabongo, Gary Poulson,

Richard Bona Richard Bona (born 28 October 1967) is a Cameroon-born American multi-instrumentalist and singer. Early life Bona Penda Nya Yuma Elolo was born in Minta, Cameroon, into a family of musicians, which enabled him to start learning music from a y ...

, and Victor Bailey.

Stories of the Danube

Zawinul also wrote a

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, called ''

Stories of the Danube Stories of the Danube is a symphony by Joe Zawinul, which was commissioned by the Brucknerhaus, Linz. It was first performed as part of the ''Linzer Klangwolke'' (a large-scale open-air broadcast event), for the opening of the 1993 Anton Bruckner, ...

'', which was commissioned by the

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. It was first performed as part of the ''

Linzer Klangwolke The Linzer Klangwolke () (Linz Cloud of Sound) is an open-air multimedia musical event held each year since 1979 in early September in the Linz Danube Park in the Austrian town of Linz. It is organized by the Brucknerhaus Linz. The Cloud of Sou ...

'' (a large-scale open-air broadcast event), for the opening of the 1993

Bruckner Josef Anton Bruckner (; 4 September 182411 October 1896) was an Austrian composer, organist, and music theorist best known for his symphonies, masses, Te Deum and motets. The first are considered emblematic of the final stage of Austro-Germ ...

Festival in Linz. In its seven movements, the symphony traces the course of the

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from

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through various countries ending at the

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. It was recorded in 1995 by the Czech State Philharmonic Orchestra, Brno, conducted by Caspar Richter. 2018-11-17-joe-zawinul-centralfriedhof

Death

Zawinul became ill and was hospitalized in his native Vienna on 7 August 2007, after concluding a five-week European tour. He died a little over a month later from a rare form of

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(

Merkel cell carcinoma Merkel cell carcinoma (MCC) is a rare and aggressive skin cancer occurring in about 3 people per 1,000,000 members of the population. It is also known as cutaneous APUDoma, Primary tumor, primary neuroendocrine tumor, neuroendocrine carcinoma of ...

) on 11 September 2007. He was cremated at

Feuerhalle Simmering Feuerhalle Simmering is a crematorium with attached urn burial ground in the Simmering (Vienna), Simmering district of Vienna, Austria. It lies at the end of an alley, directly opposite Vienna Central Cemetery's main gate. Description Opened on ...

and his ashes buried in

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Discography

As leader/co-leader

* ''To You With Love '' (Strand, 1959) * '' Soulmates'' with

Ben Webster Benjamin Francis Webster (March 27, 1909 – September 20, 1973) was an American jazz tenor saxophonist. Career Early life and career A native of Kansas City, Missouri, he studied violin, learned how to play blues on the piano from ...

(

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, 1963) * '' Money in the Pocket'' (

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, 1966) * '' The Rise and Fall of the Third Stream'' (

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, 1968) * '' Zawinul'' (Atlantic, 1971) – recorded in 1970 * ''Concerto Retitled'' (Atlantic, 1976) – compilation * '' Di•a•lects'' ( Columbia, 1986) – recorded in 1985 *

, ''The Immigrants'' (Columbia, 1988) * ''Music for Two Pianos'' with

(Capriccio, 1988) * The Zawinul Syndicate, ''Black Water'' (Columbia, 1989) * The Zawinul Syndicate, ''Lost Tribes'' (Columbia, 1992) * '' My People'' (ESC, 1996) – recorded between 1992–96 * ''

'' (

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, 1996) * The Zawinul Syndicate, ''World Tour'' (ESC, 1998) CD– live * ''Mauthausen - Vom großen Sterben hören'' (ESC, 2000) * '' Faces & Places'' (ESC, 2002) – recorded between 2001–02 * ''Midnight Jam'' (ESC, 2004) CD* The Zawinul Syndicate, ''Vienna Nights: Live at Joe Zawinul's Birdland'' (BHM, 2005) CD– live * ''Brown Street'' with WDR Big Band, et al. (Intuition, 2006) CD– live recorded in 2005 Posthumous releases * The Zawinul Syndicate, '' 75'' (Heads Up, 2009) CD– live recorded in 2007 * The Absolute Ensemble, ''Absolute Zawinul'' conducted by

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(Intuition, 2009) – recorded in 2007. overdubs recorded between 2007–08. As leader of

* 1971: ''

'' (Columbia, 1971) * 1972: '' I Sing the Body Electric'' (Columbia, 1972) * 1972: '' Live in Tokyo'' (

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, 1972) – live * 1973: ''

'' (Columbia, 1973) * 1974: ''

'' (Columbia, 1974) * 1975: ''

Tale Spinnin' ''Tale Spinnin is the fifth studio album by Weather Report, recorded and released in 1975, featuring the addition of Leon "Ndugu" Chancler on the drums. Ndugu was recruited after Josef Zawinul heard him play with Carlos Santana. Weather Report ...

'' (Columbia, 1975) * 1975–76: ''

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'' (Columbia, 1976) * 1976–77: '' Heavy Weather'' (Columbia, 1977) * 1978: '' Mr. Gone'' (Columbia, 1978) * 1978–79: '' 8:30'' (Columbia, 1979) – live * 1980: '' Night Passage'' (Columbia, 1980) * 1981: ''

'' (Columbia, 1982) * 1983: ''

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'' (Columbia, 1983) * 1983: ''

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'' (Columbia, 1984) * 1984: '' Sportin' Life'' (Columbia, 1985) * 1985: '' This Is This!'' (Columbia, 1986) Posthumous compilations * '' Live and Unreleased'' (Columbia, 2002) CD* '' Forecast: Tomorrow'' (Columbia, 2006) CD & DVD-Video* '' The Legendary Live Tapes: 1978-1981'' (Columbia, 2015) CD

As sideman

With

* ''

Nancy Wilson/Cannonball Adderley ''Nancy Wilson/Cannonball Adderley'' is a studio album by Nancy Wilson and Cannonball Adderley issued in February 1962 by Capitol Records. The album rose to No. 30 on the Billboard Top LPs chart. Overview Wilson considered her vocals on the albu ...

'' (Capitol, 1962) - recorded in 1961 * ''

The Cannonball Adderley Sextet in New York ''The Cannonball Adderley Sextet in New York'' is a live album by jazz saxophonist Cannonball Adderley recorded at the Village Vanguard and released on the Riverside label featuring performances by Adderley with Nat Adderley, Yusef Lateef, Joe ...

'' (Riverside, 1962) * ''

Cannonball in Europe! ''Cannonball in Europe!'' is a live album by jazz saxophonist Cannonball Adderley recorded at the Comblain-la-Tour in Belgium and released on the Capitol label featuring performances by Adderley with Nat Adderley, Yusef Lateef, Joe Zawinul, Sam ...

'' (Riverside, 1962) * ''

Jazz Workshop Revisited ''Jazz Workshop Revisited'' is a live album by the jazz saxophonist Cannonball Adderley released on the Riverside label. Alongside Adderley, it features performances by Nat Adderley, Yusef Lateef, Joe Zawinul, Sam Jones and Louis Hayes.

'' (Riverside, 1962) * ''

Nippon Soul ''Nippon Soul'' is a live album by jazz saxophonist Cannonball Adderley recorded at the Sankei Hall in Tokyo during his 1963 Japanese tour and released on the Riverside label (RLP 477) featuring performances by Adderley with Nat Adderley, Yusef ...

'' (Riverside, 1964) - recorded in 1963 * ''

Cannonball Adderley Live! ''Cannonball Adderley Live!'' is a live album by jazz saxophonist Cannonball Adderley recorded at Shelly's Manne-Hole and released on the Capitol label featuring performances by Adderley with Nat Adderley, Charles Lloyd, Joe Zawinul, Sam Jone ...

'' (Capitol, 1964) - live * ''

Live Session! ''Live Session!'' is a live album by jazz saxophonist Cannonball Adderley recorded at Memory Lane, Los Angeles in 1962 and the Lighthouse, Hermosa Beach in 1964 and released on the Capitol label featuring performances by Adderley with Nat Adderley ...

'' (Capitol, 1964) - live * ''

Cannonball Adderley's Fiddler on the Roof ''Cannonball Adderley's Fiddler on the Roof'' is an album by jazz saxophonist Cannonball Adderley released on the Capitol Records, Capitol label featuring performances of material from the Broadway musical ''Fiddler on the Roof'' by Adderley with N ...

'' (Capitol, 1964) * ''

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'' (Capitol, 1965) * '' Great Love Themes'' (Capitol, 1966) * ''

Cannonball in Japan ''Cannonball in Japan'' is a live recording by the Cannonball Adderley Quintet at the Sankei Hall in Tokyo which was first released on the Japanese Capitol label in 1966 before being more widely released on CD in 1990.Mercy, Mercy, Mercy! Live at 'The Club''' (Capitol, 1967) - recorded in 1966 * '' 74 Miles Away'' (Capitol, 1967) * '' Why Am I Treated So Bad!'' (Capitol, 1967) * '' In Person'' (Capitol, 1968) * ''

Accent on Africa ''Accent on Africa'' is an album by jazz saxophonist Cannonball Adderley recorded in 1968 for the Capitol label featuring performances by Adderley with Nat Adderley and unidentified percussion section, vocalists, and big band.Country Preacher ''Country Preacher'' is a live album recorded by the Cannonball Adderley Quintet in 1969. Recorded at an unidentified church meeting of the Chicago chapter of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference's Operation Breadbasket, the album spen ...

'' (Capitol, 1969) - live * '' The Cannonball Adderley Quintet & Orchestra'' (Capitol, 1970) * '' The Price You Got to Pay to Be Free'' (Capitol, 1970) * '' Autumn Leaves'' (Riverside

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1975) - recorded in 1963 * '' The Sextet'' (Milestone, 1982) - recorded in 1962-63 * ''

Radio Nights ''Radio Nights'' is an album released in 1991 featuring previously unreleased live radio broadcasts by the Cannonball Adderley Quartet, Quintet and Sextet from New York City's Half Note Club jazz club. They were recorded by Alan Grant and broadcas ...

'' (Night, 1991) - recorded in 1967–68 * '' Money in the Pocket'' (Capitol, 2005) - recorded in 1966 With

Nat Adderley Nathaniel Carlyle Adderley (November 25, 1931 – January 2, 2000) was an American jazz trumpeter. He was the younger brother of saxophonist Julian "Cannonball" Adderley, whom he supported and played with for many years. Adderley's composition " ...

* ''

Naturally! ''Naturally!'' is an album by jazz cornetist Nat Adderley released on the Jazzland label featuring performances by Adderley with two separate groups, the first featuring Joe Zawinul, Sam Jones, and Louis Hayes, and the second with Wynton Kelly, ...

'' ( Jazzland, 1961) * ''

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'' (

, 1965) * ''

Live at Memory Lane ''Live at Memory Lane'' is a live album by jazz cornetist Nat Adderley released on the Atlantic label featuring performances by Adderley's Quintet with Joe Henderson, Joe Zawinul, Victor Gaskin, and Roy McCurdy.The Scavenger'' (

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, 1968) * '' You, Baby'' ( CTI, 1968) * '' Calling Out Loud'' (CTI, 1968) With

* 1969: ''

'' (Columbia, 1969) * 1969: ''

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'' (Columbia, 1970) * 1970: '' Live-Evil'' (Columbia, 1971) * compilation: '' Big Fun'' (Columbia, 1974) * compilation: ''

Circle in the Round ''Circle in the Round'' is a 1979 compilation album by jazz musician Miles Davis. It compiled outtakes from sessions across fifteen years of Davis's career that, with one exception, had been previously unreleased. All of its tracks have since been ...

'' (Columbia, 1979) With

Yusef Lateef Yusef Abdul Lateef (born William Emanuel Huddleston; October 9, 1920 – December 23, 2013) was an American jazz multi-instrumentalist, composer, and prominent figure among the Ahmadiyya Community in America. Although Lateef's main instruments ...

* ''

The Centaur and the Phoenix ''The Centaur and the Phoenix'' is an album by multi-instrumentalist Yusef Lateef recorded in 1960 and released on the Riverside label. Reception The Allmusic review by Stacia Proefrock stated the performance "takes the risks and the innovation ...

'' (Riverside, 1960) * '' Suite 16'' (Atlantic, 1970) With

Herbie Mann Herbert Jay Solomon (April 16, 1930 – July 1, 2003), known by his stage name Herbie Mann, was an American jazz flute player and important early practitioner of world music. Early in his career, he also played tenor saxophone and clarinet (incl ...

* ''

A Mann & A Woman ''A Mann & A Woman'' is an album by American jazz flautist Herbie Mann and vocalist Tamiko Jones released on the Atlantic label in 1967.Tamiko Jones Tamiko Jones (born Barbara Tamiko Ferguson, 1945) is an American singer. Her most successful record was "Touch Me Baby (Reaching Out For Your Love)" in 1975. Career Barbara Tamiko Ferguson was born in Kyle, West Virginia, and has part Japanese, ...

- recorded in 1966 * '' The Beat Goes On'' (Atlantic, 1967) - recorded in 1964-67 With

* ''

What a Diff'rence a Day Makes! ''What a Diff'rence a Day Makes!'' is a tenth studio album by Dinah Washington, arranged by Belford Hendricks, featuring her hit single of the same name. The title track won Washington the Grammy Award for Best R&B Performance at the 2nd Ann ...

'' (Mercury, 1960) * ''The Two of Us'' (Mercury, 1960) – also with

Brook Benton Benjamin Franklin Peay (September 19, 1931 – April 9, 1988), better known as Brook Benton, was an American singer and songwriter who was popular with rock and roll, rhythm and blues, and pop music audiences during the late 1950s and early 1960 ...

With others *

Victor Feldman Victor Stanley Feldman (7 April 1934 – 12 May 1987) was an English jazz musician who played mainly piano, vibraphone, and percussion. He began performing professionally during childhood, eventually earning acclaim in the UK jazz scene as ...

, '' Soviet Jazz Themes'' (Äva, 1962) *

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, ''

Out of the Forrest ''Out of the Forrest'' is an album by saxophonist Jimmy Forrest recorded in 1961 and released on the Prestige label.

'' (Prestige, 1961) *

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, ''

Silver Cycles ''Silver Cycles'' is an album by American jazz saxophonist Eddie Harris recorded in 1968 and released on the Atlantic label.

'' (Atlantic, 1968) * Sam Jones, '' Down Home'' (Riverside, 1962) *

David "Fathead" Newman David "Fathead" Newman (February 24, 1933 – January 20, 2009) was an American jazz and rhythm-and-blues saxophonist, who made numerous recordings as a session musician and leader, but is best known for his work as a sideman on seminal 1950s and ...

, ''

The Many Facets of David Newman ''The Many Facets of David Newman'' is an album by saxophonist David Newman featuring performances recorded in 1968 for the Atlantic label.

'' (Atlantic, 1969) *

, ''

Back on the Block ''Back on the Block'' is a 1989 studio album produced by Quincy Jones. The album features legendary musicians and singers from across three generations, including Ella Fitzgerald, Miles Davis, Joe Zawinul, Ice-T, Big Daddy Kane, Sarah Vaugh ...

'' (Quest/Warner Bros, 1989) *

Katia Labèque Katia is a feminine given name. It is a variant of Katya. Notable people with this name Actresses and models *Katia Dandoulaki, Greek actress *Katia Margaritoglou, Greek fashion model and beauty contestant *Katia Winter (born 1983), Swedish ...

, ''Little Girl Blue'' (Dreyfus, 1995) *

Trilok Gurtu Trilok Gurtu (born 30 October 1951) is an Indian percussionist and composer whose work has blended the music of India with jazz fusion and world music. He has worked with Terje Rypdal, Gary Moore, John McLaughlin, Jan Garbarek, Joe Zawinul, M ...

, ''Crazy Saints'' (Creative Music Production, 1993)

References

Biographies

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External links

Joe Zawinul's official website

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Biography

Early life and career

With Weather Report

With The Zawinul Syndicate

Stories of the Danube

Death

Discography

As leader/co-leader

As sideman

References

Biographies

Further reading

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